Tanswaiy
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Tanswaiy is the official standard writing system of the Kyawcenni language. It is an abugida with logographic elements.
Abugida chart
| Onset →
Nucleus ↓ |
∅ | b | c | č | d | g | h | j | k | l | m | n | ng | p | r | s | š | t | x | y | z |
| a | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| e | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| i | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| u | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ya | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| yi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| yo | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| yu | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| wa | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| we | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| wi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| wo | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| wu | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ra | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| re | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ri | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ro | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ru | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (coda) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
The ∅ coda glyph is used for /w/ <w> in coda position.
Special symbols
| Tanswaiy | Purpose |
|---|---|
| | Changes vowel quality: e > ê and o > ô |
| | Changes vowel quality: e > ai and o > au |
| | Used to mark the end of a sentence, like the dot in English. |
| | Exclamation mark |
| | Comma |
| | (technical, not in use) e diacritic |
| | (technical, not in use) i diacritic[1] |
| | (technical, not in use) o diacritic |
| | (technical, not in use) u diacritic |
| | (technical, not in use) coda diacritic |
| | (technical, not in use) o diacritic (variant 2) |
| | (technical, not in use) u diacritic (variant 2) |
| | (technical, not in use) glide r diacritic |
| | (technical, not in use) glide w diacritic |
| | (technical, not in use) ya yit |
| | (technical, not in use) ya yit (variant 2) |
Logographs
| Symbol | KMTS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| | an cuw | light |
| | ar | in |
| | ku lyarh | storm |
| | leš | fire |
| | lying | everyone |
| | na za | eye |
| | nę xam | take, hold |
| | nyor | person |
| | pwow | doubt |
| | šêrng | hand |
| | šing | land |
| | tyo beyn | lose |
| | xêx | star |
| | yo lyu | city |
| | gyaus | life |
| | mez | (question particle) |
| | naj | everything |
References
- ↑ In the Tanswaiy font, it looks the same as the e diacritic. This is an error.