Kala updates etc.

[TomHChappell]

Kenamoya abugida – A decorative script for Kala centered on a circular design.

Impressive so far, both esthetically, and linguistically, IMHO!

[xxx]

a certain flavor of an extended pokemon unown alphabet, without the inscribed eye, clever...

[hwhatting]

Kenamoya abugida – A decorative script for Kala centered on a circular design.

Impressive so far, both esthetically, and linguistically, IMHO!

Well said!

[masako]

Impressive so far, both esthetically, and linguistically, IMHO!

Well said!

Thank you both very much.

Kala has reached a point where all updates are incremental and sporadic. I don't have any current plans for any major updates and have begun to dedicate more time to Amal, but the support and interest expressed in this thread has meant a great deal to me, so thank you.

[masako]

I've added some numeral variations, this section will be expanded and included in the next updated Omyatloko document toward the end of April.

[masako]

hamya - medical procedure
itsi / aitsi - chide; reprehend; admonish
kuale - relevant; related to an event or subject
kualemue - be irrelevant; to be superfluous
momoliko - country bumpkin; hick; yokel; rube
sa'u - odds and ends; bits and bobs; junk
yanao - one by one; one after another; in turn
tseha - workbench; counter; stall

A recent review of some translation exercises reveled some fairly gaping holes in the Kala lexicon.

[hwhatting]

A recent review of some translation exercises reveled some fairly gaping holes in the Kala lexicon.

I get you. The fluency thread today gave me reason to decide on the Tautisca word for "head" after dithering for years on what root to base it.

[Glass Half Baked]

Kenamoya abugida – A decorative script for Kala centered on a circular design.

I second what others have said. I really like the look of this.

[masako]

The fluency thread today gave me reason to decide on the Tautisca word for "head" after dithering for years on what root to base it.

That's quite a basic word...kudos on finding the motivation.

I really like the look of this.

Thank you!

More new words:

pikya – scaffolding; frame; rack; framework
pikyamue – be useless; futile
nomyempa – general merchandise
sentipua – ponytail
hetsu – cool with water
hinya – be dsidainful; ungrateful
hyema – break with both hands; adjust

[masako]

More new words:

panye – be shirtless; having a bare torso, barechested
pyatse – chat; gossip; spin a yarn; chew the rag/fat
pyempu – paramour; lover; illicit romance
tampai – set up a stall; make plans for a project
ntatsa – pick a lock; pry open; enter violently
tsampe – be disabled; injured; unable to move
tsomyo – half of the day; a long time; quite a while
tsuempa – wooden club (used to beat clothes in washing)
tlampa – be unfinished; incomplete
yompa – buy the whole batch/remainder

[masako]

The Kala grammar document has been updated.

Updates include:
1) dozens of new vocabulary
2) new script document links
3) grammatical changes

Future updates will likely include additional script descriptions, loads new vocabulary, and expanded useful phrases...potentially inclusion of a conworld description.

[masako]

New section coming to the Omyatloko document.

[xxx]

I like the very mechanical character of this calligraphic style...
with all those dots, it looks like card perforations...

[masako]

The Omyatloko Glyph Dictionary has been updated. It’s linked in the Document Library.

Updates include the pronominal constructions, among other small changes.

[keenir]

kudos on all your current accomplishments, with Kala, with Sangheili(sp), and your fairy language. great work!

as an aside, your Kala Omyatloko is the only calculiform script I can ever think of, aside from Maya itself; you're a great inspiration.
{"pebble-shaped"...Coe mentioned it, and said that it was coined by one of the early attempters to decipher written Mayan}

[xxx]

it's funny, I thought of omya calligraphy more like inca walls
(and maya writing more like jaguar spots...),
but there is a link with maya, especially its numbers,
is there a real pre-colombian inspiration...