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masako wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:33 pm Kenamoya abugida – A decorative script for Kala centered on a circular design.

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

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

TomHChappell wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:35 pm

masako wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:33 pm Kenamoya abugida – A decorative script for Kala centered on a circular design.

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

Well said!

hwhatting wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:51 am

TomHChappell wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:35 pm 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.

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

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.

masako wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 9:14 pm 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.

masako wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:33 pm 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.

hwhatting wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:56 pm 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.

Glass Half Baked wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:28 pm 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

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

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.

New section coming to the Omyatloko document.

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

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

Updates include the pronominal constructions, among other small changes.

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}

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...