Cavian Script

Cavian Script is an abugida style semi-syllabic alphabet adapted for writing English. It borrows features from Southeast Asian and Northern Indian scripts.

Vowels
The Cavian Script distinguishes 13 vowels. /a, ɑ, ɒ, ɔ/ are all treated as allophones, as are /e ɛɪ/ and /o ɔʊ əʊ/.



Consonants
The Cavian script distinguishes 24 consonants. Both /w/ and /ʍ/ (/hw/) are treated as allophones. There is no character for /x, χ/, which are treated as allophones of /k/.



Spelling rules and combinations


Character by character transcription of sample text:

ɑ/r fɑ/ð/r hu ɑ/rt i/n he/v/n hæ/lo/d bi ðai ne/m ðai ki/ŋd/m k/m ðai wɪ/l bi d/n ɑn ʌ/rʘ æ/z ɪ/t ɪ/z ɪ/n he/v/n gɪ/v ʌ/s ðɪ/s de ɑ/r de/li brɛ/d & f/rgɪ/v ʌ/s ɑ/r trɛ/spæ/s/z æ/z wi f/rgɪ/v ðo/z hu trɛ/spæ/s ʌ/gɛ/nst ʌ/s & li/d ʌ/s nɑ/t ɪ/ntu tɛ/mte/ʃ/n b/t d/lɪ/v/r ʌ/s fr/m i/v/l f/r ðai/n ɪ/z ð ki/ŋd/m & ð pau/ʌ/r & ð glo/ri f/rɛ/v/r & ɛ/v/r ɑ/mɛ/n