Classical Scrippenday

amphibian mutation

/æm.ˈfɪ.bi.ən mju.ˈteɪ.ʃən/

Fast Facts

Writing System Type: logography with phonetic notation

Reading/Writing Direction: left-to-right, top-to-bottom

Word Spacing: none

Featural Script: no

System Overview

Classical Scrippenday, derived from the Latin scriptio dei (script of God), is a partial-language logography that represents words containing Latin and Greek roots as well as certain prefixes and suffixes. It is currently in progress and not a fully-fledged writing system.

Classical Scrippenday primarily uses pictographs and ideographs to construct new characters, such the the root <flam> "flame, fire" and <scrip> "write".

Affixes that have variable pronunciations but near-identical meanings are written with one particular character for a base reading and given the appropriate vowel diacritic when used to represent a different affix. 

The suffixes <ify>, <ize>, and <ate>, which are all used to mark verbs, use this strategy.

For characters with differing Greek and Latin roots, a collection of three horizontal or vertical dots can be inserted to signify the use of the Greek pronunciation. If a character only has a Greek pronunciation, the dots should not be used.

The roots <de> and <theo>, which stem from Latin and Greek respectively and both mean "god" in English, use this strategy.

Roots that are separate in meaning but often identical in pronunciation, such as <a(d)> "to, toward", or <a(b)> "off, away from", often use one character for both meanings due to historical confusion and assimilation.

Usage Note: Words that originally stem from Latin or Greek roots, such as "confetti", but whose root meanings are heavily obscured in English, are written in Altic. If such a word is used to represent a concept that is considered non-European, like "rhinoceros", it will be written in Xenic.