Skaraaskrít

The Skaraaskrít script was invented by Kris Green to write his fictional language, Drakanian. It can also be used to write English, despite having fewer consonants.

Notable Features

Type of writing system: Abjad/Alphabet - vowels are mainly written as diacritics, but can exist as separate characters
Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines
Used to write: Drakanian, although English is also possible
Vowels are written as diacritics on the top left of the character, but can exist on their own when used in a diphthong or double vowel sound
Number of letters: 16 consonants and 9 vowels
There are 4 'vocal pairs', i.e. consonant characters that have a voiced/unvoiced counterpart
A marker on the top right of a character voices an unvoiced consonant and vice versa
Punctuation goes below the last character of a word
There are no spaces between words, a marker below the last character of a word is used instead
For "th", "sh" and "zh" the 'h' character is written as a diacritic
A 'h' at the end of a word is pronounced like a Russian 'x'
The character for 'n' is an 'm' with a vocal change marker. However, they are not actually a vocal pair.

In the Drakanian Language foreign words are written in their own alphabet and followed by 'kezen' to show that they are not Drakanian words. Foreign phrases start with 'kothta' and end with 'kezen'. Skaraaskrít uses a subject-verb-object structure.

Skaraaskrít script

Punctuation

Skaraaskrít punctuation

Sample text in Drakanian

Sample text in Drakanian in the Skaraaskrít script

Transliteration

All’r menzatae ehrta sakrad libreít unt ekal ín vodfas unt dågt. T’kehrta fåstor híab zhalat unt menstør unt åsht gilvøt aulíka itzvadshín ín reíkhel de etzíota.

Translation

All Sentients are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Further information
http://triadnet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Triadnet

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