Amai

The Amai script was created by Alex Krylov to write his constructed language called Bearnese, which is spoken in an imaginary parallel version of Earth, called Terra. This script is also known as the Bearnese alphabet.

Internal history

The Amai script is used for the Bearn(ese) language and a number of other languages of the Middle Lands of Terra, primarily for the languages of the Northern Ynnevian group.

The script was invented in 653 by the bearnese monk Karad Ta Ffeorn [ˋcɑːrǝd ta fːɛʌ̯rn] for recording the text of the Book of Light — I Mbodd gu Neath, the main socio-philosophical and religious text of the Bearns, which until the invention of writing had been transmitted exclusively orally.

For the purpose of facilitating communication with representatives of Earth peoples, the Bearns also adapted the Latin alphabet for their language; however, Amai remains the primary writing system.

Notable Features

Type of writing system: alphabet
Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines.
Used to write: Bearnese (Bearnidd)
The double vowel / consonant sign has two forms: upper, for letters with descenders; and lower, for letters with ascenders.

Amai script

Download a script chart for the Amai (Excel)
Download a Amai font

Sample text

Sample text in the Amai script (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Bearnese in the Amai script)

Transcription (IPA)

/barǝ ʧodː `hiːrkɪn χɪd `ndiːnegː `bedǝn ad `freʧob dʌ `nʤeruθ ad `pio̯ftin. ou̯f χɪd `nʣadegː tǝ `modǝl ad `ou̯ʃ kǝn ad `knolːǝ mɔə̯r spɪrt eŋ ɸio̯lfǝt dʌ ɪ mɪrθ gʌ `knɪgargǝn/

Transliteration

Bara chodd hierkin chid ndienegg bedan ad fretchob do njeruth ad mbioftin. Ouf chid ndzadegg ta model ad oushcan ad cnolla moar spirt eng phiolft do i mirth gu cnigargan.

Translation

All human beings 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.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

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