Sitelen
Sitelen is a hieroglyphic script devised by Jonathan Gabel as
an alternative way to write Toki Pona,
a Pidgin-like language invented by Sonja Lang. Sitelen is based
on the Mayan script and can be used
either as a syllabary or as a logographic script.
The image on the top right of this page shows ways to write
Sitelen and Toki Pona in the Sitelen using the syllabic script
and the logographic script
Notable features
- Type of writing system: syllabic/logographic
- Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines, with glphs stacked togther is various ways to form words and phrases
- Used to write: Toki Pona
Sitelen syllabic script
The Sitelen syllabic script is made up of the following basic symbols:
The first symbol in the consonant row is used with vowels without
an accompanying consonant.
These can be combined together to form all the syllables found in
Toki Pona:
Source http://jonathangabel.com/learn/t47/dictionaries/syllabary
Sitelen logographic script
Source http://jonathangabel.com/learn/t47/dictionaries/glyphs
Sample text (syllabic script)
Transliteration
jan ali li kama lon nasin ni: ona li ken tawa li ken pali.
jan ali li kama lon sama. jan ali li jo e ken pi pilin suli.
jan ali li ken pali e wile pona ona. jan ali li jo e ken pi
sona pona e ken pi pali pona. jan ali li wile pali nasin ni:
ona li jan pona pi ante.
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)
Information about Toki Pona |
Sitelen script |
Phrases |
Numbers |
Tower of babel
Links
Information about Sitelen
http://jonathangabel.com/projects/t47
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