T-8

Bae Jun created the T-8 alphabet while serving in the Air Force. It is named after his detachment's alias. He originally devised T-8 to write a conlang he was working on, but has since abandoned that conlang project. T-8 was modelled mainly on Arabic, Runes and Ogham.

Notable features

Type of writing system: alphabet
Writing direction: written from right to left in vertical lines running from top to bottom.
Each letter has three forms: initial, medial and final.
Vowels are written with diacritics that appear on the right of the consonants.
The two dots by some of the letters can be written on top of one another or side by side.

T-8 alphabet

Sample text in the T-8 alphabet in Esperanto

Transliteration

Ĉiuj homoj estas denaske liberaj kaj egalaj laŭ digno kaj rajtoj. Ili posedas racion kaj konsciencon, kaj devus konduti unu al alia en spirito de frateco.

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)

Other scripts invented by Bae Jun

Acrography, Byeokrando, Emoel gugu, Kara Hiragana, Korillic, Kovrit, Naljeogigeul (alphabetic), Naljeogigeul (syllabic), Seumul, T-8

If you have any questions about T-8, you can contact Bae Jun at: shaxar@hanmail.net

Scripts invented / adapted by Bae Jun

Acrography, Byeokrando, Emoel gugu, Kara Hiragana, Korillic, Kovrit, Naljeogigeul (alphabetic), Naljeogigeul (syllabic), Seumul, T-8

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