Tennobet

Tennobet is an alphabet created for use in the Warframe, an online role playing game developed and published by Digital Extremes. In the game the Tennobet is used to write the Orokin or Tenno language, which is based on English.

Notable features

Type of writing system: featural alphabet - there are links between the shapes of the letters
Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines. Sometimes written vertically
Used to write: Orokin/Tenno
Vowels are stacked above on to the left of the consonants
The vowel ee is used to write the letter y, and the vowel oo is used for the letter w

Tennobet alphabet

Sample texts

Sample text in Tennobet

Transliteration

You are the hope and future of the Tenno.

Sample text in the Tennobet

Transliteration

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)

Links

Details of the Tennobet and Orokin/Tenno language
https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Orokin_Language
https://www.memrise.com/course/425296/tennobet-academy/

Transliterate English text to the Tennobet
http://clarvel.github.io/TennoTyper/

Information about Warframe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warframe

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