Ukaliq   

The Ukaliq alphabet was created by Henrik Theiling, initially for a new constructed language, but then it became a universal alphabet also meant to be usable for any human language. The idea is to retrofit nice symbols to the shapes representable on a 7-segment display. It is an exercise in restriction to simple, pre-defined patterns, and an exploration of the potential of a script's expressiveness and elegancy within these restrictions.

Notable Features

• Type of writing system: alphabetic
• Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines
• Used to write: any human language, natural or constructed
• Number of letters: 77 (60 consonants, 17 vowels)
• Groups of letters are often marked by feature, e.g. point of articulation
• Contains punctuation marks, and digits, even for hexadecimal notation
• Representable without restriction on 7-segment displays
• Inherently monospaced: 7-segment displays do not grow or shrink
• Complete, closed, inextensible: there cannot be more symbols than the 128 symbols

Ukaliq

Sample text (in Inuktitut)

Transliteration

Inuluktaat inuulisaannguqput nangminiirungnasimaqaqɬutik ajjigiingmiglu ilitarijaujjutsiaqaqɬutiglu pijungnautitauqaqɬutik. Isumaksaqsiurungnatsiarnirmik inuutsiarutigijarlu piliqtungauttut, asianngurnullu iliurnirviqatigiittaruksariaqaraluaqput qatanngutigiiqqatigiittut anirniqsaarni.
(Titiqqaqsimajuq 1 Kitutuinnat pijungnautit silarjuarmiuqatigiinnut nalunaiqsiutit)

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)

More information about Ukaliq
http://www.theiling.de/ukaliq/

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