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Ecta is the alphabetic representation of the Cadim language.

Contents 1 Notable features 2 Ecta alphabet (impure abjad) 2.1 Sounds of Ecta 2.2 Other sounds 2.3 Ecta vowels 2.4 Al nuktam 3 Alphabetic order 4 Ecta numbers 4.1 higher numbers 5 Samples 6 Notes

Notable features

• The Ecta alphabet is written from left to right in horizontal lines.
• It is named for the first two characters in the alphabet, ec and ta.
• The Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin writing systems inspired Ecta, but is primarily designed to resemble the Square Kufic Script.
• The Ecta alphabet contains 19 consonants, several diacritics and a few ligatures.
• In theory the script could be adapted to write English, as well as many other languages.

Ecta alphabet (impure abjad)

Sounds of Ecta

Al sedam di ecta

Other sounds

Al otra sedam

• When other sounds are written, they may be specified with the use of a gec.

Ecta vowels

Al unalut di ecta

• Each vowel has an alternate form used primarily when Ecta is written in the short form.

Al nuktam

The nuktam, or points (marks) are diacritics used to mark vowels.

• The nukta are used primarily when the vowel falls within the word and not when the vowel begins or ends the word.

• The gecat, used to mark numbers when placed before (to the left) of the appropriate grapheme.

• The gec ala, used to alter the phonetic values when placed above the appropriate grapheme.

• The gec tahet, used to alter the phonetic values when placed below the appropriate grapheme.

Alphabetic order

• As you can see, the ligature alem [a:l] is included in the primary collating sequence.
• The reason for this is quite simply to round of the number of base graphemes to 20 for easier memorization.

Ecta numbers

The ecta script in order along with each graphemes' Gematria value.

higher numbers

Samples

• The first sentence of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

• English: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

• Transliteration: Kularenat nacum hurua u egal mita uradeya u hakat.

• X-Sampa: ["ku:l.a:.r\En.a:t-"na:S.u:m-"h\u:r\.wa:-u:-"e:.ga:l-"mI.ta:-"u:r.a:d.e:.ja:-u:-"h\a:.ka:t]

• Gloss: all-person-PL be-born-3PL free and equal with worth-abstract and right-PL

• Written out in full text, including full vowel forms, using only punctuation.

• Written more stylistically, using nukta, and linking many letters in a pseudo-cursive way.

Notes

• The four diacritics in Ecta are called al nukta and are explained in the above image(s).
• There are many ways to write Ecta so that it is easily understood, many of the letters may be joined as in a cursive style.
• Each of the letters (graphemes) was inspired and derived from a natural writing system to keep with the theme of borrowing from natural languages.