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Contents 1 Moj 1.1 Notable features 1.2 Moj consonants 1.3 Moj vowels 1.4 Moj numerals 1.5 Moj sample 1.6 The Mogua 2 Ajan 2.1 Notable features 2.2 Ajan abjad 2.3 A serif style 2.4 Notes 2.5 Sample text in Ajan 3 Ngala 3.1 Notable features 3.2 Formation of a glyph 3.3 Ngala radicals 3.4 Guidelines for connecting the radicals 3.5 Examples 3.6 A longer sample

Moj

Moj is the alphabetic representation of the Qatama language.

Notable features

• Moj is written from left to right in horizontal lines, it may also be written vertically from top to bottom.
• The word moj not only refers to the script but also means "to write" in Qatama.
• Moj was inspired by the Tibetan, Klingon, and Masonic writing systems.
• Moj contains 14 consonants, 4 vowel diacritics and 2 vowel carriers.

Moj consonants

Moj vowels

• The vowel carriers are used when a vowel begins a word or for diphthongs.
• The vowel carriers are not used when the script is written vertically.
• There is no punctuation used in Qatama, pauses, stops and questions are understood through the use of context and particles.
• The three different pronunciations of <j> are dialectal in Qatama.

Moj numerals

Higher numbers are constructed as follows:

Moj sample

The Mogua

• This is something I call mogua, it's a play on moj (writing system) + gua (face), if you look closely, every grapheme of Moj can be made with a combination of these brush strokes.

Ajan

Ajan is an abjad used to represent the Qatama language. It was created as an alternative to the alphabet Moj.

Notable features

• Ajan is written vertically, in columns running from left to right.
• The word 'ajan' not only refers to the script but also means "a tied rope, or knot" in Qatama - referring to the appearance of the words.
• Ajan contains 15 consonants, two vowel markers and three vowel diacritics.

Ajan abjad

A serif style

Notes

• Full vowel indication (vocalization) can be added, usually by means of diacritics, but this is not common.
• The script can also be written horizontally, but this is only done to save space.
• There is no punctuation used in Qatama, pauses, stops and questions are understood through the use of context and particles.
• Most often the vowels are not marked, the single diagonal mark is used to show that a vowel begins or ends the word, and is also used to connect graphemes that otherwise would not connect based on the normal methods of connecting.

Sample text in Ajan

Ngala

Ngala is system of quasi-featural glyphs, mostly monosyllabic used to represent the Qatama language. It was created as an alternative to the alphabet Moj.

Notable features

• Ngala can be written vertically, in columns running from left to right, or horizontally.
• The word 'Ngala' not only refers to the script but also means "a square, or a block" in Qatama - referring to the appearance of the glyphs.
• Ngala contains 10 radicals arranged in blocks of four to form mono or disyllabic glyphs.
• Many of the glyphs can be reverse-engineered to resemble the words or ideas they represent.
• There is no punctuation used in Qatama, pauses, stops and questions are understood through the use of context and particles.

Formation of a glyph

Ngala radicals

Guidelines for connecting the radicals

• Each radical should be connected to at least one other radical.
• The radicals should be connected at open points rather than at closed corners.
• Aim to make the glyph be as "pictographic" as possible. Obviously excluding many abstracts and rigidly grammatical lexical entries.

Examples

• myong - n. a large feline, tiger lion…etc. The picture shows a lion looking back over his shoulder.

• • As you can see, each radical spot is used, top left: m, bottom left: ya, top right: o, bottom right: ng. In this glyph the o modifies the ya and makes it yo.

• A possible handwritten version of myong, but keep in mind, these glyphs would rarely ever be handwritten.

• guja - n. water, stream, creek The picture shows a stream running throw a forest.
  • In the above you see an example of a disyllabic glyph.
• Disyllabic glyphs only occur when the second syllable is one of the following nuclei: a, o, ja, ha, ya, la, ra.
• There are occasions when these are modifying the preceding nucleus and not acting as second syllables and the occurrences are based on phonotactic rules. E.g. ya-a is /ja:.a:/, but ya-o is /jo:/.

• n'ha - n. a cut, gash, slash v. to cut, hack, slice.
  • The picture shows an axe and a hatchet cutting a block of wood.

• In this sample you see that only two radical positions are used, this is perfectly acceptable. They are variable to give way to more "pictographic" possibilities.

• toj - n. warrior, fighter, combatant. The picture shows a warrior, his shield and battle axe.

• This sample shows how the secondary nucleus position can be used without the first, the glyph remains readable.

• Another example of a handwritten glyph, toj.

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• An example of a dual glyph pictograph.
  • mogu /mo:.gu:/ - n. sleep, rest, relaxation | v. to sleep, lay, rest

A longer sample