Lej characters

Description

The Lej characters are used to write Lej.

History of creation

The Lej characters were devised as needed when translating. The list of characters below is from a five-page document derived from the original Lej sources.

Stage 1: Initial creation

Stage 2: Sort by category

Stage 3: Collect characters from previous documents

Stage 4: Draft character list by ID (incomplete scans)

Stage 5: Finalise character list by ID

Phonetic characters (WIP, don't trust this)

These may or may not be SANS/Stark AlphaNumeric System phonetic letters, I don't remember. Could probably confirm it if I dug through my papers. The time would be about right.

Lej lowercase	Lej uppercase	Lowercase	Uppercase	Notes
		a	A	Drawn as single-story A, but might just be because of how I handwrite it. Maybe that's important to it for SANS (Latin alpha: ɑ) Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		b	B	Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		d	D	Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		e	E	Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		ɦ	Ƃ	Open E. This isn't in Unicode. Both its lower and uppercase forms look like a lowercase h with a horizontal line coming off to the right of the top. The uppercase is just bigger and wider. Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		f	F	Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		g	G	Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
	(or ?)	h	H	Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		i	I	Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		k	K	Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		l	L	Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		ə	Ə	Schwa. Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		ꜷ		Diphthong connector. Drawn as a single-story au ligature, it looks like?? Need to find the original paper since the washed-out scan isn't obvious, and the au ligature may be something else.
		m	M	Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		n	N	Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		o	O	Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		p	P	Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		r	R	Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		s	S	Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		t	T	Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		u	U	Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		v
		𝼇	Ո	Not in Unicode. Looks like an upside down U. Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		ʌ	Ʌ	Unclear if this is the same as Ո.
		ↄ	Ↄ	Example (lc+uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		c	C	Example (lc+uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		▵		Not in Unicode. Looks like Ʌ with a line across the bottom. No uppercase?
		ø		Not in Unicode. Looks like an O with a perfectly vertical line inside, with no overshoot. No uppercase?
		Ꞁ		Not in Unicode. I think it's a small capital T with no right arm.
		Ꞇ		Not in Unicode. I think it's a small capital T with no left arm.
		z	Z	Drawn with a bar, but I think that's just my handwriting.
		ƨ	Ƨ	Not sure if this is the correct Unicode character to use. It's a backwards letter S. Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		ʎ		Example: File:LejDocument.scan.6.png
		ᶌ		Not in Unicode. A backwards letter Y. Example: File:LejDocument.scan.6.png
			y	Not in Unicode. A capital lowercase Y basically. Not sure what character this is. Is it just a Y? Example (uc): File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		ʟ		Example: File:LejDocument.scan.6.png
		ı		Examples (lc): File:LejDocument.scan.6.png, File:LejDocument.scan.11.png
		ᴀ

List of characters

Glyph	ID	Class	Definition	Phonetic
	2173	Sign	I	aʟ
	2174	Sign	Category 1
	2175	Sign	Category 1	ncuı(?)
	2176	Sign	I
	2177	Sign	Child	vıᴎ
	2178	Sign	Cookie
	2179	Sign	Circle
	2180	Sign	Teach
	2181	Sign	Line
	2182	Sign	Specifically
	2183	Sign	Bibliographic
	2184	Sign	Database
	2185	Sign	With
	2186	Sign	You
	2187	Sign	Math
	2188	Sign	Project
	2189	Sign	Is
	2190	Sign	And
	2191	Sign	Fractions
	2192	Sign	Nifty
	2193	Sign	Draw
	2194	Sign
	2195	Sign	Of
	2196	Sign	To
	2197	Sign
	2198	Sign	Category 2	cuıᴎ
	2199	Sign
	2200	Sign
	2201	Punctuation	Full Stop
	2202	Sign	Update	nced
	2203	Sign	For
	2204	Sign
	2205	Sign
	2206	Sign
	2207	Sign
	2208	Sign	Category 4	cuının
	2209	Sign
	2210	Sign
	2211	Sign
	2212	Sign	Compound circles and lines that don’t touch
	2213	Sign
	2214	Sign
	2215	Sign
	2216	Punctuation	Comma
	2217	Punctuation	Hyphen
	2218	Operator	And	ↄıcıↄıↄ
	2219	Sign
	2220	Letter	A
	2221	Letter	B
	2222	Letter	D
	2223	Letter	E
	2224	Letter	Open E
	2225	Letter	F
	2226	Letter	G
	2227	Letter	H
	2228	Letter	I
	2229	Letter	K
	2230	Letter	L
	2231	Letter	M
	2232	Letter	N
	2233	Letter	O
	2234	Letter	P
	2235	Letter	R
	2236	Letter	S
	2237	Letter
	2238	Letter	C
	2239	Letter	T
	2240	Letter	U
	2241	Letter
	2242	Letter	Schwa
	2243	Letter	Voiced SH
	2244	Letter	Y
	2245	Letter	H
	2246	Letter	Z
	2247	Sign	Plural
	2248	Sign	Singular
	2249	Sign	Singular
	2250	Sign	On	ↄuc
	2251	Sign	In
	2252	Sign	Under
	2253	Sign	Over
	2254	Sign	Behind
	2255	Sign	To right of
	2256	Sign	To left of
	2257	Sign	Under but touching	ucu
	2258	Sign	To right of but touching	cu
	2259	Sign	To left of but touching
	2260	Sign	Yes	vᴀc
	2261	Sign	By, using	uᴎuc
	2262	Sign	Cook	ꜷↄ (verb. note: looks like it was at some point drawn with vertical lines inside the box)
	2263	Sign	Sort (verb.)	ꜷↄıc
	2264	Sign	Dear
	2265	Sign
	2266	Sign
	2267	Sign
	2268	Sign
	2269	Sign		Duplicate of 2350 "April"?
	2270	Sign		Duplicate of 2350 "April"?
	2271	Sign		Duplicate of 2350 "April"?
	2272	Sign		See 2342 "Tuesday" - is this a duplicate?
	2280	Letter	A
	2281	Letter	B
	2282	Letter	D
	2283	Letter	E
	2284	Letter	Open E
	2285	Letter	F
	2286	Letter	G
	2287	Letter	H
	2288	Letter	I
	2289	Letter	K
	2290	Letter	L
	2291	Letter	Schwa
	2292	Letter	Dipthong connector
	2293	Letter	M
	2294	Letter	N
	2295	Letter	O
	2296	Letter	P
	2297	Letter	R
	2298	Letter	S
	2299	Letter	T
	2300	Letter	U
	2301	Letter	V
	2302	Letter
	2303	Letter	C
	2304	Letter	/\
	2305	Letter	/\
	2306	Letter	O
	2307	Letter
	2308	Letter	‾
	2309	Letter	Z
	2310	Letter
	2311	Sign	Translation
	2312	Sign	Schedule
	2313	Sign	Piano
	2314	Sign	Fencing
	2315	Sign	Archery
	2316	Sign	Tap dance
	2317	Sign	Ballet
	2318	Sign	Art (visual)
	2319	Sign	Art (sonic)
	2320	Sign	Art (motion)
	2321	Sign	War
	2322	Sign	Class
	2323	Sign	Lesson
	2324	Sign	Symbol
	2325	Sign	Scrap paper
	2326	Sign	Competition
	2327	Sign	Letter
	2328	Sign	Information
	2329	Sign	Taste
	2330	Sign	Inward Smile
	2331	Sign	Outward Smile
	2332	Sign	Lej
	2333	Sign	Outward Smile
	2334	Sign	Outward Smile
	2335	Sign	Outward Smile
	2336	Sign	Not
	2337	Sign
	2338	Sign
	2339	Sign	Of
	2340	Sign	Sunday
	2341	Sign	Monday
	2342	Sign	Tuesday
	2343	Sign	Wednesday
	2344	Sign	Thursday
	2345	Sign	Friday
	2346	Sign	Saturday
	2347	Sign	January
	2348	Sign	February
	2349	Sign	March
	2350	Sign	April
	2351	Sign	May
	2352	Sign	June
	2353	Sign	July
	2354	Sign	August
	2355	Sign	September
	2356	Sign	October
	2357	Sign	November
	2358	Sign	December
	2359	Sign	Present
	2360	Sign	Past
	2361	Sign	Future
	2362	Sign	Any tense
	2363	Sign	This
	2364	Sign	These
	2365	Sign	Those
	2366	Sign	That
	2367	Sign	Empty
	2368	Sign	Accidentally
	2369	Sign	Cup
	2370	Sign	Mug
	2371	Sign	Bowl
	2372	Sign	Plate
	2373	Sign	Spoon
	2374	Sign	Fork
	2375	Sign	Knife (butter)
	2376	Sign	Knife (paring)
	2377	Sign	Knife (for citrus with sharp point)
	2378	Sign	Knife (for citrus with round point)
	2379	Sign	Cleaver
	2380	Sign	Bowl (cereal)
	2381	Sign	Bowl (soup)
	2382	Sign	Bowl (rice)
	2383	Sign	Fork (four tines)
	2384	Sign	Fork (three tines
	2385	Sign	Fork (two tines)
	2386	Sign	Cheese slicer
	2387	Sign	Cake tester
	2388	Sign	Teakettle
	2389	Sign	Teapot
	2390	Sign	Teacup
	2391	Sign	Knife (chef’s)
	2392	Sign	Understand
	2393	Sign	Write
	2394	Sign	Make
	2395	Sign	Want
	2396	Sign	Stab	cɦ(?)
	2397	Sign	Enclose
	2398	Sign	Translate
	2399	Sign	Read
	2400	Sign	See
	2401	Sign	Play
	2402	Sign	Sign
	2403	Sign	Love
	2404	Sign	Contain
	2405	Sign	Teach
	2406	Sign	Teach
	2407	Punctuation	Full Stop
	2408	Sign	Stab
	2409	Sign	You
	2410	Sign
	2411	Letter	Voiced SH
	2412	Punctuation	Interrogation Mark
	2413	Punctuation	Semicolon
	2414	Punctuation	Colon
	2415	Punctuation	Opening Quotation Mark
	2416	Punctuation	Closing Quotation Mark
	2417	Punctuation	Digit Separator
	2418	Punctuation	Opening Parenthesis
	2419	Punctuation	Closing Parenthesis
	2420	Punctuation	Exclamation Mark
	2421	Sign	At the time of
	2422	Sign	Can
	2423	Sign	Be
	2424	Sign	Or
	2425	Sign	And
	2426	Sign	Specifically
	2427	Sign	Hooray
	2428	Sign	Yes
	2429	Sign	No
	2430	Sign	Some
	2431	Sign	That
	2432	Sign	For
	2433	Sign	From
	2434	Sign	With
	2435	Sign	To
	2436	Sign	Which
	2437	Sign	Concerning
	2438	Sign	(possessive)
	2439	Sign	Okay
	2440	Sign	You
	2441	Sign	You (plural)
	2442	Sign	I
	2443	Sign	We
	2444	Sign	He/She/It
	2445	Sign	They
	2446	Digit	Zero
	2447	Digit	One
	2448	Digit	Two
	2449	Digit	Three
	2450	Digit	Four
	2451	Digit	Five
	2452	Digit	Six
	2453	Digit	Seven
	2454	Digit	Eight
	2455	Digit	Nine
	2456	Sign	Outward smile
	2457	Sign	Love
	2458	Sign	Can
	2459	Sign	Or
	2460	Sign	Or
	2461	Sign	Or
	2462	Sign	And
┤	2463	Sign	(continuation of verb)	(A character shaped like ┤ is at the end of File:LejDocument.scan.2.png and captioned as such, but is missing from the next collected characters. Not sure what that's about, or if it was intentionally omitted.)