Kala writing

Moya

Moya is an abugida, or abjad used to represent the Kala language.

Notable features

• Moya is written vertically, in columns running from left to right, when necessary, or for aesthetic reasons it can be written horizontally.
• The word moya not only refers to the script but also means "to write, character, letter" in Kala.
• Moya contains 14 consonant syllables, two vowel markers and ten vowel diacritics.

Moya Consonants, or Syllables

• Looking closely, you will notice that the symbols are arranged by phonetic relation, making Moya semi-featural.

Vowels (Diacritics)

• The vowels vary in direction between the two modes, vertical (ukaha) and horizontal (kalai).
• The ukaha mode vowels are turned 90° from their position in the kalai mode.

Ukaha vowels

Kalai vowels

Notes

• Full vowel indication (vocalization) can be added, by means of vowel diacritics, but this is only done to eliminate confusion.
• The script can also be written horizontally, but this is only done to save space.
• There is very little punctuation used in Kala, 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.

Tables & Charts

• 

  Ka Table

• 

  Hama Table

• 

  Panaha Table

Ka Table

• The ka syllable with all possible vowel combinations and permutations.
• Whenever a word ends in a vowel the pekoli (tail-mark) is present and will 'carry' the final vowel.
• If the consonant is labialized or palatalized those pehim (little marks) will be marked on the consonant.

• Note the kyao & kuai syllables.

Hama Table

• Number 1 is the base word hama in the kalai mode.
• In #2, huemyao, the labialization mark can be seen below the ha, and the e diacritic can be seen above. The palatalization mark can be seen below the ma, but the ao diacritic can be seen above the pekoli.
• Whenever a word ends in a vowel the pekoli (tail-mark) is present and will 'carry' the final vowel.
• In #3, the labialization and palatalization marks are the only used.
• Number 4 is plainly divergent from the previous three. It makes use of the pemato (reverse-mark) to indicate that the base is aham and not hama. This mark can be used on any syllable at any place in the word with exception of the pekoli.
• Example #7 shows the pe’uku (stop-mark) above the ma syllable, which indicates that the syllable lacks a vowel; in this case the pekoli is left off as well.

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