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* Looking closely, you will notice that the symbols are arranged by phonetic relation, making '''Moya''' semi-featural.
* Looking closely, you will notice that the symbols are arranged by phonetic relation, making '''Moya''' semi-featural.
== Vowels ==
* 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 ==
== Notes ==

Revision as of 06:20, 1 November 2009

Moya

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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

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

Vowels

  • 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.

Sample text in Moya