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.