Kala writing/tloko

• The tloko script is logosyllabic combining about X logograms (which represent whole words) and 150 syllabograms (which represent syllables). About 300 glyphs were commonly used.

• Examples of the script ...

• Many syllables can be represented by more than one glyph

• The script is usually written vertical columns reading from top to bottom and then left to right.

Featural Syllabary

• The basic consonant glyphs were directly inspired by Hangul.

consonants

• Each consonant has three forms. The form used depends on the the vowel added to form the syllable glyph.

(V = null consonant)

vowels

An example of p with all vowel elements.

• The vowels elements are shown here with the null consonant glyph.

(-C = null vowel, or final consonant)

Logographs

Gallery of Tloko logographs