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Introduction

The Lisadian alphabet is a cursive script written from bottom-to-top in lines going left-to-right to mimic the growth of vines. Despite the script being an alphabet, it is typically taught in the form of a syllabary with letters taught through CV or VC pairs. The following documents the orthography of Modern Lisadian.

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Consonants

Consonants have 3 different forms depending on their place in the word—intial, medial, or final—and can be either right-branching or left-branching off of the base stem. Each consonant’s initial form is inherently right-branching or left-branching and determines how the rest of the consonants in a word will branch. If the initial consonant of a word is right-branching, then all other consonants in that word are also right-branching. If the initial consonant is left-branching, then all other consonants in that word are also left-branching. The chart below shows all consonant forms combined with the vowel “A.”

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Vowels

Vowels similarly have right- and left-branching forms. The vowels of a word always branch in the opposite direction of the consonants. If a vowel begins a word (as seen with the null consonant above), then the vowels in that word will be right-branching and consonants left-branching.

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Diacritics and Combinations

There are also combinatorial letter forms for labialized consonants and the sounds /hl/ and /hr/. The chart below shows all combinatorial forms.

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Punctuation

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Cursive Script

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Romanization and Latin Transcription

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Example Text

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