Alphabet (Latinized)
A, D, E, EI, AI, EY, F, H, I, Y, YY, CK, K, Q, L, M, N, O, P, R, RR, S, X, ZCH, T, V, J, SZ
Letters/Digraphs and their Phonetics
Disclaimer: this is not professional linguistics here
/a/ ah
/ai/ ah-ee, sim. to “ei” but more spread out
/x/ sh (as in ship)
/zch/ sh (as in shred)
/k/, /q/, /kh/ hard K
/ck/ aspirated K (like Hebrew/Arabic)
/e/ short e (eh)
/ei/ eye
/ey/ ayy
/yy/ ee (as in eek)
/y/ either long E or short i
/i/ short i (ih)
/o/ long or short O
/r/ [ɾ]
/rr/ [r]
/j/ Y sound
/sz/ hard Z
NONE OF THE FOLLOWING SOUNDS:
B, hard or soft G or J, hard C (only when paired with K), short U (uh), soft X (ks)
Dipthong /ir/ says “er”, /yr/ says “ear”, /er/ says “ehr”
Script
In progress
Written, there are no lowercase letters. Words of importance (titles, names, events, etc.) are denoted with a single dot before the first letter of the word or phrase. Occasionally the first letter of a word is also dotted for emphasis as the writer sees fit.
“My kind do not have language. We have borrowed it from the children of the song, the Ckalyymi, for it is said they have the most beautiful tongue in all the universe.”
—Regency, CotS
Ckalaqess
Lit. “the song tongue”
The script meant nothing to her, except that it looked like flight patterns, dipping and twirling and bouncing like a sparrow after an insect. It still irked her that she didn’t know how to read it, but Zofyel and Elyon assured her she wasn’t the only one. Many Ckalyymi didn’t need to read in order to perform their duties or hone their craft, Zofyel had said. Elyon told her most people in Zeyri could, and great centers for learning were established there, but it wasn’t out of the ordinary not to read.
—HotA