(Hover over images of things written in Kasherach for a translation)
I noticed that most consonants have a 'soft' and 'hard' version, e.g. D -> T, G -> K, Z -> S, SH -> CH, so I came up with this
writing system where he alphabet consists only of the soft-version consonants (as well as consonants like R or L that don't have a
soft/hard version), and to write the hard versin you put a line through it like this:
Furthermore, vowels in this script are written as diacritics above or below the letters like Niqqud in Hebrew but more consistent.
Here's an example of how you would write "hello my name is foo":
Translated literally, this would be "helou mai neim iz fu", which is pronounced as "Hello my name is Foo".
The O is a blank letter, used when there is a vowel sound not attached to a consonant. If a vowel diacritic is above a letter,
it comes before. If it is under, it comes after
The full consonant alphabet is:
B G D V H J L M N R Z X C þ O
X is used for the velar fricative sound, which doesn't exist in English. C is used for the "sh" sound, and the hard version is "ch".
J is by default ʒ (like the S in "Usual") but becomes a regular English J with a line through it. O is, as previously mentioned,
a blank letter.
Here is the vowel list:
This script also has its own punctuation.
The line is like a full stop, except it is also used at the start of paragraphs, essentially a sentence seperator. This line can be
added to to be other punctuation, e.g. line with a circle is a comma, line with two vertical lines through it is !, line with a
diagonal line through it is ?. The ! symbol can have more vertical lines added to emphasize, like using multiple exclamation marks!!!
Apostrophes/quote marks are replaced with this kinda "corner piece" because I think it fits better
Punctuation list:
Kasherach Example
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort."
(intro to The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein)
Typing Demo
You can type Kasherach in here. It is a bit buggy, and doesn't work on mobile (other than the special letter buttons)
The line is like a full stop, except it is also used at the start of paragraphs, essentially a sentence seperator. This line can be
added to to be other punctuation, e.g. line with a circle is a comma, line with two vertical lines through it is !, line with a
diagonal line through it is ?. The ! symbol can have more vertical lines added to emphasize, like using multiple exclamation marks!!!
