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VARKUZAN ORTHOGRAPHY & PHONETICS

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The following charts are generally self-explanatory illustrating varkuzan letters, consonant clusters, and dipthongs, their phonetic dispositions, acceptable pairings, and numerical disposition. Each Varkuzan letter, as noted in the introduction, represents an integer in a similar but very different way from how Hebrew and Arabic do the same thing. Also, there are a few different variations of what they stand for, each well-defined and with a name and domain of use. Vowels also in some cases stand for numbers. After each chart I note what I think is most important for this abbreviated rendering of Varkuzan phonetics presupposing the reader has at least a very basic understanding of linguistics and a short explanation of Varkuzan Orthography follows at the end.

CONSONANTS ðud

fyu ðud
IPA Consonant Diagram
k/g

Chart 0.5

Consonant Category Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alvelor Postalvelor Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal

Plosives p*/b* 10/16 p/b t/d t/d t*/d* k/g k*/g* ?/

Affricatives pf/bv pq/bð ts/dz,ps/bz tc/dj,pc/bj

Fricatives f/v f*/v* q/ð s/z c/j x/ɣ x*/ɣ* x/y h/

Nasals /m* /m /n /n* /n /ŋ

Approximants /r /y* /y /y

Trill Approximants /ɽ* /ɽ

CoArticulated Approximants /w(first point) /w(second point)

Lateral Approximants /l* /l

As can be seen, I wanted to use all twenty-six letters on the standard keyboard first before delving into IPA because making the orthography user-friendly is of the utmost important especially because you can always introduce parallel alternative alphabets at a later date. I tried to otherwise remain as close to IPA and common sense as I could. My decisions of which sounds to include were based on wanting to use as many as I could without there be too many redundent sounds, and I will include a very detailed explanation of my process in that regard in another place.

fyu ðud

Consonant Chart

Chart 1

Num Varkuzan .. Location Type English VNum.A VNum.B Ex.

1 p unvoiced bilabial plosive p 10 10 play

2 b voiced bilabial plosive b 16 22 bat

3 t unvoiced interdental to postalvelor plosive t 14 20 ten

4 d voiced interdental to postalvelor plosive d 12/0 12/0 dill

5 k unvoiced velar plosive k 11 11 kill

6 g voiced velar plosive g 15 21 gill

7 f unvoiced labiodental fricative f 9 9 fill

8 v voiced labiodental fricative v 8 8 vast

9 q unvoiced dental fricative th golden ratio(1.61)/1 0/14 thin

10 ð voiced dental fricative th 1 1 then

11 s unvoiced alvelor fricative s pi(3.14)/3 5 sat

12 z voiced alveolor fricative z 3 3 zero

13 c unvoiced postalvelor fricative sh e(2.72)/2 7 shot

14 j voiced postalvelor fricative zh 2 2 garaGe

15 x unvoiced velar to uvular fricative NA 13/1 13/1 loCH(Scottish accent)

16 ɣ voiced velar to uvular fric./fric. to approx. NA unknown 'x' 19 aGac(Turkish)

17 h unvoiced glottal fricative h infinity 24 hat

18 r voiced alvelor approximant r 5 15 rat

19 y voiced palatal approximant y empty set/0 17 yes

20 w voiced bilabial-velar coarticulated approximant w 0 16 will

21 l voiced alvelor lateral approximant l 7 14 light

22 m voiced bilabial nasal m 4 4 mom

23 n voiced dental to postalvelor nasal n 6 6 neat

24 ɽ voiced alvelor trill NA 17 17 NA

25 ŋ voiced velar nasal ng 5 15 sing

1 mw voiced bilabial affricative mw 4 4 mwa

2 ts unvoiced alvelor affricative ts 5 5/15 bits

3 dz voiced alvelor affricative dz 18 18 NA

4 tc unvoiced alvelor-postalvelor affricative ch 0 23 church

5 dj voiced alvelor-postalvelor affricative j 2 2/17 jack

6 kx unvoiced velar affricative NA 1 1/16 c(Kh)at

EXPLANATION OF VARKUZAN CONSONANTS

Masculine Feminine

Plosive Vowel
Unvoiced Voiced
Glottal Labial

CONSONANT CLUSTERS
ju varkuzan

fyu jru
Chart of Front Consonant Clusters

Chart 2 Reg. tap-initial affricate Num2 Num3 Num2&3

p pl pr pw py pɽ tp dp kp 5/3 0/15 5/23

b bl br bw by bɽ tb db kb 5/3 0/15 5/23

t tl tr tw ty tɽ dt kt ts tc 5/2 0/10 5/17

d dl dr dw dy dɽ td kd dz dj 5/2 0/10 5/17

k kl kr kw ky kɽ tk dk kx 5/2 0/10 5/17

g gl gr gw gy gɽ tg dg kg 5/3 0/15 5/23

Affricate-Strong Reg. Tap-initial

pf* pfl pfr pfw pfy pfɽ pfm pfn pfp pft pfk tpf dpf kpf 10/3 0/30 10/43

pq pql pqr pqw pqy pqɽ pqm pqn pqp pqt pqk tpq dpq kpq 10/3 0/30 10/43

bv* bvl bvr bvw bvy bvɽ bvm bvn bvb bvd bvg tbv dbv kbv 10/3 0/30 10/43

bð bðl bðr bðw bðy bðɽ bðm bðn bðb bðd bðg tbð dbð kbð 10/3 0/30 10/43

tql tqr tqw tqy tqɽ tqm tqn tqp tqt tqk ttq dtq ktq 10/3 0/30 10/43

ts tsl tsr tsw tsy tsɽ tsm tsn tsp tst tsk tts dts kts 10/3 0/30 10/43

tc tcl tcr tcw tcy tcɽ tcm tcn tcp tct tck ttc dtc ktc 10/3 0/30 10/43

dð dðl dðr dðw dðy dðɽ dðm dðn dðb dðd dðg tdð ddð kdð 10/3 0/30 10/43

dz dzl dzr dzw dzy dzɽ dzm dzn dzb dzd dzg tdz ddz kdz 10/3 0/30 10/43

dj djl djr djw djy djɽ djm djn djb djd djg tdj ddj kdj 10/3 0/30 10/43

Affricate-Weak Reg. Tap-initial

ps psl psr psw psy psɽ psm psn psp pst psk tps dps kps 10/3 0/30 10/43

pc* pcl pcr pcw pcy pcɽ pcm pcn pcp pct pck tpc dpc kpc 10/3 0/30 10/43

bz bzl bzr bzw bzy bzɽ bzm bzn bzb bzd bzg tbz dbz kbz 10/3 0/30 10/43

bj* bjl bjr bjw bjy bjɽ bjm bjn bjb bjd bjg tbj dbj kbj 10/3 0/30 10/43

Fricative

f fl fr fw fy fɽ fm fn tf df kf 7/3 10/51 17/71

v vl vr vw vy vɽ vm vn tv dv kv 7/3 10/51 17/71

q ql qr qw qy qɽ qm qn qp qt qk tq dq kq 10/3 25/105 35/143

ð ðl ðr ðw ðy ðɽ ðm ðn ðb ðd ðg tð dð kð 10/3 25/105 35/143

s sl sr sw sy sɽ sm sn sp st sk ts ds ks 10/3 25/105 35/143

z zl zr zw zy zɽ zm zn zb zd zg tz dz kz 10/3 25/105 35/143

c cl cr cw cy cɽ cm cn cp ct ck tc dc kc 10/3 25/105 35/143

j jl jr jw jy jɽ jm jn jb jd jg tj dj kj 10/3 25/105 35/143

x xl xr xw xy xɽ xm xn xp xt xk tx dx kx 10/3 25/105 35/143

ɣ ɣl ɣr ɣw ɣy ɣɽ ɣm ɣn ɣb ɣd ɣg tɣ dɣ kɣ 10/3 25/105 35/143

h hl hr hw hy hɽ hm hn th dh kh 7/3 10/51 17/71

m ml mr mw my mɽ tm dm km 5/3 0/15 5/23

n nl nr nw ny nɽ tn dn kn 5/3 0/15 5/23

24 5 1038 1043 1067

Notes:
*The letter "ŋ" can only come after a vowel within a syllable
*FrontClusters are limited to four letters including a tap and three letters excluding a tap
*All three-and-four letter combinations that naturally can be made from the chart above are allowed so long as they follow above said length restrictions

fyu juta
Chart of Back Consonant Clusters

Chart 3

p pf* pq ps pc px pt pk

b bv* bð bz bj bɣ bd bg

t tf* tq ts tc

tc tcp tct tck

ts tsp tst tsk

d dv* dð dz dj

dz dzb dzd dzg

dj djb djd djg

k kf kq ks kc kp kt

g gv* gð gz gj gb gd

f fq fs fc fp ft fk

v vð vz vj vp vd vg

q qs qc qp qt qk

ð ðz ðj ðb ðd ðg
s sp st sk

z zb zd zg

c cp ct ck

j jb jd jg

x xp xt xk

ɣ ɣp ɣd ɣg

h ht*

m mv mq mð ms mz mj mɣ mp mb mt md mk* mg

n nv nq nð ns nz nj nɣ nb* nt nd nk ng

ŋ ŋq ŋð ŋs* ŋz ŋc* ŋj ŋx ŋɣ ŋt ŋk ŋg

l lf lv lq lð ls lz lc lj lx lɣ* lh* lp lb lt ld lk lg lm ln lŋ

r (N:é,ǿ,i,ʌ)* rf rv rq rð rs rz rc rj rx rɣ* rh* rp rb rt rd rk rg rm rn rŋ rl

ɽ (N:é,ǿ,i,ʌ)* ɽf ɽv ɽq ɽð ɽs ɽz ɽc ɽj ɽx ɽɣ* ɽh* ɽp ɽb ɽt ɽd ɽk ɽg ɽm ɽn ɽŋ ɽl

Notes:
*5-letter backclusters are possible in forms such as rltst utilizing the initial double-liquid, affricative, and ending tdsz

TAP CHART

single namenegatorname break, last
Chart 3.5

tap Use Meaning

t word-initial

d word-initial multiplename

k word-initial

g word-initial negated name

tap Use Meaning

t infix after word initial

d infix after word intial name break, not last

k infix compoundword break

g infix double-letter break

VOWELS
ðuó varkuzan

MONOTHONG & DIPTHONG CHARTS
(IPA symbology pending my education as to their html)
cuð id cuj qäulel varkuzan fyuij

fyu cuð
monothong chart

Chart 4

Num. Var. 2 . . First FC First Naked 7 HTML s.c. # Var. Alpha Num. Suff#

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

1 ä open front unrounded if 1st vowel pronouns auml second ä 1/1 cat

2 e mid-open front unrounded if 1st vowel preposition NA e 2/none bed

3 ø mid-open front rounded if 1st vowel compoundword oslash ø none/2 ...

4 é mid-close front unrounded if 1st vowel punctuation eacute é 3/3 say

5 ǿ mid-close front rounded if first vowel frontpunct #511 ǿ 7/4 ...

6 ï close front unrounded verb prefix verb ... iuml yes ï 6/none beet

7 i near close near front unrounded number amount/arkon number NA yes i none// bit

8 a near open/mid-open central unrounded if 1st vowel phenouns NA a none// nut

9 á, ' mid central unrounded (short) if first vowel adva1/spacer2 á, NA á, ' none// bird

10 ü near close near back rounded if 1st vowel proper noun marker uuml ü 8/12 hook

11 u close back rounded if 1st vowel lingual NA u 4 boot

12 ó mid-close back rounded pronouns universal marker oacute ó none/9/11 coat

13 o mid-open back rounded phenoun w/marked seconds part of speech marker NA o 5/14 taught

14 ɔ open back unrounded simple chemistry mysticism ... #596 yes-hebrew ɔ 0/0 sod

ɔ 1st(2nd=a) verb object nclass 1stnude(1bc=ð-v) emopsych

DIPTHONGS (Varkuzan dipthongs are exactly reducible to the Varkuzan monothongs from which they are constructed)

fyu cuj Dipthong Chart

Chart 5

Num. Var. Eng.Ex. Ger.Ex. HTML AlphaNumb

1 äü...ãü cow laut auml,#227 9/6

2 äi...ãi tile ein #227,i none/5

3 eu...êu (ger.)über ... #234,u 10/8

5 øï...øĩ ... ... oslash,#297 11/9

6 ïu...ĩu few ... #297,u 12/15

10 oü...ɔũ ... ... #596,#361 17/13

9 oï...oĩ soy neu o,#297 16/17

8 oe...oê ... ... o,#234 15/10

7 uï...uĩ ... ... u,#297 14/16

4 eo...êo ... ... ê,o 13/7

Varkuzan "Vowel-Semantic Designator" Chart

VarVowel 1stNaked 1st(ð-x) 1st(t-dz) 1stliquid 2ndNaked 2nd(ð-x) 2nd(t-dz) 2ndLiquid Suffix TapRedo1

ä saqas saqas saqas saqas sq1.1 sq1.1 sq1.1 ... ...

e prep prep prep prep ... ... ... ... ...

ø frontpunct frontpunct frontpunct frontpunct ... ... ... ... ...

é punct. color ... ... sq1.2 sq1.2 sq1.2 ... ...

ǿ ... ... ... ... ... compound

ï verb verb verb verb verb verb verb ... ...

i number number number number number number number ... ...

a phenoun marker noun-verbs noun-verbs noun-verbs sq3.1 sq3.1 sq3.1 ... ... ...

á, ' ... adva[prep.sem.mark](2) saqas saqas ... ... ... ... ... proper noun

ü ... lingual ... ... sq3.2 sq3.2 sq3.2 ... ...

u foreign foreign foreign foreign sq1.3 sq1.3 sq1.3 ... ...

ó family pronoun unimark unimark sq2.2 sq2.2 sq2.2 ... suffixcloser

o seman mark prefix dialectical saqas saqas sq1.4 sq1.4 sq1.4 ... ...

ɔ holism/chemistry/saqas chemistry chemistry chemistry sq2.1 sq2.1 sq2.1 ... ...

ãi universal marker saqas(1sen) saqas(1sen) saqas(1sen) universal marker universal marker universal marker ...

ãü universal marker saqas(1sen) saqas(1sen) saqas(1sen) .... ... .... ...

êu prep prep prep prep ... .... ... .... opprep marker

øĩ ... calender ... calender sq2.3 sq2.3 sq2.3 .... ...

ĩu ... alphabet alphabet alphabet sq2.4 sq2.4 sq2.4 .... ...

âo ... alphabet alphabet alphabet ... .... ... .... ...

uĩ ... alphabet alphabet alphabet sq3.3 sq3.3 sq3.3 .... ...

oê ... alphabet alphabet alphabet sq3.4 sq3.4 sq3.4 ... ...

oĩ noun-conj pos inverter(n>prep) saqas saqas saqas apositive ... ... .... ...

oũ ... alphabet alphabet alphabet ... .... ... .... ...

VarVowel 1stNaked 1st(ð-x) 1st(t-dz) 1stliquid 2ndNaked 2nd(ð-x) 2nd(t-dz) 2ndLiquid Suffix

SAQAS:
Certain firstvowel options (usually t-dz) indicate the second vowel is the determinant. In this case, the second vowel and its opening consonants are determinant, with four different vowels are tied against a certain matrix of second syllable openers staggered by their consonant value of six e.g. if the vowels were a,e,o,u and the second syllable determinant was ma, then pe, bo, and qu would all be the same, going in value with the vowels lowest to highest, also with plus or minus thirteen in the same vowel category, given each eight possibilities e.g. ma, ra, pe, dje, bo, zo, qu, cu
"d" kicks it to the backcluster of the second syllable
each saqas vocab set has nine dimensions in the initial two-syllable permuatations, two of which or two deep, two four deep, one eight deep, the rest more

Saqas 36 list, ð-x: (x for 0/13 and d for itself)
1. foods...v1...vä, tcä, té, ðé, qu, cu, jo, go
2. zoology
3. agrozoology
4. anatomy
5. manufactured products
6. pure sensations/emotions/empathetical states: tä, ðä, qé, cé, ju, gu, vo, tco
7. familia generic form vocabulary
8. area designations e.g. floor, yard, closet, restaurant
9. metaphysical
10. non-chemical masses e.g. soil (subatomic d-category)
11. natural things e.g. rocks, planets (non alive/manufactured)
12.

Chart 0.5
Consonant Category	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alvelor	Postalvelor	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Plosives	p/b 10/16	p/b	t/d	t/d	t/d	k/g	k/g		?/
Affricatives		pf/bv	pq/bð	ts/dz,ps/bz	tc/dj,pc/bj
Fricatives	f/v	f/v	q/ð	s/z	c/j	x/ɣ	x/ɣ	x/y	h/
Nasals	/m*	/m	/n	/n*	/n		/ŋ
Approximants				/r		/y*	/y	/y
Trill Approximants				/ɽ*				/ɽ
CoArticulated Approximants	/w(first point)						/w(second point)
Lateral Approximants				/l*				/l

Chart 1
Num	Varkuzan	..	Location	Type	English	VNum.A	VNum.B	Ex.
1	p	unvoiced	bilabial	plosive	p	10	10	play
2	b	voiced	bilabial	plosive	b	16	22	bat
3	t	unvoiced	interdental to postalvelor	plosive	t	14	20	ten
4	d	voiced	interdental to postalvelor	plosive	d	12/0	12/0	dill
5	k	unvoiced	velar	plosive	k	11	11	kill
6	g	voiced	velar	plosive	g	15	21	gill
7	f	unvoiced	labiodental	fricative	f	9	9	fill
8	v	voiced	labiodental	fricative	v	8	8	vast
9	q	unvoiced	dental	fricative	th	golden ratio(1.61)/1	0/14	thin
10	ð	voiced	dental	fricative	th	1	1	then
11	s	unvoiced	alvelor	fricative	s	pi(3.14)/3	5	sat
12	z	voiced	alveolor	fricative	z	3	3	zero
13	c	unvoiced	postalvelor	fricative	sh	e(2.72)/2	7	shot
14	j	voiced	postalvelor	fricative	zh	2	2	garaGe
15	x	unvoiced	velar to uvular	fricative	NA	13/1	13/1	loCH(Scottish accent)
16	ɣ	voiced	velar to uvular	fric./fric. to approx.	NA	unknown 'x'	19	aGac(Turkish)
17	h	unvoiced	glottal	fricative	h	infinity	24	hat
18	r	voiced	alvelor	approximant	r	5	15	rat
19	y	voiced	palatal	approximant	y	empty set/0	17	yes
20	w	voiced	bilabial-velar	coarticulated approximant	w	0	16	will
21	l	voiced	alvelor	lateral approximant	l	7	14	light
22	m	voiced	bilabial	nasal	m	4	4	mom
23	n	voiced	dental to postalvelor	nasal	n	6	6	neat
24	ɽ	voiced	alvelor	trill	NA	17	17	NA
25	ŋ	voiced	velar	nasal	ng	5	15	sing
1	mw	voiced	bilabial	affricative	mw	4	4	mwa
2	ts	unvoiced	alvelor	affricative	ts	5	5/15	bits
3	dz	voiced	alvelor	affricative	dz	18	18	NA
4	tc	unvoiced	alvelor-postalvelor	affricative	ch	0	23	church
5	dj	voiced	alvelor-postalvelor	affricative	j	2	2/17	jack
6	kx	unvoiced	velar	affricative	NA	1	1/16	c(Kh)at

Chart 3.5
tap	Use	Meaning
t	word-initial
d	word-initial	multiplename
k	word-initial
g	word-initial	negated name
tap	Use	Meaning
t	infix after word initial
d	infix after word intial	name break, not last
k	infix	compoundword break
g	infix	double-letter break

Chart 5
Num.	Var.	Eng.Ex.	Ger.Ex.	HTML	AlphaNumb
1	äü...ãü	cow	laut	auml,#227	9/6
2	äi...ãi	tile	ein	#227,i	none/5
3	eu...êu	(ger.)über	...	#234,u	10/8
5	øï...øĩ	...	...	oslash,#297	11/9
6	ïu...ĩu	few	...	#297,u	12/15
10	oü...ɔũ	...	...	#596,#361	17/13
9	oï...oĩ	soy	neu	o,#297	16/17
8	oe...oê	...	...	o,#234	15/10
7	uï...uĩ	...	...	u,#297	14/16
4	eo...êo	...	...	ê,o	13/7

VarVowel	1stNaked	1st(ð-x)	1st(t-dz)	1stliquid	2ndNaked	2nd(ð-x)	2nd(t-dz)	2ndLiquid	Suffix	TapRedo1
ä	saqas	saqas	saqas	saqas	sq1.1	sq1.1	sq1.1	...	...
e	prep	prep	prep	prep	...	...	...	...	...
ø	frontpunct	frontpunct	frontpunct	frontpunct	...	...	...	...	...
é	punct.	color	...	...	sq1.2	sq1.2	sq1.2	...	...
ǿ	...				...	...	...	...	compound
ï	verb	verb	verb	verb	verb	verb	verb	...	...
i	number	number	number	number	number	number	number	...	...
a	phenoun marker	noun-verbs	noun-verbs	noun-verbs	sq3.1	sq3.1	sq3.1	...	...	...
á, '	...	adva[prep.sem.mark](2)	saqas	saqas	...	...	...	...	...	proper noun
ü	...	lingual	...	...	sq3.2	sq3.2	sq3.2	...	...
u	foreign	foreign	foreign	foreign	sq1.3	sq1.3	sq1.3	...	...
ó	family	pronoun	unimark	unimark	sq2.2	sq2.2	sq2.2	...	suffixcloser
o	seman mark prefix	dialectical	saqas	saqas	sq1.4	sq1.4	sq1.4	...	...
ɔ	holism/chemistry/saqas	chemistry	chemistry	chemistry	sq2.1	sq2.1	sq2.1	...	...
ãi	universal marker	saqas(1sen)	saqas(1sen)	saqas(1sen)	universal marker	universal marker	universal marker		...
ãü	universal marker	saqas(1sen)	saqas(1sen)	saqas(1sen)		....	...	....	...
êu	prep	prep	prep	prep	...	....	...	....	opprep marker
øĩ	...	calender	...	calender	sq2.3	sq2.3	sq2.3	....	...
ĩu	...	alphabet	alphabet	alphabet	sq2.4	sq2.4	sq2.4	....	...
âo	...	alphabet	alphabet	alphabet	...	....	...	....	...
uĩ	...	alphabet	alphabet	alphabet	sq3.3	sq3.3	sq3.3	....	...
oê	...	alphabet	alphabet	alphabet	sq3.4	sq3.4	sq3.4	...	...
oĩ	noun-conj pos inverter(n>prep)	saqas	saqas	saqas	apositive	...	...	....	...
oũ	...	alphabet	alphabet	alphabet	...	....	...	....	...
VarVowel	1stNaked	1st(ð-x)	1st(t-dz)	1stliquid	2ndNaked	2nd(ð-x)	2nd(t-dz)	2ndLiquid	Suffix