Lynguistykon: Commonscript

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Commonscript is the name of a writing system developed to be able to write the various languages of Somewhere Else using one common phonetic (phoneme-representing) script. Different native writing systems exist for different languages Somewhere Else but Commonscript is able to be used for all of them and facilitates communication and recordkeeping (such as for the Encylopedia) for the People of Somewhere Else.

Commonscript follows its own rules without breaking them, thus each letter will always make the sound assigned to it (adjusted to the speaker's accent). There are actually alternative renditions of Commonscript that present the letters visually differently, but all have the same names, sounds, and order, so the script still remains the same even when the letters themselves may look different.

Commonscript

Commonscript Letters
Written in Commonscript (A) Phoneme Approximation to Therescript A (Order)
/ eh 1
/ ei 2
/ eyy 3
/ ee 4
/ iyy 5
/ ooh 6
/ ohh 7
/ ogh 8
/ ah 9
/ ahh 10
/ a 11
/ au 12
/ aoh 13
/ aih 14
/ i 15
/ ay 16
/ ae 17
/ oi 18
/ uy 19
/ uih 20
/ uh 21
/ uhh 22
/ uhhh 23
/ ih 24
/ "pause" 25