Lynguistykon: Commonscript

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), and there are no "silent" letters. There are 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. There are no uppercase or lowercase in Commonscript.

In order to know where to place an emphasis on a word, each word has an emphasis letter (letter 53) placed above the letter emphasized. There is a short version for small emphasis, and a long version for significant emphasis.

Letters

Commonscript Letters
Phoneme	Approximation to Therescript A	Common Transliterations	(Order)
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	eh	e, eh	1
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	ei	ei, ey	2
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	eyy	eimm, aynn	3
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	ee	e, i, ii	4
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	iyy	imm, inn	5
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	ooh	o, u	6
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	ohh	o, au, eu	7
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	ogh	ah, oh, ouh	8
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	ah	a, ah	9
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	ahh	amm, ann	10
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	a	a, ah	11
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	au	au, ow	12
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	aoh	au, aumm	13
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	aih	ae, ai, aimm	14
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	i	i, eye, aye	15
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	ay	a, ay, ae, ey	16
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	ae	ae, aye, ai	17
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	oi	oi, oy	18
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	uy	uy, ui	19
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	uih	or, ur, uhr, uir	20
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	ue	u, ue, ew	21
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	uh	u	22
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	uhh	u, uh	23
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	uhhh	uhmm, uhnn	24
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	ih	i, ih	25
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	"pause"	'	26


^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	y	y	27
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	b	b	28
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	d	d	29
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	d/t	d, t	30
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	t	t	31
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	g	g	32
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	gh	g, gy, ghy	33
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	k	k, c	34
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	kh	ch, kh	35
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	h	h	36
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	f	f, ph	37
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	th	th	38
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	s	s, c	39
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	z	z, s	40
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	ch	ch	41
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	sh	sh	42
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	zhe	zhe, ge, je	43
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	j	j	44
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	l	l	45
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	m	m	46
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	n	n	47
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	p	p	48
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	v	v	49
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	w	w	50
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	r	r	51
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	rr	rr	52
^ⓘ / ^ⓘ	"emphasis"	´, ‾	53

Handwriting

Here are examples of Commonscript handwriting, where the stroke order is more apparent.

Handwritten Forms
Font	Order	Phoneme	Handwritten
	1	^ⓘ / ^ⓘ