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Zdekkite - Used by the Zdekkites. Some of the letter sounds represent sound changes that the Zdekkite language underwent. Official language of the planet Zdekka, and also the planet Nuzhis, controlled by Zdekka. Alphabet has only 19 letters, but due to sound changes, represents about 26 or so phonemes.
Zenit's Script
Zhüþey Veskay - Though the language's phonology doesn't actually match up perfectly with the orthography, the orthography was designed to have eight vowels, and then four sets of consonants, based on the following places of articulation: Labial, Dental/Alveolar, Postalveolar/Palatal, and Velar. I started each character with an idea for a character for each of these four categories, and then modified this character depending on whether the consonant was voiced or voiceless, and was a nasal, fricative, stop or approximant. In terms of extra-orthographic features, I took a cue from Spanish and made it so that punctuation begins each sentence. In order to counterbalance, I made it so that the last letter of the sentence (and the last letter of a proper name) is capitalized.
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