Custom Character Syntax

for ithkuil script generator on zSnout

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

custom characters are treated as whitespace, so they don’t close hi registers. Use H... to close registers.

Z-characters

qVowelConsonantVArticulationToneT

• V can be any vowel from aäeëioöuü
• C can be any consonant
• A can be any articulation, ‘, “, or ¿
• T can be any tone
• all are optional

examples:� qa-� qte^/

- ~ ^ : `

' " ¿

\ | / > <

Registers

examples:

He2 writes the Transcriptive PRN register and stays in ithkuil mode (words are parsed as normal words)

he2 writes the same register, but automatically converts future words into secondaries

use He2 to end the auto-secondary behavior

[Hh][aeiou]?[0123]

• this writes a register symbol
• capital H switches into ithkuil mode
• little h switches to secondary mode
• a/e/i/o/u/“” marks the register type (DSV, PNT, CGT, etc.)
• 0123 marks the mode (normal, alphabetic, transcriptive, and transliterative)

Primaries

Q1[formative]

• [formative]’s primary character is displayed. everything else is ignored

examples:� Q1wela writes the primary of “wela”� Q1errádz writes the primary of “errádz”

Secondaries

Q2[text]

• [text] is displayed as secondary characters

examples:� Q2wela transcribes “wela”� Q2errádz transcribes “errádz”

start with Q5 instead of Q2 to display rotated secondaries

Tertiaries

Q3(vL)(v[PEA])v([PEA]v)(Lv)

• all v’s are vowel forms corresponding to the proper Vh form
• all segments are optional
• the v in vL represents a level. vL is absolute, Lv is relative
• the v in v[PEA] represents a phase/effect/aspect
• write either P, E, or A in place of [PEA] to mark what kind of Vh it is
• the v in the center represents a valence
• examples: Q3aoLeiPLoa, Q3o

Quaternaries

Q4(Mood)Vc/Vk(CaseScope)

• the central Vc/Vk is a Vk if it has ´ or ˆ, otherwise it’s Vc
• M is an optional h/hl/hr/... form representing mood
• CS is an optional h/hl/hr/... form representing case-scope

examples:� Q4ei� Q4hnái

Case-accessors

QIA[123][57]Vc

• QIA begins an inverse-accessor, QA begins a regular accessor
• [123] is optional, and marks the affix type of the accessor
• [57] is optional, and marks the slot of the accessor
• Vc marks the case represented by the case-accessor

examples: QA27ei, QIAo’u

Numerals

QN[numeral]

• the numeral is written as numeric characters

examples: QN27, QN3847281, QN19221362382387173231, QN0

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