Orthography
As well as the syllabary for most written use, there are also special-use syllabaries. One of these encodes more redundancy for use with noisy channels. The other is a non-visual written code for blind and other visually impaired users.
The Lulani syllabary was developed as a featural script, with similar sounds having similar symbols.
It is written in horizontal rows, right-to-left, and top-to-bottom.
stop | voiced | nasal | lateral | tap | fricative | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
labial | pa: | ba: | ma: | fa: | ||
pi: | bi: | mi: | fi: | |||
pu: | bu: | mu: | fu: | |||
alveolar / retroflex | ta: | da: | na: | la: | ra: | sa: |
ti: | di: | ni: | li: | ri: | si: | |
tu: | du: | nu: | lu: | ru: | su: | |
palatal | ca: | ja: | xa: | |||
ci: | ji: | xi: | ||||
cu: | ju: | xu: | ||||
velar | ka: | ga: | qa: | |||
ki: | gi: | qi: | ||||
ku: | gu: | qu: | ||||
glottal | ’a: | ha: | ||||
’i: | hi: | |||||
’u: | hu: |
’a: | ’i: | ’u: |
pa: | pi: | pu: |
ba: | bi: | bu: |
ta: | ti: | tu: |
da: | di: | du: |
ca: | ci: | cu: |
ja: | ji: | ju: |
ka: | ki: | ku: |
ga: | gi: | gu: |
ma: | mi: | mu: |
na: | ni: | nu: |
qa: | qi: | qu: |
la: | li: | lu: |
ra: | ri: | ru: |
fa: | fi: | fu: |
sa: | si: | su: |
xa: | xi: | xu: |
ha: | hi: | hu: |
Geminate consonants are shown as
A central dot