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: ぱ | ba: ば | ma: ま | fa: へ | |||
| pi: ぴ | bi: び | mi: み | fi: べ | ||||
| pu: ぷ | bu: ぶ | mu: む | fu: ふ | ||||
| alveolar / | ta: た | da: だ | na: な | la: わ | ra: ら | sa: さ | |
| ti: て | di: で | ni: に | li: え | ri: り | si: せ | ||
| tu: と | du: ど | nu: ぬ | lu: を | ru: る | su: す | ||
| palatal | ca: や | ja: ぢ | xa: ざ | ||||
| ci: ち | ji: じ | xi: し | |||||
| cu: ゆ | ju: よ | xu: ず | |||||
| velar | ka: か | ga: が | qa: げ | ||||
| ki: き | gi: ぎ | qi: ね | |||||
| ku: く | gu: ぐ | qu: も | |||||
| glottal | ’a: あ | ha: は | |||||
| ’i: い | hi: ひ | ||||||
| ’u: う | hu: ほ |
| ’a: あ | ’i: い | ’u: う |
| pa: ぱ | pi: ぴ | pu: ぷ |
| ba: ば | bi: び | bu: ぶ |
| ta: た | ti: て | tu: と |
| da: だ | di: で | du: ど |
| ca: や | ci: ち | cu: ゆ |
| ja: ぢ | ji: じ | ju: よ |
| ka: か | ki: き | ku: く |
| ga: が | gi: ぎ | gu: ぐ |
| ma: ま | mi: み | mu: む |
| na: な | ni: に | nu: ぬ |
| qa: げ | qi: ね | qu: も |
| la: わ | li: え | lu: を |
| ra: ら | ri: り | ru: る |
| fa: へ | fi: べ | fu: ふ |
| sa: さ | si: せ | su: す |
| xa: ざ | xi: し | xu: ず |
| ha: は | hi: ひ | hu: ほ |
Geminate consonants are shown as っ, placed before the geminated consonant.
A central dot ・ is placed between words, and sentences begin and end with a 。 symbol.