* <<F61.0708>> NOVO HIKETEP
:hiketep:

It's always novo Hiketep, isn't it?

I'm quite settled on the phonemes, but the representations still
escape me.  I want systematic glyphs – I want phonemes with the
same articulation, like k, g, and ng, to have visually related
representations.

H       K          X          T         Þ      F       P
h, (k,g,ng,kh), (sh,zh), (t,d,n,s,z), (Þ,Ð), (f,v), (p,b,m),

?
({r,l},y,eh,e,a,ah,o,u,û,uh,ih)

Also, for Hiketep-Latin ...I guess what I really want is
Hiketep-ASCII, because I hate having to go through the rigamarole of
inputting Unicode characters. There are five sticky wickets in the
consonants:

       1      2 3                 4 5
H, (C,G,?,K), (?,?), (T,D,N,S,Z), (?,?), (F,V), (P,B,M)

And I need twelve glyphs for vowels/approximants, but the five
primary vowel characters, plus R and L, plus Y and W only give me
nine. I need eight more characters (five consonants, three vowels),
but I only have three left-over: Q, J, and X.

So, where do I start using punctuation or diacritics?  Where do I
start doubling-up letters?

It's probably more confusing than it should be to restrict myself to
ASCII.  ISO-8859-1 (or 15) is probably best.  Just ...try to minimize
the number of glyphs outside the ASCII range to minimize the headache
of inputting them.

Consonants are a relatively easy fix, since Ð and Þ are available
for their correlating sounds, X for 'sh', J for 'zh',  and Q for 'ng'
because it's what I have left-over.

Some of the vowels are obvious – some are a bit fiddly.

Eve, Able, Etta, Adam, Oswald, Otis, Una, Woody, Tuttle, Pip
Y    ?     E     A     O       ?     W    ?      U       I

My inclination is to use A, E, I, O, and U in their English
short-vowel roles.  Eve (Y) and loon (W) are chosen because these
letters double as consonants (diacritized, preferably).  I wouldn't
mind using diacritized letters for Able and Otis, but... which
letters?  Do I use a diaresis or a macron?  Three Scandinavian vowels
are readily available: Å, Æ, and Ø. If I wanted to be more
IPA-like, I'd use Æ for Adam, A for Oswald, and O for Otis; and Ø
is ~sort-of~ in the right IPA neighbourhood for Woody.

But do I want to be IPA-like?

In Scandinavian languages, Å is close to Otis, Æ is still like
Adam, and Ø is ...not at all like any English vowels, so ...hrm.

Eve, Able, Etta, Adam, Oswald, Otis, Una, Woody, Tuttle, Pip
Y    A     E     Æ     O       Ö     W    Ø      U       I

Or perhaps, since I like my English short vowels:

Y    Æ     E     A     O       Ö     W    Ø      U       I

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NOT RWDZDÆY YET, BUT GETYQ PREPT FÖR IT!

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