Aketal

The Aketal is an abugida invented by Kazimír Bodnár in 2021 to make calligraphy and write texts. It is used to write English but can be easily adapted to write other languages like French. The script can also be visually adapted to look different ways, as long as it is still legible.

Notable features

Type of writing system: abugida
Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines
Used to write: English, but can be adapted for other languages
The vowel diacritic goes over the consonant before the vowel, unless the consonant has an accent over it already, as in diphthongs or letters with ´ over them.
If a vowel diacritic cannot be placed above a consonant, the writer puts it over the *vowel* symbol.
The /i/ and /o/ characters are placed to the right of the consonant, with the line on the upper left of the vowel connecting to the consonant.
The /a/ character is placed directly to the right of the consonant.
Vowel diacritics can be placed above the /i/ and /o/ characters.
The ´, /a/, and /u/ diacritics can connect to each other if there are multiple in a word. Three ´ diacritics cannot be connected, only two.

Aketal abugida

Sample text in Aketal

Transliteration

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
(part of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

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