Balin-silel alphabet

Balin-Silel is a constructed script invented by Aayush Chaturvedi in November 2014 to write his conlang by the same name. 'Balin-Silel' means 'refined or purified language'. He was working on it since mid-2013. He was inspired by various languages around the world. He nearly studied all the main writing systems of the world and finally chose abugida for his conlang. The writing direction was inspired by Mongolian while the diacritic system was inspired by Arabic. Aayush included all the sounds he could speak in his conlang.

Notable features

Type of writing system – abugida or syllabic-alphabet
Direction of writing – up-down in vertical columns from left to right
There are three main groups - vowels, semivowels, consonants
Consonants have an inherent vowel “ə”
There are no capital or cursive forms of consonants
Vowels and semi-vowels are written as diacritics in which vowels are marked at left and semi-vowels at right of the consonants
“h” acts as a consonant softener if suffixed with specific consonants, namely – p, b, t̪, d̪, ʈ, ɖ, c, ɟ, k and ɡ. If suffixed with any other, it will become “ɦ” and will add aspiration to the consonant. Eg. p/ b/ t̪/ d̪/ ʈ/ ɖ/ c/ ɟ/ k/ ɡ + h = ɸ/ β/ θ/ ð/ ʂ/ ʐ/ ʃ/ ʒ/ x/ ɣ
The language has many “snadhi” rules for joining of words.
The consonants are joined together through a central line.
“ ‘ “ is not used in the language

Balin-silel alphabet

Balin-silel numerals

Balin-silel other symbols

Sample text

Sample text in the Balin-silel alphabet

Transliteration

Zhishvensedang kani(dn)e vasaqule terhi zafmwihenawn seroskhu(bm)e. Zhingaf enon tamaveljannesga(bm) vat darebawazi zahenon tayaqe zhvenaftakye avyahemonemone.

IPA transcription

ʒiʃveﬞ̞ʂɛd̪aŋg kɶn̪i(d̪n̪)ə vaθaqulə t̪ɛɻɦi zɶɸmʋiɦe̞n̪ɶʋﬞ ʂəɾɒʂkɦu(bm)ə. ʒiŋgaɸ e̞ŋɵﬞ t̪ɶmɶvəʎɟɶn̪n̪əsɣɶ(bm) vat̪ ɖaɾe̞bɶʋaɮi zɶɦe̞ŋɵﬞ t̪ɶjɶqə ʒve̞n̪ɶft̪ɶkjə avjɶɦəmɵn̪e̞mɵn̪e̞.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Also by Aayush Chaturvedi
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