Engarun

The Engarun script was created by René M P for the fictional conworld known as Wah’gai. The Engarun (lit. "The Language") script is held by most of the “pureblood” inhabitants of Wah’gai to be the oldest writing system in existence, and has been preserved through the millennia in their myths, legends and religions. More recently, after the rise of the Agnostic and Atheistic movements, the language has come to be viewed as more of a cultural fixture rather than a medium of worship.

Notable features

Writing system: Alphabet
Direction of writing: Horizontal left to right
Used to write: Primary Engarun and most of its dialects.
Extant descendants: Torrnuq syllabary, Southern Archipelago
Origins: According to legend, It was given to the first fathers by the Others upon their arrival on Wah’gai.

Engarun script

Sample text

Sample text in the Engarun script

IPA transcription

/ʃɜ:wʌdɒ, hʌbni:nte ʌba:Rʊli:lʌ mɒa:nʌtna: eıtʃʊa:te laınǝ nehlɒdu:n wʌji:na: dɒ, li:ʌwjeıte zǝdi:lʌdu:n ena:mvǝdmei:lʌ ba:gena: dɒ. eıtʃʊa:te tʊdendu:n wǝʃɒi:lʌ lǝma:dna: dɒ sǝdu:n lıeıtʃʊa:te hʌeıtʃʊai:lʌ a:nvemeım feıadɒhi: dɒ./

Transliteration

Shuwado, habninte abarulila moanatna echuate laina nehlodun wayina do, liawyeite zudiladun enamvedmeila bagena do. Eichuate tudendun wushila lumadna do sedun lieichuate haeichuaila anvemeim feiadohi do.

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)

Download a font for this script

Also by René M P
Wata’echi / Southern Archipelago Script

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