Hymmnos

The Hymmnos alphabet was created by Akira Tsuchiya (土屋暁) for the video game series "Ar tonelico" (アルトネリコ). It is used mainly to write the fictional language of the same name, though it is suitable for English or any other language with standard Latin orthography. According to the creator it's based in appearance upon one of the Sanskrit scripts.

The game is set in the distant future (AD 3700) and the Hymmnos language used in it is a distant descendent of English with influences from Japanese, Sanskrit and German.

Notable features

Type of writing system: alphabet
Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines
Used to write: Hymmnos
Letters have upper- and lowercase forms. The uppercase is used to mark emotional inflections in the Pastalia dialect.

Hymmnos alphabet

Numerals and punctuation

Hymmnos numerals and punctuation

Sample texts

Standard Hymmnos
Sample text in Standard Hymmnos

Transliteration

Omnis walasye re pomb an spitze eazas ween dius en quowjaz. Herra re accrroad anw cyurio en murfanare, en presia herra harmon art tatakaria zixxa.

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 Hymmnos font (TrueType, 12K)

Links

Information about the Hymmnos language and alphabet
http://conlang.wikia.com/wiki/Conlang:Hymmnos
http://hymmnoserver.uguu.ca/
http://ar-tonelico.jp

Hymmnos dictionaries
http://ar-tonelico.wikispaces.com/hymnos+dictionary
http://hymmno-dict.com

Hymmnos font
http://blog.solwyvern.net/games/hymmnos-and-fonic-fonts/

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