The Alisbet of Tapissary
The Alisbet of Tapissary was created by Steven Travis in November 2008.
The alisbet coincides loosely with the abjad function of Hebrew, however many
of the letters however, are derived from Latin. Alis- refers to Alice in Wonderland,
a version of the story Steven is currently writing in his conlang
Tapissary. Tapissary is a hieroglyphic language with
a syllabary support. Steven decided to replace the complex syllabary with an alphabet
to make the script more accessible to his readers. The alisbet may accompany his
glyphs and grammatical markers in Tapissary, or stand on their own as a purely
alphabetic code of English.
Spelling rules
- Letters are grouped in vertical pairs, such as gr/ou/pi/ng, se/di/ti/ve.
- The alisbet grafts consonant pairs together. Notice how the CH in ‘each’
and ‘charge’ look like a single letter. The C is at the top, the H braces it
from below. The RG looks deceptively like an R at first, but its length takes
the whole vertical space of a pair and therefore signals that the R is on top,
and the G is added below it. - If a vowel comes after the pair, it is attached onto the bottom of the
pair yielding a vertical column with three letters: shu/tte/r, da/nce. A
consonant is never placed at the bottom of a three letter column. - Consonant and/or vowel clusters of two or more letters bond together.
Therefore, in a word such as ‘could’, the ou and the ld are paired off:
c/ou/ld. Another example binds the consonants in o/mni/glo/t. - If a cluster has 3 or more letters, the divisions are chosen by 1)
common values (ex: thistle > thi/st/le, where st is more common than tl,
so that you would not write it th/is/tle). 2) Separation by way of syllables:
hu/n/dre/d. - Finals and Medials. When a consonant or vowel is unpaired in the middle
or beginning of the word, as you’ve seen in hu/N/dre/d or in co/N/sc/ie/nce,
that letter is kept in the upper position of the vertical column. If the singled
out vowel or consonant comes at the end of a word, also seen in the example
of hu/n/dre/D or ha/S, it drops to the base level of the vertical column.
Sample text
Transliteration
Each human being’s charge comes born free and equal in dignity and rights.
One’s endowed state has reason and conscience, and should go active towards
one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Link
Steven’s website about Tapissary
http://www.tapissary.com
If you have any questions about Tapissary, you can contact Steven at:
info@tapissary.com