Ath alphabet
The Ath alphabet was created by Morioka Hiroyuki, a Japanese Sci-Fi
writer, and first appeared in his novel Seikai no Monshou (The
Crest of the Stars) in 1996. Some of the letters resemble Japanese
hiragana
or katakana. Seikai no Monshou
has also been made into a series of anime (cartoons) and manga (comic books).
Used to write
Baronh, a language spoken by the characters in Morioka’s novels,
and also in the anime and manga based on the novels. Morioka created
the Baronh language for use by the Abh people in his books and modelled
it to some extent on Japanese.
The Ath alphabet
Numerals
Buy “Seikai Trilogy: Banner of the Stars” from:
Amazon.com
or Amazon.co.uk
Links
Free Ath font
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/9821558/
The Gateway to Seikai (in Korean and English)
http://seikai.no-ip.com
Dadh Baronr – University of Baronh (an introduction to the Baronh language)
http://dadh-baronr.s5.xrea.com/intl/en/index.html
An introduction to Mirioka Hiroyuki and his work (in Japanese)
http://www.sfwj.or.jp/member/MORIOKA-HIROYUKI.html
Review of the anime based on Seikai no Monshou
http://www.ex.org/5.1/17-anime_seikai.html
Review of the manga based on Seikai no Monshou
http://www.artistic-inks.net/manga/newmanga/crestof.htm