Unless Tensei phonotactics are more limited than I’ve so far been given reason to think, if this is a true, regular, and complete syllabary I’d ballpark … conservatively, 3000-6000 letters?
I remember evidence of 6 vowel/diphthong sounds and 16 consonants off the top of my head. I’m sure there are more, but I’ll be generous. Between (consonant)+l (as in LPO Quar) , (consonant)+r (Kransa) and r+(consonant) (Tern) alone, we can probably safely double the consonant-containing portion of the theoretically possible syllables number of syllable set. Round down by a third for “improbable syllables” and keep the change, you get 4000 letters.
Sloppy back of the napkin math, to be sure.
But one thing’s for certain:
It’s gonna take you a while to learn to read, Sel.
Unless Tensei phonotactics are more limited than I’ve so far been given reason to think, if this is a true, regular, and complete syllabary I’d ballpark … conservatively, 3000-6000 letters?
I remember evidence of 6 vowel/diphthong sounds and 16 consonants off the top of my head. I’m sure there are more, but I’ll be generous. Between (consonant)+l (as in LPO Quar) , (consonant)+r (Kransa) and r+(consonant) (Tern) alone, we can probably safely double the consonant-containing portion of the theoretically possible syllables number of syllable set. Round down by a third for “improbable syllables” and keep the change, you get 4000 letters.
Sloppy back of the napkin math, to be sure.
But one thing’s for certain:
It’s gonna take you a while to learn to read, Sel.
*Plo Quar
**Cern
I love when Te Fahn gets assertive.