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.
Very few languages have a true, regular, and complete syllabary. Japanese has one of the simplest, most syllabary-friendly phonologies there is, and it still cheats by having a separate letter for the syllable-final nasal, using diacritics instead of separate symbols for voiced consonants, using multiple letters to indicate long vowels, etc.
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
Very few languages have a true, regular, and complete syllabary. Japanese has one of the simplest, most syllabary-friendly phonologies there is, and it still cheats by having a separate letter for the syllable-final nasal, using diacritics instead of separate symbols for voiced consonants, using multiple letters to indicate long vowels, etc.
I love when Te Fahn gets assertive.
Me, too. Selkie needs friends who won’t let themselves be walked over.