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Tried very hard for this Sino-Austronesian abjad idea. What if some Austronesians took a Chinese pictogram for each consonant like Phoenicians borrowing hieroglyphs?
Works much better with oracle bone or bronze seal style
NOTE for Reddit Preview: This post contains a table, but Reddit preview screws that up!
Subject to Change
| Grapheme | Hypothetical Phonemes | Name | Meaning | Inspired from Shibata (2025) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 牛 (𐤀) | ʔ | *aŋ | bovine, buffalo, carabao | (ʔ) |
| 宀 (𐤁) | b | balay | house | b |
| 矛 (𐤂) | ɡ / ʝ | gayaŋ | spear | ɡ / ʝ |
| 水 | d / ð | danum | water | d |
| 肉 | ħ / h | ḥuḡaṭ | flesh, muscle, blood, vein | ħ |
| 丩 (𐤅) | w | waqit | hook, barb, spike | w |
| 魚 | (x) /(ħ) / (ʂ) | ḵikan | fish | (x) ⟨S⟩ |
| 人 | ʈ | ṭaw | human being | ʈ |
| 自 | j ⟨y⟩ | yiŋuŋ | nose | j |
| 手 (𐤊) | k | kamay | palm, hand | k |
| 首 | l | liqaḡ | neck, head | l |
| 鳥 | m | manuq | bird, chicken | m |
| 虫 (𐤍) | n | nipay | snake | n |
| 天 | ɭ / ɲ / r / ʝ | laŋiṭ | sky | ɭ |
| 齒 | ŋ / (ʕ) | ŋipin | tooth | ŋ |
| 禾 | p | paʝay / paɖay | paddy | p |
| 屮 (𐤑) | ʂ | ṣupiq | plant shoot, flower sheath, grass | ʂ |
| 舌 | ɖ / n / l / ɬ / ʎ | ḍilat | tongue | ɖ / l / ʝ / ʎ |
| 舟 | q | qabaŋ | boat, canoe | q |
| 云 | r / ɣ | ḡabun | cloud | r |
| 日 (𐤔) | s | siḍar | sun | s |
| 卜 (𐤕) | t | turiq | mark, sign | t |
Sample text
Aku ambik masa lama-lama untuk hasilkan benda ni
اکو امبيق ماس لام٢ اونتوق حصلکن بندا ني
牛手丩 牛鳥宀自舟 鳥牛日 首牛鳥 牛丩虫人丩舟 魚牛屮首手虫 宀虫水牛 虫自
> NOTE: This is more closely based on Jawi Malay spelling than either Proto-Austronesian origin or modern Latin Malay spelling.
u/Stonespeech — 3 days ago