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Salu frisen! I have finished this submission and have decided it's time to post now. So here's the description of my work:After watching the Legend of the Guardians twice, I thought back to the characters in a years-in-the-inception story world I have yet to put pen to paper with called "Nexus Point." It takes place on a planet called Lemuria, located within the Andromeda Galaxy, and it is inhabited almost entirely by anthropomorphic animals. Their civilization is thousands if not millions of years more advanced than our own, and the ideas of magic and superhuman abilities is far from foreign to them.
The Glauxians are the owl people; they can be found almost all over the globe, and even so, consider themselves one people. The Glauxian script was originally developed by Tytos, and spread to the other races as well. Only recently has the usage of this script to write the Owlish languages has begun to decline in favor of the simpler Latin, Lemuric, and Slaviric systems, though it remains widely used even up to modern times.
Inspired by the vertical writing system the owls use in Legend of the Guardians, this script is also modeled partially off of the classical Mongolian script, and partially off of the glyphs used in Lemuric and its modern descendant Printed Lemuric. Each letter has an initial, middle, and final form and the vowels are based off those in Primal along with those in Slavic/Altaic languages like Russian and Mongolian, whereas the consonants stem mostly from the Slavic languages along with other consonants to transcribe other languages. This strigiforme script is primarily used by owls, and to an outsider, it's a hell of a difficult system to learn, but to a fluent user, very beautiful in its execution.
The names on the right are the names of the fursonae of talmak [link] and seanhawk23 [link] respectively. This is for you, T!
Cookies to those who can decipher the mark at the lower right corner
Reason for invention: Personal use, language used for upcoming story
Can be used to write: English, Lemuric, Glauxian, Primal, and some of the Slavic languages such as Russian
Modeled on: Mongolian, Lemuric, and the language the owls use in LotG:tGoG
Type of writing system: alphabet
Direction of writing: Vertical up to down, starting from the left edge of the paper
Invented by: Sean Skyhawk
I'll add more later, Simon Ager
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Comments: 31
BufRuajtesLuftetar [2022-09-18 19:39:22 +0000 UTC]
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Seanhawk23 In reply to BufRuajtesLuftetar [2022-09-18 20:58:07 +0000 UTC]
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BufRuajtesLuftetar In reply to Seanhawk23 [2022-09-20 11:13:57 +0000 UTC]
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Seanhawk23 In reply to Tseik [2015-01-20 16:29:38 +0000 UTC]
Yes, both this and Manchu were inspired from the Mongolian script
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Tseik In reply to Seanhawk23 [2015-01-20 17:10:47 +0000 UTC]
Aaah magnificent, the Mongolian script is very beautiful and complex.
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LegendTellerArt [2013-08-29 01:33:54 +0000 UTC]
That's amazing! I've seen somthing simmilar om another website, but mwith less detail and information.
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Bravo.Β
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Odyssia-of-Avion [2013-05-11 20:25:32 +0000 UTC]
I would think that it would be easier for those who've inquired about the use of this script in an RPG/ fan fictions set in Ga'Hoole to ask either Kathryn Lasky or Animal Logic for the Glauxian Script used in the LotG film, as it was invented specifically for the world of Ga'Hoole. This is script is inspired by the Glauxian Script (as stated in the description), but it is not the "official" Glauxian Script.
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Seanhawk23 In reply to Odyssia-of-Avion [2013-05-17 01:45:46 +0000 UTC]
Umm... WAT
Are you sure you're addressing the right party? How do you know about this? I have not heard of people asking me about using this writing system in RP settings (as flattering as it would be). Has this become a big problem as of late even though this is the first time I've heard of such things?
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Odyssia-of-Avion In reply to Seanhawk23 [2013-05-17 16:58:22 +0000 UTC]
I read the comments on this thread and I assumed that the commentators would want to use the script you invented for the purpose of creating signatures for their deviations, and for use in fan fictions/ RPGs. The same thing happened when a registered user on the Owl Fantasy Forum claimed that he/ she knew all that there was to know about speaking Krakish, when the basis of his/ her knowledge was rather vague (loosely based on Norwegian, German, & Icelandic) and certain words/ phrases hadn't been used in the GoG books, which led me to believe that they had been made up, which they were. Yet people were still flocking to this registered user asking to be taught Krakish when it was a non-canon version of the language, and certainly not approved by K. Lasky. It is just annoying for the mods/ admins of RPG forums to read character dialogue that was just thrown in there because it sounded Krakish, but wasn't actually Krakish. In order for people to be able to speak Krakish they'd need to know about the grammar, syntax, pronunciation, conjugation, prefixes and suffixes, intonation, etc. that goes into that language. There is a lot more to constructing a fictional language than people realize. Some people are all too keen to use offshoots of fictional languages such as the one you invented for use in canon settings to make themselves out to be more knowledgeable than they actually are. I wouldn't encourage people to use this invented language as a substitute for Glauxian Script, as that will cause problems in canon settings, and specifically RPG sites that wish to expand upon canon material.
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LegendTellerArt In reply to Odyssia-of-Avion [2013-08-29 01:37:16 +0000 UTC]
Isn't the Glauxian Krakish, (and so fourth) based off of other certain types ofΒ actualΒ launguges?Β
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Seanhawk23 In reply to Odyssia-of-Avion [2013-05-17 17:21:41 +0000 UTC]
Alright, well good to know
When I invented this it was more or less intended to be of a personal project, just to see if I could come up with something pretty cool. Writing systems have always been an interesting topic since my youth and indeed I frequent Simon Ager's website omniglot.com, which specialises in such things. Indeed he was even kind enough to let me post this system on his website
But I understand how the use of this system for pretentious purposes could present serious difficulties in RPG settings. Thanks for pointing out the potential issues at hand
-Sean
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Odyssia-of-Avion In reply to Odyssia-of-Avion [2013-05-17 17:18:58 +0000 UTC]
To clarify: I have seen the use of "non-canon" Ga'Hoolian languages and Glauxian Script on my own GoG-based RPG site, Noble Guardians of Ga'Hoole; it became apparent that roleplayers were using Krakish-sounding and Jouzhen-sounding words/ phrases to be posted in RP threads, when these words/ phrases were taken straight from Google Translate and were not used once in the GoG books (including the companion books). That is a big "no-no" if you're trying to maintain a realistic and canonized RPG setting. There are roleplayers out there who will latch onto extant "Other" languages that look remotely like Krakish/ Jouzhen (such as Chinese and Icelandic) and use them instead of the canon languages because they are too lazy to do the research, or ask for advice from professional linguists (such as the author herself). I am just trying to prevent people from mistaking this script you invented for the true Glauxian Script, which is known only by K. Lasky, the producers of the LotG film, and their close associates. It makes it easier mods/ admins and academia of GoG-based RPG sites (such as myself) to maintain credible databases of Ga'Hoolian history, lore, and language.
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EagleFlyte [2013-04-24 00:44:02 +0000 UTC]
This looks awesome!!!!
I just used it to write my signature in Glauxian on an LotG piece: [link]
Thanks for putting it up!!
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Seanhawk23 In reply to NazjaRaj [2012-05-31 16:52:49 +0000 UTC]
yes, this is my idea of their language
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NazjaRaj In reply to Seanhawk23 [2012-05-31 21:57:16 +0000 UTC]
it doesnt look similar to me....
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Seanhawk23 In reply to NazjaRaj [2012-05-31 23:43:39 +0000 UTC]
yes... admittedly I took a lot of artistic/linguistic liberties when I created this system. My main point of inspiration was the vertical methods seen in the movies.
See here: [link]
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NazjaRaj In reply to Seanhawk23 [2012-06-01 00:06:01 +0000 UTC]
its more like mongolian.
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Seanhawk23 In reply to NazjaRaj [2012-06-01 00:21:36 +0000 UTC]
Yes. That was one of the primary inspirations for this script
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brundden [2012-04-01 13:49:28 +0000 UTC]
hi my name is paulo sergio i am from brasil,i would like to know about glauxian,could you gime any help.my email is
p2com@hotmail.com
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Seanhawk23 In reply to brundden [2012-04-01 20:36:50 +0000 UTC]
Welcome to dA! I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but I only ever got through with making the alphabet, not the language itself. Sorry. But if you are wondering about certain details of the workings of the writing system, please don't hesitate to ask; I'll be glad to assist you in any clarification you need
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brundden [2012-04-01 13:46:52 +0000 UTC]
hi.my email is p2com@hotmail.com--i am from brazil and i would like to know if you could help me about glauxian language.thanks
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Seanhawk23 In reply to Tungaatungaa [2012-01-12 13:54:32 +0000 UTC]
:-I Of course it's not Mongolian. However I did utilize that as inspiration when creating this script :-I
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crystal-rain-fox [2011-09-08 02:15:04 +0000 UTC]
Very pretty. I really want to figure out that word at the bottom. I think I've already got a few letters down!
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Seanhawk23 In reply to crystal-rain-fox [2011-09-08 04:44:56 +0000 UTC]
Oh that? It reads "Ezylryb", as if that was HIS signature
THX for the fave!
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crystal-rain-fox In reply to Seanhawk23 [2011-09-08 10:51:17 +0000 UTC]
Oh I kind of figured. But yeah I love this! I wish I knew how to write these better
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Manashadow [2011-01-08 15:19:58 +0000 UTC]
Holy crap dude. How long did it take to make that? It's awfully elaborate, but certainly pretty. It might be easier to figure out the mark on the paper if a keyword of somekind was given. But I think I get the idea. Where the letter or consonant comes in the word determines which form you use for it; initial, middle, and final. The vowels themselves appear on the far right while where they appear is given with an "example consonant" on the left. Very Comprehensive.
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