ConScript Directory
From Sedes Draconis
"And something written in a conscript is, of course, a context. And the person who writes such contexts, presumably performing other practices such as conworldery and conlangery, is, of course, a conartist."
- Dudicon
The ConScript Directory is a gallery of invented writing systems; inspired by Omniglot and cooked up on the Zompist Bulletin Boards.
As part of the Mandate of the Directory, these scripts are not auxilliary writing systems that are intended to be better or more logical ways of writing existing languages. Instead, these are intelligent, artisitic creations meant to exist in context of fictional settings.
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The Directory
- Andagra. A featural abjad by Cevlakohn.
- Bash-Ünnem. An alphabet by Viktor Epp.
- The Caralhûnan. An alphabet by Michael S. Repton.
- The Classical Kaldain Script. An alphabet by Warmaster.
- Karis. An alphabet by Maknas.
- Kûtêl@umnê/atîmo. An abugida by Eddy the Great.
- Manwaesheamewaanasho. A syllabary by J.S. Burke.
- Malknarh. An alphabet by Maknas.
- Micura Melanya. An alphabet by Michel Mechmann.
- Moj. An alphabet by QangTaq.
- Naranis. An abugida by Maknas.
- Classical Sêrela. A featural syllabary by Aidan.
- Valmí. And alphabet by gach.
- Verdurian. An alphabet by zompist.
- Xap. A syllabary by Mercator.
- How to submit a script.
Related Links
Similar Collections
- Omniglot
- A truly impressive collection of NatScripts. Unfortunately, I was almost equally unimpressed with their invented scripts section, which is why the Directory exists.
- LangMaker
- A vast collection of ConLang profiles.
- Our Conlangs
- A list with links of the Constructed Languages of Zompist Bulletin Board regulars, maintained by Ghost.
Honorable Mentions
- Virtual Verduira
- Zompist hasn't submitted any scripts here, 'cause he has no need to. I put a stub of Verdurian in the Directory when I was developing the template to present for feedback on ZBB. So, go to Virtual Verduria to check out his other scripts. Especially Elkarîl, a most excellent non- (but near-) human language and writing system.
- Ithkuil
- An a priori language by John Quijada. He sent it to me for consideration, but I decided that while it was most impressive, it didn't fall under the Mandate. So it gets a link here.
Mandate
This will eventually be a description of the guiding goals and criteria of the ConScript Directory, and an account of its development. But I'm limited in time right now, and I prefer to use it on submissions rather than meta-.
For now, check what I've said at ConScript/Submit for criteria.
An initial brief on development, it's an idea that came out of discussion on the Zompist Bulletin Boards (and, as yet, all the submissions come form members of those boards, though others are surely welcome). It is in response to Omniglot: on the one hand Omniglot is a wonderful resource, on the other it has a very poor representation of ArtScripts.
