Lakise Script

Hârnic is the principal language of all civilized humans on the Hârn, it is descended from Old Hârnic (a Pharic tongue) and influenced by Jarinese, Khuzan, and Sindarin. Hârnic is written in the Lakise script.

Writing System

Hârnic most frequently uses the Lakise alphabet contains 14 vowels and 23 consonants. While there is a consistent similarity in the vowels, there is considerable variety in the appearance of the consonants.  Lakise has no silent letters; if it isn’t sounded, it isn’t written. 

Geographical Distribution

Hârnic and Lakise are used by civilized folk throughout the Harnic Isles with the exception of Azadmere, Evael, and Orbaal. Tribal nations often have their own languages which vary from nation to nation.

Phonetics

Hârnic like most languages of the Jarind family are characterized by a singsong lilt with occasional hard gutturals.

Sentence Structure

Sentence structure is: verb, subject, object

Punctuation is relatively basic compared to some scripts. A single accent is used to indicate which syllable of a word should be stressed in speech. It can be varied in size to indicate primary and secondary stress. Titlement marks are used before and after proper names.

Titlement marks are divided into three types, which can serve as a gauge of an individual’s importance. Any gentleperson would have at least a minor titlement mark, while a king, country, or other important proper name would be given a major titlement mark. The superemphasis serves as a special major titlement similar in use to the exclamation mark (!) in Roman script.  It tends to be overused in Lakise.

Adjective Order

Adjectives follow the subject or object in the sentence

For example The boy tall is wearing pants yellow.

Structural Markers

There are no blank spaces in Lakise. Words and sentences are broken by separator marks, although the actual practice varies in usage.  Separators are omitted when a titlement is in use. Lakise has no equivalent to a question mark.  This function is achieved in written form by reversing the normal sentence order of verb and subject/object, but this varies with the language being used.

The Lakise Alphabet by N. Robin Crossby, Columbia Games