Book
Peace
Dog
Take
Gone
Kiss
View
Fee
Zoo
Sand
meaSure
SHine
Judge
CHild
THey
THigh
Yawn
Win
haNG
Hat
Lock
Roar
Move
Noun
(Under Construction)
The following glyphs represent some of the most common speech sounds that will be encountered in spelling proper names and foreign words in Piktok. Purist may argue that not all speech sounds are represented by this set, and that charge is certainly true. However, the function of this set of glyhps is not to represent every nuance of spoken language, but to approximate a name well enough that it becomes recognizable. I say toe-MAY-toe and you say toe-MAH-toe, and we may disagree on how to render "drama" or "Worchestershire," but as long as one person's rendering is intelligible to another person then it is acceptable. In Piktok phonetic spelling there is no right way or wrong way.
Consonants
Book |
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Peace |
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Dog |
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Take |
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Gone |
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Kiss |
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View |
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Fee |
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Zoo |
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Sand |
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meaSure |
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SHine |
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Judge |
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CHild |
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THey |
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THigh |
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Yawn |
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Win |
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haNG |
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Hat |
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Lock |
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Roar |
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Move |
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Noun |
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Vowels
| If |  |
EAt |  |
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| Egg |  |
Age |  |
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| Ash |  |
Ice | ||
| Up |  |
On |  |
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| OAk |  |
wOOd |  |
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| OOze |  |
OUt | ||
| bOY | AWE |
When phonetic glyphs are used to spell out proper names and foreign words they are joined together at the top so that each individual word shares a single horizontal connecting bar. Since spaces between words are not required in Piktok this connecting bar shows where one word ends and the next begins, thus differentiating between "Chong" and "Cho Ng", for example.