Dhimze script

Dhimze script
Script type	Abugida
Period	32nd century CY to present
Direction	Left-to-right
Languages	Baro, Dhimze, Dröövache Parutschan, Gharzi, Insluradi, Rirsheic, Soderic, Thecenic, Tschintierst, Vrishtic
Related scripts
Parent systems	Marphat characters Rausin Doccábh Dhimze script
Sister systems	Jozunian script

The Dhimze script, also called the Avpeji, is an alphasyllabic writing system used throughout the majority or northern Yazland and the current and former colonies of several Yasgan nations.

History

The modern Dhimze script, known as avpeji (ávpejhi, after the first letters of the alphabet), is a descendant of the 17th century CY Msulidme script, which was used to write the Classical Dhimze language. Msulidme (msylidme "chisel letters") is still sometimes used as a decorative script, used for titles and the first letters of chapters. It was derived from the Doccábh script and used throughout the Classical Period. The oldest discovered Msulidme inscription dates from the 17th century CY, forming the basis of the Classical Dhimze corpus. It is an alphabet with 26 distinct letters.

Letters

Vowels

Vowels are written as diacritics over consonant letters. One exception is á, which is used in Dhimze and Gharzi as an independent letter. The letter diacritics are:

Letter diacritic with a	IPA	Romanization		Letter diacritic with a	IPA	Romanization
a1	[a], [ɑ]	a, å		æ	[a:], [ɑ:]	aa, åå, ǽ, á
y	[u], [y]	u, ü, y		ý	[u:], [y:]	uu, üü, ý
e	[e], [o]	e, o		é	[e:], [o:]	ee, é, ó
i	[i], [ɯ], [u]	i, y, u		í	[i:], [ɯ:], [u:]	ii, yy, í, ú
o	[o], [ø]	o, ö, ø		ó	[o:], [ø:]	oo, öö, ǿ
u2	[i], [u]	i, u

1. Not used in Dhimze and Gharzi; see above.
2. Only used in Rirsheic.

Due to the vowel harmony rules in the Tschintieric languages, the same diacritics are used for rounded and unrounded vowel counterparts, with rounding determined largely by context alone.