Sethun · the script
The Thirty Letters
One letter, one sound. No letter is silent, no sound is shared, and no word is pronounced other than as it is written. Each glyph has an engraved form and a handwritten form.
Reading the grid
The heavy form is the engraved capital, cut with a chisel at fixed angles. The lighter form beneath is the handwritten lowercase, which drops the upper third so a line of text sits on one rule. Letter names are themselves Luadan words.
Vowel cuts
1. an
a · /a/
the open quarry
2. arn
á · /aː/
the long shadow
3. eth
e · /e/
the level line
5. orn
o · /o/
the wheel
6. ur
u · /u/
the cupped hand
7. yl
y · /y/
the split reed
8. øth
ö · /ø/
the shuttered lamp
Struck cuts
4. iv
i · /i/
the plumb
9. pel
p · /p/
the post
10. bar
b · /b/
the anvil
11. tal
t · /t/
the crossbeam
12. dun
d · /d/
the door
13. kar
k · /k/
the chisel
14. gorn
g · /g/
the gear tooth
Flowing cuts
15. mor
m · /m/
the mountain
16. nen
n · /n/
the river bend
17. ngal
ŋ · /ŋ/
the yoke
18. rok
r · /r/
the crag
19. lun
l · /l/
the shore
29. jed
j · /j/
the seedling
30. wel
w · /w/
the twin oars
Breath cuts
20. sef
s · /s/
the current
21. zar
z · /z/
the struck spark
22. shen
š · /ʃ/
the falling water
23. thar
þ · /θ/
the breath of stone
24. fen
f · /f/
the flag
25. vor
v · /v/
the keel
26. hain
h · /h/
the open gate
27. tsek
c · /ts/
the shear
28. khul
x · /x/
the wind over the pass
Numerals
0
nul
1
an
2
du
3
þri
4
kar
5
hand
6
hand-an
7
hand-du
8
hand-þri
9
hand-kar
10
tel
Strokes count to four; five closes into a box; ten is a boxed cross. Higher orders repeat the boxed forms with a vertical rule cut between columns.