Avo

The Avo Alphabet was created by Evgeny Martynenko to write Finno-Ugric languages such as Mari, Udmurt, Erzya and Moksha. It is used in an alternative reality where it was devised by Tyglai-re Avo, a religious scholar, to record religious writings based on Finno-Ugric phrases (tamgas / runes).

Notable features

Type of writing system: alphabet
Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines
Used to write: Mari (марий йылме), Udmurt (удмурт кыл), Erzya (эрзянь кель) and Moksha (мокшень кяль)
There are four versions of Avo: Simplified, Avo writing, Folding and Handwritten

Avo alphabet

Download an alphabet chart for the Avo Alphabet (Excel)
Download a font for Avo

Sample text in Meadow Mari (олыкмарла)

Transliteration (Cyrillic script)

Чыла еҥ шке лӱмнерже да праваже дене эрык да иктӧр шочеш. Нуно уш-акылышт да намысышт дене пойдаралтыныт да ива-шольо шӱлыш дене икте-весе шотышто ыштышаш улыт.

Transliteration (Latin script)

Čyla eng ške lümnerže da pravaže dene éryk da iktör šočeš. Nuno uš-akylyšt da namysyšt dene pojdaraltynyt da iva-šolʹo šülyš dene ikte-vese šotyšto yštyšaš ulyt.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

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