Aymara Syllabics (ᐊᐃᒪᖞᓇ ᐊᖝ ᕋᕤ ᕆᕪᕋ)

Aymara Syllabics was invented by Nima Farid in June 2021. It is a way to write Aymara, which is spoken mainly in Bolivia and Peru, with Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, a writing system used to write some of the indigenous languages of Canada, such as Cree, Ojibwe and Inuktitut.

Aymara Syllabics is known in Aymara as ᐊᐃᒪᖞᓇ ᐊᖝ ᕋᕤ ᕆᕪᕋ (aymarana aru qallu qillqa - "Aymara syllable alphabet"), or ᐊᐃᒪᖞ ᐊᒐᑲᐦᐊ (Aymara Achakaja - "Aymara ABCs").

This particular script was designed for Aymara specifically, but it is very similar to the script developed by Nima Farid for Quechua as well.

Notable features

Type of writing system: syllabary
Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines
Used to write: Aymara
Based on Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
The script includes some additional characters that are not originally from Aymara, namely the characters "G" and "D". These are to be used for loanwords from Spanish, as they are quite common in Ayamra.
Diacritics are used to indicate whether a consonant is to be pronounced aspirited or with a glottal pause. a backslash diacritic is used to indicate the former, and a circle to indicate the latter.

Aymara Syllabics

Download an alphabet chart for Aymara Syllabics

Sample text (Romans 8:38-39)

ᐅᑲᑦ ᓇᔭᕻ ᐊᒧᑦᔭ, ᐦᐊᓂᕝ ᑯᓇᐢ ᑚᐆᓴᓐ ᒧᓇᓯᖬᐸᑦ ᐊᐸᕐᑭᐢᑕᐢᐸᑎ: ᐦᐃᕙᓴ, ᐦᐊᑲᖬᓴ, ᐊᓐᑹᓚᓇᑲᓴ, ᐊᐦᐊᐃ ᒐᐤᒪᓇᑲᓴ, ᐦᐃᒐᐠᓴ, ᐦᐅᑎᖟ ᐅᖝᓇᑲᓴ
ᐊᓚᔭᓐᒃᑭ ᐅᑲᓴ, ᒪᓐᕋᐠᓐᒃᑭ ᐅᑲᓴ, ᑚᐆᓴᓐ ᔭᕋᐠ ᓗᖞᑕᓇᑲᐸᓴ᙮ ᐦᐊᓂᐳᓂᕝ ᑯᓇᐢ ᐊᐸᕐᑭᐢᑕᐢᐸᑎ, ᑚᐆᓴᕻ ᐦᐄᓱᒃᖜᐢᑐ ᑕᑎᑐᐢ ᑐᕆ ᐅᖬᒡᑕᐤᑭᐢᑐ ᐅᑲ ᒧᓇᓯᖬᐸᑦᕹ!

Transliteration

Ukat nayax amuyta, janiw kunas Diosan munasiñapat apaqkistaspati: jiwasa, jakañasa, angelanakasa, ajay ch'amanakasa, jichhasa, jutir urunakasa,
alayankki ukasa, manqhankki ukasa, Diosan yaqha luratanakapasa. ¡Janipuniw kunas apaqkistaspati, Diosax Jesucristo Tatitus tuqi uñacht'aykistu uka munasiñapatxa!

Translation

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Information about Aymara | Phrases | Numbers | Tower of Babel

Constructed scripts by Nima Farid

Aymara Syllabics (ᐊᐃᒪᖞᓇ ᐊᖝ ᕋᕤ ᕆᕪᕋ), Quechua Syllabics (ᕆᐠᒡᕙ ᓯᕆᐤ ᕤᒻᐸ), Vietnamese Arabic Script (چىٰٖ جاوي تيٛەٖڭ ۏیٔەٖط)

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