Machiotlahtololiztli

Machiotlahtololiztli is an alphasyllabary or abugida devised by Ed Trager as an alternative way to write Nahuatl, an Uto-Aztecan language spoken mainly in central Mexico. It was inspired by the Tai Tham script, and other scripts of South and Southeast Asia, and is designed to make Nahuatl easier to read and write.

Notable features

Type of writing system: abugida
Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines
Used to write: Nahuatl
Each consonant has an inherent /a/. Other vowels and final consonants are written with small symbols that appear above or below the consonants. The inherent vowel can be indicated with a symbol, but this is optional and not necessary, except when learning the script. There are also separate vowel symbols for vowels appearing without a consonant.
When a consonant appears at the end of a syllable, it is written under the main consonant
Long vowels can be indicated with a dot next to the vowel symbols, or above the consonant.
Letter shapes are based on Aztec symbols, objects, animals and other things, and have been greatly simpilfied. More details (PDF)

Machiotlahtololiztli script

Download an alphabet chart for Machiotlahtololiztli (Excel)

Sample text in Machiotlahtololiztli

Transliteration

Nochi tlacameh ihuan cihuameh quipiah manoh cualli tlacaticeh, nochi zan ze totlatechpohuiltiliz ihuan titlatepanitalohqueh, yeca monequi cualli ma timohuicacah, ma timoicnelicah, ma timotlazohtlacah ihuan ma timotlepanitacah.

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)

Details of Machiotlahtololiztli
https://unifont.org/nahuatl/

Machiotlahtololiztli font
https://github.com/piratical/NahuatlTools

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