Pateq

The Pateq script was invented in 2019 by Jurģis Šuba, drawing inspiration from the Hebrew, Thai, Korean alphabets and the Uniscript project. It is intended to be a simple alphabetic writing system which contains a small set of basic characters and a logical system of diacritics for the derivation of other characters. It retains the basic principles of its precursor - the Keburi script, invented in 2016, but during the following three years the basic shapes were gradualy simplified to their current appearance.

The name 'Pateq' contains the fundamental characters of the script: the vowels a and e and consonants p, t, k (denoted by the letter q to resemble its symmetrical likeness shared with the p-character as in the Latin script).

Notable features

Type of writing system: alphabet
Direction of writing: from left to right, but may also be written in other directions as users prefer
Used to write: any language
Unique numeral characters and punctuation marks, interrogation and exclamation marks placed at the beginning of the sentence or clause
No capital letters
The symbols consist of basic shapes and diacritical markers
The markers, denoting specific articulation patterns, are added to the basic shapes and therefore serve as links from phonemes to graphemes.
Exclamation and interrogation marks are placed before a sentence or clause.

Pateq script

Download a font for Pateq
Download an alphabet chart for Pateq (Excel)

Sample text

Sample text in Pateq

Transliteration

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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