tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85219221282979523412024-02-08T12:28:33.257-08:00RohingyalishThe modern writing system of Rohingyas,<br>
The most oppressed Muslim minority of Arakan, Burma (Myanmar), in Southeast Asia.Rohingyalishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14318786164875282080noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521922128297952341.post-80574716640430766832007-06-11T01:54:00.000-07:002007-07-08T05:20:24.365-07:00What is Rohingyalish?<table style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse;color:#111111;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="34%" border="1" ><tbody><tr><td align="middle" width="14%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>A</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="14%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>B</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="14%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"><strong>C</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="14%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Ç</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="14%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>D</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="15%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>E</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="15%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>F</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td align="middle" width="14%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>G</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="14%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>H</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="14%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>I</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="14%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>J</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="14%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>K</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="15%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>L</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="15%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>M</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td align="middle" width="14%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>N</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="14%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Ñ</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="14%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>O</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="14%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>P</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="14%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>Q</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="15%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>R</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="15%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>S</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td align="middle" width="14%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>T</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="14%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>U</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="14%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>V</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="14%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>W</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="14%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>X</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="15%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>Y</strong></span></td><td align="middle" width="15%"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong>Z</strong></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Fig 1. <span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Rohingyalish Character Set</em></span> <p><span style="font-size:130%;">1.</span> <strong>Rohingyalish character set:</strong> shown in Fig 1, is made up of 26 English alpahbets along with two Latin alphabets <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Ç</span></strong> and <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Ñ,</span></strong> </span>the two distinct Asian sounds, the tongue rolling and the nasal. Rohingyalish does not use <strong><span style="color:#009900;">C</span></strong> except to replace "Sh" sound, that is instead of <strong>Sh</strong>ami<strong>sh,</strong> Rohingyalish writes as <span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong>C<span style="color:#000000;">ami</span>c</strong> </span><span style="color:#000000;">which means spoon</span><span style="color:#000000;"><em>.</em></span> </p><p><strong>2. Rohingyalish has two vowel sets</strong>:<br />(1) <strong><em>Six</em></strong> straight vowel set......: <span style="color:#990000;"><strong>a</strong></span>, <span style="color:#006600;"><strong>e</strong></span>, <span style="color:#3333ff;">i</span>, <span style="color:#cc33cc;"><strong>o</strong></span>, <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>u</strong></span>, <span style="color:#ffcccc;"></span><span style="color:#6600cc;"><strong>ou</strong></span><br />(2) <strong><em>Four</em></strong> Circular vowel set..: <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>a</strong>i</span>, <span style="color:#006600;"><strong>e</strong>i</span>, <span style="color:#cc33cc;"><strong>o</strong>i</span>, <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>u</strong>i</span></p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><blockquote><span style="color:#000000;"><strong></strong></span></blockquote><p>Six straight vowels: </strong>Unlike English, each Rohingyalish vowel has only one unique sound and never change in word to word. For example, English vowel '<span style="color:#cc0000;">a</span>' has different sounds in words <em><span style="color:#cc0000;">a</span>s, <span style="color:#cc0000;">a</span>ll, <span style="color:#cc0000;">a</span>sk</em>. But Rohingyalish chose only one sound which is as in the word <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"><em>a</em></span>sk</strong>. The sounds of all straight vowels can be represented in a single phrase that is "<span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><em>A</em></strong></span><span style="color:#000000;">sk</span> f<strong><span style="color:#6600cc;"><em>ou</em></span></strong>r <span style="color:#cc33cc;"><strong><em>o</em></strong></span>f <span style="color:#000000;">t</span><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"><em>e</em></span></strong><span style="color:#000000;">n</span> <strong><span style="color:#006600;"><em>i</em></span></strong>np<span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><em>u</em></strong></span>ts" except that the sounds should be taken as soft. For hard sounds <strong>á, é, í, ó, ú, óu </strong>are used instead. </p><ul><li>F<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">a</span></strong>ta (leaves), S<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">á</span></strong>ta (dust)</li><li>K<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">e</span></strong>la (banana), K<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">é</span></strong><span style="color:#000000;">ti</span> (farm)</li><li>F<strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">i</span></strong>th (back), F<strong>í</strong>th (feet)</li><li>B<strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">o</span></strong>ro (big), B<strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">ó</span></strong>ro (fill)</li><li>B<span style="color:#3366ff;">u</span>ra (bad), B<strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">ú</span></strong>ra (stained)</li></ul><p></span><strong>Four Circular vowels:</strong> Similary, each circular vowel gives unique sound and it is fixed to a particular sound. Each curcular vowel is formed by adding '<span style="color:#ff0000;">i</span>' to four of the straight vowels. </p><ul><li>B<strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">ai</span></em></strong> sounds as B<strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">y</span></em></strong></li><li>M<strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">éi</span></em></strong>k sounds as <span style="color:#000000;">M<em><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">a</span></strong></em>k</span><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">e</span></em></strong></li><li>L<strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">oi</span></em></strong> sounds as L<span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em><span style="color:#3366ff;">oei</span> </em></strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;">(not like Loy, Boy) </span></li><li>T<span style="font-size:130%;"><em><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">ui</span></strong></em> </span>sounds as T<strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">wi</span></em></strong></li></ul><p><strong>3. Stressed and Long Vowels<br /></strong>Most of the time, the meaning of a word changes when a vowel is stressed or not stressed. Normal vowels are used when no stress is required and accented vowels when stress is required. For example,</p><ul><li>F<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">u</span></strong>l (bridge), F<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">ú</span></strong>l (flower)</li><li>S<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">a</span></strong>l (roof), S<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">á</span></strong>l (tree bark)</li><li>F<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">a</span></strong>n (a kind of leaves), F<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">á</span></strong>n ( trap)</li></ul><p>Similarly, the meaning of a word changes when the vowel sound is extended or not exteneded. A single vowel is used when extendng is not needed and double vowels are used when extending is needed. For example,</p><ul><li>D<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">o</span></strong> (give), D<span style="color:#3333ff;">oo</span> (knife)</li><li>N<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">o</span></strong> (nine), N<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">oo</span></strong> (small boat) </li><li>Z<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">o</span></strong> (go), Z<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">oo</span></strong> (lucky moments)</li><li>Dh<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">o</span></strong>r (fear), Dh<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">oo</span></strong>r (non-stop raining)</li><li>M<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">a</span></strong>na (make accept, make agree), M<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">aa</span></strong>na (free)</li></ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></p><p></p>Rohingyalishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14318786164875282080noreply@blogger.com0