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Ionian Language´s scripts/characters

My Fizz no ult·6/20/2019, 4:41:22 AM·15 votes·12,231 views

"Ionia" in Ionian language (Handwriting Form)

(Literally means: The First Born Lands) (Pronunciation: /ai/ /ou/ /ni/ /a/ )

https://flic.kr/p/2ghjgpQ

I just improved the constructed scripts of Ionian Languages, considering the evolution of scripts in real human history.

The old ones are kept as a stage of its historical evolutionary processes. (since they don't fit the hand-writing.)

_(Old one. Plz note: much content in this article has been changed or optimized. They are not the final definitions)

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/9o3F3swH-ionian-language-constructed-scripts_

Still, I build these characters based on the current lore materials in the universe:

The scabbard was etched in the harsh strokes of Ur-Noxian, the heavy angles and slashes in stark contrast to the fluid script of Ionia.

--_ from CONFESSIONS OF A BROKEN BLADE: PART 2_

and the Asian Languages Mixed (mainly: Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Thai, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Indonesian.) as well as linguistic knowledge.

The creation (such as vocabulary, phonetics, grammar, formal and informal expressions, etc) is on the way.

But I cannot wait to share these beautiful Ionian scripts to you guys now! [slayer-jinx-catface]

HOPE YOU LIKE IT.

(Attention: Those letters are just Latinized representations, not the accurate pronunciations which should be represented by IPA)

(Some Entire Ionian Characters in Printing Form )

https://flic.kr/p/2ghaB1u

(Part of Phonetic Affixin Handwriting Form)

e

https://flic.kr/p/2ghgh9R

ou

https://flic.kr/p/2ghggXd

ü https://flic.kr/p/2ghggRw

ae https://flic.kr/p/2ghggo2

i https://flic.kr/p/2ghfL56

ja https://flic.kr/p/2ghfLU2

ma https://flic.kr/p/2ghg1U8

za https://flic.kr/p/2ghfMpW

vha https://flic.kr/p/2ghg2nx

la https://flic.kr/p/2ghginh

ha https://flic.kr/p/2ghgiyK

dha https://flic.kr/p/2ghg3ae

ba https://flic.kr/p/2ghg3F9

kha-ka-ga-gha

https://flic.kr/p/2ghg1NQ https://flic.kr/p/2ghgjcD https://flic.kr/p/2ghgwq6 https://flic.kr/p/2ghgwu9

ar

https://flic.kr/p/2ghfPVT

as https://flic.kr/p/2ghfPND

aa https://flic.kr/p/2ghfQeZ

ia/ya

https://flic.kr/p/2ghfPAQ

24 Comments

4 Step Cadence6/20/2019, 4:54:14 AM4 votes

Looks kinda like music notes, honestly, which I find very fitting.

Do continue to work on this, please. I'd love to be able to write stuff for Jhin in Ionian(even if its not canon).

mrmeddyman6/21/2019, 5:40:47 AM1 votes

Looks like a combination of Arabic (the accents and curving lines) and Japanese Kanji

Ecaterina6/21/2019, 5:01:54 PM1 votes

Please release a full alphabet with examples, I would love to learn to write in Ionian and use it in art. I am so willing to help or anything. You have made my obsessed with trying to reverse engineer your original post on the Ionian language and form the complete alphabet.

Eye of Twilight6/21/2019, 11:37:15 PM1 votes

This is amazing! I'm running a ttrpg game based on Runeterra, could I use your Ionian script as props for my players?

My Fizz no ult6/22/2019, 7:12:45 PM1 votes

Translation:

The merest shade of me is enough to defeat you!

https://flic.kr/p/2gihHpB

Transliteration: Ol di chyah me wa, sui üü jit nuo io!

My Fizz no ult6/23/2019, 11:19:07 AM1 votes

https://flic.kr/p/2gj2HcZ

Translation: In carnage, I bloom, like a flower in the dawn.

Transliteration: Ghiak sas ni na, u mek kar, ya il mek ni huaa.

Little tip:

We all know that Jhin has fever of the number 4, we can see it throughout his English name: Jhin.

Jin, in mandarin means the Gold, the Golden Demon, who is him exactly.

However, there is only 3 letters in Jin , so Riot adds a silent H in it.

I want his Ionian name to reflect this feature too.

So,

the transliteration is "jdin", in which the D means it is a Voiced sound,

as it shows in the picture, in the upper right corner there is a little spot that

serves for indicating this consonant should be pronounced in a Voiced sound,

same style in Japanese Hiragana and Katakana.

In Ionian alphabet this Voiced Sound Spot is considered as an Independent unit,

so there is actually 4 elements in this Phonetic Part.

While in the Meaning Affix, there is a symbol of the Stone, (this character means Gold in Ionian)

to illustrate its meaning is associated with stone.

This pictograph has in total 4 strokes!!

So, another 4 here.

(The horizontal and vertical lines together in the right are not two separated strokes, but together )[sg-ahri-2]

My Fizz no ult6/23/2019, 12:13:05 PM1 votes

https://flic.kr/p/2gj33C6

Meaning: Discover again and again the meaning of the magic.

Transliteration: Sa elei sa te ra vi sa e ra

Since years ago Riot gave this pronounciation, I can create this sentence only based on it.

But the problem is, what Karma speaks is actually: Sa ae ler sa, ti li vi, sa e ra.

Interestingly, they said this was an Ionian Ancient dialect, then everything makes sense now.[slayer-jinx-wink]

I guess:

What Karma speaks in the game, is her real voice and reflects her own ancient dialect's pronunciation,

while what riot gave is the standard latin alphabet transliteration which reflects the common tongue of Ionian languages and

is exactly the sounds the Ionian characters reflect.

Besides, Karma in the Ionian languages is spelled by two characters, the "Khar" and the "Ma”

which respectively mean:

Khar - "transmigration, perpetuity, inner evolution, and wisdom"

Ma - a suffix, like the "er" of "writer" "employer" "interviewer".

Why does Khar have so many meanings?

So, we all know the champion Karma is not a normal leader in Ionia's lore.

If you look at her name clearly, you would see a svastika symbol on the right, with a little bit modified.

This svastika symbol, which in this case has the right-ward direction, represents inner evolution in Hinduism and wisdom

in Buddhism.

That perfectly reveals Karma's title: The Enlightened One" and her unique reincarnation lore where the souls in each generation increase

bringing more spirits and thoughts, like an inner evolution and self-ascension. [slayer-pantheon-popcorn]

I hope you guys can offer me more information to create those characters. !!!

My Fizz no ult6/23/2019, 12:26:58 PM1 votes

https://flic.kr/p/2gj31nz

Translation: One Blade, One Purpose

Transliteration: Ek khen, Ek sen

the One "Ek" is adapted from Sanskrit 's pronunciation for the number one.

khen, the blade, is adopted directly from its correspondent Japanese pronunciation.

Sen, means thought and Idea, from certain Chinese dialect's ancient pronunciation.

So, now, this sentence can be read in Rhyme [slayer-jinx-catface]

My Fizz no ult6/25/2019, 8:24:28 AM1 votes

https://i.redd.it/tl1qyi3fob631.png

Translation: Enforced Equilibrium !- Shen

Transliteration: Lak gu khin koou ! ！

Ecaterina9/18/2019, 12:07:39 PM1 votes

Man where is the complete alphabet and list of rules? I am so curious, and I am running into a brick wall with learning the ancient constructions I need to know the logo- radicals. Please release the complete alphabet for both the ancient and modern alphabet.