writing sentences using chivabwe this is my attempt at…
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writing sentences using chivabwe
this is my attempt at using the script chivabwe to compose a couple of sentences in shona. here’s what i like about it and what i think needs fixing:
i like that its flamboyant, easy to understand and original (ive seen people say its a carbon copy of mandarin but its very clearly not because it uses various forms of geometry not just squares, lines and triangles… instead it reminds me of egyptian hieroglyphics)
what needs to be fixed: i think because the letters can get a bit muddled due to similarities: a) we need to understand how better we can space out words and syllables. like in the picture above you cant tell where ive started or ended a word even though i did put standard latin spacing.
b) for conjunctions that are “consonant-consonant” we need to know how to combine the letters clearly. in fact i think that needs its own spreadsheet…
eg: mwana… theres no letter for “mw” even though it shows up often in a couple of bantu languages. **ch, zv, bv, mt, mw, sv, sh, mb, mn kw, ng, tch** are just some of the ones im thinking of right now. imo it doesnt make sense to write mwana like **m-wa-na** because the “M” standing alone can cause confusion for a reader.
otherwise everything else for me seems to be adequate. it’s obviously not perfect and its still new but if the creators can work on that asap, i think i’ll be set. im sure there’s other issues but im already getting started on recognizing characters! so excited to have this fixed.
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this is my attempt at using the script chivabwe to compose a couple of sentences in shona. here’s what i like about it and what i think needs fixing:
i like that its flamboyant, easy to understand and original (ive seen people say its a carbon copy of mandarin but its very clearly not because it uses various forms of geometry not just squares, lines and triangles… instead it reminds me of egyptian hieroglyphics)
what needs to be fixed: i think because the letters can get a bit muddled due to similarities: a) we need to understand how better we can space out words and syllables. like in the picture above you cant tell where ive started or ended a word even though i did put standard latin spacing.
b) for conjunctions that are “consonant-consonant” we need to know how to combine the letters clearly. in fact i think that needs its own spreadsheet…
eg: mwana… theres no letter for “mw” even though it shows up often in a couple of bantu languages. **ch, zv, bv, mt, mw, sv, sh, mb, mn kw, ng, tch** are just some of the ones im thinking of right now. imo it doesnt make sense to write mwana like **m-wa-na** because the “M” standing alone can cause confusion for a reader.
otherwise everything else for me seems to be adequate. it’s obviously not perfect and its still new but if the creators can work on that asap, i think i’ll be set. im sure there’s other issues but im already getting started on recognizing characters! so excited to have this fixed.
#local
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