The Osage script is a new script promulgated in 2006 and revised 2012–2014 for the Osage language. Because Latin orthographies were subject to interference from English conventions among Osage students who were more familiar with English than with Osage, in 2006 the director of the Osage Language Program, Herman Mongrain Lookout, decided to create a distinct script by modifying or fusing Latin letters. This Osage script has been in regular use on the Osage Nation ever since.[1]
In 2012, while in the process of submitting the script to Unicode, a more precise representation of the sounds of Osage was formulated, and by the following year had been adequately tested. In February 2014, a conference on standardizing the reforms was held by Lookout and the staff at the Osage Nation Language Department along with UCS expert Michael Everson. The result included the introduction of case, the abolition of two ligatures and the addition of several derived characters for sounds that varied between dialects.[2]
The Osage script was included in Unicode version 9.0 in June 2016 in the Osage block.[3]
Long vowels are indicated with a macron, high tone by an acute accent, and a long vowel with high tone by a double acute accent: e.g. oral ⟨𐒰̄ 𐓘̄⟩ Ā ā, ⟨𐒰́ 𐓘́⟩ Á á, ⟨𐒰̋ 𐓘̋⟩ Ā́ ā́,, nasal ⟨𐒰̄͘ 𐓘̄͘⟩ Ą̄ ą̄, ⟨𐒰́͘ 𐓘́͘⟩ Ą́ ą́, ⟨𐒰̋͘ 𐓘̋͘⟩ Ą̄́ ą̄́.
It is not clear how Ə is used, as it is not phonemic in Osage.
The a comes from Latin ⟨A⟩ (without the crossbar, as in the NASA "worm" logo), e from Latin cursive ⟨Ɑ⟩ (the 'long' sound of the English letter a is rather like Osage e). The source for i is obscure, though Latin ⟨I⟩ does appear inside ⟨Λ⟩ in the diphthong ai.
Consonants
The 2014 consonant letters and digraphs are as follows. As in Latin orthography, the ejective consonants are written with a diacritic, and the strongly aspirated stops with digraphs. The pre-aspirated stops were originally written as digraphs with h, but since they vary by dialect with geminates, the 2014 revision included new letters for them derived by adding a cross-bar.
Px and pš are allophones, as are kx ~ kš and tx ~ ch (tsh). Hy and ky are sequences rather than single consonants.
The source of p is Latin ⟨P⟩, that of t is Latin ⟨D⟩ (an alternative transcription of Osage t), č is from ⟨Ch⟩, k from ⟨K⟩. C is from ⟨Ts⟩ and the Osage s. S and z are the top halves of ⟨S⟩ and ⟨Z⟩; š and ž are derived from adding a tail to the full letters, much like Latin ⟨ʒ⟩. Br, st, sk are ligatures of the letters m, n and l, which themselves appear to have been from their cursive Latin forms, and ð is a ligature of ⟨Th⟩, which is how it is often transcribed. W is a partial ⟨w⟩. X might be from cursive ⟨x⟩; h is obscure.
Punctuation
Words are separated by a space. Syllables were originally separated by a full stop, but that practice has ceased with increasing literacy.
Further applications
There are considerations for the script to be usable for other languages in the same Dhegiha group even as far as within the Siouan family.[4]
^Osage Nation Language Department 2011-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
^Michael Everson; Herman Mongrain Lookout; Cameron Pratt (2014-09-21). "Final proposal to encode the Osage script in the UCS" (PDF). ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2, Document N4619. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
Interview with Herman Mongrain Lookout on invention of the script on Invisible Nations, KOSU
January 20, 2023
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The Osage script is a new script promulgated in 2006 and revised 2012 2014 for the Osage language Because Latin orthographies were subject to interference from English conventions among Osage students who were more familiar with English than with Osage in 2006 the director of the Osage Language Program Herman Mongrain Lookout decided to create a distinct script by modifying or fusing Latin letters This Osage script has been in regular use on the Osage Nation ever since 1 OsageScript typeAlphabetTime period2006 presentDirectionleft to right LanguagesOsageRelated scriptsParent systems Proto writing Egyptian hieroglyphsProto Sinaitic alphabetPhoenician alphabetGreek alphabetOld Italic scriptLatin alphabetEnglish alphabetOsageISO 15924ISO 15924Osge 219 OsageUnicodeUnicode aliasOsageUnicode rangeU 104B0 U 104FFIn 2012 while in the process of submitting the script to Unicode a more precise representation of the sounds of Osage was formulated and by the following year had been adequately tested In February 2014 a conference on standardizing the reforms was held by Lookout and the staff at the Osage Nation Language Department along with UCS expert Michael Everson The result included the introduction of case the abolition of two ligatures and the addition of several derived characters for sounds that varied between dialects 2 The Osage script was included in Unicode version 9 0 in June 2016 in the Osage block 3 Contents 1 Letters 1 1 Vowels 1 2 Consonants 2 Punctuation 3 Further applications 4 Unicode 5 References 6 External linksLetters EditFor the pronunciation of the letters of the alphabet see Osage language Phonology or the links below Vowels Edit The 2014 vowel letters are as follows Osage vowels Oral NasalOsage Latin Osage Latin𐒰 𐓘 A a 𐒰 𐓘 A a𐒱 𐓙 Ai ai 𐒲 𐓚 Aį aį𐒳 𐓛 E e 𐒳 𐓛 E e 𐒷 𐓟 E e 𐒸 𐓠 Eį eį𐒻 𐓣 I i 𐒻 𐓣 Į į𐓂 𐓪 O o 𐓂 𐓪 Ǫ ǫ𐓎 𐓶 U u 𐓃 𐓫 Oį oįLong vowels are indicated with a macron high tone by an acute accent and a long vowel with high tone by a double acute accent e g oral 𐒰 𐓘 A a 𐒰 𐓘 A a 𐒰 𐓘 A a nasal 𐒰 𐓘 A a 𐒰 𐓘 A a 𐒰 𐓘 A a It is not clear how E is used as it is not phonemic in Osage The a comes from Latin A without the crossbar as in the NASA worm logo e from Latin cursive Ɑ the long sound of the English letter a is rather like Osage e The source for i is obscure though Latin I does appear inside L in the diphthong ai Consonants Edit The 2014 consonant letters and digraphs are as follows As in Latin orthography the ejective consonants are written with a diacritic and the strongly aspirated stops with digraphs The pre aspirated stops were originally written as digraphs with h but since they vary by dialect with geminates the 2014 revision included new letters for them derived by adding a cross bar Osage consonants Plain Ejective Aspirated Pre aspirated geminateOsage Latin Osage Latin Osage Latin Osage Latin𐒴 𐓜 Br br𐓊 𐓲 C c ts 𐓊ʼ 𐓲ʼ Cʼ cʼ 𐓌 𐓴 Ch ch 𐓋 𐓳 Hc hc𐒵 𐓝 C c 𐒶 𐓞 Hc hc𐓍 𐓵 D d𐒹 𐓡 H h𐒺 𐓢 Hy hy𐒼 𐓤 K k 𐒼ʼ 𐓤ʼ Kʼ kʼ 𐒼𐓸 𐓤𐓸 Kx kx 𐒽 𐓥 Hk hk𐒾 𐓦 Ky ky 𐒼𐓯 𐓤𐓯 Ks ks𐒿 𐓧 L l𐓀 𐓨 M m𐓁 𐓩 N n𐓄 𐓬 P p 𐓄ʼ 𐓬ʼ Pʼ pʼ 𐓄𐓸 𐓬𐓸 Px px 𐓅 𐓭 Hp hp𐓄𐓯 𐓬𐓯 Ps ps𐓆 𐓮 S s𐓇 𐓯 S s𐓈 𐓰 T t 𐓈𐓸 𐓰𐓸 Tx tx 𐓉 𐓱 Ht ht𐓏 𐓷 W w𐓐 𐓸 X x𐓑 𐓹 Ɣ ɣ gh 𐓒 𐓺 Z z𐓓 𐓻 Z zPx and ps are allophones as are kx ks and tx ch tsh Hy and ky are sequences rather than single consonants The source of p is Latin P that of t is Latin D an alternative transcription of Osage t c is from Ch k from K C is from Ts and the Osage s S and z are the top halves of S and Z s and z are derived from adding a tail to the full letters much like Latin ʒ Br st sk are ligatures of the letters m n and l which themselves appear to have been from their cursive Latin forms and d is a ligature of Th which is how it is often transcribed W is a partial w X might be from cursive x h is obscure Punctuation EditWords are separated by a space Syllables were originally separated by a full stop but that practice has ceased with increasing literacy Further applications EditThere are considerations for the script to be usable for other languages in the same Dhegiha group even as far as within the Siouan family 4 Unicode EditMain article Osage Unicode block The Osage alphabet was added to the Unicode Standard in June 2016 with the release of version 9 0 The Unicode block for Osage is U 104B0 U 104FF Osage 1 2 Official Unicode Consortium code chart PDF 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E FU 104Bx 𐒰 𐒱 𐒲 𐒳 𐒴 𐒵 𐒶 𐒷 𐒸 𐒹 𐒺 𐒻 𐒼 𐒽 𐒾 𐒿U 104Cx 𐓀 𐓁 𐓂 𐓃 𐓄 𐓅 𐓆 𐓇 𐓈 𐓉 𐓊 𐓋 𐓌 𐓍 𐓎 𐓏U 104Dx 𐓐 𐓑 𐓒 𐓓 𐓘 𐓙 𐓚 𐓛 𐓜 𐓝 𐓞 𐓟U 104Ex 𐓠 𐓡 𐓢 𐓣 𐓤 𐓥 𐓦 𐓧 𐓨 𐓩 𐓪 𐓫 𐓬 𐓭 𐓮 𐓯U 104Fx 𐓰 𐓱 𐓲 𐓳 𐓴 𐓵 𐓶 𐓷 𐓸 𐓹 𐓺 𐓻Notes 1 As of Unicode version 15 0 2 Grey areas indicate non assigned code pointsReferences Edit Osage Nation Language Department Archived 2011 11 20 at the Wayback Machine Michael Everson Herman Mongrain Lookout Cameron Pratt 2014 09 21 Final proposal to encode the Osage script in the UCS PDF ISO IEC JTC1 SC2 WG2 Document N4619 Retrieved 2015 01 10 Unicode version 9 0 0 Martucci Brian 15 January 2014 The Endangered Osage Language Gets a Unicode Friendly Alphabet The Line Retrieved 12 December 2020 External links Edit2014 Language Presentation at Osage Nation includes non native sound files for some letters Presentation at Native languages org along with various romanizations Saving a language a people College of Design University of Minnesota October 30 2013 Archived from the original on February 27 2014 Retrieved February 21 2014 Interview with Herman Mongrain Lookout on invention of the script on Invisible Nations KOSU Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Osage script amp oldid 1121341240, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
