Proposal by Rebecca Bettencourt, 2005-07-11; revisions 2006-08-22, 2008-02-02, 2008-06-14.
The Glaitha-A script was created by Rebecca Bettencourt as part of her fictional Mika culture and the fictional city of Mika City. Glaitha-A was used a long time ago to write Mikiana, before English became more common; at that point the Roman alphabet was used to write Mikiana. "Glaitha" is the Mikiana word for "handwriting." Glaitha-A is used mainly to write Mikiana, but can be used to write any language written in the Roman alphabet. 8 columns are used to encode Glaitha-A.
The Glaitha-A script is an alphabet written left-to-right, top-to-bottom. Eight punctuation marks are used similarly to Latin punctuation marks. Numbers are written left-to-right in base ten with the least significant digit on the right. Six special glyphs can be used for the numbers 10-15.
In written text, the rightmost strokes ending near the baseline of the letters A, AU, E, I, L, M, X, a, e, i, j, k, l, and m may join with the leftmost strokes near the baseline of the letters I, J, L, M, ~M, N, Ñ, NG, S, i, j, l, m, ~m, n, ñ, ng, and s. Whether or not this is implemented in Unicode is interpretation-dependent.
The Glaitha-A block is divided into the following ranges:
U+E900 -> U+E907 8 Punctuation marks
U+E908 -> U+E90F 8 currently unassigned
U+E910 -> U+E919 10 Glaitha-A digits
U+E91A -> U+E91F 6 Glaitha-A numbers
U+E920 -> U+E943 40 Glaitha-A capital letters
U+E948 -> U+E94F 8 Supplemental capital letters
U+E950 -> U+E973 40 Glaitha-A lowercase letters
U+E978 -> U+E97F 8 Supplemental lowercase letters
U+E900 GLAITHA-A SPACE U+E901 GLAITHA-A FULL STOP U+E902 GLAITHA-A COMMA U+E903 GLAITHA-A COLON U+E904 GLAITHA-A SEMICOLON U+E905 GLAITHA-A EXCLAMATION MARK U+E906 GLAITHA-A QUESTION MARK U+E907 GLAITHA-A INTERROBANG U+E908 (This position shall not be used) U+E909 (This position shall not be used) U+E90A (This position shall not be used) U+E90B (This position shall not be used) U+E90C (This position shall not be used) U+E90D (This position shall not be used) U+E90E (This position shall not be used) U+E90F (This position shall not be used) U+E910 GLAITHA-A DIGIT ZERO U+E911 GLAITHA-A DIGIT ONE U+E912 GLAITHA-A DIGIT TWO U+E913 GLAITHA-A DIGIT THREE U+E914 GLAITHA-A DIGIT FOUR U+E915 GLAITHA-A DIGIT FIVE U+E916 GLAITHA-A DIGIT SIX U+E917 GLAITHA-A DIGIT SEVEN U+E918 GLAITHA-A DIGIT EIGHT U+E919 GLAITHA-A DIGIT NINE U+E91A GLAITHA-A NUMBER TEN U+E91B GLAITHA-A NUMBER ELEVEN U+E91C GLAITHA-A NUMBER TWELVE U+E91D GLAITHA-A NUMBER THIRTEEN U+E91E GLAITHA-A NUMBER FOURTEEN U+E91F GLAITHA-A NUMBER FIFTEEN U+E920 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER ALLYSSA U+E921 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER AURA U+E922 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER BETHA U+E923 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER CASTA U+E924 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER CHELLA U+E925 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER DANELLA U+E926 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER ELLA U+E927 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER FAYA U+E928 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER GEMMA U+E929 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER HALLA U+E92A GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER IRMA U+E92B GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER JENNA U+E92C GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER KASSIA U+E92D GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER KYANA U+E92E GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER LIORA U+E92F GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER LYANA U+E930 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER MIA U+E931 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER MYANA U+E932 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER NORRA U+E933 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER NYANA U+E934 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER OLIVA U+E935 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER PADMA U+E936 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER QUENTINA U+E937 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER RASHELLA U+E938 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER SELLA U+E939 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER SHELLA U+E93A GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER TEMMA U+E93B GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER THALIA U+E93C GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER UNISHA U+E93D GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER VERMA U+E93E GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER WITNA U+E93F GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER XETTA U+E940 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER YOLANA U+E941 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER ZEFFA U+E942 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER INGA U+E943 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER OYNA U+E944 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER DHAMMA U+E945 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER KHALKA U+E946 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER RHIENNA U+E947 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER ZHALIA U+E948 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER ALLYSSA WITH DIAERESIS U+E949 GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER AURA WITH DIAERESIS U+E94A GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER ELLA WITH DIAERESIS U+E94B GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER IRMA WITH DIAERESIS U+E94C GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER OLIVA WITH DIAERESIS U+E94D GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER UNISHA WITH DIAERESIS U+E94E GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER YOLANA WITH DIAERESIS U+E94F GLAITHA-A CAPITAL LETTER OYNA WITH DIAERESIS U+E950 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER ALLYSSA U+E951 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER AURA U+E952 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER BETHA U+E953 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER CASTA U+E954 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER CHELLA U+E955 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER DANELLA U+E956 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER ELLA U+E957 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER FAYA U+E958 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER GEMMA U+E959 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER HALLA U+E95A GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER IRMA U+E95B GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER JENNA U+E95C GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER KASSIA U+E95D GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER KYANA U+E95E GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER LIORA U+E95F GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER LYANA U+E960 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER MIA U+E961 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER MYANA U+E962 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER NORRA U+E963 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER NYANA U+E964 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER OLIVA U+E965 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER PADMA U+E966 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER QUENTINA U+E967 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER RASHELLA U+E968 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER SELLA U+E969 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER SHELLA U+E96A GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER TEMMA U+E96B GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER THALIA U+E96C GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER UNISHA U+E96D GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER VERMA U+E96E GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER WITNA U+E96F GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER XETTA U+E970 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER YOLANA U+E971 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER ZEFFA U+E972 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER INGA U+E973 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER OYNA U+E974 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER DHAMMA U+E975 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER KHALKA U+E976 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER RHIENNA U+E977 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER ZHALIA U+E978 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER ALLYSSA WITH DIAERESIS U+E979 GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER AURA WITH DIAERESIS U+E97A GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER ELLA WITH DIAERESIS U+E97B GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER IRMA WITH DIAERESIS U+E97C GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER OLIVA WITH DIAERESIS U+E97D GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER UNISHA WITH DIAERESIS U+E97E GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER YOLANA WITH DIAERESIS U+E97F GLAITHA-A SMALL LETTER OYNA WITH DIAERESIS |
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