<p><img src="https://www.omniglot.com/images/langnames/nm_franabugida.gif" alt=""><br>
<a href="http://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/franabugida.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Franabugida</a> by <a href="http://les-delires-d-uff.eklablog.com/franabugida-c19160771" rel="nofollow noreferrer">François Boullion</a>, though developed for writing French, is a faux roman script with abugida features that fulfills the criteria pretty well, although some of the resulting shapes look quite foreign.</p>

<p><img src="https://www.omniglot.com/images/langnames/nm_akkharamuni.gif" alt=""><br>
<a href="http://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/akkharamuni.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Akkhara Muni</a> by <a href="http://www.skyknowledge.com/akkharamuni.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ian James</a> comes close to being a roman-looking script with Brahmic abugida structure, although it lacks complex ligatures and (non-inherent) vowels are not diacritic-like. </p>

<p><img src="https://www.omniglot.com/images/langnames/nm_ariyaka.gif" alt=""><br>
The historic (but unused) <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/writing/ariyaka.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ariyaka</a> <a href="http://www.skyknowledge.com/ariyaka.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">script</a> for writing Pali from 19th-century Siam/Thailand is also obviously inspired by Latin and Greek letter forms and the Brahmic system.</p>

<p><img src="https://www.omniglot.com/images/langnames/nm_bluis.gif" alt=""><br>
<a href="http://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/bluis.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">BLUIS</a> by Punya Pranava Pasumarty does not meet the criteria, but due to its design, it could be used as a base: One would just need to make the letter forms more roman-looking.</p>

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If this is what you're after, then my original question was pretty might right, even though you said it wasn't? "Latin consonants used as an abugida with diacritics instead of the Latin vowels"
curiousdannii
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Except that the Latin letters should not be used for their usual phonological value, but for visual similarity to letters of existing Brahmic scripts.
Crissov
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Crissov
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/eEcYg.jpg" alt="bgd"></p>

<p>Next project: Pama-Nyungan inspired vocabulary, but using English words</p>

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2018-03-29T06:28:18.850Z
Simultaneously beautiful and horrific!
curiousdannii
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I see how my question could be misunderstood in this way. I’m looking for a script whose looks fit well with the Roman script, not for an abugida build with IPA symbols.
Crissov
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@Crissov: IPA *is* the Latin script (or a specialised adaptation of it, anyway). Does replacing as4s4hetic's glyphs with plain alphabetic letters (like **a** for **æ**) meet your expectations?
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as4s4hetic
<p>The scripts of South Asia (i.e. the Indian subcontinent), e.g. Devanagari, and Southeast Asia, e.g. Thai, are almost all derived from the Brahmic script. They show gradual visual relationships and most of them are structurally similar. They are syllabaries with non-default vowels being denoted by diacritics and consonant clusters often forming complex ligatures. </p>

<p>Is there any constructed variant of this family of scripts that intentionally uses shapes found in the major European scripts (Roman, Cyrillic and Greek)? Preferably, it would be based upon the stems and loops of lowercase Roman letters. I think it’s impossible to achieve in a readable way, but maybe there is even a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typeface#Mimicry_typefaces" rel="nofollow noreferrer">mimicry or "faux Latin" font</a> for one of the existing scripts (e.g. Burmese or Malayalam) that would qualify.</p>

<p>PS: I have attached some roman letters in red to similar looking glyphs in the picture below. The imagined conscript would have a consistent set of letters and diacritics that looked much like roman ones.</p>

<p><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/agAwI.png" alt="Brahmic-derived scripts in current use, set in Noto showing a sample phrase in Sanskrit"></a></p>

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2018-03-29T03:01:39.173Z
Can you explain more what you mean? A Brahmic inspired script which has borrowed forms from the Latin script? Latin consonants used as an abugida with diacritics instead of the Lain vowels?
curiousdannii
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2018-03-29T06:47:43.353Z
The former. A Brahmic script that strongly reminds one of the Roman script. If it was built closely matching the Malayalam script, for instance, the letters ട ധ ന would look (almost) the same as _s w m_.
Crissov
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2018-03-29T10:19:11.670Z
Font designer's already have done this, seee e.g. Samarkan on this page: https://www.free-fonts.com/search?q=Devanagari%20Script%20Style
Sir Cornflakes
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2018-03-29T10:21:50.073Z
@jknappen Samarkan is a Roman faux Devanagari font. I rather mean a Brahmic faux Roman font.
Crissov
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2018-03-29T14:38:12.457Z
Can you create a picture of a hypothetical example of the sort of thing you mean?
Jeff Zeitlin
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2018-03-29T23:59:30.320Z
Oh, you're actually after a font, not a script?
curiousdannii
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2018-03-30T08:40:24.217Z
No, I’m not really looking for a font, but since the South-Asian scripts are so closely related, one could make a faux Roman font at least for some of them.
Crissov
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2018-03-30T10:34:36.413Z
You've really gotta explain what you want more clearly. Font requests aren't on topic here, so if that's not what you really want, please explain better.
curiousdannii
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@JeffZeitlin I have now added an image that hopefully makes it a bit clearer. As you can see, none of the related scripts can easily be faked with roman letters, hence a simple mimicry font will not do, a complete conscript is required.
Crissov
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2018-04-01T13:32:08.517Z
I'm assuming that your intent with the image is to reproduce the same set of syllables in all of the listed scripts, and the syllables reproduced are those in the Latin script at the top? If so, then any result that meets your vague criteria will be completely arbitrary, and likely not significantly different in appearance from either an abugida built from IPA or the 'standard' Latin transcription at the top of your image - except that it won't be any more readable to me than text written with the Samarkan font is to someone who only reads Devanagari.
Jeff Zeitlin
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2018-04-01T13:39:25.007Z
The image is from Wikipedia and all phrases are transliterations of each other. I just added the parts in red. The glyph shapes are not derived arbitrarily from their ancestors and neither should be those of the conscript.
Crissov
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2018-04-01T13:45:04.260Z
http://www.themicrofoundry.com/other/thai.gif is close to what I mean, using Thai
Crissov
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2018-04-01T14:07:40.737Z
[yikes](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/anglocentrism)
as4s4hetic
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2018-10-16T09:23:33.660Z
I have seen examples of a Thai typeface with a very roman look (more so than @Crissov's last example).
Anton Sherwood
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Brahmic conscript with European style
# Brahmic conscript with European style

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-03-28)

The scripts of South Asia (i.e. the Indian subcontinent), e.g. Devanagari, and Southeast Asia, e.g. Thai, are almost all derived from the Brahmic script. They show gradual visual relationships and most of them are structurally similar. They are syllabaries with non-default vowels being denoted by diacritics and consonant clusters often forming complex ligatures.

Is there any constructed variant of this family of scripts that intentionally uses shapes found in the major European scripts (Roman, Cyrillic and Greek)? Preferably, it would be based upon the stems and loops of lowercase Roman letters. I think it’s impossible to achieve in a readable way, but maybe there is even a [mimicry or "faux Latin" font](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typeface#Mimicry_typefaces) for one of the existing scripts (e.g. Burmese or Malayalam) that would qualify.

PS: I have attached some roman letters in red to similar looking glyphs in the picture below. The imagined conscript would have a consistent set of letters and diacritics that looked much like roman ones.

[![Brahmic-derived scripts in current use, set in Noto showing a sample phrase in Sanskrit](https://i.sstatic.net/agAwI.png)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D.png)

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Can you explain more what you mean? A Brahmic inspired script which has borrowed forms from the Latin script? Latin consonants used as an abugida with diacritics instead of the Lain vowels?  
> **username_0**: The former. A Brahmic script that strongly reminds one of the Roman script. If it was built closely matching the Malayalam script, for instance, the letters ട ധ ന would look (almost) the same as _s w m_.  
> **username_2**: Font designer's already have done this, seee e.g. Samarkan on this page: https://www.free-fonts.com/search?q=Devanagari%20Script%20Style  
> **username_0**: @jknappen Samarkan is a Roman faux Devanagari font. I rather mean a Brahmic faux Roman font.  
> **username_3**: Can you create a picture of a hypothetical example of the sort of thing you mean?  
> **username_1**: Oh, you're actually after a font, not a script?  
> **username_0**: No, I’m not really looking for a font, but since the South-Asian scripts are so closely related, one could make a faux Roman font at least for some of them.  
> **username_1**: You've really gotta explain what you want more clearly. Font requests aren't on topic here, so if that's not what you really want, please explain better.  
> **username_0**: @JeffZeitlin I have now added an image that hopefully makes it a bit clearer. As you can see, none of the related scripts can easily be faked with roman letters, hence a simple mimicry font will not do, a complete conscript is required.  
> **username_3**: I'm assuming that your intent with the image is to reproduce the same set of syllables in all of the listed scripts, and the syllables reproduced are those in the Latin script at the top? If so, then any result that meets your vague criteria will be completely arbitrary, and likely not significantly different in appearance from either an abugida built from IPA or the 'standard' Latin transcription at the top of your image - except that it won't be any more readable to me than text written with the Samarkan font is to someone who only reads Devanagari.  
> **username_0**: The image is from Wikipedia and all phrases are transliterations of each other. I just added the parts in red. The glyph shapes are not derived arbitrarily from their ancestors and neither should be those of the conscript.  
> **username_0**: http://www.themicrofoundry.com/other/thai.gif is close to what I mean, using Thai  
> **username_4**: [yikes](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/anglocentrism)  
> **username_5**: I have seen examples of a Thai typeface with a very roman look (more so than @Crissov's last example).  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2018-04-01. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

![](https://www.omniglot.com/images/langnames/nm_franabugida.gif)  
[Franabugida](http://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/franabugida.htm) by [François Boullion](http://les-delires-d-uff.eklablog.com/franabugida-c19160771), though developed for writing French, is a faux roman script with abugida features that fulfills the criteria pretty well, although some of the resulting shapes look quite foreign.

![](https://www.omniglot.com/images/langnames/nm_akkharamuni.gif)  
[Akkhara Muni](http://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/akkharamuni.htm) by [Ian James](http://www.skyknowledge.com/akkharamuni.htm) comes close to being a roman-looking script with Brahmic abugida structure, although it lacks complex ligatures and (non-inherent) vowels are not diacritic-like.

![](https://www.omniglot.com/images/langnames/nm_ariyaka.gif)  
The historic (but unused) [Ariyaka](https://www.omniglot.com/writing/ariyaka.php) [script](http://www.skyknowledge.com/ariyaka.htm) for writing Pali from 19th-century Siam/Thailand is also obviously inspired by Latin and Greek letter forms and the Brahmic system.

![](https://www.omniglot.com/images/langnames/nm_bluis.gif)  
[BLUIS](http://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/bluis.htm) by Punya Pranava Pasumarty does not meet the criteria, but due to its design, it could be used as a base: One would just need to make the letter forms more roman-looking.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: If this is what you're after, then my original question was pretty might right, even though you said it wasn't? "Latin consonants used as an abugida with diacritics instead of the Latin vowels"  
> **username_0**: Except that the Latin letters should not be used for their usual phonological value, but for visual similarity to letters of existing Brahmic scripts.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2018-03-29. Score: 5

![bgd](https://i.sstatic.net/eEcYg.jpg)

Next project: Pama-Nyungan inspired vocabulary, but using English words

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Simultaneously beautiful and horrific!  
> **username_0**: I see how my question could be misunderstood in this way. I’m looking for a script whose looks fit well with the Roman script, not for an abugida build with IPA symbols.  
> **username_6**: @Crissov: IPA *is* the Latin script (or a specialised adaptation of it, anyway). Does replacing as4s4hetic's glyphs with plain alphabetic letters (like **a** for **æ**) meet your expectations?  

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