Talk:Hēvat

Very unrealistic.

The language seems to have very simple phonetics and yet it has incredibly complicated alphabet. A language like that would easily make it with standard Latin alphabet, e.g.: a, ai, b, c (or ts), ch, dj, e, ei, f, g, x (or kh), i, ii (or iy), y, k, l, ly, m, ny, o, oi, p, r, s, sh, t, u, ui, v, z, j — it would be perfectly consistent and much easier in use.

It had local script since the 13th century?! There were no well-developed writing systems in America. And the ones that existed were logographic. In fact it looks like phonetical writing principle was invented only once in the history of mankind — somewhere in the near east and in India about three thousand years ago (the two systems seem to have influenced each other), and all the other alphabets are either descendants of that proto-writing, or were invented by people who already were familiar with the prininciples of alphabetic writing. And you claim that in New Cambria took place the Second Creation of Alphabet.

What materials they used for writing? Square letters are okay to be carved on tombstones and for sacred scrolls when good paper and ink are available (when you don't grudge spending so much time for a short caption). But the Keva had to use either wooden tablets and flat stones (and then they would get some kind of runes or Ogham), or birch-bark "paper" (e.g. see Birch bark letter no. 292).

Keva for Dummies is cool. — Hellerick 09:32, 23 November 2008 (UTC)