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==Orthography==
==Orthography==
The script used to write Haughòf is an abjad, meaning that it only has characters representing consonants, as they were at one point in the language's history at least. In other words, the script displays a certain degree of {{w|orthographic depth}}.
The script used to write Haughòf is an abjad, meaning that it only has full characters representing consonants, as they were at one point in the language's history at least. In other words, the script displays a certain degree of {{w|orthographic depth}}. The script is not a pure abjad, however. The consonant glyphs are modified to show which of the three types of consonant mutations the consonant sound it represents has undergone, if any.
 





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Haughòf Language Navigation: Home, Phonology, Grammar, Vocabulary, Orthography

The Haughòf language from David J. Peterson and Jessie Peterson's YouTube series LangTime Studio is written using an abjad.

Orthography

The script used to write Haughòf is an abjad, meaning that it only has full characters representing consonants, as they were at one point in the language's history at least. In other words, the script displays a certain degree of orthographic depth. The script is not a pure abjad, however. The consonant glyphs are modified to show which of the three types of consonant mutations the consonant sound it represents has undergone, if any.