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'''Shul''' is an {{wl|alphabet}} by [[David J. Peterson]] used to write the [[Gandal language]] from [[Tencent Games]]' ''[[Arena of Valor]]''. {{script appendix|Shls}}
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'''Shul''' is an {{wl|alphabet}} by [[David J. Peterson]] used to write the [[Gandal language]] from [[Tencent Games]]' ''[[Arena of Valor]]''.


==Orthography==
==Orthography==
The Gandal alphabet, known as the Shul or "pure" script, directly evolves from [[Veda language|Veda]]'s script, the [[Appendix:Veda orthography|Welqor]] {{wl|abjad}}. Though the script is now an alphabet that indicates every vowel, sound changes resulted in different letters standing for the same sounds and some letters having several possible readings. For instance, every doubled consonant (i.e. geminate) is now pronounced as a single one.
An important rule of Gandal's orthography is that every vowel letter's pronunciation changes depending on stress, on whether the vowel used to be long and whether it followed one of Veda's vowel-retracting consonants (*[x], *[ɣ] and *[q]).
Vowels became long in stressed open syllables and before syllable-final velar fricatives when the latter disappeared. Both the short and the long vowels' qualities then changed but some of these changes were blocked by the retracting consonants, and short non-high vowels became [ə] when unstressed, the length contrast then disappeared. This resulted in the following possible readings:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan=3 | Old
! colspan=4 | Modern
|-
! colspan=2 | Normal
! colspan=2 | Retracted
|-
! <small>Stressed</small>
! <small>Unstressed</small>
! <small>Stressed</small>
! <small>Unstressed</small>
|-
| a
| æ
| ǝ
| ɑ
| ǝ
|-
| aː
| colspan=2 | e
| colspan=2 | ɑ
|-
| e
| ɛ
| ǝ
| ɛ
| ǝ
|-
| eː
| colspan=2; rowspan=2 | i
| colspan=2 | ɛ
|-
| i
| colspan=2; rowspan=2 | e
|-
| iː
| colspan=2 | aj
|-
| o
| o
| ǝ
| o
| ǝ
|-
| oː
| colspan=2; rowspan=2 | u
| colspan=2; rowspan=3 | o
|-
| u
|-
| uː
| colspan=2 | aw
|}
There are, however, exceptions: most notably, Veda's *[ə], which does not have its own letter, surfaced as [o], [ɛ] or [ɑ] when stressed depending on the surrounding consonants and as [ǝ] or [ɛ] when unstressed, these vowels may therefore have unexpected spellings when they descend from *[ə].
===Letters===
The glyphs of Shul representing sounds or sequences thereof are shown with their Welqor sources in the following table. Keep in mind that in Gandal's romanization, '''a''' stands for [ɑ] when stressed and for [ǝ] when unstressed, and that all instances of [ǝ] are spelt '''a''', even the ones that do not descend from Veda's *[a].
{| class="wikitable orth" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Glyph !! Source !! Romanization !! IPA !! Notes
|-
| {{gand-orth|p}} || {{veda-orth|p}} || '''p''' || p ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|b}} || {{veda-orth|b}} || '''b''' || b ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|t}} || {{veda-orth|t}} || '''t''' || t ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|d}} || {{veda-orth|d}} || '''d''' || d ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|th}} || {{veda-orth|ts}} || '''th''' || θ ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|thy}} || {{veda-orth|tsy}} || '''ch''' || tʃ || Used to stand for [tsj], now stands for [tʃ] before other vowels.
|-
| {{gand-orth|thya}} || {{veda-orth|tsya}} || '''cha'''/'''chæ'''/'''chei''' || tʃɑ, tʃǝ, tʃæ, tʃe ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|thyu}} || {{veda-orth|tsyu}} || '''chu'''/'''chaw''' || tʃu, tʃaw ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|dh}} || {{veda-orth|dz}} || '''dh''' || ð ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|dhy}} || {{veda-orth|dzy}} || '''j''' || dʒ || Used to stand for [dzj], now stands for [dʒ] before other vowels.
|-
| {{gand-orth|dhya}} || {{veda-orth|dzya}} || '''ja'''/'''jæ'''/'''jei''' || dʒɑ, dʒǝ, dʒæ, dʒe ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|dhyu}} || {{veda-orth|dzyu}} || '''ju'''/'''jaw''' || dʒu, dʒaw ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|k}} || {{veda-orth|k}} || '''k''' || k ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|g}} || {{veda-orth|g}} || '''g''' || g ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|q}} || {{veda-orth|q}} || '''k''' || k || Used to stand for [q], now stands for [k] but causes retraction of a following vowel.
|-
| {{gand-orth|a}} || {{veda-orth|a}} || '''a'''/'''æ'''/'''ei''' || ɑ, ǝ, æ, e ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|e}} || {{veda-orth|e}} || '''e'''/'''a'''/'''i''' || ɛ, ǝ, i ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|o}} || {{veda-orth|o}} || '''o'''/'''a'''/'''u''' || o, ǝ, u ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|f}} || {{veda-orth|f}} || '''f''' || f ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|v}} || {{veda-orth|v}} || '''v''' || v ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|s}} || {{veda-orth|s}} || '''s''' || s ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|sy}} || {{veda-orth|sy}} || '''sh''' || ʃ || Used to stand for [sj], now stands for [ʃ] before other vowels.
|-
| {{gand-orth|sya}} || {{veda-orth|sya}} || '''sha'''/'''shæ'''/'''shei''' || ʃɑ, ʃǝ, ʃæ, ʃe ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|syu}} || {{veda-orth|syu}} || '''shu'''/'''shaw''' || ʃu, ʃaw ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|z}} || {{veda-orth|z}} || '''z''' || z ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|zh}} || {{veda-orth|zy}} || '''zh''' || ʒ || Used to stand for [zj], now stands for [ʒ] before other vowels.
|-
| {{gand-orth|zya}} || {{veda-orth|zya}} || '''zha'''/'''zhæ'''/'''zhei''' || ʒɑ, ʒǝ, ʒæ, ʒe ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|zyu}} || {{veda-orth|zyu}} || '''zhu'''/'''zhaw''' || ʒu, ʒaw ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|h}} || {{veda-orth|kh}} || '''h'''/'''-''' || h, silent || Silent in some environments, most notably syllable-finally. Causes retraction of a following vowel.
|-
| {{gand-orth|gh}} || {{veda-orth|gh}} || '''g'''/'''h'''/'''y'''/'''-''' || g, h, j, silent || Used to stand for [ɣ], now silent (most notably syllable-finally) or stands for [g], [h] or [j] depending on the environment. Causes retraction of a following vowel.
|-
| {{gand-orth|u}} || {{veda-orth|u}} || '''u'''/'''aw'''/'''o''' || u, aw, o ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|w}} || {{veda-orth|w}} || '''w''' || w ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|wa}} || {{veda-orth|wa}} || '''wa'''/'''wæ'''/'''wei''' || wɑ, wǝ, wæ, we || Ligature.
|-
| {{gand-orth|wi}} || {{veda-orth|wi}} || '''wi'''/'''way''' || wi, waj || Ligature.
|-
| {{gand-orth|i}} || {{veda-orth|i}} || '''i'''/'''ay'''/'''ei''' || i, aj, e ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|y}} || {{veda-orth|y}} || '''y''' || j ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|ya}} || {{veda-orth|ya}} || '''ya'''/'''yæ'''/'''yei''' || jɑ, jǝ, jæ, je || Ligature.
|-
| {{gand-orth|yu}} || {{veda-orth|yu}} || '''yu'''/'''yaw'''/'''i''' || ju, jaw, i || Ligature. Realized as [i] word-initially when unstressed.
|-
| {{gand-orth|r}} || {{veda-orth|r}} || '''r''' || ɹ ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|l}} || {{veda-orth|l}} || '''l''' || l ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|m}} || {{veda-orth|m}} || '''m''' || m ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|n}} || {{veda-orth|n}} || '''n''' || n ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|ny}} || {{veda-orth|ny}} || '''ny''' || ɲ || Used to stand for [nj], now stands for [ɲ] before other vowels.
|-
| {{gand-orth|nya}} || {{veda-orth|nya}} || '''nya'''/'''nyæ'''/'''nyei''' || ɲɑ, ɲǝ, ɲæ, ɲe ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|nyu}} || {{veda-orth|nyu}} || '''nyu'''/'''nyaw''' || ɲu, ɲaw ||
|-
| {{gand-orth|ng}} || {{veda-orth|ng}} || '''ng''', '''n''' || ŋ, n || Now stands for [n] word-initially.
|}
====Ligatures====
In addition to some ligatures inherited from Welqor, Shul has a few more recent ligatures of Shul letters:
{| class="wikitable orth" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Glyph !! Source !! Romanization !! IPA
|-
| {{gand-orth|tho}} || {{gand-orth|th&zwnj;o}} || '''tho'''/'''tha'''/'''thu''' || θo, θǝ, θu
|-
| {{gand-orth|thu}} || {{gand-orth|th&zwnj;u}} || '''thu'''/'''thaw''' || θu, θaw
|-
| {{gand-orth|yuyu}} || {{gand-orth|yu&zwnj;yu}} || '''yu''' || ju
|}


The Gandal orthography, known as the Shul or "pure" script, directly evolves from the Veda orthography. The glyphs of Gandal are shown with their Veda source in the following table:
===Punctuation===
The punctuation marks of the Shul script are shown with their Welqor sources (if any) in the table below:


[[File:S1.png|600px]]
{| class="wikitable orth" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Glyph !! Source !! Usage
|-
| {{gand-orth|.}} || {{veda-orth|.}} || Period
|-
| {{gand-orth|,}} || {{veda-orth|,}} || Comma
|-
| {{gand-orth|?}} || {{veda-orth|?}} || Question mark
|-
| {{gand-orth|!}} || ''none'' || Exclamation mark
|-
| {{gand-orth|( )}}  || {{veda-orth|( )}} || Parentheses
|-
| {{gand-orth|-}} || ''none'' || Clitic or contraction marker
|}


It can be seen as a Romanesque script with a few notable features, particularly with regards to the representation of Gandal phones (i.e. sounds). In this script, Gandal phones replace Veda phones, leading to certain glyphs that represent the same sounds as others in the Veda script. For instance, former Veda "q" now functions as another "k" in Gandal. However, one variant of "k" enforces a following back vowel, while the other allows front vowels.
===Spelling of paradigms===
When examining a noun declension table, it becomes apparent that Gandal's spelling conventions require learning how to spell in the Shul script separately from learning how to speak Gandal. This distinction is illustrated by the differences in spelling between vowel-initial accusative singular and plural forms, both pronounced the same due to their shared initial "u," as seen in the following table (in which C = consonant and V = vowel, and {{gand-orth|gh}} and {{gand-orth|yuyu}} are transliterated ⟨gh⟩ and ⟨yuyu⟩ respectively):


A significant shift is observed in Gandal's vowel system, as it introduces a full set of vowels. Some vowels derive from former Veda semi-vowels, and these characters require a dot above them to signify their status as semi-vowels. Additionally, Gandal introduces new characters that make phonological sense within its system. Punctuation marks have been added, with the period and question mark borrowed from Veda, while others are unique to Gandal. These characters are summarized in the table below:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Inanimate<br>(Chaos) !! colspan=2 | Ergative !! colspan=2 | Oblique !! colspan=2 | Accusative
|-
! Singular !! Plural !! Singular !! Plural !! Singular !! Plural
|-
! C...V
| {{gand-orth|jeghon}} <br>jiyan <br> ⟨jeghon⟩ || {{gand-orth|yajeghon}} <br>yajiyan <br> ⟨yajeghon⟩ || {{gand-orth|jee}} <br>ji <br> ⟨jee⟩ || {{gand-orth|yajee}} <br>yaji <br> ⟨yajee⟩ || {{gand-orth|yujee}} <br>iji <br> ⟨yujee⟩ || {{gand-orth|yuyajee}} <br>iyaji <br> ⟨yuyajee⟩
|-
! V...V
| {{gand-orth|umbeghon}} <br>umbiyan <br> ⟨umbeghon⟩ || {{gand-orth|yumbeghon}} <br>yumbiyan <br> ⟨yumbeghon⟩ || {{gand-orth|umbe}} <br>umba <br> ⟨umbe⟩ || {{gand-orth|yumbe}} <br>yumba <br> ⟨yumbe⟩ || {{gand-orth|yumbe}} <br>yumba <br> ⟨yumbe⟩ || {{gand-orth|yuyumbe}} <br>yumba <br> ⟨yuyumbe⟩
|-
! C...C
| {{gand-orth|chamon}} <br>chaman <br> ⟨chamon⟩ || {{gand-orth|yachamon}} <br>yachaman <br> ⟨yachamon⟩ || {{gand-orth|cham}} <br>cham <br> ⟨cham⟩ || {{gand-orth|yacham}} <br>yacham <br> ⟨yacham⟩ || {{gand-orth|yucham}} <br>icham <br> ⟨yucham⟩ || {{gand-orth|yuyacham}} <br>iyacham <br> ⟨yuyacham⟩
|-
! V...C
| {{gand-orth|udhon}} <br>awdhan <br> ⟨udhon⟩ || {{gand-orth|yudhon}} <br>yudhan <br> ⟨yudhon⟩ || {{gand-orth|udh}} <br>udh <br> ⟨udh⟩ || {{gand-orth|yudh}} <br>yudh <br> ⟨yudh⟩ || {{gand-orth|yudh}} <br>yudh <br> ⟨yudh⟩ || {{gand-orth|yuyudh}} <br>yudh <br> ⟨yuyudh⟩
|}


[[File:S2.png|600px]]
The example words shown in the table above are {{gand-orth|jeghon}} ''jiyan'' "belly," {{gand-orth|umbeghon}} ''umbiyan'' "emptiness," {{gand-orth|chamon}} ''chaman'' "cloud," and {{gand-orth|udhon}} ''awdhan'' "whip."


When examining a noun declension table, it becomes apparent that Gandal's spelling conventions require learning how to use the language separately from learning how to spell the language in the script. This distinction is illustrated by the differences in spelling between V-initial accusative singular and plural forms, both pronounced the same due to their shared initial "u," as seen below:
==Numerals==
Gandal uses a {{wl|base-10}} number system, which is shown in the following table with its [[Appendix:Veda orthography#Numerals|Welqor]] sources:


[[File:S3.png|600px]]
{| class="wikitable orth" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Glyph !! Source !! # !! Romanization
|-
| {{gand-orth|0}} || {{veda-orth|0}} || '''0''' || unknown
|-
| {{gand-orth|1}} || {{veda-orth|1}} || '''1''' || {{m|gand|ing}}
|-
| {{gand-orth|2}} || {{veda-orth|2}} || '''2''' || {{m|gand|kan}}
|-
| {{gand-orth|3}} || {{veda-orth|3}} || '''3''' || {{m|gand|zaw}}
|-
| {{gand-orth|4}} || {{veda-orth|4}} || '''4''' || {{m|gand|fin}}
|-
| {{gand-orth|5}} || {{veda-orth|5}} || '''5''' || {{m|gand|ingrep}}
|-
| {{gand-orth|6}} || {{veda-orth|6}} || '''6''' || {{m|gand|ping}}
|-
| {{gand-orth|7}} || {{veda-orth|7}} || '''7''' || {{m|gand|zawyunen}}
|-
| {{gand-orth|8}} || {{veda-orth|8}} || '''8''' || {{m|gand|kanyunen}}
|-
| {{gand-orth|9}} || {{veda-orth|9}} || '''9''' || {{m|gand|aynyunen}}
|-
| {{gand-orth|10}} || {{veda-orth|10}} || '''10''' || {{m|gand|nen}}
|}


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Shul is an alphabet by David J. Peterson used to write the Gandal language from Tencent Games' Arena of Valor.

Orthography

The Gandal alphabet, known as the Shul or "pure" script, directly evolves from Veda's script, the Welqor abjad. Though the script is now an alphabet that indicates every vowel, sound changes resulted in different letters standing for the same sounds and some letters having several possible readings. For instance, every doubled consonant (i.e. geminate) is now pronounced as a single one.

An important rule of Gandal's orthography is that every vowel letter's pronunciation changes depending on stress, on whether the vowel used to be long and whether it followed one of Veda's vowel-retracting consonants (*[x], *[ɣ] and *[q]).

Vowels became long in stressed open syllables and before syllable-final velar fricatives when the latter disappeared. Both the short and the long vowels' qualities then changed but some of these changes were blocked by the retracting consonants, and short non-high vowels became [ə] when unstressed, the length contrast then disappeared. This resulted in the following possible readings:

Old Modern
Normal Retracted
Stressed Unstressed Stressed Unstressed
a æ ǝ ɑ ǝ
aː e ɑ
e ɛ ǝ ɛ ǝ
eː i ɛ
i e
iː aj
o o ǝ o ǝ
oː u o
u
uː aw

There are, however, exceptions: most notably, Veda's *[ə], which does not have its own letter, surfaced as [o], [ɛ] or [ɑ] when stressed depending on the surrounding consonants and as [ǝ] or [ɛ] when unstressed, these vowels may therefore have unexpected spellings when they descend from *[ə].

Letters

The glyphs of Shul representing sounds or sequences thereof are shown with their Welqor sources in the following table. Keep in mind that in Gandal's romanization, a stands for [ɑ] when stressed and for [ǝ] when unstressed, and that all instances of [ǝ] are spelt a, even the ones that do not descend from Veda's *[a].

Glyph Source Romanization IPA Notes
p p p p
b b b b
t t t t
d d d d
th ts th θ
thy tsy ch tʃ Used to stand for [tsj], now stands for [tʃ] before other vowels.
thya tsya cha/chæ/chei tʃɑ, tʃǝ, tʃæ, tʃe
thyu tsyu chu/chaw tʃu, tʃaw
dh dz dh ð
dhy dzy j dʒ Used to stand for [dzj], now stands for [dʒ] before other vowels.
dhya dzya ja/jæ/jei dʒɑ, dʒǝ, dʒæ, dʒe
dhyu dzyu ju/jaw dʒu, dʒaw
k k k k
g g g g
q q k k Used to stand for [q], now stands for [k] but causes retraction of a following vowel.
a a a/æ/ei ɑ, ǝ, æ, e
e e e/a/i ɛ, ǝ, i
o o o/a/u o, ǝ, u
f f f f
v v v v
s s s s
sy sy sh ʃ Used to stand for [sj], now stands for [ʃ] before other vowels.
sya sya sha/shæ/shei ʃɑ, ʃǝ, ʃæ, ʃe
syu syu shu/shaw ʃu, ʃaw
z z z z
zh zy zh ʒ Used to stand for [zj], now stands for [ʒ] before other vowels.
zya zya zha/zhæ/zhei ʒɑ, ʒǝ, ʒæ, ʒe
zyu zyu zhu/zhaw ʒu, ʒaw
h kh h/- h, silent Silent in some environments, most notably syllable-finally. Causes retraction of a following vowel.
gh gh g/h/y/- g, h, j, silent Used to stand for [ɣ], now silent (most notably syllable-finally) or stands for [g], [h] or [j] depending on the environment. Causes retraction of a following vowel.
u u u/aw/o u, aw, o
w w w w
wa wa wa/wæ/wei wɑ, wǝ, wæ, we Ligature.
wi wi wi/way wi, waj Ligature.
i i i/ay/ei i, aj, e
y y y j
ya ya ya/yæ/yei jɑ, jǝ, jæ, je Ligature.
yu yu yu/yaw/i ju, jaw, i Ligature. Realized as [i] word-initially when unstressed.
r r r ɹ
l l l l
m m m m
n n n n
ny ny ny ɲ Used to stand for [nj], now stands for [ɲ] before other vowels.
nya nya nya/nyæ/nyei ɲɑ, ɲǝ, ɲæ, ɲe
nyu nyu nyu/nyaw ɲu, ɲaw
ng ng ng, n ŋ, n Now stands for [n] word-initially.

Ligatures

In addition to some ligatures inherited from Welqor, Shul has a few more recent ligatures of Shul letters:

Glyph Source Romanization IPA
tho th‌o tho/tha/thu θo, θǝ, θu
thu th‌u thu/thaw θu, θaw
yuyu yu‌yu yu ju

Punctuation

The punctuation marks of the Shul script are shown with their Welqor sources (if any) in the table below:

Glyph Source Usage
. . Period
, , Comma
? ? Question mark
! none Exclamation mark
( ) ( ) Parentheses
- none Clitic or contraction marker

Spelling of paradigms

When examining a noun declension table, it becomes apparent that Gandal's spelling conventions require learning how to spell in the Shul script separately from learning how to speak Gandal. This distinction is illustrated by the differences in spelling between vowel-initial accusative singular and plural forms, both pronounced the same due to their shared initial "u," as seen in the following table (in which C = consonant and V = vowel, and gh and yuyu are transliterated ⟨gh⟩ and ⟨yuyu⟩ respectively):

Inanimate
(Chaos)		 Ergative Oblique Accusative
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
C...V jeghon
jiyan
⟨jeghon⟩		 yajeghon
yajiyan
⟨yajeghon⟩		 jee
ji
⟨jee⟩		 yajee
yaji
⟨yajee⟩		 yujee
iji
⟨yujee⟩		 yuyajee
iyaji
⟨yuyajee⟩
V...V umbeghon
umbiyan
⟨umbeghon⟩		 yumbeghon
yumbiyan
⟨yumbeghon⟩		 umbe
umba
⟨umbe⟩		 yumbe
yumba
⟨yumbe⟩		 yumbe
yumba
⟨yumbe⟩		 yuyumbe
yumba
⟨yuyumbe⟩
C...C chamon
chaman
⟨chamon⟩		 yachamon
yachaman
⟨yachamon⟩		 cham
cham
⟨cham⟩		 yacham
yacham
⟨yacham⟩		 yucham
icham
⟨yucham⟩		 yuyacham
iyacham
⟨yuyacham⟩
V...C udhon
awdhan
⟨udhon⟩		 yudhon
yudhan
⟨yudhon⟩		 udh
udh
⟨udh⟩		 yudh
yudh
⟨yudh⟩		 yudh
yudh
⟨yudh⟩		 yuyudh
yudh
⟨yuyudh⟩

The example words shown in the table above are jeghon jiyan "belly," umbeghon umbiyan "emptiness," chamon chaman "cloud," and udhon awdhan "whip."

Numerals

Gandal uses a base-10 number system, which is shown in the following table with its Welqor sources:

Glyph Source # Romanization
0 0 0 unknown
1 1 1 ing
2 2 2 kan
3 3 3 zaw
4 4 4 fin
5 5 5 ingrep
6 6 6 ping
7 7 7 zawyunen
8 8 8 kanyunen
9 9 9 aynyunen
10 10 10 nen
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