Difference between revisions of "Stormwarden script"

In contrast to [[women's script]], which is an alphabet, the stormwarden script is partly a [[wikipedia:Logogram|logographic system]], and partially a [[wikipedia:syllabary |syllabary]]. [[Glyphs]], representing a single word either alone or in pairsclusters of two or triosthree, are strung together to form complete sentences. They are usually simplified, ignoring the proper calligraphy. For words that do not have a glyph representation, the writer instead uses the glyphs that best representtranscribe the word itwhen read phonetically -- for example, ''parap'', ''shenesh'' and ''idi'' for [[Parshendi]]. Such phonetic representations are marked by underlining the symbols.{{book ref|sa2|52}}

Unlike most other scholarlybranches of professionscholarship, stormwardens are either mostly or exclusively male.{{book ref|sa1|60}}{{book ref|sa2|52}} As such, in the East of Roshar, the [[Vorin]] tradition forbids them from writing.{{book ref|sa1|8}} However, Vorinism permits men to use glyphs, which is whatwhy the stormwardens used them to create their own writing system.{{book ref|sa2|52}}

That the stormwardens utilize glyphs extensively is well-known to the general public, but their phonetic use appears to be kept secret, as to some Vorins, it would change what they're doing from "interpreting them" glyphs to "reading" them. This, in turn, would make the script taboo in the eyes of the church.{{book ref|sa2|52}}