ojnym

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ojnym is a writing system for fynotek. it's the more "mature" counterpart to ojnyla. while both are used for fynotek, ojnyla is viewed as childish. in a hypothetical fynotek culture, young children would first learn ojnyla, then transition to ojnym once they become preteens.

ojnym is, for the most part, an alphabet. all letters within a word have a horizontal line connecting them, only breaking in between words. it runs in the middle of the letters, not above or below them. this makes spaces unecessary, as the line dictates which letters are connected. each letter has 2 forms: base and diacritic. each word starts with a base, then the next letter is a diacritic attached to the base, then the next is a new base, and so on. all diacritics attach to the base before it.

when a word is conjugated, the character for the last vowel(s) is replaced with a character denoting the conjugation. this character is neither a base nor a diacritic; it isn't attached to any base, nor can any diacritics attach to it. if it is replacing a diacritic, it is drawn near the base, but not attached to it. if it is replacing a base, it's drawn above the horizontal line, and the following letter is changed to a base.

in addition, verbs get written prefixes denoting 1st person, 2nd person, or 3rd person.

punctuation marks for the tone of the sentence. any non-contradictory punctuation marks can be stacked (i.e. positive + negative isn't allowed, but positive + question is).

ojnym is read left to right, top to bottom.

note that in the diacritic pictures below, the rectangle stands for the base it will be attached to.

in informal situations, ojnym has a few abbreviations: (all of the typical abbreviations can be written with ojnym as well)

these abbreviations work like the conjugation letters; they appear above the line, and the following letter must be a base.