Moya is a strictly calligraphic abugida for Kala. Adapted from my oldest script Moj. It can be written left to right, or vertically, top to bottom. It should be considered the “traditional” script for Kala.

Consonants

Plosives

The glottal stop character is only used intervocalically. When a vowel begins a word, the “la” character is used. This does not cause confusion as “l” does not begin words in Kala.

Nasals

Affricates

Continuants

Semivowels

Vowels

Basic Vowels

Labialized

Palatalized

Other Symbols

The plural mark is either /m/ or /lo/ depending on the preceding syllable. Gemination is typically a product of derivation through compounding and is infrequent. The accusative mark is present in most phrases with a transitive verb.

Examples

Moyamatse

Given the calligraphic nature of Moya, the ability to combine certain “letters” to form “words” or at least parts of words. This practice is called moyamatse, or “mixed writing“.

These are a few examples of common “mixtures”. Keep in mind, these can be modified with vowel diacritics to change the word.