Language: Inkblot-Ideograms

Inkblot-Ideograms are a system of simple logograms used by the Others for conveying information. A single logogram can express a simple thought (e.g. "Greetings") or a complex one ("Hi, I'm a foreigner"). The difference lies in the complexity of the shape. A logogram's weight carries meaning, too: a thicker swirl of ink can indicate a sense of urgency and a deeper meaning; a thinner one suggests a quiet tone with a basic meaning. The system allows each logogram to express a bundle of ideas without adhering to any traditional rules of syntax or sequence.
The script can be used for simple messages, more complex thoughts and ideas can be expressed by combining relevant symbols together. The symbols appear as ink-blots because they are written by the Others, who have no fingers but instead have hundreds of tiny feathery tentacles shaped like fine paintbrushes.

Writing System

The script is composed of at least 90 symbols, all separated into four Groups. Each Group holds its own categories and ideas:

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A sample-text:

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The text reads as [Many/All Being/Entity][Present-Tense Life/Birth][Good/Happy Free/Equal][And/Also/Including][Belong to/Referring to Would/Could Infinite Do/Can]. Certain glyphs have merged to form more complex ideas. One could take the message as "All beings born happy and free could be infinite", a message meaning that a person growing in a warm and loving community could live forever, metaphorically.

Phonology

There is no phonology.

Morphology

Logograms are stacked on top of each other to convey a more complex message. (E.g. to make the word "color" the logograms for "Sight/See" and "Senses/Feel" can be used to describe a thing which you see that makes you feel something, not an image but a shade/color). Although not perfect, the script can explain basic messages without much fuss. For example; to say "he is walking" the symbols for "He/Him", "Proper-Name/Referring", "Present-Tense" and "Move/Walk/Run" can be combined.

Syntax

There is no syntax.

Vocabulary

There is no vocabulary.