# How to use Abjoid Script

Abjoid is based upon its namesake, the script class called _abjad_.

It is not an abjad, but it has some similar concepts and is inspired by the abjad.

The foundation of the script is the consonants. There are only 5 base consonants, which are modified using a series of diacritic modifiers. The base consonants pertain to specific regions of the mouth, while the diacritics define the quality of sound production at each region. Diacritics have been designed in such a way as to allow certain ones to be combined to produce consonants with multiple properties.

As there are only 5 base consonants, additional base consonants can easily be added to the conscript if the writer wishes to describe the mouth region more precisely. As it is, the five regions are each somewhat broad, and assumptions must be made. For example, `lip` includes biliabial sounds /m/, /p/, /b/, bilabial glides /w/ and /ʍ/, and also labiodental sounds /f/ and /v/ which are arguably too distinct to be included in a "lip" region. However, sounds like /ɸ/ and /f/ are too similar for most languages to include both, so the reduction is not unreasonable.

The table below shows which Abjoid glyphs represent each mouth region, and which Latinate alphabet equivalent is used for the Abjoid Latinate hybrid script.

<table><thead><tr><th width="199">Position</th><th width="167">Abjoid glyph</th><th width="178">Abjoid Latinate glyph</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><em>lip</em></td><td><em>I will add Abjoid images here soon.</em></td><td>P</td></tr><tr><td><em>behind upper teeth</em></td><td></td><td>T</td></tr><tr><td><em>behind lower teeth</em></td><td></td><td>S</td></tr><tr><td><em>palate</em></td><td></td><td>C</td></tr><tr><td><em>velum</em></td><td></td><td>K</td></tr></tbody></table>

