Syllabic Structures Explained
The image below illustrates the three hadohatiij — the syllable sets of the Tubatonona writing system. Together they form the structural framework into which every hadohaijkai (individual character of the hadohaij) is placed in order to build a syllable.
Explanation:
Every Hadokai Tubatonona syllable is built on the same skeleton: a hadohatiSe (opening consonant slot, shown in blue), a hadohatiij (the vowel-bearing syllable set, shown in peach/pink), and a hadohatinidok (closing consonant slot, shown in green). The structure is strictly CVC — one opening hadohaijkai, exactly one sanakai vowel, and one closing hadohaijkai. Because each syllable carries exactly one vowel, the count of vowels in any word is always identical to the count of syllables.
No syllable may contain two vowels in a row, and no syllable may contain two consonants in a row. When a consonant slot has no audible sound, it is filled by ungʌ, the voiceless consonant. In casual romanization ungʌ is left unwritten; in strict romanization it is written explicitly as =. Any input that contains = is treated as strict input and validated under strict rules.
First Structure — hadohatiijSa (the shield-side set/left facing)
The first hadohatiij, shown on the left of the image, is a 2×3 rectangle split into two columns by a vertical line. Its left column is divided into three rows by horizontal strokes that run from the outer left edge inward to the central divider; each of these three cells holds one of the sanakai vowels of this set, marked by a visible dot placed in the appropriate cell. The right column is split into two rows with no internal divider: the upper row is the hadohatiSe (where the opening hadohaijkai is placed), and the lower row is the hadohatinidok (where the closing hadohaijkai is placed). The color coding is consistent across all three structures — peach for the vowel cells, blue for the hadohatiSe, green for the hadohatinidok.
This is the set called hadohatiijSa, and it carries the sanakai vowels:
a — the “a” sound e — the “e” sound U — the “ʌ” soundSecond Structure — hadohatiijka (the arms-side set/right facing)
The second hadohatiij, shown on the right of the image, mirrors the first. It is a 2×3 rectangle divided by a central vertical line, but here the right column is the one subdivided into three vowel cells (with strokes running from the outer right edge inward to the central divider), and the left column is split into two consonant rows. As before, the upper consonant row is the hadohatiSe and the lower is the hadohatinidok, and the same color convention applies: peach for vowel cells, blue for the opening hadohaijkai, green for the closing hadohaijkai.
This is the set called hadohatiijka, and it carries the sanakai vowels:
i — the “i” sound o — the “o” sound I — the “ɪ” sounddok — represents the syllable “dok” , built on hadohatiijka.
Third Structure — hadohatiijkaSa (the middle set):
The third hadohatiij, shown in the middle of the image, follows the same logic but in a single-column form. It is a 1×3 column flanked on each side by a vertical line. The consonant area is divided into a top row for the hadohatiSe and a bottom row for the hadohatinidok, exactly as in the other two sets. Beneath the consonant rows, a third row holds the vowel dot. This vertical layout streamlines the syllable, aligning all three slots on a single axis.
This is the set called hadohatiijkaSa, and it carries a single sanakai vowel:
u — represents the “u” sound Example: put — representsthe syllable “put”, built on hadohatiijkaSa.
Word Structure:
Words are written by placing complete syllable blocks side by side, each block being one of the three hadohatiij filled with its hadohaijkai and vowel dot.
Example: dav=id — the word “david”. The leading slot of the second syllable is filled with ungʌ (=) because no audible consonant opens that syllable.
Sentence Structure:
ha=do=ka==i= tu=ba=to=no=na= tu= ba=la=na= =ajRead aloud, this is “hadokai tubatonona tu balana aʤ”, which translates into English as “I speak Tubatonona Language.” Every empty consonant slot in the strict transcription is filled by ungʌ (=), so each syllable still presents a complete hadohatiSe / hadohatiij / hadohatinidok structure.