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### Summary

Tone text (esoteric name Hanákana) is a Universal Writing System (UWS), capable of representing all human voice sounds in a concise and readable script. We like to think of them as **modern runes**. This means you can write any human language on Earth in tone text (constructed language or natural language) and read it without having to learn that language's specific quirks. Here is an example of the modern runes using the new [ToneEtch](https://github.com/teamtreesurf/tone/blob/make/text/ToneEtch.otf) font.
Tone text (esoteric name Hanákana) is a Universal Writing System (UWS),
capable of representing all human voice sounds in a concise and readable
script. We like to think of them as **modern runes**. This means you can
write any human language on Earth in tone text (constructed language or
natural language) and read it without having to learn that language's
specific quirks. Here is an example of the modern runes using the new
[ToneEtch](https://github.com/teamtreesurf/tone/blob/make/text/ToneEtch.otf)
font.

<p align="center">
<img src="https://github.com/teamtreesurf/tone/blob/make/view/tone-etch-2.png?raw=true" width="500" />
</p>

Tone text is a sound-based script like the [Ancient Runes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runes), which means when you read see a symbol/letter, you know exactly how it is pronounced. There are no weird edge cases or specific words for which you have to memorize the sound. You simply learn the script and can pronounce the words and texts.
Tone text is a sound-based script like the
[Ancient Runes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runes), which means when
you read see a symbol/letter, you know exactly how it is pronounced.
There are no weird edge cases or specific words for which you have to
memorize the sound. You simply learn the script and can pronounce the
words and texts.

You can find how to pronounce the letters in the [PDF guide](https://github.com/teamtreesurf/tone/blob/make/text/guide.pdf). Print out the [exercises](https://github.com/teamtreesurf/tone/blob/make/text/exercise.pdf) to learn how to write and pronounce them too!
You can find how to pronounce the letters in the
[PDF guide](https://github.com/teamtreesurf/tone/blob/make/text/guide.pdf).
Print out the
[exercises](https://github.com/teamtreesurf/tone/blob/make/text/exercise.pdf)
to learn how to write and pronounce them too!

<p align="center">
<img src="https://github.com/teamtreesurf/tone/blob/make/view/example.jpg?raw=true" />
</p>

You may note that Linguistics also has the International Phonetic Alphabet ([IPA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet)), which seems to accomplish a similar thing. But the IPA is not for writing anything but the most detailed pronunciation guides, not for writing sentences or long texts. Tone script is meant for the later, for writing like you would in a normal language.

The ASCII encoding is mapped to IPA for your knowledge in the [call script](https://github.com/teamtreesurf/call). Ideally, tone script would be included in the Unicode standard, but [that is unlikely](http://www.unicode.org/pending/proposals.html). We have suggested it be used as a writing system [on Mars](https://twitter.com/teamtreesurf/status/1372723474741927938) 😂. Here is a [book](https://www.amazon.com/32-Languages-Words-Scripts-Multilingual/dp/1951702638) using it as well.
You may note that Linguistics also has the International Phonetic
Alphabet
([IPA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet)),
which seems to accomplish a similar thing. But the IPA is not for
writing anything but the most detailed pronunciation guides, not for
writing sentences or long texts. Tone script is meant for the later, for
writing like you would in a normal language.

The ASCII encoding is mapped to IPA for your knowledge in the
[call script](https://github.com/teamtreesurf/call). Ideally, tone
script would be included in the Unicode standard, but
[that is unlikely](http://www.unicode.org/pending/proposals.html). We
have suggested it be used as a writing system
[on Mars](https://twitter.com/teamtreesurf/status/1372723474741927938)
😂. Here is a
[book](https://www.amazon.com/32-Languages-Words-Scripts-Multilingual/dp/1951702638)
using it as well.

<br/>
<br/>

<p align="center"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/32-Languages-Words-Scripts-Multilingual/dp/1951702638"><img width="160" src="https://github.com/teamtreesurf/tone/blob/make/view/book.png?raw=true"/></a></p>

It doesn't necessarily play well with dyslexia, which might find the highly symmetric patterns difficult. We think there are far better methods of learning outside of writing systems than trying to invent the perfect script for all cases. To most natural languages, dyslexia is an unsolved problem. We instead strive to make a minimal seed from which knowledge can be modelled from primitive parts, memorized, and then used to derive further knowledge.

Tone Text is also a monospaced font, to be used eventually for programming. All sounds are derived from 3 base shapes, that for `i`, `a`, and `u`. Rotating and extending tails on them gives you the remaining base letters. Then adding dots to them extends the sound of the base letter slightly. From this it should be straightforward to memorize how to pronounce words in a day or so, and from there you can read and write any language pretty well.
It doesn't necessarily play well with dyslexia, which might find the
highly symmetric patterns difficult. We think there are far better
methods of learning outside of writing systems than trying to invent the
perfect script for all cases. To most natural languages, dyslexia is an
unsolved problem. We instead strive to make a minimal seed from which
knowledge can be modelled from primitive parts, memorized, and then used
to derive further knowledge.

Tone Text is also a monospaced font, to be used eventually for
programming. All sounds are derived from 3 base shapes, that for `i`,
`a`, and `u`. Rotating and extending tails on them gives you the
remaining base letters. Then adding dots to them extends the sound of
the base letter slightly. From this it should be straightforward to
memorize how to pronounce words in a day or so, and from there you can
read and write any language pretty well.

<p align="center">
<img src="https://github.com/teamtreesurf/tone/blob/make/view/transform.gif?raw=true" height="300" />
</p>

### The Alphabet

These are the main sounds. Everything else are variations of these sounds. These "variations" are accomplished in a structured way, see the [guide](https://github.com/teamtreesurf/tone/blob/make/text/guide.pdf). Indic retroflex consonants are added with a dot on the tailless side. Arabic sounds are added with a dot on the tailed side usually. Clicks are mapped to the closest mouth-position-oriented sound. Ejectives and implosives are simply added with accent marks. Etc.
These are the main sounds. Everything else are variations of these
sounds. These "variations" are accomplished in a structured way, see the
[guide](https://github.com/teamtreesurf/tone/blob/make/text/guide.pdf).
Indic retroflex consonants are added with a dot on the tailless side.
Arabic sounds are added with a dot on the tailed side usually. Clicks
are mapped to the closest mouth-position-oriented sound. Ejectives and
implosives are simply added with accent marks. Etc.

<p align="center">
<img src="https://github.com/teamtreesurf/tone/blob/make/view/alphabet.png?raw=true" width="500" />
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r
```

Everything else is a modification on this base. Here are many more sounds. They are given the numerical value of the corresponding base symbol, and are ordered correspondingly, with retroflex, then pharyngealized, then ejectives, implosives, stops, tenses, clicks. The stops and pharyngealizations don't get any extra points.
Everything else is a modification on this base. Here are many more
sounds. They are given the numerical value of the corresponding base
symbol, and are ordered correspondingly, with retroflex, then
pharyngealized, then ejectives, implosives, stops, tenses, clicks. The
stops and pharyngealizations don't get any extra points.

```
N n
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There are at least 10 classes of numerological encodings:

1. **36 sound encoding**. This is where letters are in order based on their sound, numbered 1-36.
1. 29 sound encoding. This counts the 14 voiced and unvoiced consonants as 7 instead of 14, as described below.
1. 22 shape encoding. These are the unique shapes ignoring mirror symmetry. qjfvQxschwkbaoeiE2uAI1.
1. **16 shape encoding**. These are the unique shapes ignoring rotational symmetry. qnfrQyszhmkpaeIO.
1. **9 shape encoding**. These are the unique shapes ignoring rotational _and_ mirror symmetry. They are also numbered similarly. qfQshkaeI.
1. 12 shape encoding. These are the tailless shapes, including all symmetries. They are numbered i, a, o, u.
1. 10 shape encoding. These are the tailless shapes, ignoring mirror symmetry. They are numbered i, a, u.
1. 4 shape encoding. These are the tailless shapes, ignoring rotational symmetry. They are numbered i, a, o, u.
1. 3 shape encoding. These are the tailless shapes, ignoring rotational _and_ mirror symmetry. They are numbered i, a, u.
1. 2 shape encoding. These are comparing tailed vs. tailless characters, ignoring rotational and mirror symmetry.

The most common are the 36 sound encoding, the 16 shape encoding, and the 9 shape encoding. The 16 shape encoding is how you would play a game with one-sided tiles. The 9 shape encoding is how you would play a game with two-sided tiles. The 16 shape encoding can be encoded in hexadecimal. The 9 in digits 1-9.
1. **36 sound encoding**. This is where letters are in order based on
their sound, numbered 1-36.
1. 29 sound encoding. This counts the 14 voiced and unvoiced consonants
as 7 instead of 14, as described below.
1. 22 shape encoding. These are the unique shapes ignoring mirror
symmetry. qjfvQxschwkbaoeiE2uAI1.
1. **16 shape encoding**. These are the unique shapes ignoring
rotational symmetry. qnfrQyszhmkpaeIO.
1. **9 shape encoding**. These are the unique shapes ignoring rotational
_and_ mirror symmetry. They are also numbered similarly. qfQshkaeI.
1. 12 shape encoding. These are the tailless shapes, including all
symmetries. They are numbered i, a, o, u.
1. 10 shape encoding. These are the tailless shapes, ignoring mirror
symmetry. They are numbered i, a, u.
1. 4 shape encoding. These are the tailless shapes, ignoring rotational
symmetry. They are numbered i, a, o, u.
1. 3 shape encoding. These are the tailless shapes, ignoring rotational
_and_ mirror symmetry. They are numbered i, a, u.
1. 2 shape encoding. These are comparing tailed vs. tailless characters,
ignoring rotational and mirror symmetry.

The most common are the 36 sound encoding, the 16 shape encoding, and
the 9 shape encoding. The 16 shape encoding is how you would play a game
with one-sided tiles. The 9 shape encoding is how you would play a game
with two-sided tiles. The 16 shape encoding can be encoded in
hexadecimal. The 9 in digits 1-9.

Here is the 29 sound encoding.

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### Usage

To get access to the font for your own system, just click and download the [ToneEtch.ttf](https://github.com/teamtreesurf/tone/blob/make/text/ToneEtch.ttf) directly.
To get access to the font for your own system, just click and download
the
[ToneEtch.ttf](https://github.com/teamtreesurf/tone/blob/make/text/ToneEtch.ttf)
directly.

<h3 id="license">License</h3>

Copyright 2021-2023 <a href='https://drum.work'>TreeSurf</a>
Copyright 2021-2023 <a href='https://tune.bond'>TuneBond</a>

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

### TreeSurf

This is being developed by the folks at [TreeSurf](https://drum.work), a California-based project for helping humanity master information and computation. TreeSurf started off in the winter of 2008 as a spark of an idea, to forming a company 10 years later in the winter of 2018, to a seed of a project just beginning its development phases. It is entirely bootstrapped by working full time and running [Etsy](https://etsy.com/shop/teamtreesurf) and [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?rh=p_27%3AMount+Build) shops. Also find us on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/teamtreesurf), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/teamtreesurf), and [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/teamtreesurf). Check out our other GitHub projects as well!
### TuneBond

This is being developed by the folks at [TuneBond](https://tune.bond), a
California-based project for helping humanity master information and
computation. TuneBond started off in the winter of 2008 as a spark of an
idea, to forming a company 10 years later in the winter of 2018, to a
seed of a project just beginning its development phases. It is entirely
bootstrapped by working full time and running
[Etsy](https://etsy.com/shop/teamtreesurf) and
[Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?rh=p_27%3AMount+Build) shops. Also
find us on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/teamtreesurf),
[Twitter](https://twitter.com/teamtreesurf), and
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/teamtreesurf). Check out our
other GitHub projects as well!

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