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The writing systems of Taurus refers to the current and historic practices of writing systems on the Tauran Planet. The various writing systems can be separated into multiple distinct branches, many of which developed separately. Among these are writing systems descended from Old Gaven, and the ones descended from the Detascir Alphabet.
Gavenic Scripts
The Gavenic scripts descend from Old Gaven, the writing system of Ancient Havenian Kingdoms. Modern Descendents in use include Gaven, High Gaven, and Ga-Nirob.
Gaven
The Gaven Script (also known as Low Gaven) is used for Havenian, Lvestarn, and Kayotan natively. It has also been adapted for the Yotellian and Havenian Genissisan (Genissisan is written in Srojka in Dalkaisk Genissis). It is a phonetic logography where each symbol represents a separate meaning and sound.
High-Gaven
The High-Gaven Script is a descendent of Old Gaven used in Blu'zian, Citadean, and Itretaran. The use of High-Gaven in Blu'zia and Citadea have been declining since the end of Lvestarn War in favor of Low Gaven as encouraged by Havenian Policy. It is also a phonetic logography where each symbol represents a separate meaning and sound.
Ga-Nirob
Ga-Nirob is a featural script influenced by Gavenic phonetic symbols. Nirob, being a Bullseyan language compared to the Ayvonian branch of Havenian and Lvestarn, would not fit the isolating structure of the Ayvonian languages (1 word per morpheme) due to its agglutinative structure (words being modified by affixes.) Gaven characters are also used to write the Nirobian language, with Gaven being used alongside Ga-Nirob to represent loan words from Ayvonian languages, which make up the majority of technical phrases.
Detasciric Scripts
The Detasciric Scripts descend from the Old Detascir Alphabet. As part of the expansion of the Detascir Empire, it brought writing to many languages of its empire, such as Gerbian, Ladka, Carelian, and Eden. The writing system then spread further through SMG colonization, bringing the writing system to Dalkaisk, Carthyan, Time'in, Wisperen, Tonabakh, and Atern. Modern descendents include Sroyka, Detaka, Ladka-Edenka.
Detaka
Detaka is the writing system used in the Detascir language, being the direct descendent of the Old Detascir alphabet.
Sroyka
Sroyka is the modern writing system originally present in Mongaulia and Sovokia, but eventually spread overseas due to SMG colonial expansion. Originally used in Gerbian, Sroyka has spread to being used in Time'in, Wisperen, and Tonabakh.
Lyeka
Lyeka is the writing system used in Dalkaisk, Carthyan, and Genissisan. It descended from a shorthand of Sroyka, then evolved into its own independent writing system.
Ladka-Edenka
Ladka-Edenka is the writing system that originally developed in Eden and Lanadkia. With Ladka colonialism, Ladka-Edenka also spread to Atern and Cajan, core parts of the Ladka nation.
Other Major Writing Systems
Catain
Catain is the writing system originally developed in Oscdea. It is an phonetic alphabet, and is written from top to bottom, left to right. It is currently used in Iorobrus/Catain, Angelian, and Inretan. Catain is also occasionally used to write both the Carthyan and Itretaran languages within Oscdean borders.
Omnivan
Omnivan is the writing system used for the Omniva Language. Currently, it is used in both the Swiftridgian and Scionite varieties of Omniva.
RaSepartia
RaSepartia is the language used in the Separtian Language. Through spread of the Separtian Empire, the writing system also spread to Vaytalian, As well as the other descendents of Classical Separtian, Raklin, and Vurdian.
Codrus
Codrus is the writing language used in the Runsi, Reta, and Camden languages. It was developed in 2by the Camden King, and was spread to the other closely related languages.
Gaostan
Gaostan is the writing system used by the language isolate Gaostan. The script was believed to had developed on its own, much like the language itself. Current theories stipulate that the writing system may have influences from RaSepartia, but no conclusive evidence to link these two writing systems have been found.
New Avenian
New Avenian is the writing system introduced to the Avenian Language in 2811 by King Horfut IX. The creation of a unique system to replace the prior mix of Catain, Lyeka, and Ga-Nirob used in various parts of the language. Prior to its creation, writing systems in Avenia were primarily dependent on the political stances of the community. Those on the right and pro-Havenian used Ga-Nirob, the centrists used Catain, and the left used Lyeka. As a result of this splintering, a neutral writing system was invented and used by the royal families and by public institutions. The system eventually spread to the rest of the population.