Grianadhmad is a scríbhneoir (pronounced /ˈskriv nor/, known in English as a scrivener) of the Children of Autumn. The title means he is a professional copyist, public writer, and calligrapher.
As a scríbhneoir, Grianadhmad is capable of performing several notary public duties including:
Authentication and drafting of legal documents for use overseas
Ballots (new issues); stock and bond redemption
Bills of exchange
Business start-up and corporate administration
Construction project tendering
Exchange control and foreign investment formalities
Inheritance
Legalization of documents
Purchase and sale of overseas real property
Shipping law
Trademarks and patents
Translation or certification of translation
Wills and trusts
Work and residence permits
The other significant change that makes reading True Uinchúil challenging is the use of high dots. A dot above a consonant indicates a lenition of the letter sound, or in other words an implied "h" after it. So for instance where a writer in the Standard alphabet would write the word "thigh", an Uinchúil writer would record it as "ꞇ̇ıᵹ̇ (ꞇʰıᵹʰ)".
Lastly, because a high dot is used to indicate lenition, the letters "i" and "j" are not dotted in Uinchúil writing:
As a scríbhneoir, Grianadhmad is capable of performing several notary public duties including:
Uinchúil Handwriting
Because of the time that he was born in, Grianadhmad uses an old alphabet called Uinchúil (uncial), which can be a little difficult for people using the Standard alphabet to read, with most letters being fundamentally similar but with stylistic rounding. These journals are written in "Half Uinchúil" which is Grin's attempt to write like normal people while still influenced by True Uinchúil styling.UPPERCASE | LOWERCASE | |||||
Standard | Half Uinchúil | True Uinchúil | Standard | Half Uinchúil | True Uinchúil | |
A | Ɑ | a | ᴀ | ɑ | ||
B | б | b | ɓ | |||
D | Ꝺ | d | ꝺ | |||
E | Є | e | є | |||
F | Բ | Ꝼ | f | ꝼ | ||
G | Ᵹ | g | ᵹ | |||
H | Һ | Һ | h | ɦ | ||
K | К | k | k | |||
L | L | l | ɭ | |||
M | ᙏ | m | ||||
N | Ո | n | ||||
P | Ƿ | ᑭ | p | |||
Q | Ɋ | Ꝿ | q | ꝿ | ||
R | Ꞃ | r | ɾ | ꞃ | ||
S | Ꞅ | s | ꞅ | |||
T | Ꞇ | t | ᴛ | ꞇ | ||
U | u | ʊ | ||||
Y | Ⴘ | y | y |
The other significant change that makes reading True Uinchúil challenging is the use of high dots. A dot above a consonant indicates a lenition of the letter sound, or in other words an implied "h" after it. So for instance where a writer in the Standard alphabet would write the word "thigh", an Uinchúil writer would record it as "ꞇ̇ıᵹ̇ (ꞇʰıᵹʰ)".
UPPERCASE | LOWERCASE | |||||
Standard | Half Uinchúil | True Uinchúil | Standard | Half Uinchúil | True Uinchúil | |
Bh | бh | б̐ | bh | ɓ̇ | ||
Ch | Ċ | ch | ċ | |||
Dh | Ꝺ̐ | dh | ꝺ̇ | |||
Fh | Բh | Ꝼ̐ | fh | ꝼ̇ | ||
Gh | Ᵹ̐ | gh | ᵹh | ᵹ̇ | ||
Mh | Ṁ | mh | ṁ | |||
Ph | Ƿh | Ṗ | ph | ṗ | ||
Sh | Ꞅ̐ | sh | ꞅ̇ | |||
Th | Ꞇ̐ | th | ᴛh | ꞇ̇ |
Lastly, because a high dot is used to indicate lenition, the letters "i" and "j" are not dotted in Uinchúil writing:
UPPERCASE | LOWERCASE | |||||
Standard | Half Uinchúil | True Uinchúil | Standard | Half Uinchúil | True Uinchúil | |
I | i | ı | ||||
J | j | ȷ |
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