Tmei

Tmei is a writing system developed for the Tmei language in the fictional archipelago of the Solari Sea. It is described as the primary script for religious, administrative, and literary texts in the regional tradition, dating to roughly the late first millennium CE in worldbuilding sources.

Script and structure: Tmei is a syllabary composed of about 28 base signs, each representing a consonant-vowel syllable. Vowel quality is indicated by diacritics or by modifications to the base characters. In addition, ligatures exist for common consonant clusters, and there are separate marks for nasalization and length. Numbers and punctuation follow a decimal scheme and use distinct glyphs.

Inscriptional and manuscript evidence: Evidence for Tmei comes from stone inscriptions, clay tablets, and palm-leaf manuscripts recovered on several islands of the archipelago. The script is read left to right, with a relatively compact set of diacritics and occasional ornamented variants by region. The calligraphy ranges from simple utilitarian texts to more elaborate religious compositions.

Modern study and status: The first broad scholarly descriptions appeared in worldbuilding repositories and fictional linguistics guides in the 20th century. Researchers have compiled corpora of surviving texts and attempted partial decipherments. Efforts to digitize the script have produced experimental fonts and OCR prototypes, though fragmentary manuscripts and invented terminologies complicate consensus.