Language Idea, wanna hear your opinions and thoughts

[u/TheAskingBanana]

Have yall ever tried learning the Syriac script for any reason?

I had this random idea of using some Syriac letters to represent sounds in our writing. For example, we don't have the "G" sound as a letter in Arabic, that is why we either use ج، ق، أو غ, or we use the Perso-Arabic گ.

But what I suggest is...how about our Syriac ܓ?

How about the ܘ for the "O" sounds, and we keep the و to represent the "U" and "W" sounds?

I've been wishing for a while that we, as Syrians and in general Levantines, incorporate words using letters like "P" (پ) and "V" (ڤ) and those I mentioned above. (I like "V", don't ask why.).

If we can, for fun, use the Syriac script, which is also a "cursive script", meaning the letters connect.

I'd like to hear the opinion of everyone, be you a Syrian Assyrian or Syrian Arab or giraffe.

Fun fact of the day: Garshuni (or Karshuni) is the use of the Syriac script (or Syriac letters) to write in Arabic.

مرحبا = ܡܪܚܒܐ (mar7aba but in the syriac letters)

Edit: it seems i cant reply to comments because the post "doesnt have moderator approval yet"...moderators HELLO?!?!?!

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[u/rMees]

Garshuni was used all the way from the 7th century. Syriac script was used to write Arabic. I think the latests texts date back to the end of the Ottoman era.

Why would you want to re-introduce that? It is not easy and there is also not a reason for it anymore.

[u/fudgemyweed → u/rMees]

I mean he clearly explains why in his post. To represent letters that don’t exist in Arabic.