Cypriot Identity by Georgia Evagorou MA, Graphic Design, London College of Communication
Cypriot Identity Georgia Evagorou “As the Greek alphabet fails to represent all of the sounds in the Cypriot dialect, this project suggests a phonetically more adequate spelling system of the Cypriot dialect through the design of seven additional glyphs.”
Cypriot Identity Georgia Evagorou Cyprus Cyprus was settled by Mycenaean Greeks Occupied by : Greek Cypriots Turkish Cypriots Offjcially the Republic of Cyprus, but northern portion is controlled by Turkey Note: The case study deals with Greek Cypriot Identity
Cypriot Identity Georgia Evagorou Classical Greek form of Cyprus: Offjcial Languages: Greek (and Turkish) Κύπρος Spoken Language: Cypriot Greek Kýpros English widely spoken Greeklish is characterized by the transliteration of Greek characters with more than one Latin equivalent to represent Cypriot Greek sounds. Transliterations can be phonetic, attempting to represent Greek sounds/pho- nemes with Latin characters, or orthographic, attempting to maintain Greek orthograph- ic conventions with visually equivalent Latin characters. Greek Alphabet (excluding diacritical marks) ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ Problem: there is no consistent representation or characters unique to Cypriot Greek. αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρςστυφχψω
Cypriot Identity Georgia Evagorou ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ Greek alphabet fails to represent all of the sounds in the Cypriot dialect αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρςστυφχψω Left Phonetic symbols for com- mon Cypriot Greek sounds Right Latin confjgurations being used in writing (common Cypriot Greek). These are the sounds not represented in the Greek alphabet, but used in Cypriot Greek . Evagorou is concerned with the representation of Cypriot Greek. Standard Greek is used in formal or offjcial writing and documents.
Cypriot Identity Georgia Evagorou Research and Explorations Exploration of how to represent double unvoiced plosives (center column, left), which are pronounced: [t h ], [p h ], [k h ], but written with two characters.
Cypriot Identity Georgia Evagorou Exploration of how to represent KK, pronounced k h
Cypriot Identity Georgia Evagorou Isolated glyph designed considering relationship between handwritten character and digital rendering Examination of glyph in the context of other characters to determine best design
Cypriot Identity Georgia Evagorou Isolated glyph designed considering relationship between handwritten character and digital rendering Examination of glyph in the context of other characters to determine best design
Cypriot Identity Georgia Evagorou Final Assets Designed one consonant and six consonant pairs of unique Cypriot glyphs to be used with the existing Greek alphabet. Final key book for the new glyphs, as well as a series of books outlining research and development. The key book includes the IPA sym- bols (of the international system of phonetic notation) and the writing guides for each glyph. Implementation book: book of Cypriot poetry with the poems set in standard Greek on one page, and set opposite incorporating the new Cypriot glyphs.
Cypriot Identity Georgia Evagorou
Cypriot Identity Georgia Evagorou “...as the values and identity of Cypriot dialect is inadequately represented when it is written with Greek characters, this book aims to acknowledge my initial target of providing Cypriots a better script to express their dialect more accurately.”
Further Application We encounter a range of dialects across the US. Perhaps there are regions whose dialects could be better represented with unique glyphs? A glyph for occurences of ‘o’ being A glyph for the ‘cha’ sound heard in Minnesota/Wisconsin? pronounced with the short ‘a’ sound?
References Visual Research by Ian Noble and Russell Bestley http://designparaphernalia.blogspot.com http://blog.artsthread.com/2010/12/ma-graphic-design-lcc/#!prettyPhoto[Gallery]/6/
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