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|books= [[The Stormlight Archive]]▼
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The '''women's script''' is a writing system used in [[Vorin]] nations, such as [[Alethkar]], [[Jah Keved]], and [[Kharbranth]], on [[Roshar]]. The script is a phonetic alphabet, meaning each symbol, or "grapheme", denotes a particular sound, or "phoneme". Each letter is determined by both shape and size. As is indicated by the name, it is almost exclusively used by women, as writing is considered a feminine pursuit. The women's script is distinctly different from [[glyphs]], which are a more logographic writing system (albeit with a phonetic component), which men are also allowed to learn.▼
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▲The '''women's script''' is
== History ==
Women's script is known to date back to at least 1800 years before the True Desolation, as the protoscript. The protoscript was an old form of Women's script which eventually took on the modern form.{{book ref|sa2|77}} This script took shape before various sound changes, and thus preserved historical place of articulation.{{wob ref|11464}}
== Structure ==
=== Punctuation ===
Women's script has only one known character for punctuation. It is a single vertical line with two small, horizontal lines at the top and bottom. It is written at the beginning of a
=== Women's Script Characters===
{| class="infobox" width=100%
|-
! Set !! Starting Punctuation !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth !! Fifth
|-
| rowspan=2 | Vowel set || [[File:Women's script ruler.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script E.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script A.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script O.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script U.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script I.svg|center]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Height Marker || '''E''' || '''A''' || '''O''' || '''U or W''' || '''I'''
|-
| rowspan=2 | T set || [[File:Women's script ruler.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script T.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script D.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script R.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script TH.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script L.svg|center]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Height Marker || '''T''' || '''D''' || '''R''' || '''Th''' || '''L'''
|-
| rowspan=2 | S set || [[File:Women's script ruler.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script S.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script Z.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script N.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script SH.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script H-letter.svg|center]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Height Marker || '''S''' || '''Z''' || '''N''' || '''Sh''' || '''H'''
|-
| rowspan=2 | P set || [[File:Women's script ruler.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script P.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script B.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script M.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script F.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script V.svg|center]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Height Marker || '''P''' || '''B''' || '''M''' || '''Ph''' || '''V'''
|-
| rowspan=2 | K set || [[File:Women's script ruler.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script K.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script G.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script Y.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script CH.svg|center]] || [[File:Women's script J.svg|center]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Height Marker || '''K''' || '''G''' || '''Y''' || '''Ch''' || '''J'''
|}
<gallery mode="packed" heights=300px>
Navani1.jpg | [[Navani's notebook]] - pain knife
Navani2.jpg | [[Navani's notebook]] - mood bracelet
Navani's Notebook p. 406.png | [[Navani's notebook]] - elevator
Ship Designs.jpg | [[Navani's notebook]] - airship designs
Vambrace.jpg | [[Navani's notebook]] - [[Stormclock]] and [[fabrial]] watch vambrace
Navani's Notebook - The Fourth Bridge.jpg | [[Navani's notebook]] - The ''[[Fourth Bridge]]''
Navani's Notebook - The Arnist Method.jpg | [[Navani's notebook]] - The Arnist Method for capturing [[spren]]
Navani's Notebook - The Crystal Pillar Room.jpg | [[Navani's notebook]] - The [[Sibling]]'s heart
Navani's Notebook - Experiments.jpg | ''[[Rhythm of War (in-world)|Rhythm of War]]'' - Experiments on [[Lights]]
Navani's Notebook - Dagger.jpg | ''[[Rhythm of War (in-world)|Rhythm of War]]'' - The [[Herald]]-killing dagger
Lait.jpeg | [[Shallan's sketchbook]] - [[lait]]
OB Endnote.jpg | [[Jasnah]]'s [[ketek]], written for [[Shallan]]'s wedding
</gallery>
== Trivia ==
* The only samples of the women's script currently available are
* It was designed by [[Isaac Stewart]], to look like waveforms.{{wob ref|9902}}
* Neither [[Brandon]] nor Isaac can read the women's script without reference.{{
* The mapping between the women's script and the Latin script was first discovered by Harakeke on the [[Timewasters Guide]] forum.{{twg ref|7882|0|Navani's Notebook Translation|date=Sep 20th, 2010}}
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