#tl;dr: it's a conlang with a script yippee

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Conlang!

Iruga is a fictional language of Aerda spoken by the Irugatites which one of my characters, Eoin (AY-oh-ihn), speaks. (He's my profile pic :D) It is written with an abjad with a small exception of two "vowel letters" like Hebrew and is widely considered a "dead" language used mostly by Irugatite scholars and religious folk. On Aerda, it's spoken mainly by the Irugatite elites to convey high social class, though some folk songs are still passed down in some families. It is also used in certain fields of study such as medicine, dracology, and theology.

Eoin's father was originally from a more well-to-do family and spent years researching dragons. He learned the language and taught it to his son through religious texts. During his time in charter school, Eoin refined his knowledge and was recognized as having high proficiency by the Venerable Order for the Teaching and Study of Iruga* (VotTSI). (a simple play on words: vottsi means "council, assembly, group of people") From this Eoin developed an affinity for theology and loves studying ancient texts.

Anyway, without further ado, I give you the Iruga abjad (with IPA symbols):

and some sample words...

fishit - maiden, young woman

gelresh - war

kwit - what, which

This has been really fun to work on and develop! As always, I'm open to questions and suggestions :)