[davamanra]

I can't think of any reason to change the numbers, but a mathemetician would be better qualified to answer that!
I do think that for a clean slate, converting over to base twelve for counting would be a good idea.

[Locksley]

Oh I agree completely, virtually any type of symbol-oriented writing is confusing.

Another thought just occurred to me, how do you feel about numbers? Personally I think the Arabic derived symbols we use now are fine, I can't think of any improvements.

[davamanra]

Locksley wrote:

Adding curves, marks for related but "harder sounds". That seems like a sensible way to create an alphabet. The Latin alphabet, which is what ours is derived from, doesn't make much sense.

Latin is still a lot better than Chinese or Hieroglyphics, so we're making progress!! Another "language" to mix into this equation. Gregg Shorthand.
#8. The thought occured to me that this CS language could have an economy of movements when writing. Not more than two strokes per "letter" except for the most infrequently used letters. (Yes I have given this a LOT of thought! I had a lot of time on my hands in Korea!)

This intenational language concept could also help our eastern friends to pronounce the V,F,R and L sounds.

[Locksley]

Adding curves, marks for related but "harder sounds". That seems like a sensible way to create an alphabet.

The Latin alphabet, which is what ours is derived from, doesn't make much sense.

[davamanra]

I like 6). This is what this concept is striving for. Making a language that is simple, concise, straightforward streamlined and sensible.

The written language also needs to be addressed. For this Chinese is completely out!! However in their written language the symbol system separates words into different syllables which could have merit. Although Korean does use letters, they also separate the syllables, another hybrid language.
7) The Korean lettering system has a sensibility to it as well. It uses similar looking letters to associate similar sounds. For example, M,B,P and N,D,T and NG,G,K are similar, just progressively harder sounds, and Korean addresses this. These are not the symbols they use but it is close: The N,D,T sounds correspond to L, C (squared off) , and E. Hopefully you see the pattern.