Let's create a good CGoL language!

[hotcrystal0]

This thread was inspired by these three threads.
Carrier Pond Verylongsnake Snake isn’t exactly good for communication, so I wanted to make this. The rules are:

• The orthography must use CGoL.
• Anyone can contribute.

First, we should start on the phonology and orthography.

[confocaloid]

When I see mentions of "CGoL language", I usually imagine some way of packing information in rows and columns, by "writing" stationary CGoL objects. Something along these lines:

Row row row your boat

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x = 28, y = 19, rule = B3/S23
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[Aleph]

When I see mentions of "CGoL language", I usually imagine some way of packing information in rows and columns, by "writing" stationary CGoL objects.

If we just want to pack information, can't we just use something like this?
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4881&p=143018&hilit=font#p142559

[confocaloid]

[...] If we just want to pack information, can't we just use something like this?
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4881&p=143018&hilit=font#p142559

Probably, although I usually imagine something dense, glider-constructible, and potentially readable/writeable "in universe" (which may or may not be considered important).

[hotcrystal0]

We should probably use simple CGoL objects for the orthography instead of Latin letters made in CGoL.

[d/dx]

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x = 5, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
bo2bo$o$o3bo$4o!
[[ THEME Mono LABEL 2 -3 15 "ghoti" ]]

[hotcrystal0]

For now, I’m contributing that it should not use a 5-vowel system, and should not have less than 5 vowels either.

[hotcrystal0]

I hope I’m allowed to bump a topic on this forum.

[TigerCub414]

I devised an “alphabet” of common CGoL objects I created for easily making drawings and notes of circuitry. It can also be used for CGoL orthography in real-world writing. The objects can either represent the letters in an alphabet or pictographic symbols of a language.

[NNlk05]

I feel like the ominos and conduit objects should be the letters

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(Some are missing, and you can adjust in case of a conflict between an omino and a conduit object)