Secret code

[pne]

Sometimes I write down numbers (such as TANs) which I don't want other people to read, in (Sino-)Korean—or for extra obfuscation, in another language such as Niuean but with Korean or Arabic characters.

Recently I got the idea that I could use the combination of Lojban (language) and Arabic (writing)... the numbers are all only one CV syllable in Lojban, and represented in the transcription I use by one Arabic consonant letter and one diacritical mark: پً pa رِ re شٍ ci وُ vo مٌ mu خً xa زِ ze بٍ bi سُ so نُ no (1 .. 9, 0).

The letters are unique if you're just looking at the numbers, so you could just write the consonants next to one another and possibly pronounce it as a word... applying this process to my telephone number gives زخوزنشبخ. One possible pronunciation of this is [zəˈxuːz nəʃəˈbax]... which, at least to me, sounds more Hebrew than Arabic. (Perhaps I should spell it זכוז נשבך instead, or זְכוּז נְשְבַּך fully pointed.)

Nifty :D

Comments

[earle.livejournal.com]

Interesting! (What's a TAN?) I write private notes to myself in Anglo-Saxon runic.

TAN

[pne.livejournal.com]

TransAction Number... part of the PIN/TAN authentication system used by most German online banking systems.

You need a PIN to access your account and then one TAN for each transaction (money transfer, setting up a standing order, etc.) you wish to carry out.

You usually get a sheet of 50 or 100 single-use TANs and then another one whenever you run out.

I usually write down ten TANs or so to take with me to work so that I can access my account both from home and from work without having to take the piece of paper my bank sent me with me.

[solri.livejournal.com]

Cool. I recently used Lojban for writing down grades for student presentations when I didn't want other students peering over my shoulder to find out what their classmates were getting.

[n-true.livejournal.com]

I often use Arabic numbers. Hmm... one day I must learn Lojban! >:D

[grimweaver.livejournal.com]

coi .i mi pilno la tenuar. .iu lonu ciska cusku fo la lojban. .iu vau .uisai .i ty .e ly mutce jai cinri mi .i mu'omi'e .grimuiver.