Why did you use the X for the stretching sound, the “Xen”?
This is one of the most commented on characteristic of our alphabet. We have originally developed our script to integrate with existing technology, and with western standard hardware and software. What this means, is that you can use the existing western keyboard, in lower case, without any modification whatsoever. The Lebanese specific letter additions, happen only on a caps level, or a shift level, with as minimum disturbance as possible. The X was selected because it is a composite sound, meaning, you could represent it as an “eks”. So, in a way, it is dispensable, therefore, that was the only outstanding item, and a perfect match. Our studies on the other hand, showed that it is very easy to get used to this modification.
