I've tried googling for information on it and I still haven't seen anything, and I'm quite dismayed. Did we lose out hard on the NPH spoilers? Was this a casualty of the god-book fiasco? I really want to know, linguistically, what was oging on
Ok, so I know I run the risk of necro-ing this post here, but seriously what in the heck came of the Phyrexian language?!?!
It sure seemed like WotC went through a lot of trouble to create the language, create a version(s) of the cards using the phyrexian language and...... nothing?
Do we think that the fact that the god book was spoiled removed the utility of the constructed language as a spoiler device? Did they ever consider using the language beyond a single spoiler card and on some promo videos?
I honestly believed that they were going to put in Phyrexian language cards randomly into boosters (maybe in place of the land?) similar to the Timeshifted or hidden treasures thing. I felt it would have been a really sweet way to communicate the take over of the Phyrexians, however this never came about.
I waited for all of the New Phyrexia stuff to simmer down, but now I am sitting here scratching my head wondering what happened.
Anyway, I am not going to be satisfied until I have all 5 praetors in Phyrexian in my collection.
I'm pretty much in the same boat here. When I get the chance I'll write a phrase or two on a chalkboard as I pass by an empty room, but beyond explaining that one of the words means perfect it's getting kinda boring. I sent an e-mail to Wizards asking for something, but no response (duh).
I doubt we're gonna get anything out of them at this point, but maybe when they bring Phyrexia back they'll tell us more. But really, I expect that the godbook leak killed any plans they had for the language.
Hey everyone, sorry for this necro, but I was just looking through some old threads and noticed that the forum change broke some of the formatting code, which meant all the awesome work we did in this thread was rendered unreadable. I've decided to repost all of our compiled work here so that anyone who comes across it in the future will actually be able to tell what's going on.
The code map for typing down Phyrexian:All known phrases with parsed words, guessed grammar and translation:
(1)
'ZE_^Mx| T^HD^T^ MxNxL'ZNx A`KT^HZXx.
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
(4)
N*E| M:L_^_^| X^O| X^N*Q'X:Q_^N*| EN*O'X:EE'ZN* +2/+2 N^FXxLXvEX^.
(present tense) Other our controlled creatures +2/+2 receive. Othercreatures you control get +2/+2.
(5)
N*E| X^O| ON*T^JJX^Ax| X^N*Q'XvE_^| N*E'X:EE'ZN* -2/-2 N^FXxLXvEX^.
(present tense) Our opponents controlled creatures +2/+2 receive. Creatures your opponents control get -2/-2.
(6)
N*E| X:HD^Z"ON*Xx| Z^FGXxN*| M:L_^_^X:ENxOOZ^N`N^F'ZFA`E'ZEXx.
(present tense) Gitaxians [among themselves] otherworldswhisper.
The Gitaxians whisper among themselves of otherworlds.
(7)
ZL| Z^FFXxN*| X:OT^LT^ 'X:L'X:L| 'NL| ~X:GD^N*X:ENxOZ^N` 'ZEMxNxL'ZNx T^LX:GXx.
If they exist, [we must/will]Perfect world'smagnificence bring
If they exist, we must bring Phyrexia'smagnificence to them.
(8) ~XvGD^N* YJ'ZN". Perfect language Phyrexian (language)
(9)
N*E| X^O| 'ZOX:GD^N*T^L~X:GT| N*E| V^T^E~X:HT
(present tense) Our perfectwork(now?) [flesh/is flesh/made flesh]
We are perfection made flesh
(10)
N*E| N*QXxMxLN|X^O| 'ZQC`FAx| N*E| X:OT^'ZGZ"| N*EN*O| 'N'X:EE'ZN*| MxOX:~NxLFEX:
(present tense) (?) Our voice (to) (now) lost broken creatures [calls out]
Our voice calls out to the lost and broken (creatures)
(11)
N*E| NxQX^N*| N*VFN*GAx| Z^_^FX:| N"VFON*'XxENxQX^N*| 'ZQZ"'ZONxV
(present tense) Death [they fear] even as immortality [we offer]
They fear death even as we offer immortality
(12) 'X:L'X:L| Z^OX:ENxOZ^N`| ZGXxX:Xx N*GMx| N"JM^LZ^
(We must/will) this world's false skin flay
We will flay the false skin of this world
(13)
N*E'ZQT| MxHX:D^LX:~X:GD^N"X:ENxGZ^N`| T^LXx_^GAx| X:D^EX:GZ^
(to now/in future) newPerfect world face reveal
to reveal the face of a newPhyrexia
(14)
'ZQ| MxNxL'ZNxT^L'X:T| 'ZFFN*XxNvQ'ZE&
(perfect tense) GreatWork [has begun]
The GreatWork has begun
(15)
'ZQ|MxHX:D^ X:Xx ~X:GD^N" X:ENxOZ^N`MxNxL'ZNxT^'X:FT| 'Xv_^ T^L~X:ET
(perfect tense) GreatNewPerfect worldWork [was made?]
The GreatWork of NewPhyrexia is complete
(16)
N*E| V^J'ZZ"'ZO'ZVZ"VOVV| TL'ZT^| MxHX:D^LX:Xx'ZT^T^EN*FN* N^F_^Q'ZENv
(present tense) Machine Orthodoxy mana? new sources power New sources of mana power the Machine Orthodoxy
(17)
N*ETD^HZ^T^| 'ZOZO'ZGV| ~XvGD^N* Xv_^XxN*E N*GMx| OMxX^TT^GD^GN*
(present tense?) Mirrodin heart Perfect race? skin [(beneath?) burns]
Beneath the Phyrexianskin, the heart of Mirrodin burns
(18)
N*E| X:N*OT^T^T^| N"EX^FXx 'ZFA`EE'ZXx| XxOYFD^Xx N^FAxX:LT^'ZEZ"
(present tense) Body whole is (but /present tense/) whispers mind splinter
The body is whole, but whispers splinter the mind
(19)
V^JJ'ZZ"| TH'ZGNx| THAxEX^| 'X:L'X:L
Machines Father come [will]
The Father (of Machines) is coming
(20)
|T^L'X:TON*'Xv_^Z^FX^HMx Work unmaker (or 'Making undoer')
Destroyer.
Vocabulary
Strong guesses (confirmed by two or more instances of word) 'X:E'ZN* - creature (in 'legendary creature') 'X:EE'ZN* - creatures
potential forms/clauses
EN*O'X:EE'ZN* (in 'other our controlled creatures')
N*E'X:EE'ZN* (in 'our opponents controlled creatures')
'N'X:EE'ZN* (in 'lost and broken')
X:ENxOZ^N`- world (in most instances of 'Phyrexia') X:ENxOOZ^N`- worlds (in 'other worlds')
NxQX^N* - death (in 'they fear death') N"VFON*'XxENxQX^N* - immortality (in 'as we offer immortality')
T^L'X:T - work (in 'Great Work has begun')
forms:
T^L'X:T ON*'Xv_^Z^FX^HMx (in 'Destroyer'/'work unmaker')
T^'X:FT - (in 'Great Work of New Phyrexia is complete')
'ZOX:GD^N*T^L~X:GT - (in 'perfection')
'Xv_^T^L~X:ET (in 'is complete')
'ZFA`E'ZXx - whisper 'ZFA`EE'ZXx - whispers (in 'but whispers splinter the mind') N^F'ZFA`E'ZEXx - whisper(verb) (in 'Gitaxians whisper')
V^J'ZZ" - machine (in 'Machine Orthodoxy') V^JJ'ZZ" - machines (in 'Father of Machines')
MxNxL'ZNx - great/grand/magnificent (in 'Grand Cenobite', 'Great Work')
possible form:
'ZEMxNxL'ZNx - magnificence (in 'must bring Phyrexia's magnificence')
M:L_^_^ - other (in 'other creatures you control', 'whisper of other worlds')
MxHX:D^ - new (in 'new Phyrexia', 'new sources')
~XvGD^N* - perfect/Phyrexian (in 'Phyrexian (language)') ~X:GD^N*X:ENxOZ^N` - Phyrexia (world) ~XvGD^N*Xv_^XxN*E N*GMx - Phyrexian skin. 'Phyrexia race' probably was used here
'ZOX:GD^N*T^L~X:GT - perfection (in 'we are perfection made flesh')
*someone might re-check modifier symbols on images for all instances of Phyrexia as they appear different in my transcription. Transcript for this word in 'Phyrexian language' though is 100% correct.
Decent guesses (not confirmed but dictated by sentence structure, might have nonstandart forms or particles)
nouns A`KT^HZXx - Cenobite
X:N*LV^XxD^ - Praetor
N"VFXvT^D^QX:T - vigilance
possible form:
XvT^D^QX:T - vigilant
ON*T^JJX^Ax - opponents (in 'creatures your opponents control')
probable forms:
ON*T^JX^Ax - opponent
T^JX^Ax - ally
YJ'ZN" - language (in 'Phyrexian language')
T^LXx_^GAx - face (in 'reveal face of New Phyrexia')
'ZOZO'ZGV - heart (in 'heart of Mirrodin burns')
'ZO'ZVZ"VOVV - Orthodoxy (in 'sources of mana power Machine Orthodoxy')
XxOYFD^Xx - mind (in 'whispers splinter the mind')
TH'ZGNx - Father (in 'Father of Machines is coming')
adjectives ZGXxX:Xx - false (in 'flay false skin')
It was at that moment that I realized: I'm kinda just making these things up. We can just write the rules the way we want them to work. People will have fun, and people will get it.
Could you imagine a spoiler/ad campaign like the one they did for Conspiracy but for a Phyrexian based set? On the back of the card is phyrexian text and we must decode it to find the answers! you heard it here first, folks. PS: The Elesh Norn in phyrexian text is the sexiest thing alive. And yes, I have seen the leaked pics of Scarlett Johansson.
PS: Thanks for necro'ing this thread and compiling its work!
I may have just solved pronunciation you guys... hopefully this is still somewhat interesting some people in this forum. I'm so excited right now.
I started by looking at these ideas:
T^ = n (from Norn)
H = o (from Norn)
N* or N" = ks (from Gitaxians and Phyrexia)
G = I (long I) (from Phyrexia)
D^ = r (from Norn)
'Z = Ay/Ai or Eh (from Elesh)
E = L (from Elesh)
Mx = Sh (from Elesh)
~Xv = Ph or F (from Phyrexia)
_^ = i (short I) (from Elesh)
Z" = G (from Gitaxians, added by terakhan)
O = T (from Gitaxians, added by terakhan)
T = m (from Mirrodin, added by terakhan)
Z^ = d (from Mirrodin, added by terakhan)
(the post saying the glyphs with three lines are the vowels would be here but it wouldn't let me post it if I include that for some reason)
I realized that, assuming those are in some part true, the symbols for the english N and M both contain the phyrexian symbol T. Therefore, the main glyph must determine the manner of articulation. In that case it is nasal. This must mean that the little diacrits show that sounds articulation place. With this in mind, I've determined a few things.
I believe all stops are represented with phyrexian Z. It wass a prominent pattern in the leading theory and those that don't match the pattern probably aren't right.
Phyrexian T marks nasal consonants.
All the alveolar consonants are marked with ^.
Based on the symbol for the english M, no diacrit must mean bilabial.
Glottals seem to be ' as a prefix before the main glyph as in Elesh -> 'ZE_^Mx. That would be a glottal stop (the dash in uh-oh or t in bottle if the speaker is british) followed by e then l and then sh. From this it is also worth noting that it seems that _ is a lateral approximate and M is a fricative with x being palato alveolar.
And about the fears of phyrexian being an inefficient writing system for a species so obsessed with efficieny, it really isn't. Phyrexian seems to have a 1:1 sound to symbol ratio as seen in the glottal stop in Elesh Norn's name. If a word starts with a vowel it's impossible (or perhaps just really hard (I'm only a linguist as a hobbby)) to not start with a glottal stop. They need to make sure that the word is written in detail so the reader won't mispronounce a word when reading and lose efficiency then. Phyrexian seems to be the multiverse's IPA.
Hopefully this is useful and hasn't already been realized.
Oh yeah! Without having looked to far into it, if english F really is phyrexian ~Xv, perhaps ~ shows that a sound is unvoiced and therefore without that glyphs are by default voiced? For instance, if what I've said is true, phyrexian Z should be English B
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Decks:
EDH: :symbw::symuw::symub:Merieke Ri Berit:symbw::symuw::symub:
Archenemy EDH: Reaper king
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GONZO
Genius, fast, and long eared.
I'm pretty much in the same boat here. When I get the chance I'll write a phrase or two on a chalkboard as I pass by an empty room, but beyond explaining that one of the words means perfect it's getting kinda boring. I sent an e-mail to Wizards asking for something, but no response (duh).
I doubt we're gonna get anything out of them at this point, but maybe when they bring Phyrexia back they'll tell us more. But really, I expect that the godbook leak killed any plans they had for the language.
The code map for typing down Phyrexian:All known phrases with parsed words, guessed grammar and translation:
'ZE_^Mx| T^HD^T^ MxNxL'ZNx A`KT^HZXx.
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
(2)
N^LV^Z" 'X:E'ZN* X:N*LV^XxD^.
Legendary Creature - Praetor
(3)
N"VFXvT^D^QX:T.
Vigilance
(4)
N*E| M:L_^_^| X^O| X^N*Q'X:Q_^N*| EN*O'X:EE'ZN* +2/+2 N^FXxLXvEX^.
(present tense) Other our controlled creatures +2/+2 receive.
Other creatures you control get +2/+2.
(5)
N*E| X^O| ON*T^JJX^Ax| X^N*Q'XvE_^| N*E'X:EE'ZN* -2/-2 N^FXxLXvEX^.
(present tense) Our opponents controlled creatures +2/+2 receive.
Creatures your opponents control get -2/-2.
(6)
N*E| X:HD^Z"ON*Xx| Z^FGXxN*| M:L_^_^X:ENxOOZ^N` N^F'ZFA`E'ZEXx.
(present tense) Gitaxians [among themselves] other worlds whisper.
The Gitaxians whisper among themselves of other worlds.
(7)
ZL| Z^FFXxN*| X:OT^LT^ 'X:L'X:L| 'NL| ~X:GD^N*X:ENxOZ^N` 'ZEMxNxL'ZNx T^LX:GXx.
If they exist, [we must/will] Perfect world's magnificence bring
If they exist, we must bring Phyrexia's magnificence to them.
(8)
~XvGD^N* YJ'ZN".
Perfect language
Phyrexian (language)
(9)
N*E| X^O| 'ZOX:GD^N*T^L~X:GT| N*E| V^T^E~X:HT
(present tense) Our perfect work(now?) [flesh/is flesh/made flesh]
We are perfection made flesh
(10)
N*E| N*QXxMxLN|X^O| 'ZQC`FAx| N*E| X:OT^'ZGZ"| N*EN*O| 'N'X:EE'ZN*| MxOX:~NxLFEX:
(present tense) (?) Our voice (to) (now) lost broken creatures [calls out]
Our voice calls out to the lost and broken (creatures)
(11)
N*E| NxQX^N*| N*VFN*GAx| Z^_^FX:| N"VFON*'XxENxQX^N*| 'ZQZ"'ZONxV
(present tense) Death [they fear] even as immortality [we offer]
They fear death even as we offer immortality
(12)
'X:L'X:L| Z^OX:ENxOZ^N`| ZGXxX:Xx N*GMx| N"JM^LZ^
(We must/will) this world's false skin flay
We will flay the false skin of this world
(13)
N*E'ZQT| MxHX:D^LX:~X:GD^N"X:ENxGZ^N`| T^LXx_^GAx| X:D^EX:GZ^
(to now/in future) new Perfect world face reveal
to reveal the face of a new Phyrexia
(14)
'ZQ| MxNxL'ZNxT^L'X:T| 'ZFFN*XxNvQ'ZE&
(perfect tense) Great Work [has begun]
The Great Work has begun
(15)
'ZQ|MxHX:D^ X:Xx ~X:GD^N" X:ENxOZ^N` MxNxL'ZNxT^'X:FT| 'Xv_^ T^L~X:ET
(perfect tense) Great New Perfect world Work [was made?]
The Great Work of New Phyrexia is complete
(16)
N*E| V^J'ZZ"'ZO'ZVZ"VOVV| TL'ZT^| MxHX:D^LX:Xx'ZT^T^EN*FN* N^F_^Q'ZENv
(present tense) Machine Orthodoxy mana? new sources power
New sources of mana power the Machine Orthodoxy
(17)
N*ETD^HZ^T^| 'ZOZO'ZGV| ~XvGD^N* Xv_^XxN*E N*GMx| OMxX^TT^GD^GN*
(present tense?) Mirrodin heart Perfect race? skin [(beneath?) burns]
Beneath the Phyrexian skin, the heart of Mirrodin burns
(18)
N*E| X:N*OT^T^T^| N"EX^FXx 'ZFA`EE'ZXx| XxOYFD^Xx N^FAxX:LT^'ZEZ"
(present tense) Body whole is (but /present tense/) whispers mind splinter
The body is whole, but whispers splinter the mind
(19)
V^JJ'ZZ"| TH'ZGNx| THAxEX^| 'X:L'X:L
Machines Father come [will]
The Father (of Machines) is coming
(20)
|T^L'X:TON*'Xv_^Z^FX^HMx
Work unmaker (or 'Making undoer')
Destroyer.
'X:E'ZN* - creature (in 'legendary creature')
'X:EE'ZN* - creatures
potential forms/clauses
EN*O'X:EE'ZN* (in 'other our controlled creatures')
N*E'X:EE'ZN* (in 'our opponents controlled creatures')
'N'X:EE'ZN* (in 'lost and broken')
X:ENxOZ^N`- world (in most instances of 'Phyrexia')
X:ENxOOZ^N`- worlds (in 'other worlds')
NxQX^N* - death (in 'they fear death')
N"VFON*'XxENxQX^N* - immortality (in 'as we offer immortality')
N*GMx - skin (in 'flay false skin', 'beneath Phyrexian skin')
opportunities for prefixes:
ZGXxX:XxN*GMx - false skin
~XvGD^N*Xv_^XxN*EN*GMx - Phyrexia (race?) skin
T^L'X:T - work (in 'Great Work has begun')
forms:
T^L'X:T ON*'Xv_^Z^FX^HMx (in 'Destroyer'/'work unmaker')
T^'X:FT - (in 'Great Work of New Phyrexia is complete')
'ZOX:GD^N*T^L~X:GT - (in 'perfection')
'Xv_^T^L~X:ET (in 'is complete')
'ZFA`E'ZXx - whisper
'ZFA`EE'ZXx - whispers (in 'but whispers splinter the mind')
N^F'ZFA`E'ZEXx - whisper(verb) (in 'Gitaxians whisper')
V^J'ZZ" - machine (in 'Machine Orthodoxy')
V^JJ'ZZ" - machines (in 'Father of Machines')
MxNxL'ZNx - great/grand/magnificent (in 'Grand Cenobite', 'Great Work')
possible form:
'ZEMxNxL'ZNx - magnificence (in 'must bring Phyrexia's magnificence')
M:L_^_^ - other (in 'other creatures you control', 'whisper of other worlds')
MxHX:D^ - new (in 'new Phyrexia', 'new sources')
~XvGD^N* - perfect/Phyrexian (in 'Phyrexian (language)')
~X:GD^N*X:ENxOZ^N` - Phyrexia (world)
~XvGD^N*Xv_^XxN*E N*GMx - Phyrexian skin. 'Phyrexia race' probably was used here
'ZOX:GD^N*T^L~X:GT - perfection (in 'we are perfection made flesh')
*someone might re-check modifier symbols on images for all instances of Phyrexia as they appear different in my transcription. Transcript for this word in 'Phyrexian language' though is 100% correct.
Decent guesses (not confirmed but dictated by sentence structure, might have nonstandart forms or particles)
nouns
A`KT^HZXx - Cenobite
X:N*LV^XxD^ - Praetor
N"VFXvT^D^QX:T - vigilance
possible form:
XvT^D^QX:T - vigilant
ON*T^JJX^Ax - opponents (in 'creatures your opponents control')
probable forms:
ON*T^JX^Ax - opponent
T^JX^Ax - ally
YJ'ZN" - language (in 'Phyrexian language')
T^LXx_^GAx - face (in 'reveal face of New Phyrexia')
'ZOZO'ZGV - heart (in 'heart of Mirrodin burns')
'ZO'ZVZ"VOVV - Orthodoxy (in 'sources of mana power Machine Orthodoxy')
XxOYFD^Xx - mind (in 'whispers splinter the mind')
TH'ZGNx - Father (in 'Father of Machines is coming')
adjectives
ZGXxX:Xx - false (in 'flay false skin')
N^LV^Z" - legendary (in 'legendary creature')
verbs
N^FXxLXvEX^ - (they) receive (in 'creatures +2/+2 receive')
XxLXvEX^ - receive
T^LX:GXx - bring (in 'must bring magnificence')
'ZQZ"'ZONxV - offer (in 'we offer immortality')
N"JM^LZ^ - flay (in 'we will flay skin')
X:D^EX:GZ^ - reveal (in 'we must reveal')
'ZFFN*XxNvQ'ZE& - has begun (in 'Great Work has begun')
N^F_^Q'ZENv - (they) power (in 'new sources power Orthodoxy')
_^Q'ZENv - power(verb)
OMxX^TT^GD^GN* - burns (in 'heart of Mirrodin burns')
N^FAxX:LT^'ZEZ" - (they) splinter (in 'whispers splinter mind')
AxX:LT^'ZEZ" - splinter(verb)
THAxEX^ - is coming
Poor guesses/speculation (no confirmation and unsure of position in sentence)
nouns
TD^HZ^T^ - Mirrodin (in 'heart of Mirrodin burns') - based purely on phonetics and can be wrong
X:HD^Z"ON*Xx - Gitaxians (in 'Gitaxians among themselves whisper')
V^T^E~X:HT - 'flesh' or 'is flesh' or 'made flesh' (in 'we are perfection made flesh')
'ZQC`FAx - voice (in 'our voice calls out') - I'm strongly unsure of its position, might be actually the sequence before 'our'
TL'ZT^ - mana (in 'new sources of mana power')
LX:Xx'ZT^T^EN*FN* - sources (in 'new sources of mana power')
verbs
X^N*Q'X:Q_^N* - control (in 'creatures you control')
X^N*Q'XvE_^ - control (in 'creatures your opponents control')
X:OT^LT^ - exist (in 'if they exist')
X:OT^'ZGZ" - lost (in 'lost and broken (creatures)')
N*EN*O - broken (in 'lost and broken (creatures)')
Z^_^FX: - fear (in 'they fear death')
Particles/auxiliary words/prefixes
N*E - denotes present tense, usually used at the beginning of sentences
'ZQ - denotes perfect tense, usually used at the beginning of sentences
ZL - if/denotes conditional clause
'Xv_^ - probably denotes completion/perfect tense in verbs
'X:L'X:L - probably denotes future tense though specifics are unknown (used in two cases as 'we will/must' and also in 'Father of Machines is coming')
N"VF - prefix, turns adjectives into nouns ('vigilance', 'immortality')
'ZE - probably same ('magnificence')
ON* - prefix similar to 'un' ('opponents', 'immortality', 'destroyer')
N^F - prefix for verbs in present tense corresponding to plural noun
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Well, there we go. Not abandoned, it's coming out in due time.
Could you imagine a spoiler/ad campaign like the one they did for Conspiracy but for a Phyrexian based set? On the back of the card is phyrexian text and we must decode it to find the answers! you heard it here first, folks. PS: The Elesh Norn in phyrexian text is the sexiest thing alive. And yes, I have seen the leaked pics of Scarlett Johansson.
PS: Thanks for necro'ing this thread and compiling its work!
I started by looking at these ideas:
(the post saying the glyphs with three lines are the vowels would be here but it wouldn't let me post it if I include that for some reason)
I realized that, assuming those are in some part true, the symbols for the english N and M both contain the phyrexian symbol T. Therefore, the main glyph must determine the manner of articulation. In that case it is nasal. This must mean that the little diacrits show that sounds articulation place. With this in mind, I've determined a few things.
I believe all stops are represented with phyrexian Z. It wass a prominent pattern in the leading theory and those that don't match the pattern probably aren't right.
Phyrexian T marks nasal consonants.
All the alveolar consonants are marked with ^.
Based on the symbol for the english M, no diacrit must mean bilabial.
Glottals seem to be ' as a prefix before the main glyph as in Elesh -> 'ZE_^Mx. That would be a glottal stop (the dash in uh-oh or t in bottle if the speaker is british) followed by e then l and then sh. From this it is also worth noting that it seems that _ is a lateral approximate and M is a fricative with x being palato alveolar.
And about the fears of phyrexian being an inefficient writing system for a species so obsessed with efficieny, it really isn't. Phyrexian seems to have a 1:1 sound to symbol ratio as seen in the glottal stop in Elesh Norn's name. If a word starts with a vowel it's impossible (or perhaps just really hard (I'm only a linguist as a hobbby)) to not start with a glottal stop. They need to make sure that the word is written in detail so the reader won't mispronounce a word when reading and lose efficiency then. Phyrexian seems to be the multiverse's IPA.
Hopefully this is useful and hasn't already been realized.