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The following explains the positions of Stellar Vowels and Infixes with the glyphs for T, L, and the nova (which can appear in all positions), and the order in which to read them.

The lower position (T, or on median planets, not H) is for the stellar infixions (-l-, -r-, -n-, -m-, -s-, -z-), the illuminant (-e) or nova. If a stellar infixion occupies the lower position then it is always read first.
The central position (L, or on greater planets and H) is only for the illuminant and nova.
The illuminant is read and romanized last like the English "silent" -e that lengthens the previously occuring vowel that is only separated by a single consonant or a non doubled consonant cluster ("hope", "haste"). The S in "haste" functions exactly as the S infixion, and stellar infixions in general, in Liëth.

Only the nova and illuminant can occupy this position and only for median planets (except H). This space is only used if the lower position is filled.
The illuminant is read, and usually romanized or transcribed, last.

There is no illuminant on the greater L, but there is a stellar vowel, which is read last unless there is an illuminant which would connect to it or to a previous vowel. Since there is no previous vowel and no illuminant, the first part must be read "la". The second part features a T with an illuminant in the lower position: because there is nothing separating the illuminant from the preceding -a it must be connected to it and thus is read along with it after L giving "lae". After that all that is left is the T itself. In full the word is read as "laet" or "late". However, because "late" does not read easily as /aj/ in English, it is usually best to transcribe this as "ae" instead of the usual "a-e" so it is more likely to be read correctly. This may be true for other vowels as well.
Always look for an illuminant connecting to a previous vowel, it is read along with that vowel before the planetary glyph it falls under or within.

The first portion this time features a T with an A in the upper position and an S in the lower position. Because there is an infixion in the lower position it is read first, and because there is no illuminant the A is read last, giving us "sta". The lesser R is there because the greater L cannot take a stellar infixion, being a greater planetary glyph.

This word has every position filled so we go in order: lower position, planetary glyph, upper position, lowest position, which reads "skae".

jrhTUyz jrxQhyz * GtaWUq/: GtcQaq:

The first in each above example is the normal way of writing "faerbol" (/fajrbɔl/ "fireball") and "kẅenting" (/kaʊntiŋ/ "counting"), however the second is acceptable but it looks childish and more like the words are made of compounds, which may be preferrable at least for "fireball".

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