Symbol
The main symbol of glotoida he Aia is a blue rose which represents its status as a conlang or artificial language. Conlangs and blue roses are both products of human skill and design. There are no blue roses in the wild[1], but humans have made some blue roses by applying blue dye to white roses[2] or by performing genetic engineering[1].
The blue rose is featured in the middle of the flag, along with the letters "AIA" on its left and right side in a stylized form made out of simple geometric shapes. In total, there are 20 separate separate shapes on the flag, which represent the 20 letters in the language. Six shapes attached to the edges of the flag represent the stop sounds (/b/, /p/, /d/, /t/, /g/, /k/). The 14 remaining free-floating shapes represent the continuant sounds: fricatives (/v/, /f/, /z/, /s/, /h/), vowels (/a/, /i/, /u/, /e/, /o/), nasals (/n/, /m/) and liquids (/l/, /r/)
The flag is called "veksile glotoida he Aia" which means 'the flag of the Aia language'. It can be translated into Mandarin as 唉亚语旗 (āiyǎ yǔ qí, 'Aia language flag') or 唉亚话旗 (āiyǎ hùa qí, 'Aia dialect flag') which sounds similar to 唉亚花旗 (āiyǎ hūa qí, 'Aia flower flag' or 'Aia's flower-spangled banner'). Its standard aspect ratio is 3:2 (landscape) but may be modified if needed. The blue rose can be constructed by drawing each layer of petals around the center point of the flag (O) according to the diagram below. The diagram also specifies how to construct the red letters from rectangles, trapeziums, and triangles. Red was simply chosen as a complementary color against the blue rose; other colors are acceptable as long as they are distinguishable by people with protanopia, deuteranopia, or tritanopia. The background is left blank; it should be the original color of the medium or may be altered according to one's asthetic preference. For digital display, the preferred colors are DarkSlateBlue #483D8B, FireBrick #B22222, and Linen #FAF0E6.
There are also simplified variants of the flag that are valid for displays with lower resolution or when you are unable to recreate the precise measurements.
Desmos Graph Model: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/a5adflk8ld
Here you can see how the flag looks among other conlang flags.
References
| "Roses and carnations lack blue/violet flower colours owing to the deficiency of F3′5′H and therefore lack the B-ring-trihydroxylated anthocyanins based upon delphinidin. Successful redirection of the anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway to delphinidin was achieved by expressing F3′5′H coding regions resulting in carnations and roses with novel blue hues that have been commercialized." |
| قال خ اخبرني رجل من اهل دمشق انه حل الفالح المذكور في الما وسقي أصل الورد بذلك الما من اول شهر اكتوبر الي أن يورد الورد فخرج لازورديا حسن المنظر |
| 'Abou'l-Khair says that an inhabitant of Damascus told him that he had dissolved the falich in water and used it to water a rose bush, since the beginning of October until the flower appeared, and it had produced a beautiful azure blue appearance.' |