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Goron Language (Alpha)

May 17th, 2015
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  1. Phonology
  2. Consonants
  3. b k d f j h l m n p s t w
  4. Vowels
  5. a e i o
  6. Stress
  7.  
  8. Phonotactics
  9. Morphology
  10. Derivational Morphology
  11. Brother/Brethren: Ookaboka
  12. Syntax
  13. Sematic Fields and Pragmatics
  14. Writing System
  15. Letter genders:
  16. B is Good or Happy or Neutral. P is Bad or Sad or Angry.
  17. M is Good or Happy or Neutral. N is Bad or Sad or Angry.
  18. K is Good or Happy or Neutral. D is Bad or Sad or Angry.
  19. Examples
  20. Lexicon
  21. Ookaboka: Brother/Brethren
  22. Boomoki: Greetings
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  25. Names
  26.  
  27. :: Gorons refer to people(s) by their name or an approximation of it
  28. :: (eg. something like Zylav would become Silaf, Zelda -> Selka, Shekia -> Sekiwa, etc)
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  31. Example Sentences
  32. Ookaboka [Name] Bomoki [Second Name]
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  35. :: To greet (politley), say: Ookaboka [Your name] Boomoki [Name of the person you're greeting]
  36. :: To pronounce Ookaboka, say it like Oo-kah-bah-kah
  37. :: To pronounce Boomoki, say it like Boo-mahk-ee
  38.  
  39. :: However, just using the word 'Boomoki' is considered slang and isn't often used by itself.
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  41. :: " (C,O)(O)C(V,k,n,b)C(b,k,o,O,a,i)C(b,m,n)V " is the Phonological constraint (way you put letters in words) for Goronian
  42. :: C stands for a consonant, V for a vowel,
  43. :: Parentheses mark optional phonemes (basic language sounds, like p, t, k, etc),
  44. :: O stands for Hard o or a 'oo' sound similar to the oo sound in 'Moo' or yet still when combined with another O, makes the 'oo' sound.
  45. :: A double 'o' ('Oo','OO','oo')will make the double o sound('oo','O'). An 'o' singular has a 'Ah' sound.
  46.  
  47. :: a e i o u y
  48. :: b c d f g h j k l m n p q r s t v w x z
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  50. :: The language will have 2 (6 if you count context of them) 'genders'; Good/Happy/Neutral and Bad/Sad/Angry.
  51. :: Random words: OOkaboka. OOkaboka = (OO)C(a)C(o)C()V.
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  55. :: 'i' sounds like 'eiy'. This includes it being in a word unless before a 'hard' consonant (k, p, t, b, or d), in which case, it is silent.
  56. :: If the i is before any other consonant it will sound like 'eiy'.
  57. :: If the 'i' is before an w, it sounds like 'ouuy'
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