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- A few /int/ anons have gotten together and created a language. Grammar is regular and vocabulary is derived from reconstructed Proto-Indo-European, Latin, Sanskrit, Greek, and Slavic terms.
- Orthography & phonology:
- http://www.internationalphoneticalphabet.org/ipa-sounds/ipa-chart-with-sounds/
- Aa, Aa /a/
- Bb, Бб /b/
- Čč, Чч /tʃ/
- Dd, Дд /d/
- Ee, Ee /e/
- Ff, Фф /f/
- Gg, Гг /g/
- Hh, Хх /h/
- Ii, Ии /i/
- Jj, Jј /j/
- Kk, Кк /k/
- Ll, Лл /l/
- Mm, Mм /m/
- Nn, Hн /n/
- Oo, Oo /o/
- Pp, Пп /p/
- Rr, Pp /ɾ/
- Ss, Cc /s/
- Šš, Шш /ʃ/
- Tt, Tт /t/
- Uu, Уy /u/
- Vv, Bв /v/
- Ww, Ўў /w/
- Zz, Зз /z/
- Žž, Жж /ʒ/
- The grammar is quite simple.
- Things like tenses, cases, etc. are all expressed via suffix particles. They never change, no matter what the condition of the sentence is, so it isn't quite as grueling as learning different forms for every word.
- For instance, our second person singular impersonal pronoun, "tu" can be modified into a genitive form by adding "-me."
- "Ki ast tu-me nome?"
- What is you-possessive (your) name?
- It does not vary by any personal pronoun and is used in the same way with all.
- Man, man-me = I, my
- Tu, tu-me = Thou, thy/thine
- Le, le-me = He/she, his/her
- Current particles are
- -e (-je if the noun ends in a vowel) = possessive for non-personal pronouns, for instance "strateje ters" where "strate" means "army" and "ters" means "land/country" so "strateje ters" = "the country's army." Similar to the -e ending in Persian, e.g. "madar-e to" = "your mother". [Note: Also works for the English equivalent to "of" in some cases. "Amikeje manušiš" = "Friend of the people"]
- -me = possessive for personal pronouns, as explained above
- -do = "to" e.g. "Man ejmet manme domedo" ("I'm going to my house")
- More particles will be added as needed, we are in the rough entry-level stages at the moment.
- +Verbs
- All verbs except "ast" end in -et, and most verbs can be turned into a noun by dropping the final "t," for instance "ludet" (to free/liberate/save) becomes "lude" (freedom, liberation).
- Verbs have their own particles which are prefixes and denote tense.
- pri- = past
- bu- = future
- no particle = present tense
- "Man prijaknet pane." = "I ate the bread."
- "Tu bukrinamet nowi kowe." = "You will buy a new cow."
- +Nouns
- Most, if not all nouns end in -e, so telling the difference right off the bat should be easy. Amike = friend, dome = house, Deiwe = God, dengwe = language, etc.
- To make a noun plural, the -e is dropped off the end and -iš is added.
- Sword = klade; swords = kladiš
- Shoe = kerpe; shoes = kerpiš
- Food = paske; foods = paskiš
- etc.
- +Adjectives
- All adjectives end in -i, and whether they precede the noun they're modifying is up to the speaker, but keep in mind context, situation, and how understandable it would be for the listener/reader when playing with word order.
- New = nowi
- Beautiful = čajsi
- Stupid = malaki
- etc.
- +Numbers
- One = Ojne
- Two = Dwau
- Three = Tri
- Four = Kwat
- Five = Penk
- Six = Sweks
- Seven = Sept
- Eight = Okt
- Nine = Newn
- Ten = Deken
- Eleven = Dekene ojn
- Twelve = Dekene dwau
- Thirteen = Dekene tri
- etc.
- Twenty = Dwid
- Thirty = Trid
- Forty = Kwatid
- Fifty = Penkid
- Sixty = Sweksid
- Seventy = Septid
- Eighty = Oktid
- Ninety = Newnid
- One-hundred = Kemtom
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