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 Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:09 pm
Alphabet: 45 sounds
Vowels
U - "oo" in soot
Oi - Japanese oi
Au - "ough" in sought
I - "ee" in see
E - "ay" in say
O - "ew" in sew
Ai - "ai" in aisle
A - "a" in gah
Ö - Swedish ö
Consonants
T - take
S - sit
R - trilled r
N - neat
B - bite
L - little
F - fake
P - plight
M - make
Ch - bach or kite*
D - dog
G - good
Ł - want
Č - chair
Š - shake
Ž - vision
Other
- A ' after a letter shall make it more palatized. [Exceptions: s, r, m, ch, g, p, f, and b.]
- A ` after a letter shall make it more labialized. [Exceptions: ch, g, b, and ł.]
- Each vowel is pronounced, there are no dipthongs or tripthongs.
- * CH is pronounced as the k in kite when it's the first letter of a word, or the going-to future.
Conscript is up!
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:12 pm
I am very interested in seeing what this will develop in to>_<
I am currently working on a language that is mix between Tibetan, Japanese, Chinese(Mando and Canto) and Swahili!! hehehe random mix yet it sounds beautiful!!
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:13 pm
Grammar
Word Order: Primarily OSV. (Object, Subject, Verb)
Plural: For words that end in a vowel; -n
For words that end in a consonant; -en
Interrogatives: They go at the beginning of the sentence.
Noun Phrases: Adjective; Category I adjectives go before the noun
Category II adjectives go after the noun
Determiner; after the noun; before the Category II adjectives
Numeral; After the noun; before the determiner and Category II adjectives
Possessor; before the noun; before the Category I adjectives
Example: (English) I hit the two blue cats at 4 o'clock as I drove my car.
(Category I) At 4 o'clock, blue cat two the I hit, as my car I drove.
(Category II) At 4 o'clock, cat two the blue I hit, as my car I drove.
Pronouns:
Subjective pronouns
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Am | Lam
Łim | Nam
Hem | Ełim
Saim | Uhem
D'oim | Esaim
| Ad'oim
Possessive pronouns
- Comes right before the noun.
Amki | Lamki
Łimka | Namki
Hemku | Ełimka
Saimki | Uhemku
D'oimka | Esaimki
| Ad'oimka
Demonstrative pronouns
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T'ura | T'uran
Mik | Miken
Reflexive pronouns
- If you are to use a reflexive pronoun, you needn't include the subjective pronoun, as it is implied.
Amlö | Lamlö
Łimlö | Namlö
Hemlö | Ełimlö
Saimlö | Uhemlö
D'oimlö | Esaimlö
| Ad'oimlö
Indirect object pronouns
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Amau | Lamau
Łimau | Namau
Hemau | Ełimau
Saimau | Uhemau
D'oimau | Esaimau
| Ad'oimau
Direct object pronouns
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Ami | Lami
Łimi | Nami
Hemi | Ełimi
Saimi | Uhemi
D'oimi | Esaimi
| Ad'oimi
Reciprocal pronouns
-
Intensive pronouns
- The subjective pronoun is not necessarily needed when one uses an intensive pronoun.
Čam | Čolam
Čałim | Čolam
Čohem | Čełim
Čosaim | Čuhem
Čod'oim | Česaim
| Čad'oim
Prepositional pronouns
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Sam | Sulam
Sułim | Sunam
Suhem | Sełim
Susaim | Suhem
Sud'oim | Susaim
| Sad'oim
Dummy pronouns
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I | We (inclusive)
You | We (exclusive)
He | You all
She | They (he)
It | They (she)
| They (mixed, it)
This | These
That | Those
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:37 pm
Trey Shen I am very interested in seeing what this will develop in to>_< I am currently working on a language that is mix between Tibetan, Japanese, Chinese(Mando and Canto) and Swahili!! hehehe random mix yet it sounds beautiful!! Thanks. biggrin Oh, awesome. ^^ Is it the one labeled Zedranni hacc cho?
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:39 pm
Basic Stuff
Greetings
T'ira - Hello
Sna łim ž'n'automo? - How are you?
Interrogatives
Roče - What
Sna - How
T'e - Where
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:40 pm
Verbs
There are three different types of verbs.
The r is only added if the verb ends (before the final ending) in a vowel.
State of being verbs:
~ End in -(r)öl
Ž'n'autöl - To be
To have
To know (information)
To know (people)
To droop
To scar
To blush
To look sweaty
To become
Action verbs:
~ End in -(r)och
Firoch - To talk
To shout
To whisper
To go
To walk
To run (slowly)
To run (quickly)
To bring
To take
To sprint
To ride (non-automotives)
To ride (automotives)
To fly (with wings)
To fly (plane, without wings)
To eat
To write
To draw
To rain (heavy)
To rain (light)
To storm
To hail
To thunder
To lightening
To paint
To bore
To annoy
To anger
To surprise
To scribble
To feel
To smell
To hear
To listen
To taste
To hiss
To scream
To chirp
To meow
To bark
To scrape
To creak
To moo
To oink
To quack
Occurrence verbs:
~ End in -(r)aid`
To glitter
To smell (good)
To smell (bad)
Conjugation
Tenses: the endings replace (r)-och/aid`/öl.
Present
State of being
-O | -On
-Omo | -Omon
-Ol | - Oln
Action Verbs
-A | An
-Ama | -Aman
-Al | -Aln
Occurence Verbs
-I | -In
-Imi | -Imin
-Il | -Iln
Imperfect
State of being
Os | Ons
Omos | Omons
Os | Ons
Action verbs
As | Ans
Amas | Amans
As | Ans
Occurrence verbs
Is | Ins
Imis | Imins
Is | Ins
Going-to Future
State of being
-Ko | -Kon
-Komo | -Komon
-Kol | -Koln
Action Verbs
-Ka | -Kan
-Kama | -Kaman
-Kal | -Kaln
Occurrence Verbs
-Ki |-Kin
-Kimi | -Kimin
-Kil | -Kiln
Future Tense
Conditional Perfect
Hodiernal
Hesternal
Preterite
Crastinal
Moods
Dubitative
Hypothetical
Potential
Presumptive
Optative
Jussive
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:41 pm
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:42 pm
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:06 pm
Tone, Stress and Phonological Constraints
Tone
Stress
- Stress usually falls on the last syllable. As for pronouns, stress usually falls on the first syllable.
Phonological Constraints
- The consonant ch can never be preceded by another consonant.
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:52 am
Kalathma Trey Shen I am very interested in seeing what this will develop in to>_< I am currently working on a language that is mix between Tibetan, Japanese, Chinese(Mando and Canto) and Swahili!! hehehe random mix yet it sounds beautiful!! Thanks. biggrin Oh, awesome. ^^ Is it the one labeled Zedranni hacc cho? no that is a previous language I have been working on (its rather difficult to use that one though...) so I created my new one! (go me!) I will post it in a second after I find it in my word documents lol
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:17 am
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:22 am
Numbers, Time, Directions, and Colours
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:47 pm
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:10 am
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:01 pm
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