Posted by Kazper at 2:00pm May 27 '09Phonology:
Graphemes: their names are their sound. However, this may change...
1. Unvoiced, aspirated consonants:
p(a) p-aid p
f(a) f-ade f
m(a) th-ank you m
t(a) t-oday t
c(a) s-orry c
s(a) sh-ake s
n(a) ch-oke n
k(a) c-ake k
"a" m-a-te
2. Vowels:
w b-oo w
q h-i-t q
i p-ee i
u m-u-t u
e b-e-t e
a b-a-ll a
x f-oo-t x
y b-a-t y
3. Voiced, unaspirated consonants:
b(ai) b-uddy b
v(yw) v-ictory v
l(o) th-e l
d(oi) d-inner d
z(ai) z-oo z
j(yw) mea-s-ure j
r(o) j-uice r
g(oi) g-arage g
h(ai) l-ove h
"ai" = b-i-te, "yw" = ch-ow-der, "o" = b-oa-t, "oi" = b-oy.
Phonotactics:
Allowable syllables: v, c, vc, cv, cc and cvc.
A morpheme ends with a consonant and is pronounced singly: it cannot form a syllable with any previous or following phonemes.
Example: the term pwb cannot be pronounced pwb but must be pronounced pw'b.
An affix seperator is pronounced singly: it cannot form a syllable with any previous or following phonemes.
Example: the term pwhapwb cannot be pronounced pw'hap'w'b but must be pronounced pw'ha'pw'b.
An affix or like term is pronounced singly: it or its phonemes cannot form a syllable with any other phonemes of another affix or like term.
Example: the term pwkyhapwb cannot be pronounced pwk'y'ha'pw'b but must be pronounced pw'ky'ha'pw'b.
The largest allowable syllable that doesn't violate the syllable rules and that can happen must happen.
Example: the allowable syllables in the term: pwb are p'w'b and pw'b. The larger of which is the latter. So the correct pronunciation would be the latter.
The inherent vowel of the first consonant in a cc syllable is the vowel use for pronunciation.
Examples: cmar = c(a)m'a'r(o) and bluc (blue the colour as a name) = b(i)l'u'c(a)
Also, as you can see in the example above, single consonants are pronounced with their inherent vowel.
There is no stress on any of the syllables. Each syllable is said with the same intensity. Though the longer a term is the quicker its syllables may be spoken. So that the time it takes to say a long term is roughly equal to the time it takes to say a short term. The time it takes to say one syllable will be the desired time to say all terms. So, to say a term of two syllables in roughly the same amount of time it takes to say a term of one syllable would require that each of the two syllables is said twice as fast as the standard time it takes to say one syllable that makes up a term. Of course one cannot do an exact time; it's just an approxiamation. Basically, the more syllables a term has the faster it needs to be said.
The aspiration of the aspirated consonants is not emphasized. But it would be good if it is, at least somewhat. The voiced/unvoiced distinction is the primary... phonemic contraster... maybe...
Morphology:
--An affix is an attach, indivisible term that's made out of a combination of phonemes and graphemes and that represents an incomplete part of a constant phrase xor an incomplete, whole. variable phrase. It conveysnot part of the meaning it represents. It has a dictionary entry.
--A prefix is an attach, indivisible term that's made out of a combination of unvoiced, aspirated consonants and vowels C'V, C'VV, C'C'V and that represents an incomplete part of a constant phrase. It conveysnot part of the meaning it represents. It has a dictionary entry.
--A suffix is an attach, indivisible term that's made out of a combination of voiced, unaspirated consonants and vowels CV, CVV, CCV and that represents an incomplete, whole, variable phrase. It conveysnot part of the meaning it represents. It has a dictionary entry.
--A morpheme is a free, indivisible term that's made out of a combination of phonemes and graphemes - all morphemes start with an unvoiced, aspirated consonant and end with a voiced, unaspirated consonant. All intermediate consonants are unvoiced, aspirated consonants. It represents a complete, whole, constant phrase xor a complete sentence xor some complete sentences xor an incomplete sentence. It conveysnot part of the meaning it represents. It has a dictionary entry.
--A word is a free, divisible term that's made out of one affix xor a combination of affixes and one morpheme xor one compound xor one member classifier. It represents a complete, whole, constant phrase or a complete, whole, variable phrase. It conveys a complete part of a constant phrase or a complete whole variable phrase. It has xor hasnot a dictionary entry.
--A prefixal word is a free, divisible term that's made out one prefix and one morpheme xor one prefixal word xor one compound xor one member classifier. It represents a complete, whole, constant phrase. It conveys a complete part of a constant phrase. It has a dictionary entry.
--A suffixal word is a free, divisible term that's made out one suffix xor more than one suffix and one morpheme xor one prefixal word xor one compound xor one member classifier. It represents a complete, whole, variable phrase. It conveys a complete, whole, variable phrase. It hasnot a dictionary entry.
--A compound is a free, divisible term that's made out of two morphemes xor two member classifiers xor one morpheme and one member classifier and vice versa, xor one morpheme and one prefixal word and vice versa, xor one member classifier and one prefixal word and vice versa. It represents a complete, whole, constant phrase. It conveys a complete part of a constant phrase. It has a dictionary entry.
--A classifier compound is a free, divisible term that's made out of two morphemes xor two prefixal words xor two compounds xor two member classifiers xor one morpheme and one prefixal word, xor one morpheme and one compound, xor one morpheme and one member classifier, xor one prefixal word and one compound, xor one prefixal word and one member classifier, xor one compound and one member classifier. It represents a complete, whole, incidental phrase. It conveys a complete part of an incidental phrase xor it conveys a complete whole incidental phrase. It hasnot a dictionary entry.
--A member is an attach, indivisible term that's made out of the first two graphemes of a number term.
--A classifier is a term other than an affix.
--A member classifier is a free, divisible term that's made out of one member and one classifier and that represents a complete, whole, constant phrase. It conveys part of the meaning that it represents. It has a dictionary entry.
[[Orthographic transliteration]]: the latin characters from the source language are matched with the latin characters of my language. All characters not represented in mine are dropped and consonants and vowels are switched for their equivalents according to the morphological rules.
An example: yellow = kem'm'g. Given the morphological rules and the absence of some latin characters in my latin character set "y" has to change to "k" (since all cmar must start with an unvoiced, aspirated consonant), and the two "l's" must change to "m" (since all cmar must have unvoiced, aspirated consonants as their intermediate consonants), and the "o" must be dropped (since laxhwjawn latin character set doesn't have an "o"), and finally the "w" must change to "b" (since all cmar must end with a voiced, unaspirated consonant).
When a consonant or vowel must be exchanged for another consonant the consonant from the correct consonant set with the same numerical value as the one it replaces is the consonant to use. Since the "y" in the example is the eighth in its category "k" was the correct consonant since its numerical value is also eighth.
Names/namzhqji (opposite cmarhqji) start with voiced, unaspirated consonants and end with unvoiced, aspirated consonants with all intermediate consonants being voiced, unaspirated consonants.
An example of a cmar: maxhwjawn -language that of jawn. Can represent more than one language. Category of a type of language-.
An example of a namz: laxhwjawn -language that of jawn. Can represent only one language.
I now have a logographic script. It consists of eight symbols that each have no inherent phonemic value. The symbols are combined like graphemes combine to form terms. Unlike terms though, they are a shorter form orthographic representation of another term and carry its pronunciation.
Using this method instead of randomly created symbols may not be as contrastive but it does not require preconceiving enough symbols to all fit on a keyboard or whatnot. 584 logographs are possible that do not exceed three characters. 4680 logographs that do not exceed 4 characters in length are also possible. More than enough, I think. And all with only eight symbols...
Sentence:
The order of the sentenceal categories is as follows: pwhwmj then moment then tense then relate/mj then fqhwmj then fxd txfv then txpb
Additionals of each sentenceal category fill the same locations. A conjunction is used to join them.
Given the necessary context any of these sentenceal categories could be ellipsed.
There are no voice changes. The order is rigid. A highlighter suffix can be used to highlight/topicalize a particular sentenceal category.
pwhwmj = agent -range of agents-
moment = second, minute, hour, and so on...
tense = in past, in present, in future, and so on...
mj = ... the syntactic verb category
fqhwmj = patient -range of patients-
fxd = particle that indicates that the following is a txfv
txfv = secondary event of fqhwmj
txpb = secondary event of pwhwmj
(I'm now back to thinking that secondary events are conveyed to help narrow down the primary event.)
A relational sentence is a sentence that functions as a sentenceal category. Example: "i create td you run {cz} kg".
A relational sentence is always opened and closed with a relational sentence opener and closer.
There are three types of relational sentence enclosers:
1. a relational sentence opener
2. a relational sentence closer that closes all up to the previous relational sentence opener in a relational sentence.
3. a relational sentence closer that closes all up to the first relational sentence opener.
The default tense in a sentence is present tense. It is ellipsed.
The default aspect in a sentence is... basically, a general aspect. It is ellipsed.
Phrase:
A phrase consists of a phrase head and a phrase tail.
A phrase head consists of a term.
A phrase tail consists of one xor more relative clauses.
A relative clause always follows the relativized head.
A relative clause is always opened and closed with a relative clause opener and closer.
There are three types of relative clause enclosers:
1. a relative clause opener
2. a relative clause closer that closes all up to the previous relative clause opener in a phrase.
3. a relative clause closer that closes all up to the first relative clause opener in a phrase. Closes up to that relative clause opener that follows the phrase head.
A relative pronoun is always used to refer to the relativized head. Unless the relativized head functions as pwhwmj in the relative clause. In which case it is ellipsed.
There are four types of relative pronoun:
1. anaphor that refers to the previous relativized head in a phrase and represents the same individual concept that that relativized head represents.
2. anaphor that refers to the first relativized head in a phrase (the phrase head) and represents the same individual concept that that relativized head represents.
3. anaphor that refers to the previous relativized head in a phrase andnot represents the same individual concept that that relativized head represents.
4. anaphor that refers to the first relativized head in a phrase (the phrase head) andnot represents the same individual concept that that relativized head represents.
Relative pronouns 3 and 4 represent the same term only. Not the same term and the same individual concept.
The default tense in a phrase is the general/universal tense. It is ellipsed.
The default aspect in a phrase is... basically, a general aspect. It is ellipsed.
Vocabulary:
Numbers:
one = pwb
two = fqv
three = mil
four = tud
five = cez
six = saj
seven = nxr
zero = kyg
[[fawhwpwhapwb]] (category that pwhapwb equal member of it ml... units of quantity of numbers...)
8^1 = pwhapwb
8^2 = fqhapwb
8^3 = mihapwb
8^4 = tuhapwb
8^5 = cehapwb
8^6 = sahapwb
8^7 = nxhapwb
8^10 = pwkyhapwb
8^11 = pwpwhapwb
8^12 = pwfqhapwb
8^100 = pwkykyhapwb
8-^1 = pkyhwpwhapwb
8-^100 = pkyhwpwkykyhapwb
14 (12 in B 10) does not need to be written or said like this (in equations at least): pwhapwb pb pwb ml cnwb (and) tud / pwhapwb pb pwbhetud ml. It can be said like this: pwbhetud.
Ordinals / nt'in'a'l'hq'ji:
1st = ntihwpwb
10th = ntihwpwbhekyg
100th = ntihwpwbhekyghekyg
Ordinals (importance):
primary = fyihwpwb
[[10-ary]] = fyihwpwbhekyg
[[100-ary]] = fyihwpwbhekyghekyg
Other units of quantity:
pair = fahwfqv
[[3-pair]] = fahwmil
[[4-pair]] = fahwtud
dozen = fahwpwbhetud
Multiplicative numerals / Factors: (specific quantity of "more")
twice = fauhwfqv
triple = fauhwmil
quadruple = fauhwtud
Example: tesj (i {possess} desire that equal td) i {possess} cake that more (possess quantity that more quantity that of) cake that of you kg
Example: tesj i cake fauhwfqv cake that of you kg
Partitive numerals / Fractions: (specific quantity of "less")
half = pkyfauhwfqv
third = pkyfauhwmil
quarter = pkyfauhwtud
~Shawn Savoie~
~Ottawa, Ontario, Canada~
Graphemes: their names are their sound. However, this may change...
1. Unvoiced, aspirated consonants:
p(a) p-aid p
f(a) f-ade f
m(a) th-ank you m
t(a) t-oday t
c(a) s-orry c
s(a) sh-ake s
n(a) ch-oke n
k(a) c-ake k
"a" m-a-te
2. Vowels:
w b-oo w
q h-i-t q
i p-ee i
u m-u-t u
e b-e-t e
a b-a-ll a
x f-oo-t x
y b-a-t y
3. Voiced, unaspirated consonants:
b(ai) b-uddy b
v(yw) v-ictory v
l(o) th-e l
d(oi) d-inner d
z(ai) z-oo z
j(yw) mea-s-ure j
r(o) j-uice r
g(oi) g-arage g
h(ai) l-ove h
"ai" = b-i-te, "yw" = ch-ow-der, "o" = b-oa-t, "oi" = b-oy.
Phonotactics:
Allowable syllables: v, c, vc, cv, cc and cvc.
A morpheme ends with a consonant and is pronounced singly: it cannot form a syllable with any previous or following phonemes.
Example: the term pwb cannot be pronounced pwb but must be pronounced pw'b.
An affix seperator is pronounced singly: it cannot form a syllable with any previous or following phonemes.
Example: the term pwhapwb cannot be pronounced pw'hap'w'b but must be pronounced pw'ha'pw'b.
An affix or like term is pronounced singly: it or its phonemes cannot form a syllable with any other phonemes of another affix or like term.
Example: the term pwkyhapwb cannot be pronounced pwk'y'ha'pw'b but must be pronounced pw'ky'ha'pw'b.
The largest allowable syllable that doesn't violate the syllable rules and that can happen must happen.
Example: the allowable syllables in the term: pwb are p'w'b and pw'b. The larger of which is the latter. So the correct pronunciation would be the latter.
The inherent vowel of the first consonant in a cc syllable is the vowel use for pronunciation.
Examples: cmar = c(a)m'a'r(o) and bluc (blue the colour as a name) = b(i)l'u'c(a)
Also, as you can see in the example above, single consonants are pronounced with their inherent vowel.
There is no stress on any of the syllables. Each syllable is said with the same intensity. Though the longer a term is the quicker its syllables may be spoken. So that the time it takes to say a long term is roughly equal to the time it takes to say a short term. The time it takes to say one syllable will be the desired time to say all terms. So, to say a term of two syllables in roughly the same amount of time it takes to say a term of one syllable would require that each of the two syllables is said twice as fast as the standard time it takes to say one syllable that makes up a term. Of course one cannot do an exact time; it's just an approxiamation. Basically, the more syllables a term has the faster it needs to be said.
The aspiration of the aspirated consonants is not emphasized. But it would be good if it is, at least somewhat. The voiced/unvoiced distinction is the primary... phonemic contraster... maybe...
Morphology:
--An affix is an attach, indivisible term that's made out of a combination of phonemes and graphemes and that represents an incomplete part of a constant phrase xor an incomplete, whole. variable phrase. It conveysnot part of the meaning it represents. It has a dictionary entry.
--A prefix is an attach, indivisible term that's made out of a combination of unvoiced, aspirated consonants and vowels C'V, C'VV, C'C'V and that represents an incomplete part of a constant phrase. It conveysnot part of the meaning it represents. It has a dictionary entry.
--A suffix is an attach, indivisible term that's made out of a combination of voiced, unaspirated consonants and vowels CV, CVV, CCV and that represents an incomplete, whole, variable phrase. It conveysnot part of the meaning it represents. It has a dictionary entry.
--A morpheme is a free, indivisible term that's made out of a combination of phonemes and graphemes - all morphemes start with an unvoiced, aspirated consonant and end with a voiced, unaspirated consonant. All intermediate consonants are unvoiced, aspirated consonants. It represents a complete, whole, constant phrase xor a complete sentence xor some complete sentences xor an incomplete sentence. It conveysnot part of the meaning it represents. It has a dictionary entry.
--A word is a free, divisible term that's made out of one affix xor a combination of affixes and one morpheme xor one compound xor one member classifier. It represents a complete, whole, constant phrase or a complete, whole, variable phrase. It conveys a complete part of a constant phrase or a complete whole variable phrase. It has xor hasnot a dictionary entry.
--A prefixal word is a free, divisible term that's made out one prefix and one morpheme xor one prefixal word xor one compound xor one member classifier. It represents a complete, whole, constant phrase. It conveys a complete part of a constant phrase. It has a dictionary entry.
--A suffixal word is a free, divisible term that's made out one suffix xor more than one suffix and one morpheme xor one prefixal word xor one compound xor one member classifier. It represents a complete, whole, variable phrase. It conveys a complete, whole, variable phrase. It hasnot a dictionary entry.
--A compound is a free, divisible term that's made out of two morphemes xor two member classifiers xor one morpheme and one member classifier and vice versa, xor one morpheme and one prefixal word and vice versa, xor one member classifier and one prefixal word and vice versa. It represents a complete, whole, constant phrase. It conveys a complete part of a constant phrase. It has a dictionary entry.
--A classifier compound is a free, divisible term that's made out of two morphemes xor two prefixal words xor two compounds xor two member classifiers xor one morpheme and one prefixal word, xor one morpheme and one compound, xor one morpheme and one member classifier, xor one prefixal word and one compound, xor one prefixal word and one member classifier, xor one compound and one member classifier. It represents a complete, whole, incidental phrase. It conveys a complete part of an incidental phrase xor it conveys a complete whole incidental phrase. It hasnot a dictionary entry.
--A member is an attach, indivisible term that's made out of the first two graphemes of a number term.
--A classifier is a term other than an affix.
--A member classifier is a free, divisible term that's made out of one member and one classifier and that represents a complete, whole, constant phrase. It conveys part of the meaning that it represents. It has a dictionary entry.
[[Orthographic transliteration]]: the latin characters from the source language are matched with the latin characters of my language. All characters not represented in mine are dropped and consonants and vowels are switched for their equivalents according to the morphological rules.
An example: yellow = kem'm'g. Given the morphological rules and the absence of some latin characters in my latin character set "y" has to change to "k" (since all cmar must start with an unvoiced, aspirated consonant), and the two "l's" must change to "m" (since all cmar must have unvoiced, aspirated consonants as their intermediate consonants), and the "o" must be dropped (since laxhwjawn latin character set doesn't have an "o"), and finally the "w" must change to "b" (since all cmar must end with a voiced, unaspirated consonant).
When a consonant or vowel must be exchanged for another consonant the consonant from the correct consonant set with the same numerical value as the one it replaces is the consonant to use. Since the "y" in the example is the eighth in its category "k" was the correct consonant since its numerical value is also eighth.
Names/namzhqji (opposite cmarhqji) start with voiced, unaspirated consonants and end with unvoiced, aspirated consonants with all intermediate consonants being voiced, unaspirated consonants.
An example of a cmar: maxhwjawn -language that of jawn. Can represent more than one language. Category of a type of language-.
An example of a namz: laxhwjawn -language that of jawn. Can represent only one language.
I now have a logographic script. It consists of eight symbols that each have no inherent phonemic value. The symbols are combined like graphemes combine to form terms. Unlike terms though, they are a shorter form orthographic representation of another term and carry its pronunciation.
Using this method instead of randomly created symbols may not be as contrastive but it does not require preconceiving enough symbols to all fit on a keyboard or whatnot. 584 logographs are possible that do not exceed three characters. 4680 logographs that do not exceed 4 characters in length are also possible. More than enough, I think. And all with only eight symbols...
Sentence:
The order of the sentenceal categories is as follows: pwhwmj then moment then tense then relate/mj then fqhwmj then fxd txfv then txpb
Additionals of each sentenceal category fill the same locations. A conjunction is used to join them.
Given the necessary context any of these sentenceal categories could be ellipsed.
There are no voice changes. The order is rigid. A highlighter suffix can be used to highlight/topicalize a particular sentenceal category.
pwhwmj = agent -range of agents-
moment = second, minute, hour, and so on...
tense = in past, in present, in future, and so on...
mj = ... the syntactic verb category
fqhwmj = patient -range of patients-
fxd = particle that indicates that the following is a txfv
txfv = secondary event of fqhwmj
txpb = secondary event of pwhwmj
(I'm now back to thinking that secondary events are conveyed to help narrow down the primary event.)
A relational sentence is a sentence that functions as a sentenceal category. Example: "i create td you run {cz} kg".
A relational sentence is always opened and closed with a relational sentence opener and closer.
There are three types of relational sentence enclosers:
1. a relational sentence opener
2. a relational sentence closer that closes all up to the previous relational sentence opener in a relational sentence.
3. a relational sentence closer that closes all up to the first relational sentence opener.
The default tense in a sentence is present tense. It is ellipsed.
The default aspect in a sentence is... basically, a general aspect. It is ellipsed.
Phrase:
A phrase consists of a phrase head and a phrase tail.
A phrase head consists of a term.
A phrase tail consists of one xor more relative clauses.
A relative clause always follows the relativized head.
A relative clause is always opened and closed with a relative clause opener and closer.
There are three types of relative clause enclosers:
1. a relative clause opener
2. a relative clause closer that closes all up to the previous relative clause opener in a phrase.
3. a relative clause closer that closes all up to the first relative clause opener in a phrase. Closes up to that relative clause opener that follows the phrase head.
A relative pronoun is always used to refer to the relativized head. Unless the relativized head functions as pwhwmj in the relative clause. In which case it is ellipsed.
There are four types of relative pronoun:
1. anaphor that refers to the previous relativized head in a phrase and represents the same individual concept that that relativized head represents.
2. anaphor that refers to the first relativized head in a phrase (the phrase head) and represents the same individual concept that that relativized head represents.
3. anaphor that refers to the previous relativized head in a phrase andnot represents the same individual concept that that relativized head represents.
4. anaphor that refers to the first relativized head in a phrase (the phrase head) andnot represents the same individual concept that that relativized head represents.
Relative pronouns 3 and 4 represent the same term only. Not the same term and the same individual concept.
The default tense in a phrase is the general/universal tense. It is ellipsed.
The default aspect in a phrase is... basically, a general aspect. It is ellipsed.
Vocabulary:
Numbers:
one = pwb
two = fqv
three = mil
four = tud
five = cez
six = saj
seven = nxr
zero = kyg
[[fawhwpwhapwb]] (category that pwhapwb equal member of it ml... units of quantity of numbers...)
8^1 = pwhapwb
8^2 = fqhapwb
8^3 = mihapwb
8^4 = tuhapwb
8^5 = cehapwb
8^6 = sahapwb
8^7 = nxhapwb
8^10 = pwkyhapwb
8^11 = pwpwhapwb
8^12 = pwfqhapwb
8^100 = pwkykyhapwb
8-^1 = pkyhwpwhapwb
8-^100 = pkyhwpwkykyhapwb
14 (12 in B 10) does not need to be written or said like this (in equations at least): pwhapwb pb pwb ml cnwb (and) tud / pwhapwb pb pwbhetud ml. It can be said like this: pwbhetud.
Ordinals / nt'in'a'l'hq'ji:
1st = ntihwpwb
10th = ntihwpwbhekyg
100th = ntihwpwbhekyghekyg
Ordinals (importance):
primary = fyihwpwb
[[10-ary]] = fyihwpwbhekyg
[[100-ary]] = fyihwpwbhekyghekyg
Other units of quantity:
pair = fahwfqv
[[3-pair]] = fahwmil
[[4-pair]] = fahwtud
dozen = fahwpwbhetud
Multiplicative numerals / Factors: (specific quantity of "more")
twice = fauhwfqv
triple = fauhwmil
quadruple = fauhwtud
Example: tesj (i {possess} desire that equal td) i {possess} cake that more (possess quantity that more quantity that of) cake that of you kg
Example: tesj i cake fauhwfqv cake that of you kg
Partitive numerals / Fractions: (specific quantity of "less")
half = pkyfauhwfqv
third = pkyfauhwmil
quarter = pkyfauhwtud
~Shawn Savoie~
~Ottawa, Ontario, Canada~
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