I am officially the biggest dork in the world
Well I'm sure that none of you will care, but I'm currently working on a constructed language for my own amusement. Comment if you like. What I'm really looking for is some basic 'ideas' to add to to vocabulary, I have a few but would appreciate anything you can add. As examples of what I'm looking for I have 'Beauty' and 'Wealth' things almong these lines would be appreciated.
Corpus:
Beauty: ph-n-s^
Man: n-d-dh
House: h-s-th
Speech: p-pf-qh
Sight: l-l-n
Wealth: l-n-p
Woman: m-n-q
Writing: q-t-n
Infixion paradigms:
Adjectives:
Adjective describing state: Ca:CaC
Nouns:
Noun describing a state: i:CCuC
Noun describing something created by: Ci:CiC
Noun describing something that performs: Animate: CaCCi:
Inanimate: Ci:CCa
Plural: C-C2-C (C2 indicates doubling of consonant)
Definite article: -i:m
Indefinite article: -a:m
Nominative: dhu:-
Accusative: pi-
Verbs:
Infinitive of a transitive, causative verb: uCu:CC
Infinitive describing a state: CCiCu:
Infinitive meaning “to become” a state: u:CuCC
Infinitive describing an action: Transitive: Cu:CaC
Intransitive: CCaCu:
Moods:
Negative:
I didn’t/don’t/won’t/etc... walk
as^-
Interrogative
Did/Do/Will… I walk?
-u:n
Indicative
I (will) walked/walk…
-aq
Imperative:
Walk!
-hi:
Conditional:
I would walk…
-a:ng
Cohorative:
Let/May me/I walk…
-is
Apologetic:
I’m sorry I walked…
-i:q
Desiderative:
I want to walk…
-u:s
Regretful:
Indicates that the action was/is bad for the topic of the sentence
-is^
Beneficial:
Indicates that the action was/is good for the topic of the sentence
-ang
Aspect:
Potential:
I can walk
phas-
Perfect:
I walk/walked
a:q-
Imperfect:
I was walking/am walking
i:s^-
Tense:
Infix after first consonant
Past:
-in-
Present:
-i:n-
Future:
-im-
Phonemes:
Consonants
p t t. q
ph th th. qh
pP ts ts.
P s s. h
m n n”
l
(w) (j)
Vowels:
i u
i: u:
a
a:
Sound changes:
/-voice/ [+voice]/ V_V
/-voice/ [+voice]/ _#
/+tense/ [-tense]/ [q]/[qh]/[N]_
Stress:
Stress falls on last syllable OR last long vowel
Oh I know subject/object agreement can be infixes that are inserted in front of the first vowel need to set up a matrix:
0 1 2 3 1p 2p 3p
1 0 -a:f- -if- -i:f- -uf- -u:f- -hif-
2 -as- -a:s- -is- -i:s- -us- -u:s- -his-
3 -am- -a:m- -im- -i:m- -um- -u:m- -him-
1p -an- -a:n- -in- -i:n- -un- -u:n- -hin-
2p -as^- -a:s^- -is^- -i:s^- -us^- -u:s^- -his^-
3p -ang- -a:ng- -ing- -i:ng- -ung- -u:ng- -hing
I think that I want some sort of Arabic influence on this language…tri-consonantal roots look amusing.
Some sample words/phrases: I wrote a book == a:qqini:fu:tanaq piqi:tin
I was writing a book == i:s^qini:fu:tanaq piqi:tin
The man will want to write a book == is^qimi:mu:tanus piqi:tina:m dhu:i:ndudhi:m
Corpus:
Beauty: ph-n-s^
Man: n-d-dh
House: h-s-th
Speech: p-pf-qh
Sight: l-l-n
Wealth: l-n-p
Woman: m-n-q
Writing: q-t-n
Infixion paradigms:
Adjectives:
Adjective describing state: Ca:CaC
Nouns:
Noun describing a state: i:CCuC
Noun describing something created by: Ci:CiC
Noun describing something that performs: Animate: CaCCi:
Inanimate: Ci:CCa
Plural: C-C2-C (C2 indicates doubling of consonant)
Definite article: -i:m
Indefinite article: -a:m
Nominative: dhu:-
Accusative: pi-
Verbs:
Infinitive of a transitive, causative verb: uCu:CC
Infinitive describing a state: CCiCu:
Infinitive meaning “to become” a state: u:CuCC
Infinitive describing an action: Transitive: Cu:CaC
Intransitive: CCaCu:
Moods:
Negative:
I didn’t/don’t/won’t/etc... walk
as^-
Interrogative
Did/Do/Will… I walk?
-u:n
Indicative
I (will) walked/walk…
-aq
Imperative:
Walk!
-hi:
Conditional:
I would walk…
-a:ng
Cohorative:
Let/May me/I walk…
-is
Apologetic:
I’m sorry I walked…
-i:q
Desiderative:
I want to walk…
-u:s
Regretful:
Indicates that the action was/is bad for the topic of the sentence
-is^
Beneficial:
Indicates that the action was/is good for the topic of the sentence
-ang
Aspect:
Potential:
I can walk
phas-
Perfect:
I walk/walked
a:q-
Imperfect:
I was walking/am walking
i:s^-
Tense:
Infix after first consonant
Past:
-in-
Present:
-i:n-
Future:
-im-
Phonemes:
Consonants
p t t. q
ph th th. qh
pP ts ts.
P s s. h
m n n”
l
(w) (j)
Vowels:
i u
i: u:
a
a:
Sound changes:
/-voice/ [+voice]/ V_V
/-voice/ [+voice]/ _#
/+tense/ [-tense]/ [q]/[qh]/[N]_
Stress:
Stress falls on last syllable OR last long vowel
Oh I know subject/object agreement can be infixes that are inserted in front of the first vowel need to set up a matrix:
0 1 2 3 1p 2p 3p
1 0 -a:f- -if- -i:f- -uf- -u:f- -hif-
2 -as- -a:s- -is- -i:s- -us- -u:s- -his-
3 -am- -a:m- -im- -i:m- -um- -u:m- -him-
1p -an- -a:n- -in- -i:n- -un- -u:n- -hin-
2p -as^- -a:s^- -is^- -i:s^- -us^- -u:s^- -his^-
3p -ang- -a:ng- -ing- -i:ng- -ung- -u:ng- -hing
I think that I want some sort of Arabic influence on this language…tri-consonantal roots look amusing.
Some sample words/phrases: I wrote a book == a:qqini:fu:tanaq piqi:tin
I was writing a book == i:s^qini:fu:tanaq piqi:tin
The man will want to write a book == is^qimi:mu:tanus piqi:tina:m dhu:i:ndudhi:m