a language just for me
This conlang started out as a way of exploring how I would make a language like Esperanto. I frequently refer back to it when I expand on it, perhaps to its detriment. I ahve also taken soem inspiration form Toki Pona, though not much
I found the website Ranto, watched a few youtube videos criticizing Esperanto (jan Misali, etc), developped my own various issues over time,
In fact, XerographicPaper's videos on Esperanto and Toki Pona were a great inspiration to starting this. As well as a few comments under those videos, not all positively.
I recognize that there are no hard catagories when coining words and terms, but I try to stick to integrating widely used terms like "banana" and "Neon" in a form that is widely recognizable, while keeping widely varied terms like "see" and "dog" without discernable source. Within these two, I use many other sub-methods like onomonapia for "dog" and "cat",
table1
| Consanants | Labial | Coronal | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alveolar | Post-Alveolar | |||||
| Nasal | /m/ m | /n/ n | ( [ɲ]~[ŋ] ň/nj/ny) | |||
| Plosive | Voiceless | /p/ p | /t/ t | /k/ k | ||
| Voiced | /b/ b | /d/ d | /g/ g | |||
| Affricate | Voiceless | /t͡s/ c/ts | /t͡ʃ/ č/cy/ty | |||
| Voiced | /d͡ʒ/ ǧ/gy/dy | |||||
| Fricative | Voiceless | /f/ f | /s/ s | /ʃ/ š/sy/x | /x/~[h] h | |
| Voiced | /v/ v | /z/ z | /ʒ/ ž/zy | |||
| Approximant | /w/ w | /l/ l | /j/ j | |||
| Trill | /r/ r | |||||
To help with distinction, it is perfered that /r/ be an alveolar trill, with at least 2 flaps.
| Vowels | Front | Back |
|---|---|---|
| High | /i/ i | /u/ u |
| Mid | /e/ e | /o/ o |
| Low | /a/ a | |
| j Diphthongs | Front | Back |
| High | (/uj/ uj) | |
| Mid | [ej] | /oj/ oj |
| Low | /aj/ aj | |
| w Diphthongs | Front | Back |
| High | (/iw/ iw) | |
| Mid | /ew/ ew | [ow] |
| Low | /aw/ aw | |
The vowels /e/ & /o/ are in free variation with the diphthongs /ej/ & /ow/. The semivowels /j/ & /w/ are implied to be pronounced after /i/, /e/ & /o/, /u/ whenever a vowel follows, so the diphthongs aren't allowed to be distinct.
The diphthongs /iw/ & /uj/ should not be used for roots which are expacted to be used for frequent derivation. As well, they should be prefered when loaning a word with a high vowel that isn't /i/ or /u/ unless the origin language distinguishes them. /iw/ is recomended for /y/, /uj/ for /ɯ/, while values inbetween should be determined on a per-language basis.
explanation
There should be no contrast between /l/ & /r/ in non-loan roots. The contrast should also be avoided in derivation, even is it is inevitable.
explanation
Grammar & Syntax
I try to prioritize shorter, simpler roots for more common and basic concepts, more specific concepts would get more complex roots, less common concepts longer roots, and complex roots for names and specific (cultural, technical, international, etc) concepts. Great deference is given to international names, such as the names for measurements and elements.
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