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ToastersUnited
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Queer_Royalty wrote:

cognitionis de jklscorch – jkl b en
dictionary of jklscorch – jkl to english

aardvark – jugaa (juw-gah with a fading “ah” sound)
apple – holap (hoe-lap)
to – b (hard b)
cold – gelo (jello)
and – gs (gus with as little u as possible pronounced)
bangs – jags (jags)
dictionary – cognitionis (latin word for “knowledge.”)
defenestration – uqwaalimla (you-qua-ah-leem-lah)

sidenote: there are no capital letters in jklscorch.

this is a work in progress.
what are the phonetics?
warriorcatsfreakalt
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WindowsExplorer wrote:

Make up a few words of a language and post it here! Example:

redding = scare
reddio = scared
reddik = scaring
eginut = food
eginutieh = hungry
eginid = feed
eginidik = feeding
parenso = weather
rula = day
oukar = night
smiol = rain
smiolike = raining
rennok = good
bennok = bad
unhitherok = friendly
ikoaw = fruit
delom = the
il = I
rekkik = when

Why not try to make a sentence, maybe half english, half your language!

il hate it rekkik il parenso is bennok and smiolike!
I hate it when I weather is bad and raining
I decoded it
Sil3nci0
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Make your own language!

Hmmm yes
Silenc language
The words without translation (on, or, i, etc) is still english.

eowd = word
bheaphliec = hello there
bhea = hello
phliec = there
ophilec = where
owh = who
ophe = what
ppeh = that
ue = no
nsia = more
lenaofg = language
urbk = brick
llwa = wall

Last edited by Sil3nci0 (March 12, 2023 05:06:06)

Kitten-da-Cat
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Make your own language!

There’s an uwu oajguage, why not an owo
Sil3nci0
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Kitten-da-Cat wrote:

There’s an uwu oajguage, why not an owo

ue
ue nsia UWU a OWO lenaofng

translation:

no
no more UWU or OWO language


anyways
bheaphliec
Asyadfghjkl
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ToastRoastBoast
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cheese language
chesello cshere
Asyadfghjkl
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novv make grammar
Sliverus
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I have an idea for a new language called Çiliberolo. In English, this is called Sliverese.

There is no S in this language. Use ß if the S sound is at the end of the word, and ç anywhere else. There is also no J; use “gi”. Many adjectives and language names end with “olo”, especially descriptive and ethnic adjectives. Two consonants cannot be next to each other (ch and tt do not count). Infinitives all end in “re”, like conçumere. “Aw” and “au” sounds are represented by Ö. Use K instead of C. There is no X; it is oftentimes replaced with “ç”. No Q; use Ku. There’s also no D; use “tt”. Bear in mind that TT cannot begin a word. Adverbs all end in “meneter”. There is also no “V”; use B. “W” can only be used at the beginning of a word. There is no Z; use ç or ß.

There are some exceptions to the D and J rule. “D” can only be used for the word “di”, meaning “of”. “J” can only be used for “je”, meaning “the”.

Verb conjugation is mostly unused in Çiliberolo. Let’s use the infinitive tarabare (to work). All forms, including I work, you (informal) work, he works, she works, it works, you (formal) work, we work, you (plural) work, and they work, all use the word tarabara. Only by hearing the subject can you know what the subject is. It’s similar to English in this way, and is very efficient.

Quotation marks will appear in a pair of kagikako. For example, 「hola」.

Pronunciation is done a bit similar to Italian.

Ç and ß make a sharp S sound, like the S in “sizzle”. O’s are pronounced as “O” unless it is spelled as Ö, in which case you pronounce it as “ah”.

Indirect objects are used before the conjugated verb. For example, “Mi tu ha ettata un piça.” (You gave me a pizza.)

Nouns do not have gender.

The following are some examples of pronouns. Unless it says “as an indirect object”, these will be used for subjects, direct objects, and everything else other than indirect objects. It is important to distinguish subjects and direct objects due to the fact that all verbs will have a visible subject, not an understood one.

Mi - I/Me
Mie - I/Me (as an indirect object)
Tu - You (singular)
Te - You (singular) (as an indirect object)
El - He/Him
Lei - She/Her
Eçon - It
Le - He/Him/She/Her/It (as an indirect object)
Noço - We/Us
Noçi - We/Us (as an indirect object)
Eloß - They/Them
Eloçi - They/Them (as an indirect object)
Téß - You (plural)
Téçi - You (plural) (as an indirect object)

The blend “ph” does not exist; use “F”.

A more proper phonetics chart will be available in the future, but this will exist to give you a basic idea.

A - aa (as in “asterisk”)
B - beh (as in “bell”)
CH - cheh (as in “chess”)
D - deh (as in “detriment”)
E - eh (as in “ever”)
É - ey (as in “ace”
F - feh (as in “feather”)
G - geh (as in “get”)
GI - jah (as in “jargon”)
H - hah (as in “hot”)
I - ee (as in “easy”)
J - jeh (as in “jet”)
K - kah (as in “karma”)
KU - kwuh (as in “quantity”)
L - lay (as in “fillet”)
M - meh (as in “Mexico”)
N - neh (as in “next”)
O - oh (as in “broke”)
Ö - au (as in “ostrich”)
P - peh (as in “pen”)
R - ray (as in “ray”)
Ç/ß - say (as in “say”)
T - tay (as in “tailor”)
TT - day (as in “day”)
U - oo (as in “food”
W - wuh (as in “what”)
Y - ee (as in “ease”)

A proper phonetics chart coming soon, however.

The suffix -iço are the equivalent to the -ism suffix in English. Many words, albeit there are exceptions, ending in -iço will be the same as -ism in English. Examples include realiço (realism), magonetiço (magnetism), raçiço (racism), and Moromoniço (Mormonism).

The months are Gianoß, Febanoß, Maçanoß, Öpanoß, Mayanoß, Giunanoß, Gilanoß, Öçanoß, Çetanoß, Ötanoß, Nobanoß, and Etteçanoß. The days are Lunataß, Marettataß, Merikotaß, Giottataß, Beneretaß, Çabataß, and Dorettitaß. The planets are Mericuret, Benet, Tera, Maret, Gipitet, Çaturet, Uranet, Neputet, and Parutet. Also, the Sun is Çolora.

The prefix non- is added to the beginning of any verb that is expressing the act of not doing something. If the verb starts with a consonant, use none- instead. For example: nonödiere (to not hear) and nonechare (to not call).

Last edited by Sliverus (May 18, 2023 19:34:18)

ToastersUnited
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Guys ye know there's a lot more to making a language than creating nonsense words and using (th-is) to show pronounciation. You should check out this studio if ye're interested https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/4199540/comments
Sliverus
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Make your own language!

ToastersUnited wrote:

Guys ye know there's a lot more to making a language than creating nonsense words and using (th-is) to show pronounciation. You should check out this studio if ye're interested https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/4199540/comments
I’m basing mine almost entirely off of Latin-based languages (a bit of German, though).
ToastersUnited
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Sliverus wrote:

ToastersUnited wrote:

Guys ye know there's a lot more to making a language than creating nonsense words and using (th-is) to show pronounciation. You should check out this studio if ye're interested https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/4199540/comments
I’m basing mine almost entirely off of Latin-based languages (a bit of German, though).
Yeah but you have no phonetics and you use a very inefficient (but not disallowed) pronounciation guide.
Not to say you cant make a language this way, but it will help it sound and look better. For example, if you speak your language, youll find it doesnt quite roll off your tongue the same way your native language might. Also, there doesnt seem to be much rules for things like syllable structure or word order.

If you decide to continue with conlanging know these are only widely used guidelines. They will make it easier for newcomers to understand and get used to the language and how it works, but there really is no correct way to make a language, since they formed naturally. Similar to roads in european cities like dublin or around the countryside, we once almost crashed on a crossroad immeadiately down a steep hill with a massive pothole. No one person made that road, it needed to be there for traders or commuters historically so it was made. Now its so old that there wouldnt be any reason to change it and there is nothing wrong with how the road works, that's impossible.

Happy conlanging!

Last edited by ToastersUnited (May 11, 2023 19:37:18)

-ShadowOfTheFuture-
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Here’s a basic phonology I came up with for a potential language, not super fleshed out though. I also haven’t worked out any grammar or vocabulary for this language yet.

This language uses Latin script because I'm lazy.

Vowels
/a/ (written as “a”)
/e/ (“e”)
/i/ (“i”)
/o/ (“o”)
/u/ (“u”)

/e/ becomes [ɛ] when it begins a syllable
/i/ becomes [ɪ] when it begins a syllable
/o/ becomes [ɔ] when it begins a syllable

A doubled vowel (like “aa” or “oo”) represents that vowel held for a longer duration.

Consonants
/p/ (“p”)
/t/ (“t”)
/k/ (“k”)
/pʰ/ (“ph”)
/tʰ/ (“th”)
/kʰ/ (“kh”)
/b/ (“b”)
/d/ (“d”)
/g/ (“g”)
Aspirated stops become unaspirated when they occur at the ends of words, but they are still written as “ph”, “th”, or “kh”.

/m/ (“m”)
/n/ (“n”)

/f/ (“f”)
/s/ (“s”)
/ʃ/ (“ss”)
/v/ (“v”)
/z/ (“z”)
/ʒ/ (“zz”)
/ʃ/ and /ʒ/ are palatalized and become [ɕ] and [ʑ] when they occur before /i/ or /j/.

/l/ (“l”)
/ɾ/ (“r”)

Glides
/j/ (“y”)
/w/ (“w”)

Syllables
Basic syllable structure is stop/fricative – liquid/glide – vowel – consonant, but syllables with large consonant clusters are rare.

An apostrophe is used to denote a null onset, so as to lessen ambiguity (e.g. ‘aka has the syllables ‘a-ka whereas ‘ak’a has the syllables ‘ak-‘a). In cases where the null onset is obvious, the apostrophe can be omitted; for example, ‘aka in this case would commonly be written “aka”. Sometimes the apostrophe itself is treated as a glottal stop /ʔ/.

All these would be valid syllables:
- ‘i [ɪ]
- ka [ka]
- swon [swon]
- ‘ekh [ɛk]
- ssriir [ʃɾi:ɾ]
- thuf [tʰuf]
- ssyezz [ɕjeʒ]

Last edited by -ShadowOfTheFuture- (May 11, 2023 20:31:07)

ToastersUnited
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-ShadowOfTheFuture- wrote:

Here’s a basic phonology I came up with for a potential language, not super fleshed out though. I also haven’t worked out any grammar or vocabulary for this language yet.

This language uses Latin script because I'm lazy.

Vowels
/a/ (written as “a”)
/e/ (“e”)
/i/ (“i”)
/o/ (“o”)
/u/ (“u”)

/e/ becomes [ɛ] when it begins a syllable
/i/ becomes [ɪ] when it begins a syllable
/o/ becomes [ɔ] when it begins a syllable

A doubled vowel (like “aa” or “oo”) represents that vowel held for a longer duration.

Consonants
/p/ (“p”)
/t/ (“t”)
/k/ (“k”)
/pʰ/ (“ph”)
/tʰ/ (“th”)
/kʰ/ (“kh”)
/b/ (“b”)
/d/ (“d”)
/g/ (“g”)
Aspirated stops become unaspirated when they occur at the ends of words, but they are still written as “ph”, “th”, or “kh”.

/m/ (“m”)
/n/ (“n”)

/f/ (“f”)
/s/ (“s”)
/ʃ/ (“ss”)
/v/ (“v”)
/z/ (“z”)
/ʒ/ (“zz”)
/ʃ/ and /ʒ/ are palatalized and become [ɕ] and [ʑ] when they occur before /i/ or /j/.

/l/ (“l”)
/ɾ/ (“r”)

Glides
/j/ (“y”)
/w/ (“w”)

Syllables
Basic syllable structure is stop/fricative – liquid/glide – vowel – consonant, but syllables with large consonant clusters are rare.

An apostrophe is used to denote a null onset, so as to lessen ambiguity (e.g. ‘aka has the syllables ‘a-ka whereas ‘ak’a has the syllables ‘ak-‘a). In cases where the null onset is obvious, the apostrophe can be omitted; for example, ‘aka in this case would commonly be written “aka”. Sometimes the apostrophe itself is treated as a glottal stop /ʔ/.

All these would be valid syllables:
- ‘i [ɪ]
- ka [ka]
- swon [swon]
- ‘ekh [ɛk]
- ssriir [ʃɾi:ɾ]
- thuf [tʰuf]
- ssyezz [ɕjeʒ]
I like how simple it is. I cant make a language without spending a week on the numeric system
Sliverus
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ToastersUnited wrote:

Yeah but you have no phonetics and you use a very inefficient (but not disallowed) pronounciation guide.
Not to say you cant make a language this way, but it will help it sound and look better. For example, if you speak your language, youll find it doesnt quite roll off your tongue the same way your native language might. Also, there doesnt seem to be much rules for things like syllable structure or word order.

If you decide to continue with conlanging know these are only widely used guidelines. They will make it easier for newcomers to understand and get used to the language and how it works, but there really is no correct way to make a language, since they formed naturally. Similar to roads in european cities like dublin or around the countryside, we once almost crashed on a crossroad immeadiately down a steep hill with a massive pothole. No one person made that road, it needed to be there for traders or commuters historically so it was made. Now its so old that there wouldnt be any reason to change it and there is nothing wrong with how the road works, that's impossible.

Happy conlanging!
Thanks for this. I am absolutely not an expert when it comes to creating languages. I do have a strong passion for languages, but the idea to make a language was just the fact that I was intrigued by this topic. My language is actually far from done, and I appreciate your help.
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i would but its a lot):
TheLilyOtter
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Xenthian

This is a wip

This is my language for my fictional planet, Xenthia. It has 45 letters. The ones I have shown are not using the actual symbols because 1. i'm lazy :/ 2. Idk if similar symbols exist 3. I haven't made them all.


a - cat
A - bait
b - bed
c - cool
C - chess
{ - fact
d - desk
e - bee / sea
E - ever
f - feather
F - phi
g - get
h - hide
i - idea
I - kitten
j - jelly
l - let
m - met
n - net
N - pink
o - hot
O - broke
8 - took
p - pen
q - queen
r - reed
R - ark
s - seed
S - wish
5 - crisp
t - tea
T - thunder
u - uh yeah i couldn't think of any
U - You
v - van
w - water
x - xylophone
X - example
y - you
z - zebra
Z - kinda sounds like zh

+ - terraria
- - -ism
* - miss
/ - acts like the ian in Brazilian, but it works for words not ending in ian when translated to English.


Words

Hello - li (li) Xenthia - zEnT+
Bye - mO (mo)
Yes - ye (ye)
No - na (na)
You - ZU (zhou)
Me - mRc (mark)
His1 - jO (jo)
Her - FO (Fo)
Their - zO / xO (zo / xo)

1To change for example him to he, change the O to an e, resulting in je (jee), fe (phee), and ze / xe (zee / xee). To change for example him to himself, add ZU (zhou) add the end (in this case, jOZU (jozhou)
TheSqueakyOtter
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A small language (wip)
⨀ - sol
⨁ - lil
⨂ - al
♪ - i/ri/are
⁂ - snow
⨃ - u
⨄ - w
µ - mu
⁄ - s/sli
+ - pla/plan
› - e/et
Ω - o/oca
¬ - g
± - fin
ʙ - b/beta
∩ - hap
∪ - slep
• - h
‣ - fl
| - t

•♪ - hi/hello
Ω⨄ - yes
›⨄ - no
‣♪ - flare
⁄|♪ - star
|›♪ - the
Asyadfghjkl
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TheSqueakyOtter wrote:

A small language (wip)
⨀ - sol
⨁ - lil
⨂ - al
♪ - i/ri/are
⁂ - snow
⨃ - u
⨄ - w
µ - mu
⁄ - s/sli
+ - pla/plan
› - e/et
Ω - o/oca
¬ - g
± - fin
ʙ - b/beta
∩ - hap
∪ - slep
• - h
‣ - fl
| - t

•♪ - hi/hello
Ω⨄ - yes
›⨄ - no
‣♪ - flare
⁄|♪ - star
|›♪ - the
|›♪
‣♪
⁄|♪
TheSqueakyOtter
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Asyadfghjkl wrote:

TheSqueakyOtter wrote:

A small language (wip)
⨀ - sol
⨁ - lil
⨂ - al
♪ - i/ri/are
⁂ - snow
⨃ - u
⨄ - w
µ - mu
⁄ - s/sli
+ - pla/plan
› - e/et
Ω - o/oca
¬ - g
± - fin
ʙ - b/beta
∩ - hap
∪ - slep
• - h
‣ - fl
| - t

•♪ - hi/hello
Ω⨄ - yes
›⨄ - no
‣♪ - flare
⁄|♪ - star
|›♪ - the
|›♪
‣♪
⁄|♪
•♪

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