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A conlang for fun by [[User:Masako|masako]] ([[User talk:Masako|talk]]) and his 8 year old daughter. It's me helping her make a language that makes sense.
A conlang for fun.


= Phonology =
= Phonology =
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== a ==
== a ==
* '''a-''' - possessive
 
* '''abi''' - live
 
* '''abiru''' - die
 
* '''awabi''' - be born
== ba ==
== ba ==
* '''ba''' - in order that, so that
 
* '''baba''' - father
* '''baba-zi''' - unusual; weird
* '''babe''' - wear (clothes)
* '''babo''' - case, instance
* '''bada''' - cashier, purser
* '''bade''' - below, downstairs, downward
* '''badi''' - Asia
* '''bage''' - berry
* '''bapa''' - cathedral
* '''bari''' - below, under
* '''bawaba''' - grandfather
* '''beba''' - Africa
* '''bebi''' - in vain
* '''begu''' - waken; be awake; wake up
* '''beguru''' - sleep
* '''bemo''' - after
* '''bewa''' - explain
* '''bi''' - nine
* '''bida''' - beyond, past
* '''bigi''' - warm, tepid
* '''bine''' - after
* '''bipo''' - bell (door)
* '''birodo''' - niece
* '''biruwa''' - nephew
* '''bita''' - as… as, like
* '''bo''' - is it the case that…? (question particle)
* '''boba''' - agree
* '''bogo''' - inferior
* '''bopu''' - bicycle
* '''boro''' - pink
* '''bosa / sabo''' - orange
* '''bota''' - red
* '''bu''' - I, me
* '''bube''' - at least
* '''buda''' - want, intend
* '''budu''' - air
* '''buga''' - beverage, drink
* '''buko''' - insect
* '''buta''' - at most
== da ==
== da ==
* '''da''' - one
 
* '''dabe''' - Weather
* '''dabo''' - between, among
* '''dapo''' - after, afterwards
* '''dapu''' - in-law
* '''data''' - carrot
* '''debe''' - carry
* '''dedu''' - incredible
* '''deka''' - card
* '''deki''' - wash
* '''depa''' - astonished
* '''diga''' - besides
* '''dime''' - watch
* '''dini''' - ugly; gross
* '''diwa''' - why
* '''do''' - this (here)
* '''dori''' - see
== e ==
== e ==
== ga ==
== ga ==
* '''gado''' - war
 
* '''gara''' - at
* '''gata''' - art
* '''gebe''' - cauliflower
* '''geda''' - at first
* '''gedi''' - Biological adjectives
* '''gepo''' - black
* '''giro''' - family
* '''gise''' - pale
* '''go''' - seven
* '''-go''' - diminutive "smaller"
* '''godo''' - alcohol
* '''gopo''' - covered
* '''goporu''' - uncover
* '''goru''' - in, into
* '''gu''' - if, whether


== i ==
== i ==
* '''ima''' - dark
 
* '''iri''' - flute
* '''-iy-''' - past tense
== ka ==
== ka ==
* '''kaba''' - in front of
 
* '''kabu''' - ink
* '''kamo''' - drink
* '''kapa''' - at the latest
* '''kara''' - love
* '''ke''' - four
* '''ki-''' - abilitative "can; able"
* '''kiga''' - wallet, purse
* '''kima''' - in general
* '''kiyo''' - hundred
* '''koba''' - in the past
* '''kodo''' - high
* '''kodoru''' - low
* '''koki''' - color
* '''Kokisa''' - Colors
* '''ku''' - and
* '''kuge''' - wardrobe
* '''kuma''' - actually, indeed
* '''kuma''' - yes
* '''kura''' - smile
== ma ==
== ma ==


* '''ma''' - he, she, him, her
 
* '''mama''' - mother
* '''mawama''' - grandmother
* '''me''' - ten
* '''-me''' - someone who does; -ist
* '''meda''' - eleven
* '''miga''' - against, opposite
* '''misha''' - healthy
* '''misharu''' - unhealthy
* '''mishi''' - empty
* '''moba''' - fall
* '''mobi''' - cousin; female
* '''mota''' - airplane
* '''muse''' - clear
* '''muwabi''' - cousin; male
* '''muzo''' - poetry; poem


== na ==
== na ==
* '''na''' - go
 
* '''nagu''' - washer, washing machine
* '''naru''' - come
* '''naya''' - fall
* '''ne''' - both… and
* '''ni''' - six
* '''nobe''' - ask
* '''nobu''' - wasp
* '''noga''' - eat
* '''nogaru''' - vomit
* '''nore''' - discuss; talk about
* '''norosha''' - express feelings
* '''nusa''' - gummy
* '''nusho''' - believe; trust


== o ==
== o ==
* '''obi''' - sister
 
* '''ozi''' - zero


== pa ==
== pa ==
* '''pa''' - three
 
* '''pade''' - Beverages
* '''peba''' - in the morning
* '''pebo''' - agreeable
* '''peza''' - always
* '''pida''' - bird
* '''pigi''' - belt
* '''pito''' - in the evening
* '''pizo''' - house
* '''puyu''' - smell
== ra ==
== ra ==
* '''raya''' - white
 
* '''risha''' - hear
* '''risho''' - listen
* '''rita''' - deceive; trick
* '''ro''' - eight
* '''rogo''' - ceiling
* '''rosha''' - feel (well, etc.)


== sa ==
== sa ==
* '''-sa''' - plural marker
 
* '''sama''' - yellow
* '''setu''' - exit
* '''seturu''' - enter
* '''subu''' - dessert; candy


== sha ==
== sha ==


* '''sha''' - the / a; one
* '''sha pizo''' - The house
* '''shado''' - daughter
* '''shagodo''' - granddaughter
* '''shagowa''' - grandson
* '''shawa''' - son
* '''shayo''' - yummy
* '''-shi''' - plural pronoun
* '''sho''' - two
* '''shome''' - twenty
* '''shu''' - that (there)
* '''shuba / sato / tosa''' - green


== ta ==
== ta ==
* '''ta''' - with, by means of, in company of
 
* '''tabe''' - fear
* '''tade''' - carpet
* '''tagose''' - fair, blond
* '''tama''' - CD, record
* '''teba''' - in one week
* '''tedi''' - cattle
* '''tepa''' - water
* '''tepu''' - in the future
* '''ti''' - you (singular)
* '''tiga''' - again
* '''tiyo''' - thousand
* '''toke''' - asparagus
* '''topa''' - at night
* '''toro''' - need
* '''towabo''' - purple
* '''tozi''' - light blue, sky blue
* '''tozi-wa''' - dark blue, navy blue
* '''tuku''' - brown
== u ==
== u ==
== wa ==
== wa ==
* '''-wa''' - augmentative "bigger"
 
* '''wabi''' - brother
* '''wama''' - be / stand
* '''wama''' - stand
* '''wamaru''' - sit
* '''we''' - five
* '''weshe''' - by all means
* '''wida''' - gray
* '''wira''' - have


== ya ==
== ya ==


* '''-ya''' - object marker
 
* '''yamu''' - study
* '''ye / pa / -ru''' - no, not
* '''yoso''' - give
* '''yume''' - taste


== za ==
== za ==
* '''-za''' - future tense
* '''zaba''' - uncle
* '''zama''' - aunt
* '''zapa''' - age
* '''zeba''' - cave

Revision as of 11:58, 21 October 2021


A conlang for fun.

Phonology

consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labiovelar
Plosives (p)   b t   d k   g
Nasals m n
Fricatives s   (z) ʃ (sh)
Approximants j (y) w
Trill r


vowels
Front Central Back
Close i~ɪ u~ʊ
Mid e~ɛ o
Open a~ə

Pronouns

Kerusha has three basic pronouns; bu [1sg], ti [2sg], and ma [3sg]. These do not indicate gender. These can be made plural using the suffix "-shi", and possessive with "a-".

singular plural possessive
1st person bu
I; me
bushi
we; us
abu/shi
my; mine / our(s)
2nd person ti
you
tishi
you (all)
ati/shi
your/(s)
3rd person ma
he; she; him; her; it
mashi
they; them; those
ama/shi
their/(s)

Numbers

Kerusha uses a base 10 number system. The basic numbers are as follows:

Kerusha number English Kerusha number English Kerusha number English
ozi 0 zero ni 6 six wekiyo 500 five hundred
da 1 one go 7 seven tiyo 103 (one) thousand
sho 2 two ro 8 eight metiyo 104 ten thousand
pa 3 three bi 9 nine kitiyo 105 (one) hundred thousand
ke 4 four me 10 ten 106 (one) million
we 5 five kiyo 100 (one) hundred 109 (one) billion

Forming Larger Numbers

  • meda - eleven / 11
  • shome - twenty / 20
  • dakiyogo - one hundred seven / 107
  • pakiyoshomeni (long form) / pashoni (short form) - three hundred twenty six / 326
  • nitiyoshoke - six thousand and twenty four / 6024

Other Number Forms

Kerusha number English ordinal multiple fractional
da 1 one x
first
x
once
-
mesho 12 twelve x
twelfth
x
duodecuple
x
a twelfth
wemeke
(weke)
54 fifty four x
fifty fourth
x
54 times
x
a fifty fourth
kiyoni 106 one hundred (and) six x
106th
x
106 times
x
a 106th
gotiyo 7000 seven thousand x
seven thousandth
x
7000 times
x
1/7000

Lexicon

a

ba

da

e

ga

i

ka

ma

na

o

pa

ra

sa

sha

ta

u

wa

ya

za