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Wedish is a Judeo-Christian language spoken only between a husband and a wife.  It is a essentially a combination of Anglish (Germanic English without Latin influence) and Hebrew/Aramaic.
== Goals ==
# Endgoal - A noun-less language I can pronounce
# Vague phrases
## Process Philosophy - change is all that exists
## Predicate Centrism
## Radical Incorporation
## Gestalt experience
### Dynamic Interrelation
### Emergent Perception
### Holistic Understanding
### Meaning Making
### Psychological and Therapeutic
## Experiential Framing
## Murmuring to yourself
# Naturalism: 8/10. 
#* Just a little push to get rid of all verb
#* Language isolate where none exists
#* I don't wanna do all the diachronic/irregularities, or at least, not at first
#* idioms are cool, ambiguity is cool
# Complexity - insane.  Allowed to be worse than Navajo
# Derivation - the template is always a must
# Feature
## Phonology
### ejectives
### syllabic fricatives
### ã and õ
### þ and ł
### CV, CF, V (hiatus)
## Grammar
### Open: transitives, statives, intransitive, incorporated nouns, adverb
### Closed: relators, valency,
### evidentiality
### emotive/reflective language (mirativity, etc)
### politeness vocabulary, kinship marking, avoidance/passives
## Culture
### slightly in the future: has adapted to technology/internet


Try again on slots
# Circumstantials vs Person
# VAC
# EAF
# Mode
# Aspect
# Tense
# Subject
# Object
# Adverb
# Noun
# Root
== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
Wedish generally has British English consonants, Hebrew vowels, and simpler phonotactics.  The Roman alphabet (plus two other letters) is used as an abjad.  The writing of vowels is typically passed over.


=== Consonants ===
{| class="bluetable" style="text-align:center;"
{| style="text-align: center; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; float:left;"
|+ Consonants
!colspan=17 style="text-align:center; background: #efefef;"| Consonants in IPA
! !! Labial !! Dental !! Central !! Sibilant !! Lateral !! Palatal !! Velar !! Glotal
|- style="vertical-align: center; font-size: x-small; height: 2em"
| ||colspan=2| Labial ||colspan=2| Dental ||colspan=2| Alveolar ||colspan=2| Post-alv. ||colspan=2| Palatal ||colspan=2| Velar ||colspan=2| Glottal
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Nasal || || {{IPA|m}}  || || || || {{IPA|n}} || || || || || || {{IPA|ŋ}}
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Plosive || {{IPA|p}} || {{IPA|b}}  || || || {{IPA|t}} || {{IPA|d}} || || || || || {{IPA|k}} || {{IPA|g}} || {{IPA|ʔ}}
|-
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Fricative  || {{IPA|f}} || {{IPA|v}} || {{IPA|θ}} || {{IPA|ð}} || {{IPA|s}} || {{IPA|z}} || {{IPA|ʃ}} || {{IPA|ʒ}} || || || || || {{IPA|h}}
! Plain
| /p/ || /t͡θ/ '''tþ''' || /t/ || /t͡s/ '''ts''' || /t͡ɬ/ '''tł''' || /t͡ʃ/ '''tc''' || /k/ ||  
|-
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Affricate || || || || || || || {{IPA|tʃ}} || {{IPA|dʒ}}
! Ejective
| /p'/ || /t͡θ'/ '''tþ'''' || /t'/ || /t͡s'/ '''ts' ''' || /t͡ɬ'/ '''tł' ''' || /t͡ʃ/ '''tc' '''|| /k'/ || /ʔ/ ''' ' '''
|-
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Approximants || || {{IPA|w}} || || || || || || || || {{IPA|j}}
! Voiced
| ||  || || || || /d͡ʒ/ '''j''' || /g/ ||  
|-
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Trill || || || || || || {{IPA|r}}
! Fricative
| /ɸ/ '''f''' || /θ/ '''þ''' || || /s/ || /ɬ/ '''ł''' || /ʃ/ '''c''' || /x/ || /h/
|-
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Lateral Approximant  || || || || || || {{IPA|l}}
! Sonorant
| /m/ || || /n/ || || /l/ || /j/ '''y''' || /ŋ/ /w/ ||  
|}
|}
{| style="text-align: center; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0;"
 
!colspan=17 style="text-align:center; background: #efefef;"| Consonants as Written
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="vertical-align: center; font-size: x-small; height: 2em"
|+ "Vowels"
| ||colspan=2| Labial ||colspan=2| Dental ||colspan=2| Alveolar ||colspan=2| Post-alv. ||colspan=2| Palatal ||colspan=2| Velar ||colspan=2| Glottal
! !! Oral !! Nasal !! Sonorant !! Sibilant !! Fricative
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Nasal || || M  || || || || N || || || || || || ְNG
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Plosive || P || B  || || || T || D || || || || || K || G || A
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Fricative || F || V || Θ || Ð || S || Z || C || J || || || || || H
|-
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Affricate || || || || || || || ְTC || ְDJ
! Near-High
| /ɪ/ '''i''' || /õ/ '''o''' || /ŋ̊/ '''ŋr''' || /ʃ/ '''cr''' || /ɸ/ '''fr'''
|-
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Approximants || || W  || || || || || || || || Y
! Mid
| /ǝ/ '''e''' || /ǝ̃/ '''u''' || /n̊/ '''nr''' || /ɬ/ '''łr''' || /θ/ '''þr'''
|-
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Trill || ||  || || || || R
! Low
|-
| /ä/ '''a''' || /ã/ '''æ''' || /m̊/ '''mr''' || /s/ '''sr''' || /x/ '''xr'''
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Lateral Approximant  || || || || || || L
|}
|}


'''Q''' is used for the sound /q/ (as in Quran/Koran), but it almost universally pronounced /k/.  '''X''' is only used for the foreign sound /x/ (as in Bach/ַBX, or as in loch/ַLX)
== Verb Slots ==
<br clear="both" />
Verbs are built according to a template.  The optional first slot is to make it a comment, not a main clause
=== Vowels ===
# VAC - Valency Altering Complex
# EAF - Epistemic-Affective Framing
# Mood
# Tense
# Aspect
# subject/object class
# incorporated noun
# person
# adverbial
# root
 
 
=== Slot 0 ===
This prefix turns a finite verb into a circumstantial clause, effectively making it non-finite.


{| style="text-align: center; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; float:left;"
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=11 style="text-align:center; background: #efefef;"| Vowels
! Name !! Sound !! Translations !! Notes
|- style="vertical-align: center; font-size: x-small; height: 2em"
| ||colspan=2| Front ||colspan=2| Near-front ||colspan=2| Central  ||colspan=2| Back
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High || {{IPA|i}} || || || || || || ||  {{IPA|u}}
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High-mid || || || {{IPA|e}} || || || || || {{IPA|o}}
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Mid || || || || || {{IPA|ə}}
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Near-low || || || {{IPA|æ}}
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low || || || || || {{IPA|a}}
|}
The Hebrew vowel points are used around Latin letters, with only slight modification.  The glottal stop '''A''' is used here as a place holder.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:large;"
! Written || Sound || Name
|-
! ִA
| /i/ as in feet
| Hireq/ִHֶRQ
|-
|-
! ֶA
! Simultaneous
| /e/ as in bet
| fu- || while, during, as || can also mean "at the same place"
| Segol/ֶSGֹL
|-
|-
! ָA
! Purpose
| /æ/ as in Sally
| łæ- || in order to, for the sake of, to, for || can be irrealis, as in intended consequence
| Qæmets/ָQֶMְTS
|-
|-
! ֻA
! Comparative
| /u/ as in boot
| kxrc- || like, as, -ly || for an alike-manner or a metaphor/simile
| Qibuts/ִQֻBְTS
|-
|-
! Ȧ
! Causal
| /o/ as in boat*
| t'mr- || since, from, because of || specifies the origin or source
| Holem/HֶֹLM
|-
|-
! ַA
! Concessive
| /a/ as in father
| tþ'a- || even though, despite, although || contrary, adversative
| Pathach/ַPַΘX
|-
|-
! ְA
! Neutral
| /ə/ as in careen
| xwe- || -ing || does not specify the relationship beyond circumstances-to-comment
| Schwa/ְCַW
|}
|}
The Schwa may or may not be indicative of a separate syllable (see Phonotactics below).
A tilde above a letter makes it syllabic, that is, the nucleus of a syllable. Only M, N, NG, R, and L may take the tilde.
=== Phonotactics ===


== Grammar ==
=== VAC ===
Because this language is only ever spoken between two, specific people, a great deal of narrowing in scope is possible.
The Valency-Alteration Complex (VAC).  One is required each time


=== Person ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! # || Designation || Use || Example
! Name !! Effect !! Sound !! Notes
|-
|-
! 1M
! Transitive
| '''1st Person Masculine'''
| || he- || Normal conjugation for two-argument verbs
| Used by the husband
| I am here
|-
|-
! 1F
! Intransitive
| '''1st Person Feminine'''
| || cli- || Normal conjugation for one-argument verbs
| Used by the wife
| I am here
|-
|-
! 1D
! Causative
| '''1st Person Dual'''
| +1 agent || ŋi- || Promotes external causer to subject, causee to object, old patient to oblique
| Used by the couple
| We are here
|-
|-
! 2M
! Reflex/Recip
| '''2nd Person Masculine'''
| -1 patient || tł'æ- || agent=patient
| Used by the wife of the husband
| You are here
|-
|-
! 2F
! Antipassive
| '''2nd Person Feminine'''
| -1 patient || cłr- || patient is backgrounded
| Used by the husband of the wife
| You are here
|-
|-
! 3M
! Passive
| '''3rd Person Masculine'''
| -1 agent || mŋr- || agent suppressed
| Used by the wife to refer to that which is of the husband
| Your hair is gone
|-
|-
! 3F
! Benefactive
| '''3rd Person Feminine'''
| +1 patient || ło- || promotes goal/recipient
| Used by the husband to refer to that which is of the wife
| Your hair is perfect
|-
|-
! 3D
! Locative
| '''3rd Person Dual'''
| +1 patient || xþr- || promotes location
| Used by either to refer to that which is theirs
| Our children are eating (now)
|-
|-
! 3N
! Instr/Comit.
| '''3rd Person Neither'''
| +1 patient || ce- || Adds means or accompanier
| Used by either to refer to that which is neither's
|-
| Other people's kids are making noise.
! Genitive
| +1 patient|| k'e- || Adds alienable possessor
|}
|}
=== Case ===
=== EAF ===
There are no cases, per se.  The nominative, or subject of the sentence must come first in the sentence (exactly as in English),unless it is emphatic or a question (similar to English).  The accusative,or object of the sentence must come after the verb, unless the sentenceis emphatic or a question.  Genitive relationships are expressed through via the independent participle '''OV''' or its allomorph, the suffix ''''-V'''  (cp. English "of").  Dative relationships come by T/T-.  Ablative is handled by BO/B-.
Epistemic-Affective Framing is about attitude or stance: how the speaker is positioned—emotionally, epistemically, experientially—toward the event.  One is required per verb.
 
There are no ditransitive verb in Wedish.
 
=== Number ===
Broadly speaking,  Wedish recognizes three numbers: singular, dual, and plural.  However, there are two different plurals: collective and distributive.  As with most languages, the unmarked form of the word is the singular.


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Word || Meaning
! Name !! Sound !! Glosses !! Notes
|-
! Surprise
| -tþu- || "I didn't expect that" || often unpleasant but not necessarily so
|-
! Dislike
| -xo- || "I dislike that" || Always strongly negative
|-
|-
! ΘTCLD
! Love
| the child  (1)
| le- || "I am glad that" || Always strongly positive
|-
|-
! ΘTCLDM
! Direct
| the children (2)
| -ck'æ- || "I experienced that" || strict for personal, sensory phenomenon
|-
|-
! ΘTCLDZ
! Hearsay
| the children (many, as a group)
| -tþi- || "It was told to me that" || read, heard, reported information
|-
|-
! ΘTCLDN
! Inferential
| the children (many, as individuals)
| -pcr- || "I assume that" || assumptions, logically inferred
|}
|}
=== Mode ===
# Imperfective - ongoing, incomplete
# Perfective - done, complete
# Progressive - changing, evolving
# Subjunctive - likely but not real, command, conditional
# Optative - unlikely and not real, wishes, hypothetical
=== Tense ===
# Present - now
# Hodiernal - today
# Past - before today
# Future - after today
# Gnomic - timeless
=== Aspect ===
# Momentane - of an instant
# Continuative - no clear boundaries
# Conative - attempt
# Semelfactive - one time unit in a sequence, once
# Stative - enduring, condition, identity

Latest revision as of 10:54, 16 March 2025

Goals

  1. Endgoal - A noun-less language I can pronounce
  2. Vague phrases
    1. Process Philosophy - change is all that exists
    2. Predicate Centrism
    3. Radical Incorporation
    4. Gestalt experience
      1. Dynamic Interrelation
      2. Emergent Perception
      3. Holistic Understanding
      4. Meaning Making
      5. Psychological and Therapeutic
    5. Experiential Framing
    6. Murmuring to yourself
  3. Naturalism: 8/10.
    • Just a little push to get rid of all verb
    • Language isolate where none exists
    • I don't wanna do all the diachronic/irregularities, or at least, not at first
    • idioms are cool, ambiguity is cool
  4. Complexity - insane. Allowed to be worse than Navajo
  5. Derivation - the template is always a must
  6. Feature
    1. Phonology
      1. ejectives
      2. syllabic fricatives
      3. ã and õ
      4. þ and ł
      5. CV, CF, V (hiatus)
    2. Grammar
      1. Open: transitives, statives, intransitive, incorporated nouns, adverb
      2. Closed: relators, valency,
      3. evidentiality
      4. emotive/reflective language (mirativity, etc)
      5. politeness vocabulary, kinship marking, avoidance/passives
    3. Culture
      1. slightly in the future: has adapted to technology/internet


Try again on slots

  1. Circumstantials vs Person
  2. VAC
  3. EAF
  4. Mode
  5. Aspect
  6. Tense
  7. Subject
  8. Object
  9. Adverb
  10. Noun
  11. Root

Phonology

Consonants
Labial Dental Central Sibilant Lateral Palatal Velar Glotal
Plain /p/ /t͡θ/ tþ /t/ /t͡s/ ts /t͡ɬ/ tł /t͡ʃ/ tc /k/
Ejective /p'/ /t͡θ'/ tþ' /t'/ /t͡s'/ ts' /t͡ɬ'/ tł' /t͡ʃ/ tc' /k'/ /ʔ/ '
Voiced /d͡ʒ/ j /g/
Fricative /ɸ/ f /θ/ þ /s/ /ɬ/ ł /ʃ/ c /x/ /h/
Sonorant /m/ /n/ /l/ /j/ y /ŋ/ /w/
"Vowels"
Oral Nasal Sonorant Sibilant Fricative
Near-High /ɪ/ i /õ/ o /ŋ̊/ ŋr /ʃ/ cr /ɸ/ fr
Mid /ǝ/ e /ǝ̃/ u /n̊/ nr /ɬ/ łr /θ/ þr
Low /ä/ a /ã/ æ /m̊/ mr /s/ sr /x/ xr

Verb Slots

Verbs are built according to a template. The optional first slot is to make it a comment, not a main clause

  1. VAC - Valency Altering Complex
  2. EAF - Epistemic-Affective Framing
  3. Mood
  4. Tense
  5. Aspect
  6. subject/object class
  7. incorporated noun
  8. person
  9. adverbial
  10. root


Slot 0

This prefix turns a finite verb into a circumstantial clause, effectively making it non-finite.

Name Sound Translations Notes
Simultaneous fu- while, during, as can also mean "at the same place"
Purpose łæ- in order to, for the sake of, to, for can be irrealis, as in intended consequence
Comparative kxrc- like, as, -ly for an alike-manner or a metaphor/simile
Causal t'mr- since, from, because of specifies the origin or source
Concessive tþ'a- even though, despite, although contrary, adversative
Neutral xwe- -ing does not specify the relationship beyond circumstances-to-comment

VAC

The Valency-Alteration Complex (VAC). One is required each time

Name Effect Sound Notes
Transitive he- Normal conjugation for two-argument verbs
Intransitive cli- Normal conjugation for one-argument verbs
Causative +1 agent ŋi- Promotes external causer to subject, causee to object, old patient to oblique
Reflex/Recip -1 patient tł'æ- agent=patient
Antipassive -1 patient cłr- patient is backgrounded
Passive -1 agent mŋr- agent suppressed
Benefactive +1 patient ło- promotes goal/recipient
Locative +1 patient xþr- promotes location
Instr/Comit. +1 patient ce- Adds means or accompanier
Genitive +1 patient k'e- Adds alienable possessor

EAF

Epistemic-Affective Framing is about attitude or stance: how the speaker is positioned—emotionally, epistemically, experientially—toward the event. One is required per verb.

Name Sound Glosses Notes
Surprise -tþu- "I didn't expect that" often unpleasant but not necessarily so
Dislike -xo- "I dislike that" Always strongly negative
Love le- "I am glad that" Always strongly positive
Direct -ck'æ- "I experienced that" strict for personal, sensory phenomenon
Hearsay -tþi- "It was told to me that" read, heard, reported information
Inferential -pcr- "I assume that" assumptions, logically inferred

Mode

  1. Imperfective - ongoing, incomplete
  2. Perfective - done, complete
  3. Progressive - changing, evolving
  4. Subjunctive - likely but not real, command, conditional
  5. Optative - unlikely and not real, wishes, hypothetical

Tense

  1. Present - now
  2. Hodiernal - today
  3. Past - before today
  4. Future - after today
  5. Gnomic - timeless

Aspect

  1. Momentane - of an instant
  2. Continuative - no clear boundaries
  3. Conative - attempt
  4. Semelfactive - one time unit in a sequence, once
  5. Stative - enduring, condition, identity
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