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Kingspeech (E | Kingspeech (E Ya) is the proto-language (in the sense of early, rather than ancestral) of the re-uplifted humans of the planet Phazum. As of this date, the language skills are small but increasing. A grammar of the contemporary speech, known as Second Stage E Ya, is under construction. | ||
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==Quantifiers (Class 4)== | ==Quantifiers (Class 4)== | ||
One – | One – wa | ||
Two – | Two – wi | ||
Some – | Some – wu | ||
All – | All – we | ||
Many/Much – | Many/Much – wo | ||
==Evaluators (Class 5)== | ==Evaluators (Class 5)== | ||
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==Mental/Experiential Predicates (Class 7)== | ==Mental/Experiential Predicates (Class 7)== | ||
Think – | Think – ba | ||
Know – | Know – bi | ||
Want – | Want – bu | ||
Feel – | Feel – be | ||
See – | See – bo | ||
Hear – pá | Hear – pá | ||
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==Speech (Class 8)== | ==Speech (Class 8)== | ||
Say – | Say – ya | ||
Word – | Word – yi | ||
True – | True – yu | ||
==Actions and Events (Class 9)== | ==Actions and Events (Class 9)== | ||
Do – | Do – za | ||
Happen – | Happen – zi | ||
Move – | Move – zu | ||
==Existence and Possession (Class 10)== | ==Existence and Possession (Class 10)== | ||
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==Time (Class 12)== | ==Time (Class 12)== | ||
Time – | Time – da | ||
Now – | Now – da ri | ||
Before – | Before – da ru | ||
After – | After – da re | ||
A long time – | A long time – da ro | ||
A short time – | A short time – da ná | ||
For some time – | For some time – da nú | ||
Moment – | Moment – da né | ||
==Space (Class 13)== | ==Space (Class 13)== | ||
Where/Place – | Where/Place – ra | ||
Here – ( | Here – (ra) ri | ||
Above – ( | Above – (ra) ru | ||
Below – ( | Below – (ra) re | ||
Far – ( | Far – (ra) ro | ||
Near – ( | Near – (ra) ná | ||
Side – ( | Side – (ra) ní | ||
Inside – ( | Inside – (ra) nú | ||
Touch (Contact) – né | Touch (Contact) – né | ||
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==Logical Concepts (Class 14)== | ==Logical Concepts (Class 14)== | ||
Not – | Not – ga | ||
Maybe – | Maybe – gi | ||
Can – | Can – gu | ||
Because – | Because – ge | ||
If – | If – gi | ||
==Intensifier, Augmentor (Class 15)== | ==Intensifier, Augmentor (Class 15)== | ||
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pá 'big' > pápá 'bigger (than)' | pá 'big' > pápá 'bigger (than)' | ||
ro 'far' > roro 'farther (than)' | |||
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[This is the Donkey Beater story from the Conlangery Podcast] | [This is the Donkey Beater story from the Conlangery Podcast] | ||
Pá | Pá ro da, u má sá u néné sá u zu ú be tí. Sú u zu zu ú u bu bi sá: i né zu ú ri ge? Zu ú u ya: Sá zu ú bi sá né ga bi sú né. A pú né sá zu da sá bi za tá. sá. Sá nú u ga za nú u tá. Sá ge zu ú u né zu ú u nú u nú u be tí. Ná ra u pá nú u né pá ya zu sá nú u. Ná ra u ya: i pú ga né i nú u da da da. Zu ú u zu nú u nú ra bo. Zu ú u ya: a né sá zu da sá bi sá za nú tá tá da. Da zu sá ná ra u bo zu ú u zu ú u né zu ú u pí u ra za zi pá u. Sá da ná ra u ga ya ú sú za ga zu zu ú u zu né zu ú u é zu za pí ú. Ra da sá né u bu bi ri ge. i né a ri ge? u ya: A bu né i zu da i za sá: i ga né sú. | ||
Pá | Pá ro da, u má sá u néné sá u zu ú be tí. | ||
big far time, person exist this person touch-ITER this person move thing feel bad. | big far time, person exist this person touch-ITER this person move thing feel bad. | ||
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long ago man exist this man beat donkey beat | long ago man exist this man beat donkey beat | ||
Sú u | Sú u zu zu ú u bu bi sá: i né zu ú ri ge? | ||
Other person go move thing man want know this: You touch move thing here cause? | Other person go move thing man want know this: You touch move thing here cause? | ||
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other person go animal man ask this: you beat animal why? | other person go animal man ask this: you beat animal why? | ||
Zu ú u ya: Sá zu ú bi sá né ga bi sú né. | |||
Move thing man say: This move thing know this touch not know other touch. | Move thing man say: This move thing know this touch not know other touch. | ||
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Donkey man say: this donkey know this touch not know other touch | Donkey man say: this donkey know this touch not know other touch | ||
A pú né sá | A pú né sá zu da sá bi za tá. | ||
I must touch this go time this know do good. | I must touch this go time this know do good. | ||
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I must touch this unti this (one) know (how to) do good | I must touch this unti this (one) know (how to) do good | ||
Zu ú u zu nú u nú ra bo sá. | |||
Move thing man go inside he inside place see this. | Move thing man go inside he inside place see this. | ||
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Animal man go inside home/house see this | Animal man go inside home/house see this | ||
Sá nú u | Sá nú u ga za nú u tá. | ||
This inside person not do inside person good. | This inside person not do inside person good. | ||
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Spouse not do spouse good | Spouse not do spouse good | ||
Sá | Sá ge zu ú u né zu ú u nú u nú u be tí. | ||
This cause move thing person touch move thing person inside person inside person feel bad. | This cause move thing person touch move thing person inside person inside person feel bad. | ||
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This make animal person beat animal person's spouse spouse beat | This make animal person beat animal person's spouse spouse beat | ||
Ná | Ná ra u pá nú u né pá ya zu sá nú u. | ||
Near place person hear inside person touch big say go this inside place. | Near place person hear inside person touch big say go this inside place. | ||
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Neighbor hear spouse beat scream go this house | Neighbor hear spouse beat scream go this house | ||
Ná | Ná ra u ya: i pú ga né i nú u da da da. | ||
Near place person say: you must not touch you inside person time time time. | Near place person say: you must not touch you inside person time time time. | ||
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Neighbor say: you must not beat your spouse too much | Neighbor say: you must not beat your spouse too much | ||
Zu ú u ya: a né sá zu da sá bi sá za nú tá tá da. | |||
Move thing person say: I touch this go time this know this do inside good good time. | Move thing person say: I touch this go time this know this do inside good good time. | ||
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Animal man say: I (will) beat her until she know this (how to) do household chores well | Animal man say: I (will) beat her until she know this (how to) do household chores well | ||
Da zu sá ná ra u bo zu ú u zu ú u né zu ú u pí u ra za zi pá u. | |||
Time go this near place person see move thing man move thing person touch move thing person small person place do happen big place. | Time go this near place person see move thing man move thing person touch move thing person small person place do happen big place. | ||
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Later this neighbor see animal man animal man beat donkey son in field | Later this neighbor see animal man animal man beat donkey son in field | ||
Sá | Sá da ná ra u ga ya ú sú za ga zu zu ú u zu né zu ú u é zu za pí ú. | ||
This time near place person not say thing other do not move move thing man go touch move thing man kind move do small thing. | This time near place person not say thing other do not move move thing man go touch move thing man kind move do small thing. | ||
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This time neighbor not say (any)thing but (made) still animal man beat animal man with an instrument | This time neighbor not say (any)thing but (made) still animal man beat animal man with an instrument | ||
Ra da sá né u bu bi ri ge. i né a ri ge? | |||
Place time this touch person want know here cause. You touch me here cause? | Place time this touch person want know here cause. You touch me here cause? | ||
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When this beater ask why you beat me why | When this beater ask why you beat me why | ||
u | u ya: A bu né i zu da i za sá: i ga né sú. | ||
He say: I want touch you go time you do this: you not touch other. | He say: I want touch you go time you do this: you not touch other. | ||
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i - you | i - you | ||
ga - not | |||
ya - say | |||
má - exist | má - exist | ||
ra - at; general locative | |||
ra da - when (conj) | |||
ná | ná ra u - neighbor | ||
né - touch; DUR néné; (beater) né (beaten) pe tí | né - touch; DUR néné; (beater) né (beaten) pe tí | ||
ri ge - why? | |||
nú | nú ra - house; home | ||
nú u - wife | nú u - wife | ||
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pá - hear | pá - hear | ||
pá | pá ro da - distant time | ||
be tí - feel bad | |||
bi - know | |||
pí u - child | |||
bo - see | |||
bu - want; futura tense auxiliary | |||
pú - must | pú - must | ||
bu bi - ask | |||
za - do | |||
za zi pá u - field | |||
za tá - do good; behave | |||
sá - this; demonstrative | sá - this; demonstrative | ||
sá | sá ge - therefore | ||
sá | sá da - this time | ||
zu - go | |||
zu nú - enter | |||
zu za pí ú - (agricultural) instrument | |||
zu da - until | |||
zu ú - animal | |||
zu ú u - animal owner | |||
zu ú u pí u - animal owner's child | |||
sú - other; but (conjuction) | sú - other; but (conjuction) | ||
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sú u - other person; second participant in event | sú u - other person; second participant in event | ||
da zu - later | |||
da da da - too much | |||
tá | tá da - well | ||
u - person | u - person | ||
ú - thing | ú - thing | ||
[[Category: Conlangs]] | [[Category: Conlangs]] | ||
[[Category: a priori conlangs]] | [[Category: a priori conlangs]] |
Revision as of 22:15, 3 June 2014
Kingspeech (E Ya) | |
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Pronounced: | [e ja] |
Timeline and Universe: | Semiramis Universe, Post-Catastrophe |
Species: | Post-Catastrophe Hominid |
Spoken: | Phazum (planet) |
Total speakers: | c. 500 in Phazum |
Writing system: | Unknown |
Genealogy: | Isolate |
Typology: | |
Morphology: | Isolating |
Morphosyntax: | Accusative |
Word order: | SVO |
Credits | |
Creator: | Linguarum Magister |
Created: | 2012 |
Kingspeech (E Ya) is the proto-language (in the sense of early, rather than ancestral) of the re-uplifted humans of the planet Phazum. As of this date, the language skills are small but increasing. A grammar of the contemporary speech, known as Second Stage E Ya, is under construction.
Phonology
The phonology of Kingspeech consists of six consonants and five vowels. The vowels may be low tone (unmarked) or high tone (acute accent). The Transpositive Men who are running the uplift on behalf of the God-Men of Septuagint theorize that the tonal distinction, uncharacteristic of such a language, is a side effect of centuries of parasitic infestation by the insectoid "Kings", but nobody knows for sure.
Consonants | ||||||||||||||||
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Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | ||||||||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | t | k | |||||||||||||
Plosive | s | |||||||||||||||
Fricative | l |
Low Tone Vowels | ||||||||||||||||
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Front | Mid | Back | ||||||||||||||
High | i | u | ||||||||||||||
Mid | e | o | ||||||||||||||
Low | a |
High Tone Vowels | ||||||||||||||||
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Front | Mid | Back | ||||||||||||||
High | i˥ | u˥ | ||||||||||||||
Mid | e˥ | o˥ | ||||||||||||||
Low | a˥ |
The allophones of the phonemic consonants co-vary with the tone. Before a vowel with high tone, the consonants are pronounced as above. Before a vowel with low tone, however, the following changes take place: [p] becomes [b] /b/ [t] becomes [d] /d/ [k] becomes [g] /g/ [m] becomes [ʋ] /w/ [n] becomes [ɾ] /r/ [l] becomes [j] /y/
Vocabulary
The vocabulary of Kingspeech appears to confirm the ancient hypothesis known as Natural Semantic Metatheory (NSM). Or, rather, it would, if the Transpositive Men had ever heard of a theory from over 10,000 Earth years ago.
Substantives (Class 1)
I/me – a
You – i
Someone/Person – u
People – e
Relational Substantives (Class 2)
Something/Thing – ú
Body – á
Kind – é
Part - í
Determiners (Class 3)
This – sá
Same – sí
Other – sú
Quantifiers (Class 4)
One – wa
Two – wi
Some – wu
All – we
Many/Much – wo
Evaluators (Class 5)
Good - tá
Bad – tí
Descriptors (Class 6)
Big – pá
Small – pí
Mental/Experiential Predicates (Class 7)
Think – ba
Know – bi
Want – bu
Feel – be
See – bo
Hear – pá
Must - pú
Speech (Class 8)
Say – ya
Word – yi
True – yu
Actions and Events (Class 9)
Do – za
Happen – zi
Move – zu
Existence and Possession (Class 10)
There Is/Exist – má
Have – mí
Life and Death (Class 11)
Live – lá
Die – lí
Time (Class 12)
Time – da
Now – da ri
Before – da ru
After – da re
A long time – da ro
A short time – da ná
For some time – da nú
Moment – da né
Space (Class 13)
Where/Place – ra
Here – (ra) ri
Above – (ra) ru
Below – (ra) re
Far – (ra) ro
Near – (ra) ná
Side – (ra) ní
Inside – (ra) nú
Touch (Contact) – né
Logical Concepts (Class 14)
Not – ga
Maybe – gi
Can – gu
Because – ge
If – gi
Intensifier, Augmentor (Class 15)
Very – tú
More – tó
Similarity (Class 16)
Like/Way - pú
Reduplication
Reduplication is a productive process in E La, but its effect depends on the class of the word involved. Reduplication in verbs creates a durative or iterative sense. Reduplication in nouns creates a collective sense. Reduplication of adjectives or adverbs creates the comparative.
né 'touch' > néné 'touch repeatedly'
u 'person' > uu 'clan, family'
pá 'big' > pápá 'bigger (than)'
ro 'far' > roro 'farther (than)'
Text and Translation
[This is the Donkey Beater story from the Conlangery Podcast]
Pá ro da, u má sá u néné sá u zu ú be tí. Sú u zu zu ú u bu bi sá: i né zu ú ri ge? Zu ú u ya: Sá zu ú bi sá né ga bi sú né. A pú né sá zu da sá bi za tá. sá. Sá nú u ga za nú u tá. Sá ge zu ú u né zu ú u nú u nú u be tí. Ná ra u pá nú u né pá ya zu sá nú u. Ná ra u ya: i pú ga né i nú u da da da. Zu ú u zu nú u nú ra bo. Zu ú u ya: a né sá zu da sá bi sá za nú tá tá da. Da zu sá ná ra u bo zu ú u zu ú u né zu ú u pí u ra za zi pá u. Sá da ná ra u ga ya ú sú za ga zu zu ú u zu né zu ú u é zu za pí ú. Ra da sá né u bu bi ri ge. i né a ri ge? u ya: A bu né i zu da i za sá: i ga né sú.
Pá ro da, u má sá u néné sá u zu ú be tí.
big far time, person exist this person touch-ITER this person move thing feel bad.
long ago man exist this man beat donkey beat
Sú u zu zu ú u bu bi sá: i né zu ú ri ge?
Other person go move thing man want know this: You touch move thing here cause?
other person go animal man ask this: you beat animal why?
Zu ú u ya: Sá zu ú bi sá né ga bi sú né.
Move thing man say: This move thing know this touch not know other touch.
Donkey man say: this donkey know this touch not know other touch
A pú né sá zu da sá bi za tá.
I must touch this go time this know do good.
I must touch this unti this (one) know (how to) do good
Zu ú u zu nú u nú ra bo sá.
Move thing man go inside he inside place see this.
Animal man go inside home/house see this
Sá nú u ga za nú u tá.
This inside person not do inside person good.
Spouse not do spouse good
Sá ge zu ú u né zu ú u nú u nú u be tí.
This cause move thing person touch move thing person inside person inside person feel bad.
This make animal person beat animal person's spouse spouse beat
Ná ra u pá nú u né pá ya zu sá nú u.
Near place person hear inside person touch big say go this inside place.
Neighbor hear spouse beat scream go this house
Ná ra u ya: i pú ga né i nú u da da da.
Near place person say: you must not touch you inside person time time time.
Neighbor say: you must not beat your spouse too much
Zu ú u ya: a né sá zu da sá bi sá za nú tá tá da.
Move thing person say: I touch this go time this know this do inside good good time.
Animal man say: I (will) beat her until she know this (how to) do household chores well
Da zu sá ná ra u bo zu ú u zu ú u né zu ú u pí u ra za zi pá u.
Time go this near place person see move thing man move thing person touch move thing person small person place do happen big place.
Later this neighbor see animal man animal man beat donkey son in field
Sá da ná ra u ga ya ú sú za ga zu zu ú u zu né zu ú u é zu za pí ú.
This time near place person not say thing other do not move move thing man go touch move thing man kind move do small thing.
This time neighbor not say (any)thing but (made) still animal man beat animal man with an instrument
Ra da sá né u bu bi ri ge. i né a ri ge?
Place time this touch person want know here cause. You touch me here cause?
When this beater ask why you beat me why
u ya: A bu né i zu da i za sá: i ga né sú.
He say: I want touch you go time you do this: you not touch other.
he say: I will beat you until you do this you not beat other
Dictionary
a - I, me
é - kind; with (preposition)
i - you
ga - not
ya - say
má - exist
ra - at; general locative
ra da - when (conj)
ná ra u - neighbor
né - touch; DUR néné; (beater) né (beaten) pe tí
ri ge - why?
nú ra - house; home
nú u - wife
nú u tá - household chores
pá - hear
pá ro da - distant time
be tí - feel bad
bi - know
pí u - child
bo - see
bu - want; futura tense auxiliary
pú - must
bu bi - ask
za - do
za zi pá u - field
za tá - do good; behave
sá - this; demonstrative
sá ge - therefore
sá da - this time
zu - go
zu nú - enter
zu za pí ú - (agricultural) instrument
zu da - until
zu ú - animal
zu ú u - animal owner
zu ú u pí u - animal owner's child
sú - other; but (conjuction)
sú u - other person; second participant in event
da zu - later
da da da - too much
tá da - well
u - person
ú - thing