Hangraphy

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Hangraphy (maybe 漢抓?) is a system for representing Indo-European roots with Han characters (漢字, hanzi). After having done so, we can add a kind of okurigana for inflections and such and we have a readymade scheme to represent all Indo-European languages. Oversimplificated? You betcha.

For an example, we can take the numbers, which are pretty basic.

1	一	*oi-[no-]	en: one, ru: один, la: unus, etc.
2	二	*dwo-	en: two, es: dos, grc: δύο, ...
3	三	*tri-	en: three, fr: trois, de: drei ...
4	四	*kʷetwor-	en: four
5	五	*penkʷe	en: five
6	六	*(s)(w)eḱs	en: six
7	七	*septem	en: seven
8	八	*oḱtō	en: eight
9	九	*newn	en: nine
10	十	*deḱm	en: ten

Since words get borrowed about so much, some diverse words in a language may be spelled with the same zi, e.g. 一 goes in English words derived from "one", such as "alone" or "only", but it also goes in words of Latin origin such as "unique" or "union".

Of course some of these words inflect, so the Latin word for "one", for example, won't just be 一, but perhaps something like 一us, 一a, 一um.

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Characters

	IE	English	Latin	Greek	German	Japanese
誕 (生?)	*seuH- [give birth]	so(n)			Soh(n)	たん(じょう)
娘	*dhugH₂ter-	daughter			Tochter	むすめ
飲	*peH₃(i)- [drink]		po(tus), bi-b(o)	πόσ(ις), πί(νω)		の(む)
耳	*H₂eus-	ear	aur(is)	οὖς	Ohr	みみ
食	*ed-	eat	ed(o), ed(ere), ed(i), ed(itus)			た[べ(る)]
目	*okʷ-	eye	oc(ulus)		Auge	め
父	*pH₂ter-	father	pater, patr(is)		Vater	ちち
魚	*peisk-	fish	pisc(is)		Fisch	さかな
男	*wiH-ro (or *Hner-?) [male]	(were-)	vir			ひと
女	*gʷenH- [female]	(queen)		γυνή		おんな
母	*maH₂ter-	mother	mater, matr(is)	μήτηρ	Mutter	はは
雪	*sneigʷh-	snow	nix=nic(s), niv(is)	*νίψ (νίφα)	Schnee	ゆき
涙	*dakru-	tear	lacri(ma)	δάκρυ(ον)		なみだ
舌	*dnghu-	tongue	lingu(a)	—	Zunge	した
水	*wed-	wat(er), wet, wint(er), hyd(ro)-	und(a)	hud(ōr)	Wass(er)	みず
冬	*ghei-/*ghiems [winter]		hiem(s), hiem(is)			ふゆ
風	*H₂weH₁-(nt)-	wind	vent(us)			かぜ
狼	*wlkʷ-	wolf	lup(us)	λύκ(ος)	Wolf	おおかみ
狐	*wlp-e:- [fox]		vulp(es)	ἀλώπηξ		きつね
牛	*gʷou-	cow	bo(s, -vis)	βοῦς	Kuh	うし
古, 老, 高	*al-(t-)	old, (eld)	alt(us)			ふる(い), お[い(る)], たか(い)
蜜	*melit- [honey]	(mildew)	mel (mulsus)	μέλι		みつ

English Words

食ible	edible
舌ist	linguist
古er	older, (elder [老er?])
父ician	patrician
魚es	pisces
狼ine	vulpine
人狼	werewolf
人古	world

Latin Words

飲飲o, 飲飲ere, 飲飲i, 飲飲itus	bibo, bibere, bibi, bibitus
食ibilis	edibilis
父icius	patricius
魚ina	piscina
飲io	potio
飲to, 飲tare, 飲tavi, 飲tatus	poto, potare, potavi, potatus