Talk:Kingspeech

Does the language feature stuttering? :P MilyAMD (talk) 07:11, 3 June 2014 (PDT)

Not unless you're a learner!

Second Stage tonal phonotactics: Like vowels contract to form long vowels: the combination high-low becomes high-falling, while the low-high becomes low-rising. High-falling tone is indicated by a circumflex above the vowel in the sequence, while low-rising is indicated by a grave accent above the second vowel in the sequence.

nú u 'wife' > nû 'wife'

su ú 'animal' > zù 'animal'

e é 'race' (Kingsmen vs. Transpositive Men vs. God-Men) > è 'human'

me é 'all kind' > wè 'hominid' (vs. animal)

ú u 'thing person' > û 'computer'

New adverbials

ab- X thinks that

eb- X feels that

ib- X knows that (a ibi bo a - I know that you see me)

ub- X wants that

ag- adverbial for denial clause (aga bo u - no, I saw him)

eg- adverbial for explanatory clause

ig- politeness marker ( < perhaps you)

ug- it's possible that

ay- X says that

az- X does that

iz- It happens that (izu nû bo i - it happens that the wife saw the animal)

uz- X moves

gay- be silent

gar- nowhere

gaz- negative verb marker (clause initial)

gad- never

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