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


Characters

IE English Latin Greek German Japanese
誕 (生?) *seuH- [give birth] so(n) Soh(n) たん(じょう)
*dhugH₂ter- daughter Tochter むすめ
*peH₃(i)- [drink] po(tus), bi-b(o) πόσ(ις), πί(νω) の(む)
*H₂eus- ear aur(is) οὖς Ohr みみ
*ed- eat ed(o), ed(ere), ed(i), ed(itus) た[べ(る)]
*okʷ- eye oc(ulus) Auge
*pH₂ter- father pater, patr(is) Vater ちち
*peisk- fish pisc(is) Fisch さかな
制,法? *yewes- [law] ius, iur(is), ius(tus)
*lendh- land Land
*wiH-ro (or *Hner-?) [male] (were-) vir ひと
*gʷenH- [female] (queen) γυνή おんな
*medhi- mid, midd(le) medi(us) なか
*maH₂ter- mother mater, matr(is) μήτηρ Mutter はは
*mūs- mouse mus, mur(is) μυς Maus ねずみ
*sneigʷh- snow nix=nic(s), niv(is) *νίψ (νίφα) Schnee ゆき
*dakru- tear lacri(ma) δάκρυ(ον) なみだ
*dnghu- tongue lingu(a) Zunge した
*akʷa- [water] is(land) aqu(a) みず
湿 *wed- wat(er), wet, wint(er), hyd(ro)- und(a) hud(ōr) Wass(er) しめ(る)
*ghei-/*ghiems [winter] hiem(s), hiem(is) ふゆ
*H₂weH₁-(nt)- wind vent(us) かぜ
*wlkʷ- wolf lup(us) λύκ(ος) Wolf おおかみ
*wlp-e:- [fox] vulp(es) ἀλώπηξ きつね
*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)
*melit- [honey] (mildew) mel (mulsus) μέλι みつ

English Words

食ible edible
水地 island
舌ist linguist
古er older, (elder [老er?])
父ician patrician
魚es pisces
狼ine vulpine
男狼 werewolf
男古 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