Epajan

From FrathWiki
Revision as of 04:19, 16 July 2006 by Napalmbrain (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigationJump to search

Epajan is an isolating conlang.

Phonology

The Epajan "alphabet" is actually a sort of abugida, similar to Devanāgarī script (used to write Sanskrit and Hindi). Each character represents a consonant, and diacritical marks represent vowels preceding the consonant (this is contrast to real life abugidas, where the vowel follows the consonant).

Grammar

Like Chinese, Epajan is an isolating language which has no case system, instead relying on word order to determine the subject, object or verb in a sentence.

Number

There are no plurals in Epejan, so the words for a single and a plural of something are the same.

Mood

There are a number of grammatical particles used to express the "mood" of the sentence (i.e. if it is a command, a question, if the speaker is unsure of something, etc.).