Pictographic Anoé

Anoé.

This is an attempt to document the script, vocabulary and grammar of Anoé, a little-known constructed language. To view the text in the Anoé script, one must install the [3506.ttf AnoeyFuturamerlincom] font. An example of a document translated into Anoé can be found [3504.pdf here].

Grammar:

All sentences are of the form (Subject)(Object)(Verb).

( and ) should be used to group modifiers to avoid ambiguity, as in mathematics.

An example sentence. ,vené-en-zéal tlaém-én-lotez ló. Transliteration: Vené-en-zéal tlaém-én-lotez ló. Meaning: Writing a letter is a form of interaction. Literal translation: Letter-to-write (a-type-of)-to-interact is.

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Pronunciation:

1 is pronounced as l/y before a vowel and as l before a consonant or the end of the sentence.

Words beginning with vowels (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1) should not be pronounced with a glottal stroke.

Consonant 1 is transliterated as "b/v", indicating pronunciation of 1 as a blend of b and v (as v in Latin American Spanish).

Consonant 1 is sometimes transliterated as "l/y", indicating pronunciation of 1 as a blend of l and y.

Symbols:

Note that they are shown in the enclosed form. See the section [#ege "Symbol Forms"] below for other forms.

Symbol	Transliteration
a	a
o	o
l	l
n	n
m	m
t	t
(	æ
é	é
z	z
e	e
i	i
ó	ó
f	f
v	v
s	s
k	k (only used in profanity)
,	beginning of sentence
.	ending of sentence
(	opening parenthesis
)	closing parenthesis
/	therefore
\	because
#	in that
—	space

Vocabulary:

Word	Transliteration	Definition	Part of speech	Pictographic representation
énelaté-	énelaté-	-ality	prefix	character
iléev-	iléev-	-fully	prefix	character
éelz-	éelz-	-liness	prefix	character
aél-	aél-	-ly	prefix
zzénó-	zzénó-	-nary	prefix
k	k	(generic profane exclamation)	interjection	character
vkozé	vkozé	(generic profane exclamation)	interjection
k-	k-	(generic profane prefix, for attaching to a verb that caused one disgust)	prefix	character
kva-	kva-	(generic profane prefix, for attaching to a verb that caused one disgust)	prefix
sén-	sén-	(one who understands the attached word)	prefix
am-	am-	(past tense)	prefix
on-	on-	(plural)	prefix	character
af-	af-	(possessive)	prefix
aet-	aet-	(present tense)	prefix
et-	et-	(present tense)	prefix
tan-	tan-	(related to)	prefix
-ézl-	-ézl-	(sthg *-ed)	prefix
mel	mel	(subject)	noun
én-	én-	(the infinitive; “*ing” as noun)	prefix
anoé	anoé	(this conlang)	noun
tén	tén	(used in titles)	word
tlaém-	tlaém-	a type of	adjective
zun-	zun-	above	preposition
asém	asém	achieve	verb
aédul	aédul	act	noun
aémel	aémel	act	verb
ézuan	ézuan	aid	verb
ulzzalé	ulzzalé	anarchy	noun
tlé	tlé	and	conjunction
tléé	tléé	and	conjunction
tevél-	tevél-	angry	adjective
laéen	laéen	another person	noun
aén-	aén-	any	prefix
zsal-	zsal-	any	prefix
tvaen-	tvaen-	are *ed	prefix
élu-	élu-	as	prefix
éatl-	éatl-	as object	prefix
-tón-	-tón-	at for date	conjunction
óeénlé	óeénlé	atom	noun
uzéat	uzéat	attempt	verb
itféat	itféat	aurora	noun	character
-tlén-	-tlén-	because, on, caused by	conjunction
zél-	zél-	below	preposition
-séaz-	-séaz-	best represented by	conjunction
aaén-	aaén-	black	adjective
tanézeal	tanézeal	brain	noun	character
sézi	sézi	break	verb
-ttéel-	-ttéel-	by	conjunction
ult-	ult-	can be	helper verb
(Cattern)-anlaét	(Cattern)-anlaét	Cattern cake	noun	character
aaltev	aaltev	cause	verb
tlénef	tlénef	cause to be	verb
tlénef-	tlénef-	cause to be	prefix
atan-olaét	atan-olaét	compact disc	noun	character
élate-	élate-	characterized by	prefix
aélde	aélde	commit	verb
tél	tél	community	noun
tséaln	tséaln	compassion	noun
fséez-	fséez-	complete	adjective
tlénóle	tlénóle	composite (in mathematics, in reference to functions)	verb
tféloz	tféloz	compound object, unit	noun
lvónu	lvónu	computer	noun
lvónuanén	lvónuanén	computer (all-in-one CRT)	noun	character
lvónuanam	lvónuanam	computer (all-in-one LCD)	noun	character
lvónuat	lvónuat	computer (desktop)	noun	character
lvónuél	lvónuél	computer (laptop)	noun	character
lvónuan	lvónuan	computer (server)	noun	character
lvónuil	lvónuil	computer (tablet)	noun	character
etenen	etenen	computer monitor	noun	character
fsaén	fsaén	concept	noun
téal	téal	connect	verb
fsavé-	fsavé-	conscious	adjective	character
fsail	fsail	consider	verb
tfél-	tfél-	consider the action specifically as used in a sentence bracketed	prefix
tlfael	tlfael	considering sthg, like viewing/considering sthg as sthg else	verb
tlaéniél	tlaéniél	continuüm	noun
aséu	aséu	contribute to, help	verb
ézal-	ézal-	converts a verb to a noun	prefix
an-	an-	created by	prefix
ulén-	ulén-	current	adjective
-élt-	-élt-	day	conjunction
maénnél	maénnél	define	verb
faéeln	faéeln	desire	noun
tvélmet	tvélmet	develop, create	verb
tvaólen	tvaólen	distortion	verb
aénu-	aénu-	does sthg	prefix
tvéiez	tvéiez	earth, world	noun
fléln-	fléln-	effective	prefix
-nét	-nét	end date region	suffix
nélaat	nélaat	entity	noun	character
(Erlenmeyer)-naematan	(Erlenmeyer)-naematan	Erlenmeyer flask	noun	character
tel	tel	everything living	noun
fsaul	fsaul	evidence	noun
iétl-	iétl-	exclusively,only	prefix
éenlatén	éenlatén	File folder	noun	character
tez	tez	five	number	character
éan-	éan-	for	prefix
flsaan	flsaan	form, create	verb
iz	iz	four	number	character
aólnéz	aólnéz	fuel	verb
tvenlu	tvenlu	function (in mathematics)	noun	character
tlaan	tlaan	God	noun	character
zzalé	zzalé	government	noun
aentval	aentval	gravity	noun
tém	tém	have	verb
téau-	téau-	healthy	adjective
tvaéé	tvaéé	hole	noun
éltani	éltani	holiday	noun
ftéen-	ftéen-	how-to	prefix
fnam-	fnam-	how-to-be	prefix
tvan	tvan	however	conjunction
elaé	elaé	humanity	noun
sézln	sézln	hurt	verb
é	é	I	pronoun
temév	temév	ideal	noun
kul	kul	idiot (vulgar)	noun
-él-	-él-	in	preposition
él-	él-	in	prefix
-tvélemin-	-tvélemin-	in the name of	prefix
éelnat-	éelnat-	insatiable	adjective
laéln	laéln	institution	noun
fsavel	fsavel	intent	noun
tmélén	tmélén	intention	noun
lotez	lotez	interact	verb
ulnaénol-	ulnaénol-	irrelevent	adjective
ló	ló	is	verb	character
luén-	luén-	is -ed	prefix
-zaléln-	-zaléln-	is filled by	verb
ta-	ta-	is sthg	prefix
éz	éz	it	pronoun
tfanil	tfanil	It is the case that	noun
taéez	taéez	it occurs	verb; no do
fsót	fsót	know	verb
itu	itu	lamp	noun
vené	vené	letter	noun
tfaém	tfaém	list	noun
san	san	love (friendship)	verb
tléoln	tléoln	love (friendship)	verb
zan	zan	love (romance)	verb
aélnulée	aélnulée	maintain	verb
anéan-	anéan-	many	adjective
aénló-	aénló-	massive	adjective
éfeln	éfeln	method, way	noun
faéez-	faéez-	modern world	adjective
-tan-	-tan-	month	conjunction
at-	at-	negative	prefix
aééen	aééen	neglect	verb
atenól-	atenól-	never	prefix
nó	nó	next bit	word
féltil-	féltil-	next, following	prefix
ul-	ul-	not	prefix	character
fséln	fséln	notice	verb
et-	et-	number	prefix
tlón	tlón	object	noun
-méaz-	-méaz-	object is	conjunction
tsao-	tsao-	obsolete	adjective
-en-	-en-	of	conjunction
-uéln-	-uéln-	often	conjunction
és	és	one	number	character
ue	ue	one	pronoun
-tsen-	-tsen-	only	conjunction
falianu	falianu	opinion	noun
tla	tla	or	conjunction
tfón	tfón	other animal	pronoun
talam-	talam-	part of	prefix
lutél	lutél	partnership	noun
nael	nael	peace	noun
ve	ve	peace (alt)	noun
ttéan	ttéan	person	noun
etenen	etenen	personal media player	noun	character
zéat	zéat	philosophy	noun
tnalée-	tnalée-	positive, benificial	adjective
fséaln-	fséaln-	present	adjective
séaal	séaal	promote	verb
ttaél-	ttaél-	recent	adjective
ttéen	ttéen	religion	noun
saen	saen	saint	derived noun
tfaéol	tfaéol	search	noun
ééln-	ééln-	should	prefix
sééld	sééld	sin	noun
tlz-	tlz-	single	adjective	character
itfaén	itfaén	space	noun	character
itfaén-atel-ésélit	itfaén-atel-ésélit	spacetime	noun	character
élanzat	élanzat	species	noun
tvaen	tvaen	spirit	noun
némaé	némaé	star	noun
tzéan	tzéan	state	noun
tal-	tal-	stupid	adjective
étz-	étz-	such as	prefix
éet	éet	ten	number	character, character
ttaélten	ttaélten	text	noun
vzs	vzs	thank	verb
al-	al-	that	article
ól-	ól-	the	article
-éetl-	-éetl-	the — of which	conjunction
faén-	faén-	the *ness of	prefix
téen-	téen-	the unfinished action — as in * are *ed by *	prefix
aér-	aér-	them	prefix
atéi	atéi	there	pronoun
tvul-	tvul-	they-do	prefix
ezól	ezól	this	pronoun
ttaln	ttaln	this is	conjunction
am	am	three	number	character
ésélit	ésélit	time	noun
ón	ón	two	number	character
aal-	aal-	very	adverb
fsén	fsén	view	noun
iéfa	iéfa	wave	noun
taalé	taalé	way of life, lifestyle	noun
tena-	tena-	what	prefix
ftaen	ftaen	when	conjunction
-tssael-	-tssael-	which	conjunction
-féntal-	-féntal-	which is	conjunction
-tfalnel-	-tfalnel-	which is most	prefix
tézef	tézef	while (as only...while)	conjunction
tson-	tson-	will have	prefix
tlóel	tlóel	wisdom	noun
-atel-	-atel-	with	preposition
-éaméer-	-éaméer-	with the intent	prefix
zéal	zéal	write	verb
nól	nól	write (alt)	verb
ve	ve	you	pronoun
a	a	you (alt)	pronoun
ul	ul	zero	number	character

Symbol Forms:

Most symbols have distinct enclosed, initial, final, and isolated forms: enclosed for a symbol with a symbol at both sides, initial for the first symbol in a word that is outside of a sentence, final for the last symbol in a word that is outside of a sentence, and isolated for referencing a single symbol or a one-symbol word. (A notable exception to that rule is 1.) Note that 1 and 1 have alternative final forms. A table of all forms follows.

Enclosed Form	Initial Form	Final Form	Isolated Form
1	1	1 or 1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1 or 1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
(1 all forms alike)	-----	-----	-----

Syllabic writing:

Anoé can be written in a syllabic form, as well as the script form. Each syllable would occupy a two-by-two grid, with each square holding up to four letters. No more than four letters can occupy one syllable. Syllabic writing does not use a stemline. Each letter is denoted by its order within the syllable: the first drawn receives a small hook curving upward, the second a small hook curving downward, the third a small loop curving upward, and the fourth a small loop curving downward. How many letters are drawn in each corner denotes multiple letters for one sound within the syllable. There are more than seventeen million possible syllable combinations, so encoding them on a per-syllable basis is not practical; a combining method would be much more satisfactory; although input issues still exist.

Typography:

Glyph metrics:

The stemline (the central line) should be at the baseline of the glyph. The portions of each letter above the stemline should occupy the height of an ascender in Latin text, and the portions below the same.

Ligation:

Letters that have portions that are following the curves of the previous letter should ligate. (An example of this is él, where the lower right line of the é glyph would, optimally, form a single line with the upper left portion of the l glyph.) However, ligation is not mandatory. The word tlaan (meaning God) receives a special ligature, tlaan, with identical metrics to other letters.

Glyph design:

Glyphs can be of either of two types: stemless or stemmed. The recommended form is usually stemmed; however, in some uses (like headlines), a stemless glyph is recommended. The space glyph should either be a line or a blank glyph, depending on the style of the typeface.

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