Kingspeech

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Kingspeech (La E)
Pronounced: [la e]
Timeline and Universe: Semiramis Universe, Post-Catastrophe
Species: Post-Catastrophe Hominid
Spoken: Phazum (planet)
Total speakers: c. 500 in Phazum
Writing system: Unknown
Genealogy: Isolate
Typology:
Morphology: Isolating
Morphosyntax: Accusative
Word order: SVO
Credits
Creator: Linguarum Magister
Created: 2012

Kingspeech (La E) is the proto-language (in the sense of early, rather than ancestral) of the re-uplifted humans of the planet Phazum. As of this date, the language skills are small but increasing.

Phonology


Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Velar
Nasal m n
Plosive p t k
Plosive s
Fricative l


Vowels
Front Central Back
High i u
Low a


Long Vowels
A I U
A a: ja wa
I aj i: wi
U aw ju u:


Vocabulary

Kingsmen/Phazum Speech Substantives (Class 1) I/me – a You – i Someone/Person – u People – e Relational Substantives (Class 2) Something/Thing – ú Body – á Kind – é Part - í Determiners (Class 3) This – sá Same – sí Other – sú Quantifiers (Class 4) One – ma Two – mi Some – mu All – me Many/Much – mo Evaluators (Class 5) Good - tá Bad – tí Descriptors (Class 6) Big – pá Small – pí Mental/Experiential Predicates (Class 7) Think – pa Know – pi Want – pu Feel – pe See – po Hear – pá Speech (Class 8) Say – la Word – li True – lu Actions and Events (Class 9) Do – sa Happen – si Move – su Existence and Possession (Class 10) There Is/Exist – má Have – mí Life and Death (Class 11) Live – lá Die – lí Time (Class 12) Time – ta Now – ta ni Before – ta nu After – ta ne A long time – ta no A short time – ta ná For some time – ta nú Moment – ta né Space (Class 13) Where/Place – na Here – (na) ni Above – (na) nu Below – (na) ne Far – (na) no Near – (na) ná Side – (na) ní Inside – (na) nú Touch (Contact) – né Logical Concepts (Class 14) Not – ka Maybe – ki Can – ku Because – ke If – ki Intensifier, Augmentor (Class 15) Very – tú More – tó Similarity (Class 16) Like/Way - pú áéíóú