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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