Akbiekdi
Akbiekdi is an a priori conlang which was created by Renato Piereck. It purports to be "the official language of the Republic of Naro Ermase".
(note: the language is being moved to FrathWiki, no further updates will be done at Angelfire --Rpiereck (talk) 08:01, 14 June 2014 (PDT) .
The Akbiekdi Alphabet
The alphabet in Akbiekdi consists of 21 letters:
a, b, e, d, i, f, o, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, u, v, x, z
The following letters are pronounced as in English:
b, d, f, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, s, t, v, z
The vowels are pronounced as follows:
a - as a in bad
e - as e in fed
i - as i in sin
o - as o in dog
u - as oo in cool
When vowels are doubled, they are pronounced as long vowels.
These consonants are pronounced differently:
g - always hard as in good, never as in ginger
r - always rolled as in Italian
x - always as sh in shy
When consonants are doubled, they must be pronounced twice, as the Ls when saying "full life" in English.
Every letter is always pronounced.
The stress of words always falls on the next to the last syllable.
The name of each letter follows an easy convention:
- vowels: add -k to the vowel sound: ak, ek, ik, ok, uk
- consonants: add -i to the consonant: bi, di, fi, gi, hi, ji, ki, li, mi, ni, pi, ri, si, ti, vi, xi, zi
The name of the language, Akbiekdi, is the name of the first four letters of the alphabet: a-b-e-d: ak-bi-ek-di
Here is the pronunciation for a few words:
naro - "NAH-roh" room
mase - "MAH-seh" I, me
Pronouns
All pronouns in Akbiekdi end with -se.
Pronouns are made plural by adding -k to the end of the word.
Pronouns are made possessive by adding er- to the beginning of the word.
These are the personal pronouns:
mase - I, me
kase - you
lase - he, she, it, him, her
masek - we, us
kasek - you, plural
lasek - they, them
kase kries mase - I love you
lasek junes masek - we know them
These are their respective possessives:
ermase - my, mine
erkase - your, yours
erlase - his, her, hers, its
ermasek - our, ours
erkasek - your, yours
erlasek - their, theirs
fero ermase ges kase - you are my friend
nifro elase ares lase - he follows his cat
These are some demonstrative pronouns:
dese - this, these
vese - that, those
kumo ges dese - this is the lake
ferok erlase ges vese - those are his friends
These are some interrogative pronouns:
nese? - what?
nelse? - who?
nense? - which?
nerse? - how?
netse? - how many?
nepse? - how much?
neise? - where?
nekse? - when?
napse ges dese? - how much is this?
nelse ges dese? - who is that?
These are some relative pronouns:
Some relative pronouns are formed by adding te- to the interrogative forms:
tenese - that
tenelse - who, the one who
tenense - whose
tenerse - how
teneise - there
teineise - where
tenekse - when
kase ploes mogein tenelse ges mase - I am the one who saw you earlier
teneise xises lase - he lives there
These are indefinite pronouns:
helise - everything
merise - everyone
kiise - all
madse - each
hekruse - something
koinse - not much, little
utse - few
sepse - enough
talase - not enough
popse - such a
ianse - all kinds of
nidese - someone
ense - nothing
olse - no one
kise, kise.. - either, or...
lise, lise.. - neither, nor...
zannase - many
devse - several
igse - both
Practice the following:
ermase naro - my room
erlase fero - his, her, its friend
Nouns
All nouns in Akbiekdi end with -o.
There is no distinction for gender.
Nouns are made plural by adding -k to the end of the word.
Practice the following:
naro - room
narok - rooms
fero - friend
ferok - friends
pifio - dog
pifiok - dogs
nifro - cat
nifrok - cats
xilo - book
xilok - books
ino - year
inok - years
A grammar and dictionary is available on the language's home page (edit: the language is being moved to FrathWiki, no further updates will be done at Angelfire --Rpiereck (talk) 08:01, 14 June 2014 (PDT) .
External Links
- Akbiekdi at LangMaker (archived)
- Akbiekdi's home page (live web)
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