Paklikale
 Paklikale | |
| Timeline/Universe: | international auxiliary language |
| Genealogical classification: | A priori |
| Basic word order: | SVO |
| Morphological type: | agglutinating |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | accusative |
| Created by: | |
| Peter Crisci | 2007 |
Paklikale was created in 2007 by Peter Crisci to explore the concepts of simplicity, consistency, and neutrality as they relate to language. It can be classified as an international auxiliary language.
Sounds and Alphabet
| IPA | Letter |
|---|---|
| [a] | a |
| [b] | b |
| [e] | e |
| [f] | f |
| [i] | i |
| [j] | j |
| [k] | k |
| [l], [ɹ] | l |
| [m] | m |
| [n] | n |
| [o], [ɔ] | o |
| [p] | p |
| [ts], [s] | s |
| [t] | t |
Paklikale also has its own alphabet, which is written as follows:
Lexicon
Paklikale's vocabulary has around 4,500 words and mostly consists of original terms with very few borrowings from other languages. Words are formed largely by compounding a relatively small number of roots and affixes. The main affixes for this purpose are:
| Prefix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bo- | similar to English "-ist" |
| fo- | similar to English "-er" |
| jo- | augmentative |
| ko- | diminutive |
| lo- | moderates a word |
| mo- | negative |
| no- | indicates an opposite |
| po- | feminine |
| so- | masculine |
Grammar
The word order of Paklikale is subject-verb-object with prepositioned modifiers. However, this may be varied to place emphasis on a particular term.
Paklikale does not have a verb for "to be," plural forms (though redoubling is used in special cases), tense, or articles.
A word's grammatical role in a sentence is often denoted by one of the following suffixes:
| Suffix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| -pla | noun, noun clause |
| -plal | dative |
| -plan | accusative |
| -sli | indicative mood |
| -smi | interrogative mood |
| -sni | imperative mood |
| -klo | adjective, adjective clause |
| -kjo | adverb, adverb clause |
Sample Translation
The Tower of Babel/Jasopislapla as Babel
A sibaklo klosapla slasli as fi kalepla a fi snablajapla.
A lesosli, al nana plomesli it noklinopla, nana nolafjasliplan jotojaplan sa tolapla as Sinal, a nana mom liplosli.
A nana snabisli lok fi tosleplal Slopekjo nosni, la smasni tebaplan a kosibakjo nifisni nan. A nana klisli tebaplan im tebopla a tafjoplan klisli nana im keseteblipla.
A nana snabisli Slopekjo nosni, lala pjonosni kal safiplan a jasopislaplan fa joslelopla tikosliklo jasoplal a smasni kasloplan kal am lala mo smabafajasli kan sle nokabapla as klosapla.
A SEJA kotokesli kan am pa liflesli safiplan a jasopislaplan kosmepla as jososmepla pjonosliklo.
A SEJA snabisli Ak bomasepla slasli fi a lok na klisli fi kaleplan a of, nana flelosli klisliplan a fon nanal lam slasli joteklinofleloklo nana kifosli klisliplan.
Slopekjo nosni, ba kotokesni a mom noflinasni kaleplan as nana am na mo kipiflinasli snaplan as lok fi toslepla.
Kla SEJA jolabakjo smabafajasli nanan it mom sle nokabapla as sibaklo klosapla a nana noflelosli nana pjonosliplan safiplan.
Kla slasli kaslopla as na Babel bot SEJA ak mom noflinasli kaleplan as lok klosapla a it mom, SEJA ak jolabakjo smabafajasli nanan sle nokabapla as sibaklo klosapla.
