Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2022 5:42:57 GMT -5
KEDGALI (idea-sounds, "words, language"): a growing lexicon
{author's note: I really do mean, "growing." This is my initial posting of something I've been working on for the last couple months very slowly when the mood strikes. As of this posting on 20Dec22, I'm feeling excited about this enough to post it and dedicate real time to developing it. What's here is truly all I have for now. It's mostly here so folks can reference the weird words I occasionally spew. They aren't gibberish! They're this! I think my next real project will be to create the kedsuli constitution and then translate it into kedgali -- and that will be good inspiration to create words and build this language. I welcome questions about the language here or in my NS TGs since they will be things about which I've not yet established concrete syntax, and I would like to use those questions for inspiration.}
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GALMIFI (sound-parts, "letters, alphabet")
AUEOI (vowels)
a = "ah", "aw"
u = "oo"
e = "ay"
o = "oh"
i = "ee"
QENGALMIFI (close-sound-parts, "consonants")
h
r
l
n
m
p
b
v
f
t
x = hard "th"
d
w = soft, buzzy "th"
k
c = "ch"
g
j
z
y = "zh"
s
q = "sh"
{No character expresses more than a single sound. This alphabet has been listed in order. No, there isn't a song. To identify a consonant individually, it makes its sound and is followed by the descriptor suffix. The letter, H, would then be called, "he," and pronounced like hay. Uppercase letters are used only for rendering emphasis in plain text and carry no syntactic purpose otherwise; therefore, one does not use title-casing, capitalization to begin sentences, or initial uppercase letters in proper nouns. As the culture has developed into this modern age, encountered other cultures' technology and linguistic habits, and experienced a penchant for digital shorthand, younger kedsuli have begun using capital letters as shorthand for when a word uses a sound that is a letter's name. As an example, for someone to describe a noun as chaotic, they would use the kedgali, "hele." In texted shorthand, that would look like, "HL."}
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KEDMIFI (idea-parts, "roots")
aueo = vowel
ter = land, dirt, earth
sul = animal, beast, creature
nis = origin, source, beginning
dar = object, thing, inanimate
ked = idea, thought, concept
van = life, live
har = detail, definition, delineate
nof = be, exist, equate
gal = sound, noise, voice
xir = feel, sense, emotion
kup = core, center, essence
jit = location, area, place
pov = exchange, trade, purchase
luq = beneficence, ethics, ideals
hoq = beauty, joy, peace
mif = component, element, piece
qin = seal, container, close
ben = open, widen, gap
zet = ending, back, finish
lur = growing, building, big
nup = descreasing, shrinking, small
vov = fire, burn, passion
fuw = luck, magic, bless
cam = light, bright, glow
hel = chaos, random, entropy
rub = crystal, shard, fractal
dan = reason, logic, order
pey = season, era, term
fas = snow, cold, ice
xis = 24-hour time period, day
{All roots follow a consonant-vowel-consonant sequence with the exception of the word for "vowel" which is its own unique root named by sounding out the sequence of letters it describes.}
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BENGALI (opening-sounds, "prefixes")
LURBENGALI (building-opening-sounds, "superlatives")
sa- = some increase, "much"
ta- = significant increase, "more"
ba- = highest increase "most"
{These superlatives may be used individually or in chosen combination with each other and stack in increasing order. For one to express the most rage possible, she might use the Kedgali word, "satabavovxir," to describe the emotion, and we might poorly translate that into English as, "livid," or, "furious," when she has literally expressed, "much more <of the> most fire emotion." Stacking lurbangali this way is somewhat common in kedsuli conversation but is generally not used in official communication except when someone seeks to be especially and unusually pointed or animated. It is quite akin to someone using all caps in English text, and the same kinds of people use it the same way. Therefore, someone who would express themselves in all caps might likely enjoy stacking lurbengali.}
NUPBENGALI (decreasing-opening-sounds, "diminutives")
qi- = some decrease, "slight"
ci- = significant decrease, "less"
pi- = most decrease, "least"
{nupbengali stack on each other in decreasing value similarly to lurbengali. The two sets of prefixes may not be stacked with each other.}
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ZETGALI (ending-sounds, "suffixes")
-i = 2+ plural {It is unknown whether this determined the sequence of vowels as they are pronounced or whether the word used to describe vowels determined this form of pluralization.}
-e = descriptor {There is no deliniation for various types of descriptors; if a word describes something, whether a verb or noun, it receives this suffix.}
{author's note: I really do mean, "growing." This is my initial posting of something I've been working on for the last couple months very slowly when the mood strikes. As of this posting on 20Dec22, I'm feeling excited about this enough to post it and dedicate real time to developing it. What's here is truly all I have for now. It's mostly here so folks can reference the weird words I occasionally spew. They aren't gibberish! They're this! I think my next real project will be to create the kedsuli constitution and then translate it into kedgali -- and that will be good inspiration to create words and build this language. I welcome questions about the language here or in my NS TGs since they will be things about which I've not yet established concrete syntax, and I would like to use those questions for inspiration.}
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GALMIFI (sound-parts, "letters, alphabet")
AUEOI (vowels)
a = "ah", "aw"
u = "oo"
e = "ay"
o = "oh"
i = "ee"
QENGALMIFI (close-sound-parts, "consonants")
h
r
l
n
m
p
b
v
f
t
x = hard "th"
d
w = soft, buzzy "th"
k
c = "ch"
g
j
z
y = "zh"
s
q = "sh"
{No character expresses more than a single sound. This alphabet has been listed in order. No, there isn't a song. To identify a consonant individually, it makes its sound and is followed by the descriptor suffix. The letter, H, would then be called, "he," and pronounced like hay. Uppercase letters are used only for rendering emphasis in plain text and carry no syntactic purpose otherwise; therefore, one does not use title-casing, capitalization to begin sentences, or initial uppercase letters in proper nouns. As the culture has developed into this modern age, encountered other cultures' technology and linguistic habits, and experienced a penchant for digital shorthand, younger kedsuli have begun using capital letters as shorthand for when a word uses a sound that is a letter's name. As an example, for someone to describe a noun as chaotic, they would use the kedgali, "hele." In texted shorthand, that would look like, "HL."}
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KEDMIFI (idea-parts, "roots")
aueo = vowel
ter = land, dirt, earth
sul = animal, beast, creature
nis = origin, source, beginning
dar = object, thing, inanimate
ked = idea, thought, concept
van = life, live
har = detail, definition, delineate
nof = be, exist, equate
gal = sound, noise, voice
xir = feel, sense, emotion
kup = core, center, essence
jit = location, area, place
pov = exchange, trade, purchase
luq = beneficence, ethics, ideals
hoq = beauty, joy, peace
mif = component, element, piece
qin = seal, container, close
ben = open, widen, gap
zet = ending, back, finish
lur = growing, building, big
nup = descreasing, shrinking, small
vov = fire, burn, passion
fuw = luck, magic, bless
cam = light, bright, glow
hel = chaos, random, entropy
rub = crystal, shard, fractal
dan = reason, logic, order
pey = season, era, term
fas = snow, cold, ice
xis = 24-hour time period, day
{All roots follow a consonant-vowel-consonant sequence with the exception of the word for "vowel" which is its own unique root named by sounding out the sequence of letters it describes.}
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BENGALI (opening-sounds, "prefixes")
LURBENGALI (building-opening-sounds, "superlatives")
sa- = some increase, "much"
ta- = significant increase, "more"
ba- = highest increase "most"
{These superlatives may be used individually or in chosen combination with each other and stack in increasing order. For one to express the most rage possible, she might use the Kedgali word, "satabavovxir," to describe the emotion, and we might poorly translate that into English as, "livid," or, "furious," when she has literally expressed, "much more <of the> most fire emotion." Stacking lurbangali this way is somewhat common in kedsuli conversation but is generally not used in official communication except when someone seeks to be especially and unusually pointed or animated. It is quite akin to someone using all caps in English text, and the same kinds of people use it the same way. Therefore, someone who would express themselves in all caps might likely enjoy stacking lurbengali.}
NUPBENGALI (decreasing-opening-sounds, "diminutives")
qi- = some decrease, "slight"
ci- = significant decrease, "less"
pi- = most decrease, "least"
{nupbengali stack on each other in decreasing value similarly to lurbengali. The two sets of prefixes may not be stacked with each other.}
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ZETGALI (ending-sounds, "suffixes")
-i = 2+ plural {It is unknown whether this determined the sequence of vowels as they are pronounced or whether the word used to describe vowels determined this form of pluralization.}
-e = descriptor {There is no deliniation for various types of descriptors; if a word describes something, whether a verb or noun, it receives this suffix.}