Post by Bizz on Dec 12, 2017 10:07:00 GMT -5
What is Ebiku? Basically it's a variation of Ebileno with it serving as a reduced inflection alternative that's a bit quicker and feels better to pronounce with all base words getting rid of diphthongs and no constant ending consonant pronunciations. Ebiku is also better for being used as an example for building up other minimalist conlangs due to it being more accepting of adjective vs word building blurring.
Sound System/Orthography:
A /ɑ/, sounds like a in fAther
B /b/
CH /t͡ʃ/
D /d/
DZ /d͡z/
E /e~ɛ/, either the ay in dAY or the e in bEt
F /f/
G /g/
H /h/
I /i/
J /d͡ʒ/
K /k/
L /l/
M /m/
N /n/
O /o~ɔ/, o as in nOte or the au as in cAUght
Ö /ø~œ/
P /p/
R /ɹ/, flapped r as in ruDDer, Japanese r, Spanish flapped r as in paRa. Not rolled r.
S /s/
SH /ʃ/
T /t/
TS /t͡s/
U /u~ɯ/, oo as in mOOn
V /v/
W /w/
Y /j/
Z /z/
ZH /ʒ/
Notes about Sentence Order/Relative Clauses/Complementizer:
-Word order is typically SVO and is strict.
-Relative clauses work like special adjectives and are formed by starting the clause with the word "so". Once a clause has been made, to describe a noun with it, put it after the noun you want to describe. Ex. "Va so vuzhas" word for word means Person that floats.
-Relatives clauses have two different word orders which determine the subjects and objects of the relative clause. If the clause is SO VERB NOUN, the so is the subject and the other noun is the object. If the clause is SO NOUN VERB, then the so is the object/indirect object and the noun is the subject.
-Complementizer phrases can be formed by putting "yes" by the main verb of the main clause.
Articles:
-There are no articles.
Notes about Nouns/Subject/Objects:
-Nouns do not have any particular inflection. Nouns are typically the default assumed definition of a word if the word has a noun definition.
-If a noun is put before another noun, it changes into the word's adjective definition.
-A noun is a subject if it's before a verb and is an object if it's after the verb.
-Nouns within a prepositional phrase are consider indirect objects.
Word building vs Adjectives:
-Word Building and Adjectives can blur and sometimes mean the exact same as each other. (Ex. plant-color vs plantish color. Both really just end up meaning green in the language.)
-Word building is prioritized. What that means is that there will be certain combinations of words in the language that leads to a whole new word while not fully following its original semantics. For example putting the word for leg and plant together leads to the word tree even though the word is literally leg-plant.
-Let's assume you want to leg plant (as in, a leglike plant) then you would use the "yan" preposition and say something like Tsa yan be or "plant of leg".
Adverbs:
Adverbs don't really have inflections of there own and thus they rely on positioning to infer them. If the word is by the verb and has an adverb definition, then the adverb definition should be assumed. Regardless, many adverbs are recreated via preposition+noun combos. Ex. Tanni = inwards. Word for word is means "to (the) inside"
Sound System/Orthography:
A /ɑ/, sounds like a in fAther
B /b/
CH /t͡ʃ/
D /d/
DZ /d͡z/
E /e~ɛ/, either the ay in dAY or the e in bEt
F /f/
G /g/
H /h/
I /i/
J /d͡ʒ/
K /k/
L /l/
M /m/
N /n/
O /o~ɔ/, o as in nOte or the au as in cAUght
Ö /ø~œ/
P /p/
R /ɹ/, flapped r as in ruDDer, Japanese r, Spanish flapped r as in paRa. Not rolled r.
S /s/
SH /ʃ/
T /t/
TS /t͡s/
U /u~ɯ/, oo as in mOOn
V /v/
W /w/
Y /j/
Z /z/
ZH /ʒ/
Notes about Sentence Order/Relative Clauses/Complementizer:
-Word order is typically SVO and is strict.
-Relative clauses work like special adjectives and are formed by starting the clause with the word "so". Once a clause has been made, to describe a noun with it, put it after the noun you want to describe. Ex. "Va so vuzhas" word for word means Person that floats.
-Relatives clauses have two different word orders which determine the subjects and objects of the relative clause. If the clause is SO VERB NOUN, the so is the subject and the other noun is the object. If the clause is SO NOUN VERB, then the so is the object/indirect object and the noun is the subject.
-Complementizer phrases can be formed by putting "yes" by the main verb of the main clause.
Articles:
-There are no articles.
Notes about Nouns/Subject/Objects:
-Nouns do not have any particular inflection. Nouns are typically the default assumed definition of a word if the word has a noun definition.
-If a noun is put before another noun, it changes into the word's adjective definition.
-A noun is a subject if it's before a verb and is an object if it's after the verb.
-Nouns within a prepositional phrase are consider indirect objects.
Word building vs Adjectives:
-Word Building and Adjectives can blur and sometimes mean the exact same as each other. (Ex. plant-color vs plantish color. Both really just end up meaning green in the language.)
-Word building is prioritized. What that means is that there will be certain combinations of words in the language that leads to a whole new word while not fully following its original semantics. For example putting the word for leg and plant together leads to the word tree even though the word is literally leg-plant.
-Let's assume you want to leg plant (as in, a leglike plant) then you would use the "yan" preposition and say something like Tsa yan be or "plant of leg".
Adverbs:
Adverbs don't really have inflections of there own and thus they rely on positioning to infer them. If the word is by the verb and has an adverb definition, then the adverb definition should be assumed. Regardless, many adverbs are recreated via preposition+noun combos. Ex. Tanni = inwards. Word for word is means "to (the) inside"
