Post by Bizz on Jan 14, 2017 15:23:27 GMT -5
Alright, so, here's some explanation if anyone does come for whatever reason. Basically, similar to Fleki Sections, there will be Abigeno sections. It's basically a space to publicly post more or less official ideas or information about my conlang Abigeno.
You can learn along if you want but there will be various changes made constantly and you're pretty much going to have to ask for clarification because the information I post here is not meant to be a full comprehensive guide. I usually just post enough info so if I forget something I can just look at it and let my memory do the rest of the work. Besides, why even learn Abigeno when there's this hot new language coming up anyway.
Rough Abigeno alphabet/orthography/phonology:
(100% consistent phonemic orthography guaranteed)
// = IPA
Don't know IPA? Git gud.
A /ɑ/
Ä /æ/
B /b/
D /d/
DC /dʒ/
E /e/
F /f/
G /g/
H /h/
I /i/
J /j/
K /k/
L /l/
M /m/
N /n/
O /o/
Ö /ø/
P /p/
R /r/
S /s/
SC /ʃ/
T /t/
TC /tʃ/
U /u/
Ü /y/
V /v/
W /w/
Y /ə/
Z /z/
Zc /ʒ/
Not part of alphabet but useful in non-native sounds
GC /ɣ/
KC /x/
Planned to be used diphthongs:
Eu /eu/
????
Rough phonotactics:
basically, native words dont end in stops and its like (C)(C)V(C) but forreign names and stuff arent restricted by this.
And all native words except for 'Abigeno' have only one syllable. Why Abigeno has four? The world may never know...
Articles:
Articles such as 'a' and 'the' are nonexistent as such meaning is inferred by context.
The Cluster Design
Edit: lol this is all wrong now
This one of the fundamental things you want to understand. It aint hard but important. In this language each word has a strong tendency to have multiple parts of speech and meanings within one word. To distinguish what meaning we want, we just use the appropriate suffixes. For example:
Gais
N: gas
Adj: gaseous
By itself, gais can mean any of those two as without marking, one will have to infer from context. Non-marking is common in typical speech, however. (and I'll get more on that later.) But with marking...
Gaise (means gas)
Gaisa (means gaseous)
This can immediately be distinguished. Here are the markings so far that can do something like this:
e/se/she/yr/yn/ym/ys for nouns (Why so many? I'll explain later.)
a for adjectives
yv for adverbs
ni for verbs
Prep. don't have any, Conj. don't either but conjunctions in this language tend to only have a conjunction meaning and then imperatives don't have any either.
And that's it I guess. Maybe if I remember something else about this thing I'll update it.
Word Stability List
Sometimes, I like to monitor how stable some words are to see if I can count on them in the case that I have to give an example using the language. And, if for some reason you are interested in learning this conlang, then this will let you know what you can learn without it changing. Words don't change to often but they can constantly be unstable because they way be better ways to organize the meanings of the words. If I explained Abigeno's principles earlier then you would know what I am talking about.
6 = permanent
5 = incredibly stable, probably will never change, even through beta
4 = pretty stable but it may get a re-inspection at some point just to check if everything is okay.
3 = It's an okay kind of stable but I bet it will need changes in the future.
2 = will most likely need changes.
1 = will be changed at some point soon in a significant way. Do not attempt to learn this word.
Generalizations:
All pronouns thus far (mi,tu,le,wi,vu,de) are safe with the exception of the reflexive one (sci).
Notepad entries:
Mi: (5)
Pn: I, me, mine, my
You can learn along if you want but there will be various changes made constantly and you're pretty much going to have to ask for clarification because the information I post here is not meant to be a full comprehensive guide. I usually just post enough info so if I forget something I can just look at it and let my memory do the rest of the work. Besides, why even learn Abigeno when there's this hot new language coming up anyway.
Rough Abigeno alphabet/orthography/phonology:
(100% consistent phonemic orthography guaranteed)
// = IPA
Don't know IPA? Git gud.
A /ɑ/
Ä /æ/
B /b/
D /d/
DC /dʒ/
E /e/
F /f/
G /g/
H /h/
I /i/
J /j/
K /k/
L /l/
M /m/
N /n/
O /o/
Ö /ø/
P /p/
R /r/
S /s/
SC /ʃ/
T /t/
TC /tʃ/
U /u/
Ü /y/
V /v/
W /w/
Y /ə/
Z /z/
Zc /ʒ/
Not part of alphabet but useful in non-native sounds
GC /ɣ/
KC /x/
Planned to be used diphthongs:
Eu /eu/
????
Rough phonotactics:
basically, native words dont end in stops and its like (C)(C)V(C) but forreign names and stuff arent restricted by this.
And all native words except for 'Abigeno' have only one syllable. Why Abigeno has four? The world may never know...
Articles:
Articles such as 'a' and 'the' are nonexistent as such meaning is inferred by context.
The Cluster Design
Edit: lol this is all wrong now
This one of the fundamental things you want to understand. It aint hard but important. In this language each word has a strong tendency to have multiple parts of speech and meanings within one word. To distinguish what meaning we want, we just use the appropriate suffixes. For example:
Gais
N: gas
Adj: gaseous
By itself, gais can mean any of those two as without marking, one will have to infer from context. Non-marking is common in typical speech, however. (and I'll get more on that later.) But with marking...
Gaise (means gas)
Gaisa (means gaseous)
This can immediately be distinguished. Here are the markings so far that can do something like this:
e/se/she/yr/yn/ym/ys for nouns (Why so many? I'll explain later.)
a for adjectives
yv for adverbs
ni for verbs
Prep. don't have any, Conj. don't either but conjunctions in this language tend to only have a conjunction meaning and then imperatives don't have any either.
And that's it I guess. Maybe if I remember something else about this thing I'll update it.
Word Stability List
Sometimes, I like to monitor how stable some words are to see if I can count on them in the case that I have to give an example using the language. And, if for some reason you are interested in learning this conlang, then this will let you know what you can learn without it changing. Words don't change to often but they can constantly be unstable because they way be better ways to organize the meanings of the words. If I explained Abigeno's principles earlier then you would know what I am talking about.
6 = permanent
5 = incredibly stable, probably will never change, even through beta
4 = pretty stable but it may get a re-inspection at some point just to check if everything is okay.
3 = It's an okay kind of stable but I bet it will need changes in the future.
2 = will most likely need changes.
1 = will be changed at some point soon in a significant way. Do not attempt to learn this word.
Generalizations:
All pronouns thus far (mi,tu,le,wi,vu,de) are safe with the exception of the reflexive one (sci).
Notepad entries:
Mi: (5)
Pn: I, me, mine, my