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Y-talk conlang

1. Main concepts

The goals of the constructed language described in the following are:

  • simplicity in the vocabulary
  • complexity in what you can express
  • integration with other languages

The language uses the basic 26 letter english alphabet but with consistent and in some cases wildly different pronounciation. Every word consists of a single vowel and a single consonant, or a combination of two or more words.

Vowels are used to group words into a rough category, words starting with

  • a are special words
  • e are verbs
  • i are pronouns and other miscellanious
  • o are nouns
  • u are adjectives

The consonants are used to specify the exact meaning. Any group can be transmuted to another by simply prepending the group vowel before it.

The verb "em" - "to invite" can be turned into "oem" - "invitation".

Pronounciation is as follows:

Consonant Pronounciation example
b ab
c ats
d ad
f af
g ag
h aa
j ach
k ak
l al
m am
n an
p ap
r ar
s as
t at
v aw
x aks
z ash

Transmutations are pronounced as follows

Letter combo Pronounciation example
ae ä
ai ei
ao a o
au au
ea e a
ei ey
eo e o
eu eu
ia ya
ie iye
io yo
iu you
oa o a
oe ö
oi oy
ou ouh
ua ua
ue ü
ui ui
uo u o

2. Word table

a-word translation e-word translation i-word translation o-word translation u-word translation
ab eb ib ob ub
ac ec ic oc location uc
ad ed id you od ud
af if ef if of uf
ag eg ig og outside ug good
ah and eh ignore ih today oh uh
aj question ej say, speak ij oj uj
ak external names, " ek ik almost, some ok uk
al el live il he, she ,it, they ol plant ul
am em invite im I, me om um cold
an not en in here on un
ap because, through, by ep ip possessive op up
ar er ir plural, many, much or ur fluid
as zoom-in, down es see, watch is os us
at et it ot time ut small
av family tree ev want iv ov uv
ax assignment ex passive ix ox ux dangerous
az ez iz oz uz