Snvsdr dhv

EM FĒ DOY SNVSDR EFME PR̄

/ém ɸē dù snœ̀sdɤ̀ èɸmé pɤ̄/

snv̀sdr̀ dè is a micro-lang designed to be good at building words. The grammar is derived from kót wàwa. The vocabulary is derived from draft versions a language called "teja", which itself is inspired by tuki tiki.

It has no strict division between word building vocabulary and sentence-building vocabulary.

Phonemes

Consonants

p	t	c	k
b	d	ɟ ⟨c⟩	g ⟨k⟩
pʰ ⟨ph⟩	tʰ ⟨th⟩	cʰ ⟨ch⟩	kʰ ⟨kh⟩
bʰ ⟨bh⟩	dʰ ⟨dh⟩	ɟʰ ⟨ch⟩	gʰ ⟨kh⟩
m̥ ⟨m⟩	n̥ ⟨n⟩	ɲ̊ ⟨l⟩	ŋ̊ ⟨g⟩
m	n	ɲ ⟨l⟩	ŋ ⟨g⟩
ɸ ⟨f⟩	s	ç ⟨j⟩	x
β ⟨f⟩	z	ʝ ⟨j⟩	ɣ ⟨x⟩

Vowels

ø ⟨vy⟩	i ⟨ey⟩	ɯ ⟨ry⟩	o ⟨oy⟩		ʉ ⟨y⟩
œ ⟨v⟩	e	ɤ ⟨r⟩	ɔ ⟨o⟩		ə ⟨h⟩
ɶ ⟨va⟩	ɛ ⟨ea⟩	ʌ ⟨ra⟩	ɒ ⟨oa⟩		a

Tones

high	á
mid	ā
low	à

Word roots

word	sound	meaning	notes	origin	kw equiv	tuki tiki equiv
bv	/bœ̀/	x is above y		< teja pa	zèu, bm̀a	tiku
be	/bè/	x is flat in the presence of y		< teja pe, infl. by tok lipu	lìp	kati
br	/bɤ̀/	x is good to y		< teja po < tok pona	bòn	pula
bo	/bɔ̀/	x is a container of/for y		< tok poki	pòki, jò	~lu<
dv	/dœ̀/	x moves because of y		< teja ta < tok tawa	nàsa, ìles, mùs	taka
de	/dè/		unassigned
dr	/dɤ̀/	x experiences y		< teja to < tok sona	bìli, zòn, ~(lùki, gùt)	tula
do	/dɔ̀/	x goes to y		< teja ta < tok tawa	dàu	taka
bhv	/bʰœ̀/		unassigned
bhe	/bʰè/		unassigned
bhr	/bʰɤ̀/		unassigned
bho	/bʰɔ̀/		unassigned
dhv	/dʰœ̀/		unassigned
dhe	/dʰè/	x is solid to y			gìwe	kiku
dhr	/dʰɤ̀/		unassigned
dho	/dʰɔ̀/		unassigned
mv	/mœ̀/	x is the same as y in some way		< kw màs < tok sama	zàm	tama
me	/mè/	x is me now as I'm speaking, and y is you as you're listening		< teja me "me; this" < tok mi	mì lònní, ànis	mi, li
mr	/mɤ̀/	x uses y		< tok moku	bèke, ~mòk	ilu
mo	/mɔ̀/	x is where y is		< teja ma < tok ma	nòl, mà, mèt	lu<, kiku
nv	/nœ̀/	x emits/gives/causes y		< kw nàt (< tok tan) & tok pana	nàt, bàna	~tuki
ne	/nè/	x is small in the presence of y		negation of go "big"< teja a; infl. by tok lili	lìli	lili
nr	/nɤ̀/	x is few in the presence of y		negation of ge "many"< teja a	ɲæ̀k	a ala
no	/nɔ̀/	x has already happened or begun to happen		< kw dà < PIE -eh2tos, infl. by vi đã and zh-cmn 了	dà	~lu taka lapi
fv	/βœ̀/	x points to y		a priori	lùka dàu	lika, ~tuki
fe	/βè/	x does y		a priori, infl. by tok li	lì	li
fr	/βɤ̀/	x can't initiate actions or states of being that affect y from x's own will		negation of je "agent of action" < teja ja "living thing" < tuki tiki ka & tok jan	ɰʉ̀ŋ, ~(ʋʉ̀ŋ, ɣɛ̀ɻɔɰ, ɻʉ̀x, ʉ̀tɔx, dʉ̀ɰ)	ka ala
fo	/βɔ̀/	(unasigned)
z	/z/	x is an act of doing y (aux.)	it takes a verb as its object	a priori, infl. by vi sự " the act of doing ..."	~àn	~pali
:	/ː̄/	in the context of x, y happens	it lengthens the previous vowel or consonant, but with mid tone. written by repeating the previous letter		~la	~la
y	/y/	(	it can merge with a vowel before it to form a close vowel		pi, ~àn
a	/a/	)	it can merge with a vowel before to form an open vowel		ip, na