Snvsdr dhv
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EM FĒ DOY SNVSDR EFME PR̄
/ém ɸē dù snœ̀sdɤ̀ èɸmé pɤ̄/
snv̀sdr̀ dhè 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 |