Sktk'wk

Name: Ksts'w

Type: Isolating

Head Direction: Variable

Verbs: No

GOALS AS OF NOW:

-Make more words.

-Make more sentences.

This page has been called:
 * 1) Asonobov
 * 2) ɞ̞ɳ̊ɯ̽l̼ɻʷl̪̊ɯð̼ɤn̼̊ɤð̼ɤʋɯɱ
 * 3) Ɯ̽l̼ɻ̩ʷl̪̊ɯð̼ɤn̼̊ɤð̼ɤʋɯɱ
 * 4) Ɯð̼ɤn̼̊ɤð̼ɤʋɯɱ
 * 5) Asonobow
 * 6) P'l t'ttp'p 'p'l pl ksts'w 'pl
 * 7) Present Name

This language has no verbs, adpositions, pronouns, or vowels.

Pages which link to this page:

Asonobov (alternate name)

Asonobow (alternate name)

As the many names imply, this language has a long, convoluted history.

IPA Chart/Orthography
The alphabet consists of the oral egressive approximants (except ⟨v⟩), from front to back of the mouth, then the ingressive ones (except ⟨'v⟩), then a repetition of that with the nasals.

v/'v were nasal approximants when this alphabet was being created. This is reflected in aspects of this language such as the alphabet and number system.

Written out in Roman form, the alphabet is:

p s t l r w g k 'p 's 't 'l 'r 'w 'g 'k m v q 'm 'v 'q

When in isolated letters, the apostrophe ⟨'⟩ denotes an ingressive sound. However, in words, its use follows these rules:
 * At the beginning of a sentence, the air flow is egressive.
 * Every apostrophe until the next space denotes a change in airflow from egressive to ingressive.
 * At the next space, the airflow defaults back to egressive.

For example, in "wt psl'lr 'wt wt p'pq'vs 'wt" (which means "the function word (which) is a specialization"):
 * the first wt is egressive
 * there is a space, indicating a return to egressive (which isn't needed this time)
 * the psl in the word "psl'lr" is egressive
 * the lr in the word "psl'lr" is ingressive
 * there is a space, indicating a return to egressive
 * as indicated by the apostrophe, the second wt is ingressive
 * there is a space, indicating a return to egressive
 * the third appearance of "wt" is egressive
 * there is a space, indicating a return to egressive (which isn't needed this time)
 * the p in the beginning is egressive
 * the pq in the middle is ingressive
 * the vs at the end is egressive
 * there is a space, indicating a return to egressive (which isn't needed this time)
 * as indicated by the apostrophe, the final wt is ingressive

Another way of writing is to omit spaces and only use the apostrophe. In this case, that would yield "wtpsl'lrwt'wtp'pq'vs'wt(')". People don't actually write like this unless they want to be fancy, save space, or confuse people.

Phonotactics
tl;dr The syllable structure is V.

In this language, all sounds act as syllable nuclei. Despite some consternation that there must be some kind of underlying syllable structure, most attempts at ascribing a syllable structure stricter than V, most "syllables" created in this way corresponded to multiple syllables when compared to English counterparts.

That is not to say that all boundaries are created equal. There are sometimes short sequences of no sound, such as between /v/ and /s/. This is similar to the boundary between egressive and ingressive sounds in a word.

Appearances of this lack of sound:
 * Switching between egressive and ingressive sounds
 * Between /v/ and /s/ (in either order)

Numbers
There is no zero, and the numbers go from 1 to 16. The sixteen numbers correspond to the sixteen non-v approximant values, from left to right. The farther right a digit is, the higher its increment.

With longer numbers, the sixteens place is represented by the sound representing the amount of ones, then the sound representing the amount of sixteens. In cases where the number evenly divides into 16, the ones place is sixteen and the sixteens place is "(number divided by sixteen) minus one". For example, 32 is 'kp, or "sixteen plus one sixteen".

Because of this, despite the language being hexadecimal, values 256-272 are represented by two digits. For example, 256 is 'k'g, or approximately "sixteen plus fifteen sixteens", and 257 is p'k, or "one plus sixteen sixteens".

Grammar
Relations between words are created using word modifiers. These are function words which function like brackets. They go around the word so that they mark when the word begins and ends.

Numbers exist when the parts of the modifier begin, which show how the words modified by the modifiers are on.

If two words have the same modifier attached to them (same number and all), they can also both go within a single modifier or can go within two separate occurrences of the modifier. Otherwise, they can't.

Modifiers
Normal

NOTE: X signifies a number.

Copula: XwtX'wt

pwt man p'wt pwt happy thing p'wt = The man (who) is happy/The happy thing (which) is a man.

Locative: XltX'lt

plt statue p'lt plt man p'lt = The man and statue are at the same general place.

Thing which has a part: XplX'pl The part of the thing: Xp'lX'p'l

ppl man p'pl pp'l hand p'p'l = The man (who) has a hand as a part of him.

Causative/Instrumental = Causative: XpwX'pw Instrumental: Xp'wX'p'w

ppw man p'pw pp'w hammer p'p'w = There was a hammer because of the man OR The man causes something to happen using the hammer OR The man uses the hammer to do something.

Name Marker = Name: XllX'll Noun being named:Xl'lX'l'l

pll Taylor p'll p'll man p'l'l = the man named Taylor

Allative+Dative(shows T going to H from O) = What is changing state: Xkr-X'kr Allative: XktX'kt Dative: Xk'tX'k't

pkr information p'kr pkt man p'kt pk't book p'k't = The information goes from the book to the man.

pkt man p'kt pk't pwt book p'wt pwt tree p'wt p'k't. = According to the man, the book is a tree.

Words Which Rely on Numbers/ X-Words
Some words, such as pk'k'st, the word for a shape, need a number (in this case, of sides) as part of their definition. These are called "words which numbers are a part of" in this language (pl ttkqr 'pl p'l vrpvr 'p'l).

Vocabulary
To recap, the order of the alphabet is:

p s t l r w g k 'p 's 't 'l 'r 'w 'g 'k m v q 'm 'v 'q

WORDS: multiplication, division, square root, other ways of making roots, derivatives, exponents, elements

Words

ppppp = forest, field of bacteria

ppkrr = real thing

psls't = leg, near

psl'lr = function word

psw'tr = chlorine

psmk'm = plan

ptpr'l = death (when someone is no longer warmer than the world)

ptss'l = birth

ptr'w'tX = progenitor with X children

ptvp't = this place and time

ptgk'g = child who has not been born

plpl'l = reckless abandon (positive connotation)

pls'tl = back (like backbone), top

pwprt = land

pwgwr = leader

pwgvq = the people who support the leader

pw'prr = person (thinking thing)

pw'gpt = the people who follow the leader

pmk'kqX = shape with X dimensions

pvptw = relative from same individual

pvt'pr = relative two family members apart

pvr'ls = schadenfreude

p'pq'vs = specialization

p'lpwp = path etched into the ground

p'lt'ts = emotional pain

ksmsp = light-bulb

spkvs = sulfur

tvspt = phrase with X actors

trlsp = desirable thing

vt'tsp = something which can be read

p'kvv"q = alphabet

p'gv'k'g = many

ptlvr = beauty

ptw'lr = metal

pk'k'stX = shape with X sides

pt'tvr = conversation

ptt'kr = bodily takeover of someone (positive connotation)

tpt'qt = plant

t'ktlp = path put upon the ground

t'ttp'p = language

l'ltpv = body of liquid (ocean, lake, river, etc.)

l'ltk'm = lava flow

wkrtp = owner, boss

ktg'gp = flying thing

vqkpt = underside, underneath

tpt"qs = the act of being adamant

wl'wpr = container (bag, bowl, etc.)

rlpvl = thing which is worried

v'plrp = physical protector (shell, house, etc.)

vrpvr = number

ksts'w = the people who speak this language

skrsk = state in existence

tstlv, vtslt = useful thing/usefulness

sttk'w = change

qtsrt = indomitable thing

stlkr = fierceness

stm'sr = volcanic smoke rich in methane

twgsk = ailment (caused by nonliving thing)

stgvr = the happiness of being hurt

s"qt'tv = hindquarters, behind

sr'ltv = separation/otherness

s'kqtr = silica dust

slkkr = species of indigenous bacteria

krwrs = government

sgvr"q = schadenfreude

skg'k'k = species of indigenous bacteria

'qkk'qs = eruption

ttw'pr = physical form

tlwtl = cord

ttllr = the connection of one to one's relatives/friends and the land

ttlk't = place

ttw'tr = image

tkgkt = eye

tvrgt = interesting thing

trt'qr = hard work

tvkvt = answer

ttkqr = content word

ttk'kr = false thing

ttkvv = microorganism

ttkvr = ground-dweller

rt'rtr = speed

tllkr = head, front

tlmg't = explosion

tlwwg, twgwl, glwtw = rumbling (of a volcano)

tlwk'r = something more spread out across the ground

tlw'tr = hard substance/plastic

tlw'lr = something reaching towards the sky

tl'lvr = inequality

tlk'tr = non-attachment

tmwkk = meeting twgmr = disease (caused by living thing fighting against another)

twwg'g = cloud

twkg'w = wind

twk'tr = rotten thing (positive connotation), bacterial contamination (positive connotation)

tw's'lr = shelter

tw'lrr = direction

tw'gr"q = indigenous species of bacteria

tkw'lr = water-dweller

tk'pv'r = indigenous species of bacteria

t's'lvr = rectitude

vtvv't = set of things

rtvr't = state of motion

kwl'wl = action

wrlkl = edible substance

lwrl'k = system of tunnels (cave system, vascular system)

g'gvg'g = when the sun is near the ground

ggrr'r = indigenous species of bacteria

rw'kr't = audience

rwwr = small size

rwwrww = great size

vrvvr = imaginary thing

Indigenous Bacteria

slkkr

skg'k'k

tw'gr'q

tk'pv'q

ggrr'r

Universals Contrasted So Far
All languages have stops.

All languages have either bilabials, fricatives or nasals.

All languages have some non-syllabic consonants.

All languages have voiced sounds.

All languages have rounded sounds.

All languages have non-implied verbs.

No language has a phonemic linguolabial trill.

No language has dentolabial sounds.

No language has labioalveolar sounds.

No language conjugates for both the head word and the affected word in every relationship.