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
NOTE: All IPA values are approximations obtained through asking the ksts'w which sound they thought best approximated the sounds used.

/ᴫ̥/ ⟨q⟩

Phonotactics
In this language, all sounds can be either syllabic or non-syllabic.

When there are multiple occurrences of the same sound consecutively, they are all pronounced as separate syllables. For example, ⟨gg⟩ would be pronounced / ʁ̞̊. ʁ̞̊/ instead of, for example, / ʁ̞̊:/.

When two different sounds are next to one another, they will

The alphabet/syllabary consists of symmetrical symbols, but they aren't here because I don't know how to put them here. The alphabetical order (in Roman transliteration) is:

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

This consists of the oral egressive approximants, from front to back of the mouth, then the ingressive ones, then a repetition of that with the nasals.

Small Amount of History
r/'r were nasal approximants at one point. For this reason, they are often treated differently than the other sounds, such as in the number system.

Numbers
There is no zero, and the numbers go from 1 to 16. The sixteen numbers correspond to the sixteen non-r 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 occurences of the modifier. Otherwise, they can't.

Modifiers
Normal

NOTE: X signifies a number.

Copula: XwtX'wt

pwt causation p'wt pwt happiness p'wt = The happiness which is causing something/Happiness is causation.

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's hand/the hand of the man.

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
These words consist of a cluster of 5 letters which can be said in any order. For ease of access, they are normally transcribed alone in alphabetical order, using the letter with the least value as the first syllable. To recap, the order of the alphabet is:

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

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

Words

ppppp = forest

p'lpwp = path etched into the ground

pwprt = land

pvptw = relative from same individual

ptvp't = this place and time

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

plpl'l = reckless abandon (positive connotation)

p'lt'ts = emotional pain

ppkrr = real thing

p"qtrp = stomach cavity, inside

ptss'l = birth

ptgk'g = child who has not been born

psls't = leg, near

ksmsp = light-bulb

spkvs = sulfur

tvspt = phrase with X actors

trlsp = desirable thing

vt'tsp = something which can be read

psl'lr = function word

pls'tl = back (like backbone), top

psmk'm = plan

psw'tr = chlorine

p'p"qvs = specialization

pvr'ls = schadenfreude

pmk'kqX = shape with X dimensions

pwgwr = leader

pwgvq = the people who support the leader

pw'gpt = the people who follow the leader

pw'prr = person (thinking thing)

p'kvv"q = alphabet

p'gv'k'g = many

ptr'w'tX = progenitor with X children

ptlvr = beauty

ptw'lr = metal

pk'k'stX = shape with X sides

pvt'pr = relative two family members apart

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

Compound Words

Note: I did not write the numbers here, but they are here.

pl tpt'qt 'pl p'l ptgk'g 'p'l = seed of a plant

pl ttw'kr 'pl p'l sttk'w 'p'l = movie

wt ttqkr 'wt wt qtsrt 'wt = a word which must exist to give a sentence meaning

wt ktg'gp 'wt wt pl'pvr 'wt = airplane

tl pl sgvr"q 'pl 'tl tl p'l ptt'sr 'p'l 'tl = a feeling of great joy which doesn't translate well

pw gg'g'gv 'pw p'w ppt'lr 'p'w = sunset

pw gg'g'gv 'pw p'w psst'l 'p'w = sunrise

p'l t'ttp'p 'p'l pl ksts'w 'pl = this language

pw wrlkl 'pw p'w kwl'wl 'p'w = live prey

Sample Sentences

p'wt vrvvr p'w't pwt plt tstlv pl't plt ksmsp pl't pw't. - The useful thing is not beside the light bulb (at some specific time).

pwt swt tstlv s'wt swt ksmsp s'wt pw't p'wt vrvvr p'w't. - The light bulb is not useful (at some specific time).

pwt swt twt wkrtp t'wt tw't ggrr'r t'w't s'wt sw't ppkrr s'w't pwt p'wt vrvvr p'w't. - The boss is not, was not, and will not be a bacterium. (Lit. ""The boss is a bacterium" is a real thing" is an imaginary thing.)

pwt ltltr pw't pwt plt ppl p"qtrp p'pl p'lt p'wt pl't tpt'qt p'l't pp'l pvt'pr p'p'l. = The group of directly related family members eat plants together in harmony.

pwt swt tstlv p'wt s'wt swt kwl'wl s'wt swt krwrs sw't. - The government('s creation) is a useful action.

ppl ppw tstlv p'pw p'pl pp'l vtvv't p'p'l pp'w spl l's'tvr p'p'w s'pl sp'l tkw'lr s'p'l. - Useful things as a whole (the set of "valuable things") made the water dweller morally correct.

pwt plw'wr p'wt pwt plt p"qtrp p'lt p'wt plt wrlkl p'lt. - The edible substance is in the container. / There is an edible substance in the container.

pwt swt ktg'gp s'wt p'wt pwt pl'pvr p'wt swt plt p"qtrp p'lt s'wt plt slt swt twt tlmg't t'wt s'wt twt ksmsp t'wt s'lt. - The light bulb inside the exploding airplane explodes.

pwt pk't trlsp p'k't p'wt pwt pkr ppw ksts'w p'pw p'kr pp'w spw ll wl 'll s'pw p'p'w sp'w krwrs s'p'w p'wt - The People want John (wl) to succeed in forming a government.

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.