Fosafa



Spoken by the Firto, a race of winged humanoids from space, Fosafa is a conlang they invented to communicate with humans when they visit. On several previous visits, the Firto were mistaken for angels; for this reason, humans who lack the whole story sometimes call Fosafa "Angelic".

Writing System
Each sound is written as its IPA symbol except /ɹ/, which is written .

Grammar
Fosafa uses an Verb-Subject-Object sentence structure. However, you can rearrange the words, if you want. Moving one to the start of the sentence emphases it. The object (if any) requires a "-mo" suffix; indirect objects use "-fo" instead.

Nouns can be used as adjectives or adverbs meaning "like ___" by adding it to the start to the noun it applies to. Adding "-ko-" to a noun or pronoun creates an adjective meaning "owned by ___".

Verbs can be used as nouns meaning “something that ___” by adding “bi-” to them.

Ask questions by adding "-do" to the verb. Ask who/what questions by using “sak” (mystery) as the unknown element and moving it to the front of the sentence. Ask yes-no questions by asking a question without “sak”.

Make requests by adding "-ri" to the verb. Negate a verb by adding "ris-" to the start. Add a prefix to mark tense. For past tense, use “pa-”; for the future, use “po-”.

There is no word for "is/are"; just say the noun with the adjective. If you need to modify the verb, use "ta"; "ta" doesn't mean anything, it just holds the affixes.

Lexicon
Verbs:

destroy: sifab

get: ris

give: siris

go-to: ga

have: sidis

hear: sivid

make: fab

need: bog

repair: rip

say: por

search: rik

see: vid

take: kap

use: kon

want: dis

Nouns:

action: mob

adult: sibam

air: ka

anger: rab

animal: bis

armor: sivis

art: sima

body: sikog

bone: so

building: kis

calm: sirab

center: nik

chest: tor

child: bam

city: kit

clay: rag

clothes: ves

cold: fir

container: bor

danger: pir

dark: silam

day: sinok

death: mor

dirt: tir

ear: sisig

electricity: fol

evil: mis

eye: sig

female: simas

fire: fu

food: kib

foot: siman

freedom: sirig

game: par

gems: gi

good: simis

group: kot

hand: man

hatred: sirom

head: sitor

heart: nik

heat: sifir

house: kas

I: mo

idea: not

illness: simid

information: rat

injury: lis

job: lav

joy: gi

kindness: bin

knowledge: rat

largeness: gar

law: rig

leadership: kom

life: simor

light: lam

lightning: fol

limb: so

love: rom

male: mas

meat: siso

medicine: mid

metal: mit

mind: kog

money: va

mountain: mon

music: mos

mystery: sak

night: nok

parent: gin

part: pat

path: kam

peace: pak

person: non

place: pos

planet: sisod

plant: sibes

poison: sikib

precious metal: simit

rain: pig

rule: rig

sadness: sigi

safety: sipir

sea: mar

seed: som

shelter: kas

singleton: sikot

skin: pil

sky: ka

smallness: sigar

star: sod

stone: tir

story: rak

they: non

thing: sinot

tool: ma

torso: tor

truth: vir

untruth: sivir

vehicle: vik

war: sipak

water: lik

weapon: vis

wing: bat

wood: lig

word: not

you: simo