Sktk'wk

This language is a language which has no verbs, pronouns, or vowels.

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IPA Chart/Orthography
NOTE: All IPA values are approximations obtained through asking the sstk"w which sound they thought best approximated the sounds used.

Phonotactics
In this language, all consonants are syllabic and they cannot be non-syllabic. This means that there are 21 possible syllables and all of them consist of a single consonant. (j is not used in content words, though.)

The alphabet/syllabary consists of symmetrical glyphs, but they aren't here because I don't know how to put them here. The alphabetical order (in Roman transliteration) is: p s t l m w g k 'p 's 't 'l 'm 'w 'g 'k v r "v "r j

Numbers
The numbers are bijective base 16. This means there is no zero, and there is a specific number representing sixteen. The sixteen numbers correspond to the sixteen approximant values.

When used in a sentence, these are surrounded by number markers (see below).

Grammar
It doesn't have any verbs. Relations between words are created using word modifiers.

The first letter of the word modifier is a number between one and sixteen which shows which "level" the words modified by the modifiers are on.

Modifiers
Normal

NOTE: H means that it comes first, O means that it comes second, and X signifies a number.

Inanimate Locative (both parties are animate) = H: Xlt-X'lt O: Xlt-X'lt plt statue p'lt plt man p'lt = The man and statue are at the same general place.

Comitative (both parties are separate) = H: Xtl-X'tl O: Xtl-X'tl ptl dog p'tl ptl man p'tl = The man and the dog are connected. (The implication is that they know each other.)

Definition Change (usually a copula) = H: Xwt-X'wt O: Xwt-X'wt pwt causation p'wt pw't happiness p'w't = The happiness which is causing something/Happiness is causation.

Part (other is part of head) = H: Xpl-X'pl O: Xp'l-X'p'l ppl man p'pl pp'l hand p'p'l = The man's hand

Allative+Dative(shows T going to H from O) = T: Xkr-X'kr H: Xkt-X'kt O: Xk't-X'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.

Causative/Instrumental (the thing that caused it to happen is the head) = H: Xpw-X'pw O: Xp'w-X'p'w Xpw man X'pw Xp'w hammer X'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.

Non-Word

Name Marker (marks name, which is the only thing it goes around; goes inside other modifiers) = H: ll-'ll wt ll Johnny 'll 'wt w't pl man 'pl 'w't p'l hand 'p'l = the hand of the man named Johnny.

Thing Number Marker (for defining the number of nouns; around number N outside modifiers and around O outside modifiers) = N: rj-jr O: "rj-j"r rj 5 jr "rj pl man 'pl j"r p'l hand 'p'l = the hands of five men Placement Number Marker (for clarifying sentence order; the number indicates the number of words one should skip backwards in the sentence to find the right word; around number N outside modifiers and outside other modifiers) = N: vj-jv wt green 'wt wt happy 'wt w't cat 'w't vj 3 jv "vj w't man 'w't j"v = The man is green and the cat is happy. (Without this, the sentence would be "The man is happy and the cat is green.")

Words Which Rely on Numbers/ X-Words
Some words rely on numbers for existence, such as tk'ksp, the word for two-dimensional shape, which needs a number of sides as part of its definition. For these, there is a thing number marker inside the modifying brackets which specifies the number of sides. These are called X-words in this language, because the way they are described involves an X.

Actual Language
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 t l m w g k 'p 's 't 'l 'm 'w 'g 'k v r "v "r j

Words

sstk'w = the people who speak this language pptwr = land ptt'p't = language ttrr"r = speed ptlvr = beauty ppp'lw = path etched into the ground pttl'k = path put upon the ground tlk'tr = non-attachment pw'prr = person (thinking thing) pvvrr = number ppt'tv = this place/time/place+time ptl'lv = body of liquid (ocean, lake, river, etc.) pt'tvr = conversation ptw'lr = metal wwwrr = great size ttw'pr = physical form tw'lrr = direction tv'trr = state of motion vvrrr = imaginary thing tl'lvr = inequality swkrr = government tlw'tr = hard substance/plastic t'tvvv = set (of) st'lvr = physical separation/otherness ttlk't = place sttlv = useful thing/usefulness pl'pvr = protector (parent, guardian, army, shell, etc.) ttllr = the connection of one to one's relatives/friends and the land pst'tv = something which can be read ptk's'k = two-dimensional shape with X sides t's'lvr = morally correct (thing) tlw'lr = something inorganic reaching towards the sky tlwk"r = something more spread out across the ground llwkr = edible substance pt'pvr = family member separated by a bend pptwv = family member separated by a straight line plw'wr = container (bag, bowl, etc.) llw'kr = system of tunnels (cave system, vascular system) psttv = phrase with X actors pst't'l = emotional pain ttkvv = microorganism ppt'lr = death (when someone is no longer warmer than the world) ttkvr = ground-dweller tkw'lr = water-dweller llww'k = action pttt"r = plant pptr"r = stomach cavity, inside ptkv"r = underside, underneath pssl't = leg tllkr = head, front ttw'tr = image sttk'w = change ps'lvr = schadenfreude tw's'lr = shelter psll't = back, top stlkr = fierceness ttk'kr = false thing k't'wrr = audience ps'pv"v = specialization pssmk = light-bulb ptt'sr = adamance sgvr"v = schadenfreude ttgr"r = hard work ptgk'g = flying thing tlmg't = explosion st'tv"v = hindquarters, behind

twk'tr = rotten thing (positive connotation) ppll'l = reckless abandon (positive connotation) ptt'kr = bodily takeover of someone (positive connotation) stgvr = the happiness of being hurt

Compound Words

pl ttw'kr 'pl p'l sttk'w 'p'l = movie wt ptgk'g 'wt wt pl'pvr 'wt = airship

Sample Sentences

ppw ppll'l p'pw pp'w ptl pt'tvr p'tl ptl pwt pvvrr p'wt p'tl pw't pw'prr p'w't p'p'w. = The conversation about the number of people was/is a thing of reckless abandon.

pwt ltltr p'wt pwt plt ppl pp'tr"r p'pl p'lt plt pttt"r p'lt p'w't pp'l pt'pvr p'p'l. = The group of related family members eat plants together in harmony.

pwt pwt wllt't p'wt swt llwwk s'wt p'wt swt swkrr s'wt. - The government is a valuable action.

ppw ppl sttlv p'pl pp'l t'tvvv p'p'l p'pw pp'w spl l's'tvr s'pl p'p'w sp'l tkw'lr p'p'l. - The moral correctness of the water dweller occurred because of the set of valuable things.

pwt plw'wr p'wt pwt plt pp'tr"r p'lt p'wt plt llwkr p'lt. - The edible substance is in the container. / There is an edible substance in the container.

p'kt ll 'lt'lpk"rt 'll p'k't pkr pwt vvrrr p'wt p'kr pwt skr tkr ppl ptt'p't p'pl pp'l sttk'w p'p'l t'kr tkt tt'pvr t'kt s'kr skt ptt'p't s'kt sk't ppw spl tpl ttw'tr t'pl tp'l sttk'w t'p'l s'pl sp'l ll l'rl'l 'll s'p'l p'pw pp'w ps'lvr p'p'w s'k't p'wt. - To 'Lt'lpr"rt, the idea that you could change the language of the conversations from emotionally painful movies which l'rl'l is a part of into this language is imaginary.

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. No language has a linguolabial trill. No language has dentolabial sounds. All languages have non-implied verbs. No language conjugates for both the head word and the affected word in every relationship. No language has cases that work like brackets. All languages attach some meaning to the order in which the sounds of content words are put in.