Basala

Basa Sama is an IAL, based mostly off of Indonesian. Basa Sama was created for 2 main reasons: To be the lingua franca of all nations and to replace the horrible current scientific and technological naming system we use today. Ancient Greek and Latin are used today so that all nations have a way to specify what they are talking about, such as animals, plants, chemicals, medicines, and politics. The problem is that some languages can not say words such as Epidexipteryx (A small bird-like dinosaur) and isoamyl acetate (artificial pear oil). In Basa Sama these are Bamil-bulu (which means "show off feather") and Oli-bil-balsu (Which means "false pear oil").

* When writing scientific names we connect the words with hyphens*

Vowels
Ng is used to represent /ŋ/ and Nj is used to represent /ɲ/. These are seen as consonant clusters, not true phonemes.

Why this phonology?
This phonology was chose, because every sound in Basa Sama is found in 67% of languages worldwide (According to PHOIBLE). There are also no sounds that are too hard to pronounce for speakers that don't have them, such as /r/, /h/, and /x/, which are used in the more popular IALs, like Esperanto. There are also no /e/ or /o/, because many languages in Africa and Oceania don`t have these sounds, and find it difficult to differentiate between /e/ and /i/ and /o/ and /u/. There no diphthongs.

Phonotactics
(C)V(C)(C)

Why not CV?
(C)V(C)(C) was chosen, because it pretty much had to be. In order to make some words recognisable, the consonant clusters were needed. For example, which word for Britain is more recognisable? Blitan or Bita? What about the word for English? Inglis or Inis? As one can see, the CV word order would not work and would not even be remotely recognisable to a British person or English speaker.

Nouns
No cases, no gender, no noun classes, and no articles.

Possession
There is no equivalent to the 's in Basa Sama. Instead, the possessee is seen as an adjective to the possessor. For example: Anjing dulang means "the dog`s bone". Anjing means "dog" and Dulang means "bone".

Plurality
To make a word plural, all you have to do is double the word. An example would be Alang alang, which means "people/humans". To say something like "the 2 people" one would say Dwa alang, to say "some people" one would say Bibilaba alang, and to say "all of the people" one would say Simwa alang.

(All numbers start with a consonant and end in a vowel, to aid in saying higher numbers)
0- Nala (From "nol")

1- Satu (From "satu")

2- Dwa (From "dua")

3- Diga (From "tiga")

4- Mbadi (From "empat")

5- Lima (From "lima")

6- Nami (From "enam")

7- Duju (From "tujuh")

8- Dila (From "delapan")

9- Kawu (From "kau")

10- Bulu (From "sepuluh")

11- Bulu satu (10 and 1)

12- Bulu dwa (10 and 2)

13- Bulu diga (10 and 3)

...

20- Dwa bulu (2 and 10)

30- Diga bulu (3 and 10)

...

100- Latu (From "ratus")

101- Latu satu (100 and 1)

102- Latu dwa (100 and 2)

103- Latu diga (100 and 3)

...

1,000- Libu (From "ribu")

10,000- Bulu libu (10 and 1,000)

100,000- Latu libu (100 and 1,000)

1,000,000- Juta (From "juta")

1,000,000,000- Mila (From "milyar")

1,000,000,000,000- Dila (From "triliun")

Sample numbers
75- Duju bulu lima (7 and 10, and 5)

342- Diga latu mbadi bulu dwa (3 and 100, 4 and 10, and 2)

8,590- Dila libu lima latu kawu bulu (8 and 1,000, 5 and 100, 9 and 10)

24,033- Dwa bulu libu mbadi libu diga bulu diga (2 and 10 and 1,000, 4 and 1,000, 3 and 10, and 3)

5,000,005- Lima juta lima (5 and 1,000,000, and 5)

Ordinal numbers
To make a number ordinal make the number an adjective to the noun. For example, to say "the 1st cat" one would say Gusing satu, to say "the 2nd cat" one would say Gusing dwa, and to say "the 100th cat" one would say Gusing latu.

Animals
Iwan- "animal" (From "hewan")

Mamalja- "mammal" (From "mamalia")

Anjing- "dog" (From "anjing")

Luba- "fox/wolf/coyote/wilddog" (From "rubah")

Gusing- "cat" (From "kucing")

Singa- "lion/tiger/jaguar/wildcat" (From "singa")

Sabi- "cow/bull/buffalo" (From "sapi")

Guda- "horse/donkey/zebra" (From "kuda")

Magala- "sheep/goat" (From 'makara")

Babi- "pig/hog/warthog" (From "babi")

Digus- "rat/mouse/shrew/squirrel/rodent" (From "tikus")

Ganja- "rabbit/hare" (From "koneho")

Musang- "weasel/ferret/otter/skunk/civet" (From "musang")

Lusa- "deer/moose/antelope" (From "rusa")

Gaja- "elephant/mammoth" (From "gajah")

Badag- "rhinoceros" (From "badak")

Silaba- "giraffe" (From "zirafah")

Gudanil- "hippopotamus" (From "kuda nil")

Lumba- "whale/dolphin/porpoise/aquatic mammal" (From "lumba-lumba")

Dujung- "seal/walrus/manatee/dugong" (From "duyung")

Kila- "monkey/lemur/ape/primeape" (From "kera")

Biluwang- "bear" (From "beruang")

Bulung- "bird" (From "burung")

Ajam- "chicken/turkey/fowl" (From "ayam")

Angsa- "duck/goose/swan/waterfowl" (From "angsa")

Ilang- "hawk/eagle/owl/bird of prey" (From "elang")

Gagag- "songbird/crow/raven" (From "gagak")

Gamal- "seagull/gull/sea bird" (From "camar")

Gaswali- "cassowary/emu/ostrich/flightless bird" (From "kasuari")

Nuli- "parrot/macaw/toucan/tropical bird" (From "nuri")

Naga- "reptile/dragon" (From "naga")

Gadal- "lizard/iguana/monitor lizard" (From "kadal")

Bwaja- "crocodile/alligator/crocodilian" (From "buaya")

Gula- "turtle/tortoise" (From "kura-kura")

Ulal- "snake/serpent" (From "ular")

Ambibi- "amphibian" (From "amfibi")

Gadag- "frog/toad" (From "katak")

Igan- "fish" (From "ikan")

Ju- "shark" (From "hiu")

Bali- "stingray/manta ray/skate" (From "ikan pari")

Undug- "seahorse/pipefish" (From "unduk-unduk")

Silanga- "invertebrate" (From "serangga")

Liba- "insect/bug/fly/gnat" (From "lebah")

Laba- "spider/scorpion/arachnid" (From "laba-laba")

Gubu- "butterfly/moth" (From "kupu-kupu")

Ulad- "caterpillar/larva" (From "ulat")

Dawan- "bee/wasp/hornet" (From "tawon")

Gumbang- "beetle/ladybug" (From "kumbang")

Gijang- "slug/snail/clam/oyster" (From "keong")