Ælis/Root word list and vocabulary

    

Two letter root words
The tables below show all two letter root words.

NOTE: The Ælis project is still being developed. As such, this table is regularly complemented and is also subject to change.

Three letter root words

 * lIS [lis]: concept, idea
 * gEO [geo]: earth
 * gOE [goe]: water
 * dEO [deo]: air
 * dOE [doe]: fire

Vocabulary
While the Ælis vocabulary should principally be mainly intuitive once the root words are memorized, this page presents certain vocabulary groups; firstly because it will help learners adopt the Ælis way of thinking, and secondly because some of these groups have a particular (slightly deviating) morphological approach. They are listed below. Note: This section is still to be greatly expanded.

Family members
Relative pronouns (pun intended) nearly always consist of either three root words, or a multiple thereof. The structure is as follows:

a gender particle + the root word uE [ue] ('family') + a qualifier

Within this pattern, the gender particles evidently express the gender of the family member, while the qualifiers designate different generations. Therefore:

Question words
Here is a list of several question words.

Names of sovereign countries


The Ælis names for the countries in the world are derived from ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, the international 3-digit short code for countries. For the full list of countries with their pronunciation, click the YouTube video. The names were derived by applying a specific set of rules:

 ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code of each country Replace all non-Ælis compliant letters as follows  C --> q [q] J --> i [i] K --> q [q] W --> u [u]</li> X --> q [q]</li> Y --> i [i]</li></ul></li> Sort them alphabetically according to the order of the Ælis alphabet: aweioumnlqgtdrhszpbfv </li> Apply the following changes <ol> For all adjacent identical vowels, the latter is replaced by the next one in the alphabet.</li> For all adjacent consonants, infix a [a]</li> For every name that appears double, take the last vowel and switch it to the next one of the alphabet.</li> For every word ending in a consonant, add w [æ]</li> Repeat rule 3 if necessary.</li></ol></li> </ol>

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