Nomnom

Alternate Names:

Nom Nom

Also See:

Noomn

Nnoomm

Phonology and Restrictions
Consonants

These are all pronounced labialized. This isn't necessary, but it is necessary to sounding like a natural speaker or understanding natural speakers.

Vowels

Technically, this is a horizontal vowel system, but both vowels are always pronounced nasalized and rounded.

The syllable structure is (C)CVC(C), so the word has to be surrounded by consonants.

The alphabet goes left to right, consonants before vowels.

Nomnom /nomnom/ is the name of the language.

History
Nomnom has been described as "like a cat meowing".

If you Know Fith...
Like Fith, the regular word order is SOV. Here are a few translations of Fith words to Nomnom words.

du = nep (duplicates noun) bom = mof (deletes word/subtracts number)

e = dep (ends sentence) o = nyenp ... qyon dep u = fyen ... qyon dep

Numbers
Numbers

There are many different numbering systems, but these appear to be the oldest numbers because there's no obvious way that they're connected.

qon - zero dof - one fyof - two nfen - three nyeg - four nyon - five

However, numbers are extremely fluid, to the point where the closest analogue to "Power corrupts" is "nmoy nep fyof nyeq fom dep. dmomn nyedg nep nyon dep nyon. nom noq qyon yoy1 noq qong dep. dmomn fyof nfen ndeng dep. " which means something like, "The being has food, it keeps creating new numbers, we know it is evil, six numbers exist."

Imperative
The imperative mood is created by the phrase "nyenp (sentence) qyon dep".

nyenp nmoy nyeq fom dep qyon dep. - The person must have food.

nyenp yoy nyeq fom dep qyon dep. - Have food! (This doesn't mean "eat food"; it means "obtain food". The literal translation is more like "You must have food in your possession.")

Interrogative/Subjunctive
The interrogative and subjunctive mood are both created by the phrase "fney (sentence) qyon dep".

fney nmoy nyeq fom dep qyon dep. - The person might have food.

fney nmoy nyeq fom dep qyon dep. - Does the person have food?

Possessive Structures
The possessive structure for X's Y when X is going to be used later is "X nep Y nep noy noq fom". When X will not be used later, there is no "nep" after X.

Transative Verbs
All verbs have at least one argument. The most arguments a verb can have are three: subject, direct object, and indirect object.

Vocative w/ compound words
With all compound words, there is a main noun which is modified. To refer to such a noun, one will turn this main noun into the pronoun "you" or yoy.

ndeym nep qom mom yon dep - dog

yoy2 nep qom mom yon dep - Dog!

Word List
Alphabetical Word List

mfon - to shun

mfoyn - be disrespect

mnom - language

mom - to float on/ to fly in

mof - NIP

fney - possible outcome

fyeg (朱) - to give (to)

fom - to have

nmoy (𠊛) - person

nmeynom - uncertainty

ndoq - word, sound

ndoqg - truth

nden - to learn

ndeym - animal

nyem - to signify (to)

nyef - to be afraid of

nyedg - to create

nyenp - necessity

nyeq - food

nom - circle; sphere

nomn - be look deeply at

nong (事) - action

noy - FRONT>BACK

nog - to cause

noq - SWAP

nep - DUP

nenp - place

neqg - to hate

nomnom - this language

dmomn - number

dnen - to want

dnogn - the inside of a solid/liquid

dnoq - water; battle

dep - END

doy - BACK>FRONT

ynem - be fewer than

yon - to say (to)

yoy - that (points at thing, with number representing person as in pronouns or verbs)

gnodf - DELETE

gyep - something

gyepn - to empty

gyeg (投)- to send (to) (from)

gefden - flat surface

qyon (羅) - to be like (used when comparing nouns and sentences)

qong - to know

When a number ends a word, this is how it pans out. 1 - The being points to itself. 2 - The being points to the person it speaks to. 3 - The being points at the being it means to talk about. 4 - The being waves its arm around. 5 (very rare) - The being points to its open mouth.

There is a Cultural Marxist-type idea that nomnom comes from the habit of repeating the word "nmeynom" at the end of sentences to people who weren't considered natives in order to make them uncomfortable. Most scholars (with the notable exception of Mon Nickog and his followers) point out how this would be considered a pejorative act and it's more likely that it came from the older word nmnon, language, through similar sound changes to gfden > gefden, pointing to its similarity to the word mnom.

Compound Words nmoy nyeq fom - rich man, powerful man
 * nmoy nep mom nyeq noy fyeg dep - boss; ruler (formal)

ndeym nep qom mom yon dep - dog (beast which says "qom" to me)

ndeym nep qom myoq yon dep - cat (beast which says "myoq" to me)

nmoy nep ndoq yoy2 yon dep - I/me (formal) nmoy nep nom qyon dep - villain nmoy nep yoy1 fom dep - native (said by native)
 * nmoy nep yoy2 fom dep - native (said to native)
 * nmoy nep yoy3 fom dep - native (said about native)

Sentences
yoy1 nep ndon dep dnen dep - I want to dance.

yoy1 ndoq nep feyp* qyon dep yoy yon dep. - I speak Fith to you.

yoy2 ndoq nep ynem nyef dep. - You fear a few words.

yoy2 nep yoy1 noq neqg dep nog dep. - I hate you because of you. gyep yoy1 nenp2 nenp4 gyeg dep. - I came to your place from somewhere else (I wasn't always with you.).

fney yoy1 nmoy nep mfoyn yoy nyem dep. - I might seem apathetic to you.

yoy1 nep nmoy yoy2 nyem nep dep nmoy nmoy mfoyn nog nyef dep. - I might seem like a being to you. Beings are apathetic, which worries me.

*This is not actually the word for "Fith".

Tongue Twisters
HEY, YOU READING THIS. WHY DON'T YOU TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THIS LANGUAGE AND ATTEMPT TO MAKE ONE? BASICALLY ALL OF THE WORDS SOUND THE SAME TO ANY EARS, SO YOU CAN'T GO WRONG.