Vuyamu

The language of Vuyamu is an oligosynthetic language, which is a language in which all words are made up of only a few base syllables and or words.

Note from editor: I did not create the language, but I found it and became very interested. There is more information at the bottom of this page. Editing is still in progress, hopefully I can finish the bones of this page soon.

=Roots= Vuyamu has 99 roots. Every word in Vuyamu is made up of one or more of those roots, without exception. There are no parts of words that are not roots. Every root is a single syllable.

There are four classes of roots: pa (state), ta (thing), ca (doing), and ka (situation).

Pa roots describe or qualify a state of being, and they start with p, b, f, v, m, or w.

Ta roots are abstract or concrete nouns, and they start with t, d, s, z, n, r, or l.

Ca roots are actions, usually used as verbs, and they start with c, j, x, or y.

Ka roots have to do with location in space or time, and they start with k, g, or h.

The table below has all 99 roots in Vuyamu order.

Word Construction
Each word in Vuyamu is made up of one or more roots. The construction formula can be loosely modeled as follows:

(wo) subject <- adj <- adj contains subject <- adj <- adj (mu/me/mi/wa/mo)


 * For the "contains" part, roots such as ve (of), xo (undergoing), and xa (rendering) are often used
 * Only the first or second subject is necessary to create a word
 * Wo (not) negates the meaning, similiar to "mal-" in Esperanto
 * Mu, me, mi, wa, and mo all are particular adjectives that clarify what we are talking about

Some examples:

kodefa - Day (time, sky, light)

wokodefa - Night (not, time, sky, light)

jilake - To sleep (having, eye, close)

jipo - To be able to / Can (having, possibility)

fosu - Green (color, plant)

A complex part of Vuyamu is how to deal with pronouns. There are no words for "me" or "you". Instead, we must combine two roots. Since both are people, we will use se (person/creature) as the subject of the word. For "me", seya (person, speaking) will do. For "you", selo (person, ear) or sela (person, eye) are both what we have to work with. You can alternate between selo or sela depending if you're writing or speaking to someone.

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=Additional Info= Original Vuyamu information:http://tfy.atspace.com/languages/vuyamu/index.htm Email: greenslime300@live.com (wo) subject <- adj <- adj contains subject <- adj <- adj (mu/me/mi/wa/mo)