Gatosu

General information
Gatosu /gatosu/ ("ground-thought-sound" meaning "basic language") is a simplistic, oligosynthetic language and my attempt at efficiently conveying information using just 105 (all consonant+vowel pairs of the English alphabet) monosyllabic, diphonemic content-word-only root words. It was inspired by Chinese.

Phonology
a /a/, b /b/, c /ʔ/, d /d/, e /ɛ/, f /f/, g /g/, h /h/, i /i/, j /ʒ/, k /k/, l /l/, m /m/, n /n/, o /ɔ/, q /ŋ/, p /p/, r /ɾ/, s /s/, t /t/, u /u/, v /v/, w /w/, y /j/, x /ʃ/, z /z/.

Radicals
BA:back BE:bad BI:big, very BO: BU:box, cube, four CA:two, other, you CE: he, she, it, far CI: CO:one, i CU:DA:add DE:DI:dirt DO:do DU:FA:fire, energy, hot FE:female, woman, she FI:thing, it FO:front  FU:feel GA:ground, low, basic GE: GI:GO:GU:good HA:hand, hold, have, five HE:end HI:HO:all HU:human, person JA:JE:JI:JO:JU:one, i, KA: KE:question KI:KO: KU:LA:life LE:light, see, fast, color LI:small LO:LU:MA: ME:male, man, he MI:meat, flesh, body part MO:move MU:much, amount, number NA:lack, no, zero NE:in, be.inside, enter NI:near, almost NO:NU: name, mark, specific PA:part PE:put, place, be.at PI:PO:opposite PU:push, force QA:QE:QI:QO:QU:RA:RE: RI:RO:ball, round RU: SA:start, cause SE:side SI:stick, long, long and thin objects SO:stone, pebble, hard, solid, small roundish objects SU:sound TA:time TE:TI:TO:thought TU:tool, use VA:value VE:plant VI:VO:VU:WA:out, be.outside leave WE: WI:WO:water, liquid, loose WU: XA:XE:shape, quality, way XI:XO:XU YA:YE:air, gas, high, invisible YI:YO:YU: ZA: dark ZE:center, middle ZI:cold ZO:animal ZU:be

Grammar
gatosu is entirely composed of nouns, verbs and qualifiers. Word order is crucial. Word morphology is the same as sentence structure. Word boundaries are indicated by stress which always falls on the first syllable.

Pronouns
I co, you ca, he she it ce, he ceme or me, she cefe or fe, it cefi or fi we incl. coca, we excl. coce we all comu you all camu they cemu

Possessives get the radical -ha.

Verbs corresponding to prepositions:
at pe place (be.at) about concerning as.for in.terms.of fize thing-center (focus matter) above peye place-air (unlike 'high', it's transitive) according to casa far-sound (they/it says) across moze move-center after peba(ta) place-back(-time) against po oppose along (mo)ni (move-)near amid among between within peze place-center around pero like nixe near-shape as (being) zu as (function) doca do-far (someone's action, function=cado) away.from off.of moca move-far because of sazu start-be before pefo(ta) place-front(-time) behind peba place-back below under pega place-ground beyond outside pewa place-out considering zuto be-thought despite pozu oppose-be during ta time from pesa place-start to pehe place-end since tasa time-start until tahe place-end instead hape hold-place in inside pene place-in into mone move-in into (translative) sa<>zu start<>be named entitled nuzu name.be near ni near next.to beside pese place.side on gaba ground-back (sit) out of mowa move-out over gaye ground-air (jump) than hada hold-add (have more) through newa in-out towards fomo front-move (face and move) unlike nani lack-near with (comitative) nido near-do (be close to someone when doing sth with (instrumental) tu tool without nazu lack-be

Other grammatical words:
perfective he end progressive zu be passive voice gazu ground-be (undergo)

Vocabulary
important xuva be-value (of valuable existence) flat xega shape-ground low under pega place-ground underground=gaga ground-ground high above peye place.air down moga move-ground up moye move-air  earth gaho ground-all  root vega plant-ground narrow sise stick-side (stick side-to-side-wise) sharp pierce hesi end-stick straight sixe stick-shape tree plant-stick grass siga stick-ground (cuz it's low on ground) fly moye move-air feather mimoye meat-move-air nose miye meat-air (breathing body part) breathe neye in-air lung mineye meat-in-air food eat fimi thing-meat (thing necessary for they body) house pela place-life artificial husa human-start (man-made) become sazu start-be make sa<>zu start<>be give sa<>ha<> start<>have<> colour xele shape-light (shape of light waves, their frequency) see fule feel-light eye mile meat-light similar nixe near-shape fast mole move-light sudden lezu light-be (fast start to exist) poo dimi dirt-meat pee wodimi water-dirt-meat horse zole animal-fast dog zogu animal-good thick mucus niso near-stone (almost-solid) happen event peta place-time mind brain mito meat-thought speak language suto sound-thought know hato hold-thought learn sato start-thought believe toye thought-air (a mental process involving invisible things) suspect hatowo hold-thought-water (diluted knowledge) doubt hatoli hold-thought-small (know little) guess suggest sutoli sound-thought-small (say what little knowledge you have) memory remember toso thought-stone blood womi water-meat bone somi stone-meat foot miga meat-ground leg misiga meat-stick-ground bend bow turn mose move-side oil niwo near-water petroleum woso water-stone swim mowo move-water juice wove water-plant flow wave womo water-move glass soye stone-air lightning faye fire-air ghost huye human-air sky yeye air-air head miye meat-air (high body part) mouth mine meat-in (body part for putting things into) hole pana part-lack (missing part) tongue misuto meat-sound-thought wide fat bise big-side (big side-wise) vertical yega air-ground horizontal level sese side-side general lebi light-big (big view) estimate toxe thought-shape (think about what quality something is) measure saxe start-shape (get (start have) sth's shape parameters) describe suxe sound-shape (say what shape something is) compare lece light-other (see the differences) difference different xece shape-other edge pahe part-end arm sise stick-side butt sit gaba ground-back cross moze move-center heart mize meat-center egg seed sola stone-life nature zove animal-plant pass moni move-near smell fuye feel-air taste fune feel-in (in-meat=mouth) want urge fupu feel-push seek pula push-light (want to see) offer hali hold-small (make have tentatively) carry hamo hold-move car famo fire-move (combustion vehicle) engine fasamo fire-start-move face mifo meat-front stomach mifa meat-fire (digesting) surface cover niwa near-out (outer part) skin miwa meat-out circle roga round-ground (flat ball) jump gaye ground-air mountain yero air-round (high bump) bump convex rowa round-out pit rone round-in cheek rofo round-front (face bump) empty nane lack-in whole coho one-all full neho in-all body miho meat-all every co ho one all grather collect peco place-one bring hani hold-near (take come) arrive mope move-place (move until be.at) travel bimo big-move touch paco part-one (parts of two things become one) meet mole move-light (go see) blend muco many-one (many become one) tangle sico stick-one (long things become one) cling stick attach niha (putting something close makes it hold together) muscle mimo meat-move tooth sofo stone-front (face bones) gums misofo meat-stone-front gut mine meat-in sweet nefugu in-feel-good bitter nefuba in-feel-bad sour nefuve in-feel-plant spicy nefufa in-feel-fire salty nefuso in-feel-stone salt sonefu stone-in-feel (stone with taste) work fado fire-do (do something that requires energy) train famosi fire-move-stick fuel wofa water-fire  bit pali part-small short lisi small-stick (small lengthwise) cage bosi box-stick (box made of bars) grow dazu add-be propose dato add-thought  lead fosa front-start (be.front make others do) past taba time-back future tafo time-front help back.up bagu back-good support baca back-far (help from a distance, without real involvent) follow bamo back-move behind peba accompany with nido near-do (be close to someone when doing sth) row sequence queue muba many-back (many things following one another) change mozu move-be manner xedo shape-do moon roza round-cold (cold ball) sun rofa round-fire magic lepu light-push (light that affects the physical world) love fani fire-near (hot feeling involving closeness) rose veni plant-near (love plant) pink leni light-near (love (flower) light (quality)) high-stone-do=bite pipe cylinder sina stick-lack (empty stick) steam fog yefa air-fire stand baye back-air (one's back is high) heavy puga push-ground complex pamu part-many develop dapa add-part a.few muli many-small (a little amount) order mugu many-good mess mube many-bad evil tobe thought-bad surround waro out-round (be outside in a circle) penis sime stick-male vagina nafe lack-female (hole=lack part) rest heba end-back (end up behind) focus bico big-one (big amount in one place) echo saba sound-back return doba do-back reverse moba move-back same xeco shape-one function cado someone/something-action destination hemo end-move throw haye hold-air wonder curious puhato push-hold-thought ultimately xehe shape-end cigarette vefa plant-fire being fizu thing-be now tazu time-be some nato lack-thought (unknown) any xega shape-ground (quality of low importance) need puha push-hold can hapu hold-push (have what is needed to) ring rona round-lack