Jaku

Jaku
Type	Agglutinative
Alignment	Nominative-Accusative
Head direction
Tonal	No
Declensions	No
Conjugations	Yes
Genders	0
Nouns decline according to...
Case	Number
Definiteness	Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice	Mood
Person	Number
Tense	Aspect
Meta-information
Progress	4%
Statistics Nouns 7% Verbs 6% Adjectives 4% Syntax 0% Words 100 of 1500
Creator	Joey Macchiarella

Phonology

Consonants

F/H/J/K/L/M/N/P/R/S/T/V/NG

Vowels

A/E/I/O/U/Ai/Ei

Pronunciation Changes

If a 'j' begins a word, pronounce it with a /d̠ʒ/, otherwise pronounce it with a /ʒ/. The jaku word 'ja' is an exception and uses the /ʒ/.

An "i" following an "ei" "ai" or "i" without an break between them forms /j/ sound.

Two "r" in a row form the /r/ sound.

A "T" "P" or "K" with an apostrophe after it are ejectives. Another language that uses this is Na'vi, if that helps.

Excluding the ejective rule, an apostrophe indicates a break or /ʔ/.

Two consonants in a row are over pronounced, as also seen in Italian.

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m			n				ŋ
Plosive	p			t	dʒ			k	ʔ
Fricative		f v		s	ʒ				h
Affricate
Approximant				ɹ		l	j
Trill				r
Flap or tap				ɾ

Vowels

	Front	Back
High	i y	u
Mid	e	o
Low		ɑ

Writing System

Letter
Sound
Letter
Sound
Letter
Sound

Grammar

Nouns

Nouns are as seen (for the most part) in the lexicon section.

For a noun to become plural, an "uo" or "n" is to be added to the end of the noun depending on if it ends with a consonant or vowel, respectively.

Verbs

[Time/Tense] + [verb] + [Pronoun Root]

Eg: The verb 'kaputoro' as said in the singular first person in the present perfect tense adds the 'seisi' prefix and the 'kokoa' affix.

I have lived> [Seisi]+[kaputoro]+[kokoa]> Seisikaputorokokoa

	I/Me	You	He/Him	She/Her	NB	They/Them	We/Us	You All
Object	Koa	Nai	Ran	Pet	Rre	Sain	Pani	Feiku
Subject	Kokoa	Punai	Nuran	Teipet	Prerre	Jasain	Lepani	Jafeiku

If a verb ends in a consonant, the pronoun root or word will become separate from the verb but remain after it.

	Simple	Continuous	Perfect	Perfect Continuous
Past	Rar(o)	Haj(o)	Nam(o)	Fer(o)
Present		Nges(i)	Seis(i)	Pav(i)
Future	Teij(u)	Mij(u)	Leis(u)	Var(u)

The possible vowel ending for the time prefixes are for when the verb begins with a consonant. Otherwise the possible vowel is not included.

When a verb is needed right after another verb, such as "I need to eat", the second verb will have no pronouns or time attached to it.

Syntax

Object-Verb-Subject

Adjectives go before the noun they are applied to.

Emotions, when used as an adjective go before the noun and before any other adjectives attached to the noun.

Adverbs go before the verb they are applied to.

Ownership, such as 'my tree' begins with the owned object, then 'ja' and followed by the ownership word as shown in the lexicon. 'my tree' becomes 'lavosa ja ako'.

Eg: My tall happy friend needs a green tree. > Green tree is needed by friend happy of mine. > Nueik lavosa itetonuran pak ja ako.

Questions

Questions are indicated by one of seven 'question words' at the beginning of a sentence. They can be found in the lexicon, words 9-15.

Eg: Where are you? > [Location?] + [You] > Tefa punai?

The example doesn't use the 'to be' verb for location because the question word indicates this enough. If the question is about a time other than the simple present, then the verb would be used.

Ownership

Owned things are indicated with a [ja] + [onership word] after the noun.

Eg: My tree > Tree of mine > [lavosa] +[ja] + [ako] > Lavosa ja ako.

Number System

English	Jaku	English	Jaku
1	Pa	100	Jai
2	Ni	1000	Kofa
3	Se	1 million	Mange
4	Mi	1 billion	Soma
5	Tu	0	Hu
6	Le	infinity	Larrei
7	Ra
8	Ku
9	Na
10	Va

The Jaku number system is multiplication based. The max number of words needed to count up to 999,999,999,999 in Jaku is seen above. I'm just gonna provide a few examples that will sum up a paragraph of explanation into a few lines.

734> [7] x [100] + [3] x [10] + [4] > [Ra] + [Jai] + [Se] + [Va] + [Mi] > Rajai seva mi

That's the basic gist. Unless I'm mistaken, the number system is kinda similar to Japanese.

805,642,143,779 > Kujai tusoma lejai miva nimange jai miva sekofa rajai rava na

Lexicon

#	Jaku	English	Notes	POS
1	Folki	Hello	Casual greeting
2	Itaf	Goodbye	Casual. More of a "see you later"
3	Ait	Yes/True
4	Teir	No/False
5	Jaip'a'a	Good	A positive influence on the general world	Adj
6	Retun	Bad	A negative influence on the general world	Adj
7	Onia	Please	More of an anticipated thank you
8	Laikuas	You're Welcome	Insult. Implies that the recipiant think less of you
9	Aku	Who	Questions about people/names	Det
10	Opi	What (object)	Questions about objects	Det
11	Jannai	What (verb)	Questions about verbs being acted	Det
12	Pa'o	When	Questions about time	Det
13	Lahi	Why/How	Questions about explanations	Det
14	Tefa	Where (location)	Questions about physical locations	Det
15	Nefa	Where (mind)	Questions about mental locations	Det
16	Kelku	Because/By	It is also 'by' because when something is by something it is because of something that the thing is	Prep
17	Anapel	To be (location)	Something's physical location	V
18	Nafao	To be (mind)	Someone's mental location/health	V
19	Lako	To be (emotional)	Someone's emotion	V
20	Aijeko	To be (physical)	Someone's physical characteristics and health	V
21	F'pa	Pretty	A general statement	Adj
23	Lafrros	Beautiful	More a "colorful beauty" as dicued in Culture	Adj
24	A'a'oa	Special	A characteristic given to people or extreme wonder	Adj
25	Totom	Tall	Compared to the speeker	Adj
26	Tua	Medium/Average	"	Adj
27	Eilf	Short	"	Adj
28	Tormonto	Big	"	Adj
29	At'	Medium	"	Adj
30	Klafe	Small	"	Adj
31	Ako	Mine
32	Unai	Yours
33	Ura	His
34	Eipe	Hers
35	Erre	NB's
36	Asai	Theirs
37	Epa	Our
38	Afei	You all's
39	Kot'un	Nature/world		N/Pn
40	Ja	Of/for		Prep
41	Iteto	To need (true need)		V
42	Umavis	To need (false need)	This is like 'to have to' in the sense that it is a need but not a personal need	V
43		Here		N
44	Ngirrah	There		N
45	Letea	Law/Rule	A 'circle of life' esc type law of the land thing	N
46	P'oiia	To maintain	Used when working on something that is kept up. A diary	V
47	Atol	All, total, everyone
48	Mas	It (subject)	It replaces a pre determined noun	N/Pn
49	Rei	It (object)		N/Pn
50	Apum	The way	A particular state of mind or action specific to a person	N
51	Oran	To understand		V
52	Laffo	To be called	Used to ask someone what there name is	V
53	Falko	To give		V
54	K'enao	Friend		N
55	T'uhei	Student/learner		N
56	Parrei	Master/teacher		N
57	Kaja	To feel	Physical, emotional, and spiritual feeling	V
58	Eip'	In (physically)		Prep
59	Aip'	In (other)		Prep
60	Loav	To ask		V
61	P'uei	To answer		V
62	Enoa	Question		N
63	Teip'u	Answer		N
64	Klakai	Something (noun)	Used to represent an unknown noun	N
65	Suveiia	Something (verb)	Used to represent an unknown verb	V
66	Sulli	Stupid		Adj
67	Haka	Inteligent		Adj
68	Saonun	Familly	Everyone you know	N
69	Lo'ak	Member/Person		N
70	Neteiia	Pet	They protect you an you protect them	N
71	Ngari	Eye		N
72	Pak	Happy		Adj
73	Jahar	Sad		Adj
74	Sarr	Angry		Adj
75	Feilu	Wonder		Adj
76	Ngafarr	Rage		Adj
77	Pue	Love		Adj
78	Euseva	Afraid		Adj
79	Tire	Safe		Adj
80	Ia	Peaceful		Adj
81	Parume	To teach		V
82	T'uen	To learn		V
83	Ngasol	To practice		V
84	Ngete	To listen		V
85	Jeveiio	To empathize with		V
86	Sokoro	To see		V
87	Ingre	To write		V
88	Et'elu	To be like		V
89	Tura	To like (a noun)		V
90	Mak	To like (a person)		V
91	Tau	To like (a verb)		V
92	Ea	Or	Goes between the two things being judged	Con
93	Offan	To speak	Also means to be knowledgeable in something	V
94	Utsel	To talk		V
95	Peru	To use		V
96	Aimokua	Flower		N
97	Lavosa	Tree		N
98	Mart'ei	Plant		N
99	Momo	Animal		N
100	Heia	There is/are		S
101	T'tsala	To hunt		V

Example text

"We must, by law, keep a record of the innocents we kill. And as I see it, they're all innocents. Even the guilty. Everyone is guilty of something and everyone still harbors a sense of childhood innocence, no matter how many layers of life wrap around it. Humanity is innocent; humanity is guilty, both states are undeniably true.

We must by law, keep a record.

It begins on day one apprenticeship-but we do not officially call it 'killing.' It's not socially or morally correct to call it such. It is, and has always been, 'gleaning,' named for the way the poor would trail behind farmers in ancient times, taking the stray stalks of grain left behind. It was the earliest form of charity. A scythe's work is the same. Every child is told from the day that he or she is old enough to understand that scythes provide a crucial service for society. Ours is the closet thing to a sacred mission the modern world knows.

Perhaps that is why we must, by law, keep a record. A public journal, testifying to those who will never die and those who are yet to be born, as to why we human beings to the things we do. We are instructed to write own not just our deeps but our feelings, because it must be known that we do have feelings. Remorse. Regret. Sorrow too great to bear. Because if we didn't feel those things, what monsters would we be?" -H.S. Curie from Scythe by Neal Shusterman

"Ijo'on kotungalepani ja feilsa, kelku letea, p'oiia umavis lepani. Iijo'onuo atol aijekosain apum rei oran kokoa.

Culture

Attachments and Relations to Nature

Nature is everything in Jaku.