Niganese

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Niganese
Nigwoeŋ'iꭍu

Type

Fusional Isolate

Alignment

Ergative-Absolutive

Morphological/Syntactic

Head direction

Initial-Final

Tonal

Yes

Declensions

Yes

Conjugations

Yes

Genders

Three

Nouns decline according to...

Case

Number

Definiteness

Gender

Verbs conjugate according to...

Voice

Mood

Person

Number

Tense

Aspect

Meta-information

Progress

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Statistics
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Adjectives	0%
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Words	of 300

Creator

ShelbyTConner

Niganese explained[]

Niganese[knee-gahn-nees] is the very first Japanese-inspired conlang basing on the African American Vernacular English dialect, the language's name compounded from the 2 etymological words Niger= "The Land Of The Negroes" + Japanese= "The Red Sun Language". Niganese is kind of a resemblance of Chinese, Japanese, Nsibidi and other similar-looking languages combined because of the variant usages and forms of logography, pictography, ideograms and other types of writing styles. The reasons why I've invented this masterpiece is because I want to: 3. have different cultural and lingual diversities like those of Asia[China], 2. break linguistic and social norms while also improving the developmental skills of both reading and writing through visualization so it won't be difficult and boring and 1. acknowledge and embrace my African American cultures and heritages without feeling pressured and/or insecure by the dominating races.

The purpose of Niganese?[]

Niganese is designed for the diasporas of African/-American ancestry to write and communicate with one another, allowing the people to have their given and surnames in symbols without changing the orthographic forms of their names' alphabets; The Japanese language for example writes foreign names mostly in Katakana, sometimes Hiragana and even Kanji because it's in a syllabic or mora pattern meaning only ん/ン[n-ng]'s placed as initials, nucleuses and finals in words like Ngachi, Oiran, Chan, Ninja, Konbawa and so on; so for certain names like Jane can be easily written like しぁね or シァネ, but for names like Shelby– it hits differently– Shelby is written like しぇるびー or シェルビー [Sherubī] because it lacks the alphabets c, f, l, q, v and x [in romaji]. In rare cases h, m and t are placed as nucleuses like in Ohtani, Ohdo, Yu-Gi-Oh, Kombu, Matcha[tea] and Tamagotchi. The coda い/イ[y] is the rarest in the Standard Japanese dialect like in Issey Miyake but not so rare in Ainu and other Minor dialects and languages of Japan. The Japanese language does sometimes feature them [for teaching and/or reviving the older and endangered versions of the Japanese languages such as Old Japanese itself and Uchinaaguchi], they just don't teach or use them quite often and widely because it's continuing to be transformed into a more standardized uniform.

Classifications and Dialects[]

Niganese classifies as it's own category– Niganic, even though it's based from different English variants, it still forms its own words from developing interpretations of sounds, emotions, conceptions including alphabetic and characteristic formings too.

Niganese is primarily used for writing:[]

The proto-/neo- typical variants of Niganese itself
The old and new variants of AAVE

Niganese's also used to transliterate:[]

Swahili
Nsibidi
Hieroglyphs
Wolof and other African and African-related languages

This script can also be used sometimes with other Asian languages [mostly Japanese] because they blend in with one another quite perfectly.

Phonology[]

The phonological and orthographic system resembles those of the Hepburn, Kunrei and Nihon-shiki romanizations of Modern Japanese, Old Japanese, Okinawan, Ainu, Early-Modern Chinese, Korean, English, Swahili and many other languages. It also features over twenty-eight distinct alphabets compared to the English language. Unlike English, Niganese features and uses the vowel Чч̡ as Yy only for given names or surnames.

Consonants[]

There are about over 18 consonants each featuring a voiced version of them. The consonants, combinations including the phonemes are mixes of Swahili, AAVE and other languages.

Consonants:	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	Mm		Nn				Ŋŋ
Implosive	Ɓɓ, Ƥƥ		Ɗɗ, Ƭƭ	Ɗɗ, Ƭƭ			Ɠɠ, Ƙƙ
Plosive	Bb, Pp		Dd, Tt	Dd, Tt			Gg, Kk
Fricative		Ff, Vv	Ðð	Ss, Zz	Ʃʃ, Ʒʑ, xh[k+sh sound]		Xx	Hh
Affricate				ts, dz	Ch, Jj
Approximant			Ll, Rr			Jj	Ww
Trill
Flap or tap
Lateral fric.
Lateral app.
Lateral flap

Here in the table below are the positions of where each of the consonants are placed, compared to English– sometimes it does place consonants at the end of a word but with a twin or cloned letter of them: sock→sokk.

Onset [Initials]	Nucleus [Core]	Coda [Finals]	Onset [Initials]	Nucleus [Core]	Coda [Finals]	Onset [Initials]	Nucleus [Core]	Coda [Finals]	Onset [Initials]	Nucleus [Core]	Coda [Finals]
v-, vy-	-v-, -vv-, -vvy-, -vy-		k-, ky-, kw-, kwy-	-k-, -kk-, -kky-, -ky-, -kw-, -kkw-, -kkwy-, -kwy-, -kkty-, -kkty-, -kty-, -kt-	k	c-, cy-, cw-, cwy-	-c-, -ccy-, -cy-, -cw-, -ccw-, -ccwy-, -cwy-	-c	g-, gy-, gw-, gwy-	-g-, -gg-, -ggy-, -gy-, -gw-, -ggw-, -ggwy-, -gwy-
s-, ʃ[sh]-, ʃy-, sy-, sw-, swy-	-s-, -ss-, -ssy-, -sy-, -ʃ-, -ʃʃ-, -ʃʃy-, -ʃy-, -sw-, -ssw-, -sswy-, -swy-, -ʃw-, -ʃʃw-, ʃʃwy-, -ʃwy-	-s	x-, xh-, xhy-, xy-	-x-, -xx-, -xxy-, -xy-, -xh-, -xxh-, -xxhy-, -xhy-		z-, ʑ[zh]-, ʑy-, zy-	-z-, -zz-, -zzy-, -zy-, -ʑ-, -ʑʑ-, -ʑʑy-, -ʑy-		j, jw-, jwy-, jy-	-j-, -jj-, -jjy-, -jy-, -jw-, -jwy-
t, ty-, đ[th]-, đy-, tw-, twy-	-t-, -tt-, -tty-, -ty-, -đ-, -đđy-, -đy-, -tw-, -ttw-, -twy-	-t	d, dy-, dw-, dwy-	-d-, -dd-, -ddy-, -dy-		n, ny-,	-n-, -ny-, -nn-, -ŋ[ng]-, -ŋy-	-n, -ŋ	h, hy-, hw-	-h-, -hh-, -hhy-, -hy-, -hw-, -hhw-, -hhwy-, -hwy-	-h
f	-f-, -ff-, -ffy-, -fy-	-f	b-, by-	-b-, -bb-, -bby-		p-, py-	-p-, -pp-, -ppy-	-p	m, my-, mw	-m-, -my-, -mw-	-m
y-	-y-, -yy-	-y	r-, ry-	-r-, -rr-, -rry-, -ry-		l-, ly-	-l-, -ll-, -lly-, -ly-	-l	w-, wy-	-w-, -ww-, -wwy-, -wy-	-w

Vowels[]

There are about over 6 vowels, these vowels are combinations of Swahili, English[AAVE] and other languages while differentiating from the English vowel sounds slightly.

Vowels:	Front	Near-front	Mid-Front	Central Front	Far-Central	Mid-Back	Back
High	i	y			ʉ		u
Near-high			Y
High-mid			e				o
Mid		e̞					o̞
Low-mid				ɛ	ɜ		ɔ
Near-low
Low	a				ä	ɑ

Writing System[]

The writing system really falls in the [ideo-]pictographic, alphabetic and neo-syllabic category because it writes in symbols and character base on image, interpretation, sounding, structure and idea. Here within the images shown below; like the Japanese language– Niganese is described featuring 3 characteristic groups, each with a name while showing a distinct design and performance.

**Alama** is the Kanji equivalent but with the calligraphy styles of Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Nsibidi, Adinkra, and Vai combined for creating over <99,999+ unique individual characters and symbols reducing long sentences also while representing more syllables, meanings and words than Fomugana and Kalikana alone. When used with Fomugana and/or Kalikana, it can form variant indications, specifications, pronunciations and meanings.

**Fomugana** is the Hiragana equivalent containing 110+ syllables used for writing Native words, affixes, prepositions, phrases, adverbs and verbs.

**Kalikana** is the Katakana equivalent, also containing 110+ syllables but used for writing non-Native loanwords, onomatopoeic sounds, foreign names and adjectives.

**Kirumi** is basically an equivalent of Romaji.
The very first[failed] proto design of the Niganese characters As seen in the second image shown above demonstrates the Niganese Kancwa, an equivalent to the Japanese Yōon but differently performed; When placing a small Fomugana or Kalikana character from the Ll row after normal characters from k-, c-, g-, s-, f-, b- and others, it forms the consonant+Ll soundings making the Ll superscripted like this: k^la, k^le, k^li, k^lo and k^lu[as an example of demonstration].

Letter	Aa	Ɑɑ	Ää	Bb	Ɓɓ	Cc	Dd	Ɗɗ	Ee	Ɛɘ	Ff		Gg	Ɠɠ	Hh	Ii-ı	Чч̡	Jj	Kk	Ll
Sound
Letter	Mm	Nn	Ŋŋ	Oo	Ɔɔ	Pp	Ƥƥ	𝒬ɋ	Qq	Rr	Ss	Σ^lƒ	Ʃʃ	Tt	Ƭƭ	Đđ		uu	UU	Vv
Sound
Letter	Ww	Xx			Yy	Zz	Ʒʑ
Sound
Clusters [English→Niganese]	bl→b^l	br→bw	ch→c	cl→k^l	cr/kr/qu→kw	dr→jw	fl→f^l	fr/phr→fw	gl→g^l	gr→gw	ph→f	pl→p^l	pr→pw	sc/sk→x	scr→xw	sh→ʃ	shr→ʃw	sl→s^l	sm/sn→ɕ	sp→ps

	spl→ps^l	spr→psw	st→ts	str→tsw	sw	th→đ	thr→đw	tr→cw	tw	wh→hw	zh→ʑ	ct⁠→kt


	aa	aɑ	ae	aɘ	ai	aı	ao	aɔ	au	aU	ay	aч̡	ɑa	ɑɑ	ɑe	ɑɘ	ɑi	ɑı	ɑo	ɑɔ

	ɑu	ɑU	ɑy	ɑч̡	ea	eɑ	ee	eɘ	ei	eı	eo	eɔ	eu	eU	ey	eч̡	ɘa	ɘɑ	ɘe	ɘɘ

	ɘi	ɘı	ɘo	ɘɔ	ɘy	ɘч̡	ia	iɑ	ie	iɘ	ii	iı	io	iɔ	iu	iU	iy	iч̡	ıa	ıɑ


	ıe	ıɘ	ıi	ıı	ıo	ıɔ	ıu	ıU	ıy	ıч̡	oa	oɑ	oe	oɘ	oi	oı	oo	oɔ	ou	oU

	oy	oч̡	ɔa	ɔɑ	ɔe	ɔɘ	ɔi	ɔı	ɔo	ɔɔ	ɔy	ɔч̡	ua	uɑ	ue	uɘ	ui	uı	uo	uɔ

	uu	uU	uy	uч̡	Ua	Uɑ	Ue	Uɘ	Ui	Uı	Uo	Uɔ	Uu	UU	Uy	Uч̡

In the table shown above is the Kirumi chart, the three or two consonant clusters are alternated from English to Niganese affecting the words based on their phonetic structuring like crystalizing→kwitsolaiziŋ. The English alphabets are also included as substitutes just in case when a person can not be allowed to write their name or a word in unusual alphabets just because it doesn't fit in the standard English language system.

Grammar[]

Every word creates a grammatical feature using nature, structures, sounds, emotions and even actions through interpretations. It includes tenses, stresses, affixes, categories, time and other characteristic features. Most of the words are borrowed from English the depending on the structures and/or soundings. It also have a Nigo-Xenic form, this is used kind of like a secondary way to understanding English; the Native Niganese number for one is 一[uni], but when in Nigo-Xenic form– the numbers are pronounced similarly to the English numbers but differently spelled based on the phonetic settings in Niganese.

Pronouns[]

In Niganese; the subjectives' orthographic forms are swapped and instead doubles to represent that both the subject with their introductions and actions, the pronouns are based on The AAVE pronouns.

Forms	1^st person (singular)	1^st person (plural)	2^nd person (singular)	2^nd person (plural)	3^rd person (singular)	3^rd person (plural)	Feminine	Masculine	Other
Subjective:	Mimi= [I] am, Mimi'n= [I] am not	Wiwi= [We] are, Wiwi'n= [We] are not	Yuyu= [You] are, Yiyi= we all are	Yaya= [Y'all] are	Titi= [It] is, Điđi= [This] is, Đađa= [That] is	Đeđe= [They] are, Đise= [These] are, Đase= [Those] are	Tito= [She] is	Tita= [He] is	Huhu= [Who] is/are Wawa= [What] is/are	Hwa= What, Hweh= Where, Wai= Why, Hau= How, Hwen= When, Hwum= Whom, Hwu= Whose
Verbal:	Meme= I want/like, Meme'l= I [will] want/like	Wewe= We want/like, Wewe'l= We [will] want/like	Yoyo= You want/like, Yoyo'l= You [will] want/like	Yeye= Y'all want/like, Yeye'l= Y'all [will] want/like	Tih= It wants/likes, Titi'l= It [will] want/like	Đei= They want/like, Đei'l= They [will] want/like	Ʃeʃe= She wants/likes, Ʃeʃe'l= She [will] want/like	Hehe= He wants/likes, Hehe'l= He [will] want/like	Huhu'l= Who [will] want/like
Objective:	Mii= Me	Wii= Us	Yuu= You	Yaa= Y'all, Yii= all of us	Tii= It, Đii= This, Đaa= That	Đee= Them, Điise= These, Đaase= Those	Tio= Her	Tia= Him
Possessive:	Mai= My/Mine	Auwa= Our(s)	Youh= Your(s)	Yala= Y'all(s)	Tsi= It[s]	Đeih= Their[s]	Tioh= Her[s]	Tiah= His
Reflective:	Sefumai= Myself	Sefuauwa= Ourself	Sefuyouh= Yourself	Sefuyala= Yourselves	Sefutsih= Itself	Sefuđeih= Themselves	Sefutioh= Herself	Sefutiah= Himself
Questioning:	Ma Mimi?= Am I?	Ma Wiwi?= Are we?	Ma Yuyu?= Are you?	Ma Yaya?= Are y'all?	Ma Titi?= Is it?	Ma Đeđe?= Are they?	Ma Tito?= Is she	Ma Tita?= Is he?
Responsive:	Mimi ma= I am	Wiwi ma= We are	Yuyu ma= You are	Yaya ma= Y'all are	Titi ma= It is	Đeđe ma= They are	Tito ma= She is	Tita ma= He is
Modal:	Mimi'l= I will	Wiwi'l= We will	Yuyu'l=You will	Yaya'l= Y'all will	Titi'l= It will, Điđi'l= This will, Đađa'l= That will	Đeđe'l= They will, Đise'l= These will, Đase'l= Those will	Tito'l= She will	Tita'l= He will
Extras:	Beu= to be, Dou= to do, Go[to]-u= to go [to], Siu= to see	Sa= as, Ta= at, To= to, Pu= up, Fo= of, On= on, No= [No]-ne/-t, In= in,	sǐ= is, ma= am, re= are, be= be

Nouns[]

The nouns are formed from perspectives, positions, structures and sounds, they're categorized based on an animal/person, place, thing and even an idea. The gender nouns are inspired by Spanish but in reverse; in Spanish: -o is masculine like in the word amigo and -a is feminine like in the word amiga, but in Niganese: -o is feminine and -a is masculine.

Singular

Plural

Compound

Gerund

Gender

Adjective

Ahhù/Hyumen= Human,

Ahhùđe= The Human,

Ahhùna/Hyumena= A Human or Person

Ahhùsi= Humans,

Ahhùđe[s]= The Human[s]

Kainhùsi= Mankind

Ahhùnaiziŋ= Humanizing,

Ahhùnaiza= Humanizer,

Ahhùonaiza= Womanizer

AhhùnaizaʃUn= Humanization,

Ahhùo= Human[female]

Ahhùa= Human[male]

Ahhùli= Humanly, Ahhùoli= Womanly, Ahhùali= Manly

Kandi= Candy

Kandye= Candies


Niganese	Nigo-Xenic	English
Tina	Wan	One
Tena	Tuu	Two
	Đwii	Three
	Fouh	Four
	Faive	Five
	Sixi	Six
	Seven	Seven
	Eiđi	Eight
	Naine	Nine
	Ten	Ten

Adjectives[]

Adjectives are formed by the perspectives, conceptions, interpretations, thoughts, ideas and perceptions including emotions. The only ones that doesn't apply are the Proper Adjectives– a adjective that's given a specific name, most of these Proper Adjectives are just names of native tongues of other languages like: Nihontoŋ= Japanese[language] vs. Nihonkiŋ= Japanese[nationality] and Nihon or Nippon= Japan[country].

Emotional	Physical	Visual	Ideal	Numeral	Sensational	Negotiable
Ahaha

Verbs[]

The verbs are formed from the movements, positions, actions and sounds of both animate and inanimate objects; visual verbs are formed by picture, audio verbs are formed by sound and tensing verbs are formed by time. But directional verbs are formed by positions.

Words:	Past	Present	Continuing	Future	[Pre-]Position	Noun form
Petah= [light] walk	Petan= walked	Petah'u= to walk	Petang= walking	Petah'ul= will walk	Le-petah= walk to the left, Rai-petah= walk to the right	Petah'a= [walker]
		Ahhùnaizu= To humanize

Adverbs[]

Adverbs are also formed by the perspectives, conceptions, interpretations, thoughts, ideas and perceptions including soundings.

Visual

Prepositions[]

Syntax[]

The syntax[sentence structure] is Subject-Object-Verb,

Lexicon[]

Example text[]

The Niganese culture explained[]

The cultures of Nigan also nicknamed "The land of the Sun[Star] Negroes" are somewhat very similar to the cultural diversities of China each having a distinct feature while constructing from the African elemental bases, don't mistaken this for appropriation, there are many cultures and diversities who have some parallel structures with other races while at the same time having its differences too.

The country/island of Nigan
Comparisons	Asia [as the influential/inspirational structure]	Africa [as the foundational/elemental structure]
Languages:	Mandarin, Nuosu, Japanese, Korean	Hieroglyph, Vai, Nsibidi, Ditema
Istruments/Music:
Fashions/Accessories:	Headwear Clothing/Clothes Footwear	Headwear Clothing/Clothes
Cuisines and Dishes:
Celebrations/Ceremonies:
Activities and Sports:	Kung Fu, Sumo	Dambe, Laamb
Religions and Customs: