A note from the creator
So, as you may have noticed, ever since the creation of Samaka/Samasa, there have been a dozen changes made. well, i am glad to announce that for this time, the language is fully complete, fully fleshed out, and perfected. I know i have said this before, but that was when i was still not completely satisfied with what i have created. There will be no changes made to this page anymore.
Thanks. - Hyperactive Wandering Weirdo, 2024 august 14th
Introduction
Samaka/Samasa is a very minimalist conlang but goofy created by someone who goes by "Hyperactive Wandering Weirdo"/ "justasurvivalcraftwolf" on discord on april 9th 2024. I just wanted to make a language as small as possible while still being relatively usable.
The vocabulary consists of priori (made-up) words. It has 5 sounds (a, k, m, u, s) and 9 words.
| Samaka | |
 | |
| Word order | Subject-Verb-Object |
| Speakers | 1 or more |
| Total word count | 9 |
| Type | Isolating, Minimalistic |
| Alignment | Head-final |
| Amount of phonemes | 5 |
| Syllable structure | (C)V(C) |
| Creation date | around april 2024 |
Sound Inventory
| labial | coronal | dorsal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nasal | m | ||
| stop | k | ||
| fricative | s |
| front | back | |
|---|---|---|
| close | u | |
| open | a | |
Vocabulary
- sum - pronoun, animal, being, to be
- a - no, bad, opposite former, colorless, empty, under, below
- mak - to know, have, to feel, feeling, container, thought/to think
- suku - to give/do/make, structure/tool, any creating action
- mu - any preposition, conjuction, the/this/that/it, for/because, with
- kusa - connection, to connect, limb, linelike object, hair
- asu - writing, image, line, way, to view
- umkasa - lot, big, important, number, amount, many, group, society
- usamu - to move, time, to change, different
The grammar
- The word order is SVO.
- The pronounciation is default IPA because this is a minimalist conlang and not a regular one, dumdum
- Like any other minilang, you fuse multiple words together to speak about things that do not have a word for them.
- A modifier goes after the modified word. Just like in Toki Pona. I'm very creative. Use dashes to connect the modifiers and the words they modify. In speech, this can be indicated by saying "s" in place of the dashes. this doesn't apply to personal pronouns, however, as they are to be kept apart from the rest of the word. (mu-umkasa-a sum - my unimportant animal)
- To avoid confusion, use commas to separate parts of sentences.
- To express more complicated sentences, please say "(sentence) mu:", which is similar to the toki pona "e ni:" structure or the direct object marker, again, in TP.
- There are no tenses, and no plurality (though that can be marked with (word)-umkasa).
Examples
for a long time I thought a lot of classes had "the jerker" bc for 4 years I had to watch someone jerk off everyday in class.
mu usamu-umkasa, sum mak mu: umkasa mak "the jerker" (sum mu suku mu: mak a-a), mu mu: mu 4 umkasa, sum asu mu: sum mu suku mu.
(text taken from Oonlang/True Oonlang)