Solar is an auxiliary language. Solar is used as the trade language of humans, and is often used alongside a place's main language in signs, menus or information centers.
Solar ' | |||
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Type | |||
Analytic | |||
Alignment | |||
Nominative-Accusative | |||
Head direction | |||
Variable | |||
Tonal | |||
No | |||
Declensions | |||
No | |||
Conjugations | |||
No | |||
Genders | |||
No | |||
Nouns decline according to... | |||
Case | Number | ||
Definiteness | Gender | ||
Verbs conjugate according to... | |||
Voice | Mood | ||
Person | Number | ||
Tense | Aspect |
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
Labial | Coronal | Dorsal/Radical | |
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Nasal | m | n | |
Stop | p~f | t~tʃ | k |
Fricative | x~h | ||
w~v | s~ʃ | ||
Approximant | l~r | j |
Vowels[]
Since some languages are characterized by a 3-vowel system lacking /e/ and /o/, Solar allows for its /e/ and /o/ to be replaced by [ai] and [au], respectively.
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
Mid/Diphthong | e~ai | (ə) | o~au |
Low | a |
Phonotactics[]
The phonotactics are exclusively CV, except for the start of a word which can be V. /ji/ and /wu/ are the only CV syllables not to be allowed.
Orthography[]
Alphabetic scripts and abugidas[]
Sound | m | n | p~f | t~tʃ | k | w~v | s~ʃ | x~h |
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Latin | m | n | p | t | k | v | s | h |
Cyrillic | м | н | п | т | к | в | с | х |
Devanagari | म | न | प | त | क | व | स | ह |
Arabic | م | ن | ف | ت | ق | و | س | ه |
Hangul | ㅁ | ㄴ | ㅂ | ㄷ | ㄱ | 우/오 | ㅅ | ㅎ |
Sound | l~r | j | a | e | i | o | u | (ə) |
Latin | l | j | a | e | i | o | u | - |
Cyrillic | л | й/ј | а | е | и/і | о | у | - |
Devanagari | ल | य | अ | ए/े | इ/ि | ओ/ो | उ/ु | ् |
Arabic | ل | ي | ا | اي | ي | او | و | ء |
Hangul | ㄹ | 이 | 아 | 어 | 이 | 오 | 우 | 으 |
Syllabaries[]
Hiragana[]
0 | m | n | p~f | t~tʃ | k | w~v | s~ʃ | x~h | l~r | j | |
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a | あ | ま | な | ぱ | た | か | わ | さ | は | ら | や |
e | え | め | ね | ぺ | て | け | ゑ | せ | へ | れ | 家 |
i | い | み | に | ぴ | ち | き | ゐ | し | ひ | り | |
o | お | も | の | ぽ | と | こ | を | そ | ほ | ろ | よ |
u | う | む | ぬ | ぷ | つ | く | す | ふ | る | ゆ |
Katakana[]
0 | m | n | p~f | t~tʃ | k | w~v | s~ʃ | x~h | l~r | j | |
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a | ア | マ | ナ | パ | タ | カ | ワ | サ | ハ | ラ | ヤ |
e | エ | メ | ネ | ペ | テ | ケ | ヱ | セ | ヘ | レ | 宇 |
i | イ | ミ | ニ | ピ | チ | キ | ヰ | シ | ヒ | リ | |
o | オ | モ | ノ | ポ | ト | コ | ヲ | ソ | ホ | ロ | ヨ |
u | ウ | ム | ヌ | プ | ツ | ク | ス | フ | ル | ユ |
Grammar[]
Solar is an isolating language devoid of inflection. Syntax and particles determine the roles of each component of a sentence.
Vocabulary[]
The vocabulary has been selected from the world's most spoken languages, with Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, Turkic, Austronesian and Afroasiatic language families being some of the most significant vocabulary donors.
Function words[]
English word | Solar word |
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I, me | mi |
you | tu |
he/she/it | ta |
we, us | nu |
you all | vi |
they, them | hu |
this | ini |
that | to |
here | jaha |
what | ke |
all | one |
some | nemeje |
not, no | no |
yes | ja |
maybe | mepi |
and | e |
or | ho |
only, but | toka |
toward | pole |
from | isu |
with | kata |
in | u |
place | loku |
time | kala |
if | si |
then | tivo |
past perfect particle | a |
future particle | vilu |
past continuous particle | pijo |
Numerals and units of measurement[]
English word | Solar word |
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one | i |
two | ni |
three | tuli |
four | kate |
five | peti |
six | sesi |
seven | heta |
eight | vose |
nine | jeve |
ten | Teka (T-) |
hundred | Heko (H-) |
thousand | Kilo (K-) |
million (10^6) | Mijo (M-) |
billion (10^9) | Jeha (J-) |
zero | nola |
meter | metulu |
gram | kulamu |
Kelvin | kelivinu |
ampere | amupehu |
second | sekuna |
minute | minuta |
hour | tasu |
day | teni |
month | mese |
year | leto |
Common verbs[]
English word | Solar word |
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fly | volo |
walk | iti |
go | mena |
take | taka |
give | ata |
be | pi |
understand | janati |
Solar vocabulary with sources |
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CSl. = Common Slavic
MZh. = Mandarin, CZh. = Cantonese Skr. = Sanskrit AGr. = Ancient Greek GenEu = General European English word Solar Source I mi En. me, other IE stems you tu from IE tuH he/she ta CSl. ta, MZh. ta we nu Fr. nous you all vi CSl. vy they hu Ar. humm this ini In. ini that to CSl. to here jaha Hi. yaha there nali MZh. nali, Pt. ali what ke from IE kwis all one La. omnes some nemeje Hu. némelyek no no Various yes ja De., Si., Ee. ja maybe mepi En. maybe and e Various or ho MZh. huo only, but toka Ru. to(l)ko toward pole Ee. poole from isu Baltic iz/is with kata Gr. kata place loku La. locus time kala Skr. kala if si from Latin si then tivo MZh. jiu past_perfect_P a It. ha, Fr. à future_P vilu En. will past_cont_P pijo Sr-Hr. bio one i MZh. yi two ni Ja. ni three tule from PIE treyes four kate Al. katër five peti CSl. penti, Tr. beş six sesi from PIE sweks seven heta AGr. hepta eight vose Ru. vosem nine jeve Po. dziewięć ten Teka AGr. deka hundred Heko AGr. hekaton thousand Kilo AGr. khilioi million Mijo Fr. million water vota En. water, CSl. voda earth tiku Ko. jigu fire api In., My. api air kuki Ja. kuki energy enekija La. energia & der. moon luna La. luna star tala Skr. tara space napasi Sw. nafasi ship kemi Tr. gemi planet lane clip. En. planet day teni CSl. deni, MZh. tian night noti from IE nokwtes morning mokenu De. morgen evening yukata Ja. yugata temperature tepelatula GenEu travel, voyage sapali Ar. Fa. Hi. safar, Sw. safari money mani En. money fly volo La. volo walk iti CSl. iti go mena Fi. mennä take taka Is. taka, En. take give ata Ar. a3ta, Ro. a da be pi En. be understand janati Skr. janati remember tite MZh. jide forget nasija Ar. nasiya see vite La. video, CSl. videti hear akuvo Gr., AGr. akouo breathe husi MZh. huxi eat kome Es., Pt. comer help ajuto It. aiuto (-are) need sujo Ko. suyo ask pita CSl. pitati want tatova Fi. tahtoa travel ajala Mn. ayalakh sleep hapa Fa. xabidan speak, talk malata Ko. malhada learn uti CSl. učiti average mejo Es. medio good ponu La. bonus bad naputa Ko. nappeuda big ulu Tr. ulu small lite En. little, No., Se. liten hot kuma Fi. kuuma cold pani Tm. pani long lonuku La. longus, En. long short kuto Fa. kutah, La. curtus heavy hevi En. heavy light epesi Sw. epesi white aku from Turkic ak black sija Fa. siyah red roho Es. rojo blue sini Ru. sinij, Fi. sininen previous senu CZh. soeng next sija MZh. xia person menu En. man, Nl. mens, De. Mensch captain kapitanu GenEu pilot pilota GenEu spouse nija Vi. nha friend amiho Es., Pt. amigo North notu North West vesu West South sutu South East esu East left levo La. laevus, CSl. levo right jovo Mzh. you up hipe AGr. hyper down moto Ja. moto female pemina La. femina male pulusa Skr. purusa head kapu La. caput eye oko CSl. oko ear kusi Fa. gus nose nosu from IE nehsus mouth kiniva Sw. kinywa hand manu La. manus leg tevi CZh. teoi foot putu En. foot, Nl. voet body soma Gr., AGr. soma neck seja CSl. šeja brain ekepalo Gr. enkephalos heart puso Tg. puso tongue linuva La. lingua Sun Sole It. sole Mercury Mekulu Venus Veneli Earth Ateha Pt. a terra Mars Malusu Ceres Keleli Jupiter Jupite Saturn Satunu Uranus Ulanu Neptune Netunu Pluto Puluto Haumea Havomeja Makemake Makemake Eris Eliti SUFFIXES person suffix -sa Ja. chan, En. sir planet suffix -lane 0-der. moon suffix -munu En. moon country suffix -ko MZh. guo city suffix -siti En. city language suffix -ju MZh. yu |
Example sentence[]
Ini pi vi kapitanu ta malata. Nu napasi kemi vilu volo isu Lima-siti, Pelu-ko, Atela-lane pole Tanosija-siti, Tanosija-ko, Titanu-munu. Nu tatova vi ponu sapali. |
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this be y'all captain he speak. we space ship FUTURE fly from Lima city, Peru country, Earth planet to Thanosia city, Thanosia country, Titan moon. we want you good travel |
This is your captain speaking. Our spaceship will fly from Lima, Peru, Earth to Thanosia city, Thanosia, Titan. We wish you a nice travel. |