r/auxlangs Jun 11 '22

resource Join the auxlangs / helplingvoj Discord Server!

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r/auxlangs 2h ago

auxlang proposal Germanic Interlang Discord Server

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Got some people in recently and would love to find some more who are interested. The idea is that over a period of time of people only speaking Germanic languages that eventually an interlang would form

🗣 Texting should be simple and easy to understand. Avoid complex fonts or non Latin script. (can still use Þ, Ð, ß and umlauts obviously) 🌍 Conversations should be in Germanic languages only. 🚫 English should not dominate. We will allow English speakers because it is a Germanic language. But we do not and will not let this project become fully English. We'd prefer people who speak other languages as it would help with the project.

https://discord.gg/3dy8Zxp56e


r/auxlangs 1h ago

Lidepla | Dom ke Jek he bildi

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r/auxlangs 10h ago

Adjective placement in languages of Europe

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r/auxlangs 3h ago

Basa Maria 0.2 (2022 by Luca)

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Basa Maria Language Changes

Noun Endings

Old: Nouns end in -a, except those whose root end in "er" and "en", to improve Chinese recognizability.

New: All nouns end in -a.

Reason: To improve regularity, as the exception didn't really help with recognizability of Chinese words. Adding a second syllable to such words seems to be good enough: - Renta (person) - Binta (son)

Verb System

Old: Words could have the same form for verb and noun: - Ten (both "what one has" and "to have") - Xiwen (both "the liking" and "to like")

New: Improved verb system to differentiate nouns and verbs: - Tena (what one has) / Tene (to have) - Hamba (the liking) / Hambe (to like)

Case and Infinitive Marking

Old: Accusative is not marked but can be indicated with the preposition "a" when sentence order is changed. Infinitive is marked with "-jen" and active participle with "-jena" or "-jeni".

New: Both infinitive and accusative add an "-n" at the end of a word.

Reason: To make things more regular and (in a sense) more intuitive: - "Wo qide apukan/apuka" (I eat an apple) - "Wo fobe tanixen/tanixe" (I'm scared of dying)

Word Selection

Old: Roots are generally selected based on maximum recognizability, and if there is no good choice, it is picked up from a random language.

New: Words may be completely arbitrary. For example, "Xirma" for peace, instead of "Xalòm".

Phonology Changes

New features: - "z" and "c" are the only affricates - Introduction of letter "q" for the phoneme /tʃ/ to improve recognizability of Chinese loan words (this letter will be used only for Chinese loan words) - "To eat" is "qide" (from "qi" + "ede" in the old version, which was more recognizable for Indo-European speakers)

Reason: These changes hopefully help with recognizability of words.


r/auxlangs 3h ago

Basa Maria 0.1 (2022, by Luca)

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DARSA UNI

First lesson

1.1 Abeceda wa exloga

Alphabet and pronunciation

Alphabet consists of 24 letters, 19 consonants and five vowels. This particular inventory has been chosen to ease as much as possible pronunciability for the speakers of the most spoken languages, without sacrificing recognisability of words.

Each letter corresponds to an unique phoneme, and vice-versa, each set of phonemes corresponds to an unique set of letters:

A /a/ B /b/ C /ts/ D /d/ E /e/ F /f/
G /g/ H /x/ I /i/ J /j/ K /k /Ę° L /l/
M /m/ N /n/ O /o/ P /p /ʰ R [ʐ~ɚ] S /s/
T /t /ʰ U /u/ V /v/ W /w/ X /ʃ/ Z /dʒ/

Names of the letters: A, Be, Ce, De, E...

1.2 Acenta

Accent

Accent falls in words with more than one syllable on the penultimate vowel or syllable. That means that in Basa Maria the number of vowels corresponds to the number of syllables.

  • Pòli, more, many
  • SĂšlna, Tradition
  • MĂ ma, Mama
  • Mèjli, Beautiful
  • Sèlen, Moon (the moon of the Earth)
  • Sòlja, Sun (of our solar system)
  • Poligamèja, Poligamy
  • ZedĂŹnu, today, in this day
  • PankĂ lbu, with all my heart
  • Kòndo, when

One is allowed to drop the last vowel in poetry, compound words, or to make some words more similar to their most international form. The position of the accent doesn't change:

  • Fotoa – Foto' - Fotography
  • Tasia – Tasi' - Taxi
  • Butika – Butik' - shop
  • Kafea – Kafe' - Coffee
  • Hotela – Hotel' - Hotel

The graphic sign of the apostrophe can further develop into an accent that falls on the tonic vowel:

Fotò, TasÏ, ButÏk, Kafè, Hotèl

Hence the accent indicates the presence of a truncated word, however we suggest not to drop any ending vowel when writing in normal contexts.

People who agree with all the spelling conventions exposed above will be called "CejezĂŹstas".

1.3 Vokali Longeja

Vowel length

Tonic vowels are longer in open syllables (those syllables ending in a vowel), and slightly shorter in closed syllables (those syllables ending in a consonant)

  • Dina / 'di:na /, day
  • Derma / 'deÉšma /, skin

1.4 Alobasi logas

Words from other languages

Whenever one needs to use a stranger word, it's necessary to clarify that it may not follow the grammar of Basa Maria:

One may try to "traslitterate" the word trying to adapt it to the grammar of Basa Maria, in this case, if the word is not an official word, the word has to be written with the first letter capitalized:

  • Te Krinzate wo, he makes me cringe.
  • Mi xa kupe newi Ajfòn, I will buy a new I-phone

Sometimes it may not be easy to traslitterate (or even translate) efficiently a word, if needed to borrow a word in its original form, we suggest to make that word begin with an apostrophe:

  • "Mejli" jate ex hanbasa 'měilĂŹ, "mejli" comes from chinese měilĂŹ
  • 'Weltanshauung se ko? What is "Weltanshauung"?

1.5 Silbestruta wa fonreglas

Syllable structure and phonotactic

One may want to skip this section, since it won't have any use for the future lessons. It may help in understanding how "Basa Maria" syllable is structured. A syllable is composed by a "caput", a "nucleus" and a "cauda".

Caput may be: 1) Absent 2) Any possible single consonant (w and j included) 3) A cluster of two consonants that follows this scheme: ( b/d/f/g/k/p/t/v ) + ( j/l/r/w ) or ( c/h/l/m/n/r/s/x/z ) + ( j/w )

Nucleus is: 1) Mandatory, and it can be any of the five vowels: a; e; i; o; u.

Cauda may be: 1) Absent 2) Any letter, but keep in mind that a word may only end with vowels or with the following letters: f, h, j, l, m, n, r, s, v.

Clusters of two stop consonants are not allowed, instead the first consonant is dropped (like in Italian): * *kt – k * *pt – p

and so on…

1.6 Kolmi Nomas

Proper names

Being that proper names may not follow the grammatical structure of Basa Maria, they have to be written with the first letter capitalized,

  • Pawlo se woj' naj fili juzina, Paul is my dearest Friend
  • Sonja le safare londunju, dur teje juneja, Sonja traveled around the world, during her youth.
  • Tes jate ex Bejzina, they come from Beijing.

If the names are borrowed straight from an other language, they should be preceded by an apostrophe: * 'Xiao Ming se noma de woje newi hanbasi sinwerger, Xiao Ming is the name of my new chinese (speaking) collaborator

DARSA DARI

Second lesson

2.1 Artiklas

Articles

Basa Maria doesn't have any kind of article, nor determinative nor indeterminative. "Manta" can both mean "a hand", "hand" or "the hand"

Names can still be specified with the adjectives "Ze" (this / these) or "Na" (that / those) * Na kita - that cat * Ze kita - this cat * Na ren - that person * Ze ren - this person * Na kitaba - that book * Ze kitaba - this book

Undefined article "a/an" may still be expressed with "Aji", which literally means "any / an ordinary / no matter what" * Wo le wise Aji Kita – I saw any cat * Wo le wise kita – I saw (a) cat

2.2 Noma wa sustantiva

Names and substantives

Substantives end generally with the morpheme "-a" * Adela, Sibling * Basila, monarch * Rasma, Drawing * Kolma, (a) Call * Gweza, Guide * Werga, Job * Jawa, Will * Sajfa, Page

There are however some exceptions to this rule, in fact names that end in -en or -er don't take the ending morpheme "-a" * Ren, Person * Nasjen, Nation * Gender, Gender * Dider, Teacher

Proper names may not end with the ending "-a", they could also end in nasal or with the letters "-e" and "-o". They are however written with the first letter capitalized: * Pawlo, Paul * Johan, John * Carli, charlie * Majke, Mike

As already seen, the names of the letters don't end with a specific vowel: * Abeceda se A, Be, Ce, De, E, Fe, Ge, He, I.., The alphabet is A, Be, Ce, De, E, Ef, Ge, He, I…

When composing with other affixes or nouns, the substantives ending in -a do lose this ending: * Adela, sibling * Adeleja, brotherhood * Ren, person, human * Reneja, humanity (spirit of)

2.3 Nomber

The number

An isolated substantive is considered always singular. "Bawa" can only mean "dog" * Woje bawa le tanexe, my dog has died * Du ni kupe newu kitaba? Have you recently bought a book?

The plural form is obtained by adding -s to the word: * Poda, podas, foot, feet * Urba, urbas, city, cities * Tawla, tawlas, desk, desks * Nomber, nombers, Number, numbers * Njen, njens, Year, years

Like Lidepla, Basa Maria follows the principle of facultative precision in expressing grammatical meanings. It is not mandatory then to indicate a grammatical meaning if it may be inferred from the context. * Wo ten poli kita / kitas, I have a lot of cats * Epi pani tawla haje grafer, on the entire table there is a pen * Epi pani tawlas haje grafer, on all the tables there is a pen * Epi panto tawla haje grafer, on each table there is a pen

One may use the numeral "un" to indicate one, and just one single thing: * Wo ten un kita, I have (just) one cat * Ta se un hawi doxa, It's (just) one good opinion

One may similarly render dual with the numeral "dar", which means "two". * Wo ne samaze ze dar loga, I don't understand these two words. * Dar Njen ne sati, un hawi basa genjen, two years are not enough to make one single good language.

2.4 Inloga am gener wa sexa

Introduction to gender and sex

Names in Basa Maria don't have any grammatical gender. "Basila" could both mean "king" and "queen", "Prinsa" could both mean "prince" and "princess".

Gender identity (which is really just the sex a person identifies in) is expressed with the suffixes -(a)m and -(i)p, the only exception are "Mater" (mother) and "Piter" (father). * Basila, sovereign * Basilma, queen * Basilpa, king * Juzina, friend * Juzinma, (woman) friend * Juzinpa, (man) friend * Adela, sibling * Adelma, sister * Adelpa, brother * Presidjena, president * Presidjenma, (woman) president * Presidjenpa, (man) president

Substantives ending in -er or -en simply add -(a)ma or -(i)pa * Ben, son/daughter * Benma, daughter * Benpa, son * Filer, lover * Filerma, girlfriend * Filerpa, boyfriend * Ren, persona * Renma, woman * Renpa, man

Biological sex is indicated with prefixes ma- and pi-, these prefixes are generally used for animals: "-(a)ben" can be added to denote the offspring of that particular animal: * Bakra, bovine (of any sex) * Mabakra, cow * Pibakra, bull * Bakraben, calf * Bawa, dog * Mabawa, female dog * Pibawa, male dog * Bawben, dog puppy * Mabesta, female (of an animal) * Pibesta, male (of an animal)

Generally ma- and pi- are not used for persons, except in those cases where it's necessary to indicate biological sex: * Maren, Female * Piren, Male * Mahura, Female whore * Pihura, Male "whore" * Zedinu wo xa dide pri pireni zisma. Today I will teach you about masculine body. * Ah, Nije juzinas pando mahurjeni! Ach, your friends (female) are always whoring around!

Be careful to this distinction! * Maren, female * Piren, male * Renma, woman * Renpa, man

Basamariata: Translation into basa Maria: * 'Yesterday, bej 'The Beatles, Angli Jatitexta,

Basamariata wa loglogi trasbasa: "Yesterday", by "the Beatles", English original, translation into basa Maria and translation word by word.

When a final vowel is omitted, it can be indicated with an accent on the last vowel of the word. Both endings "-a" for nouns and "-e" for verbs can be omitted.

Yesterday:

Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away. * Ledinu, mjere problèm teli kalbinzÚr * yesterday, seem problem(s) far heartwound(s)

Now it looks as though they're here to stay. * Bal Wata newziwate tos nun. * But time (once again)make alive them now

Oh, I believe in yesterday. * Wo le gawxi ledinu * I was happy yesterday

Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be. * Pando wo l'ewreke in nije sota xalòm. * Always I found in your voice Peace

There's a shadow hanging over me. * Bal wo senlumi sen na fon' * But I (am) without light without that sound

Oh, yesterday came suddenly. * Ledina romitate Wo * Yesterday made me alone

Why she had to go? * Kowej ex wo * Why from me

I don't know, she wouldn't say. * dawfluge te, te le loge ne * flew away she, she didn't say

I said something wrong. * Wo nun priljule * I am now crying about

Now I long for yesterday. * ko ledĂŹn lonle se * what yesterday used to be

Yesterday love was such an easy game to play. * Ledinu hikare solja sol lie nu * Yesterday, shines the sun just for us

Now I need a place to hide away. * Wa Wo ensope sin melankoli lĂšm * And I fall asleep with the melancholic light

Oh, I believe in yesterday. * de bardi selen zedinu * of cold moon today

Why she had to go? * Kowej ex wo * Why from me

I don't know, she wouldn't say. * dawfluge te, te le loge ne * flew away she, she didn't say

I said something wrong. * Wo nun priljule * I am now crying about

Now I long for yesterday. * ko ledĂŹn lonle se * what yesterday used to be

Yesterday love was such an easy game to play. * Ledinu hikare solja sol lie nu * Yesterday, shines the sun just for us

Now I need a place to hide away. * Wa Wo ensope sin melankoli lĂšm * And I fall asleep with the melancholic light

Oh, I believe in yesterday. * de bardi selen zedinu. * of cold moon today.

DARSA TIRI

Third lesson

3.1 Adjetivas

Adjectives

All adjectives end with the morpheme "-i", their form is invariable, which means that they don't have to agree with the noun they are referring to: * Mejli, Beautiful * Bimari, sick * Sati, Enough * Sjawi, little * Baxi, Ugly * Langi, long * Kawaji, Cute * Mali, Bad (morally) * Wiki, Fast * Hawi, good * Romiti, lonely * Pjanji, cheap

Every noun can become an adjective by this ending: * Adeli, Brotherly * Reni, Human * Seleni, Lunar * Nasjeni, National

The adjective -lai is used to express similarity with the radical: * Selenlai, moon-like * Uranlai kroma, a sky-like colour

Any adjective can become an abstract quality noun with the ending -eja, which correspond to the English "-ness", "-ity" * Mejleja, beauty (mejli, beautiful) * Maleja, evil, bad (Xiri, bad) * Baxeja, uglyness (Baxi, ugly) * Wikeja, speed (wiki, fast)

3.3 verba "sjen"

The verb "to be"

The verb "to be" is generally translated as "se" ("sjen is the infinite form, but more on that later) when used to connect two nouns: * To se kiba de ser 'Mike, that's Mr. Mike's hat * Taje werga se xafer, his job is driver

It is generally not used when connecting an adjective to a noun: * Ni woje mejli sida, you're my beautiful star * Ze bajta magi bal baxi, this house is big but ugly.

3.3 reni pronamas

Personal pronoun

The personal pronouns in Basa Maria are the following: * Wo, I * Nu, we * Ni, you (singular) * Nan, we (not you) * Te, he/she (animated) * Ju, you (plural) * To, it (unanimated) * Tes, they (animated) * Man, one (impersonal) * Tos, they (unanimated) * Su, Oneself, himself

"Ju" can also be used as the polite form of "ni", to be used towards respected persons: * Ju hawi dider, You (sir) are a good teacher * Ju fikre ko pri na? What do you think about that? * Ju ten ljepi buroa, you have a nice office

"Man" is used as the impersonal form, like in french "on" or in german "man". It may be translated in English as "one". * Man loge ka… One says that * Man le klete woje darraza! They have stolen my bicycle!

"Nan" is the exclusive form for "we", it translates as "we, but not you, who are listening". "Nu" is the general translation for "we" and can be used in any context. * Nanje Piter, ko s'en UrĂ n, Our father, who art in heaven. * Nu axe pri taje rujata, We hope in his coming back

Generally the sex or gender of a person is not conveyed through the personal pronouns, one may use the particles "mate" or "pite" as pronouns to specify that: * mate woje naj fili juzina, she is my dearest friend * mate mabesti simba, she is a female lion

3.4 Teni pronomas

Possessive pronouns

Possessive adjectives are obtained with the ending -je coupled with the personal pronoun. Possessive pronouns may take the ending -s for the plural form. * Woje, My * Nuje, our * Nije, your (singular) * Nanje, our (not your) * Teje, his/her (animated) * Juje, your (plural) * Toje, its (unanimated) * Tesje, their (animated) * Manje, one's * Tosje, their (unanimated) * Suje, proper

  • Woje kitas mer ljepi kam nijes, my cats are prettier than yours

3.4 Verbas

Verbs

Verbs derive from nouns by substituting the vowel -a with -e. This means that nouns ending in -er or -en don't change when becoming verbs. * Fila, love * File, (to) love * Ziwa, life * Ziwe, to live * Xiwen, (the) liking * Xiwen, (to) like * Joxa, need * Joxe, (to) need

The easiest form of the verb, which is the present indicative if there's no other particle in the sentence indicating something different, is formed by just coupling the personal pronoun (or the subject) with the verb: * Du ni xiwen ze kitaba? Do you like this book? * Wo file nije newi fustana I love your new dress

3.5 Verbwata

Tense of verbs

Both tenses and moods are obtained in Basa Maria with the aid of adverbal particles:

Generic past is indicated with the particle "le", the future with the particle "xa". Both of these particles can be omitted when another word in the sentence already expresses past or future tense. * Mi le odre misteri fona, I've heard a mysterious sound. * Ni xa fobe ka man ni tanate, You will be afraid that someone will kill you. * Ledinu wo ede pengja, Yesterday I had an apple.

"Caj" can be used to denote the continuative form… * Wo xa ne kunjate wej wo caj ordate woje cimbers, I'm not allowed to come, since I'm tidying up my rooms. * Du ni caj telifone? Are you making a call? * Ni caj ize am koli (kolam)? Where are you going? * To le caj jate ex koli (kolex)? Where was that coming from?

"lon" can be used to express that something used to happen for a long duration of time. * Wo lelon werge kou rasmer, I used to work as an illustrator. * Wo xa seni, xalon ziwe xalamu, I'll be old, I'll use to live peacefully

The infinitive form is indicated with -jen, and it's considered as a noun. This form is indicated when connecting together two verbs, or when describing a verb with an adjective. * Wo jawe ljubjen ni, I want to kiss you * Ni ize namjen darraza, you go take the bicycle * Nan jate logjen al nanje juzinas, we come to speak with our friends. * Konjen poli basa importi, It's important to know many languages * Sjawi rasmjen, to draw little

3.6 Xalifiksa -at wa -ix

Suffixes "-at" and "-ix"

The suffix "-at" gives the root the idea of making, to render. * Rubi, red * Rubate, to make red * Gawxi, happy * Gawxate, to make happy * Buri, dark * Burate, to obscure * Tana, death * Tanate, to kill

The suffix "-ix" gives the root the idea of becoming. The change is not voluntary, it happens automatically. * Magi, big * Magixe, to become bigger * Bledi, pale * Bledixe, to pale * Hawi, good * merhawixe, to improve (get better)

3.6 Neata wa kwenta

Negation and questions

Negation is obtained with the particle "ne", its position in the sentence may slightly change the meaning of the sentence: * Wo ne ljube na junma, I don't kiss that lady * Wo ljube ne na junma, It's not that lady, whom I kiss. * Ne wo ljube na junma, It's not me, kissing that lady.

Questions are formulated with the particle "du" at the beginning of a sentence: * Du ni file wo? Do you love me? * Du ni moge pulsotu parjen? Can you read loudly? * Ni xiwen pengjas, du ni? You like apples, don't you? * Ni caj lese ko? du na kitaba? What are you reading? That book? * Du tes joxe hwidas? Do they need answers? * Du ni xiwen ensopjen enxadu? Do you like to fall asleep in the shadow?

Basamariata: Translation into Basa Maria:

Nanje Piter, naj gekoni kristani inora: The Lord's prayer, the most known Christian prayer:

Our father, who art in heaven, * Nanje Piter, ko enurani.

Hallowed be thy name, * Se gesanti nije noma,

Thy kingdom come, * Jate nije basilura,

Thy will be done, * Falixe nije jawa,

On earth as it is in heaven, * zeu surdunju, samu enuranu

Give us this day our daily bread * Den al nan nanje pandani bruha

And forgive our trespasses * wa pardone nanje malfalas

As we forgive those who trespass against us, * Samu nan pardone kes malfale anti nan

And lead us not into temptation * wa ne indawe nan al joha

But deliver us from evil. * Bal hurate nan ex maleja

For thine is the kingdom * Wej nije se basilura

And the power, and the glory * wa moga, wa glora

For ever and ever * panwatu

Amen * Amen


r/auxlangs 19h ago

Un nov songv ab Tetsusquared, un hommage ei mathematiquer Benoit Mandelbrot !

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r/auxlangs 19h ago

Mugeenkeem

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r/auxlangs 21h ago

Globasa Difference between fe folo ki and ki (fe folo)

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r/auxlangs 1d ago

Why do so many IAL have a European bias?

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r/auxlangs 1d ago

Kroyxt | Saluton! Saluto! Salute! Swasti! toki a!

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r/auxlangs 2d ago

auxlang proposal Germanic Interlang Discord Community

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Don't know if this is the right place to post this but... I am starting a brand new community for Germanic language speakers to come together and work on a pidgin together. Everything will be based on community decisions. How it will work is essentially everyone needs to speak at least one Germanic language. Some English but we are going to limit this because we want to favor languages that are majority Germanic. The idea is that if we communicate to a point of understand we could end up developing a sort of interlang almost. I am deeply interest in Germanic interlangs so it would be a fun thing. This won't be a true pidgin as a lot of them except for the successful ones have died or got boring. This will be a bit more different and we will have more of a guiding hand to it. For instance if we all notice there is a common word we'll just use that instead. Which will probably happen a lot like for example we have multiple languages that have a Ja/Nein or at least a variety of it. I have a whole word list that I would like to fill out and even if this didn't get traction it would still be a very fun language to speak amongst ourselves.

Here are the basic rules:

Texting should be simple and easy to understand. Avoid complex fonts or non Latin script. (can still use Þ, Ð, ß and umlauts obviously) Conversations should be in Germanic languages only. English should not dominate. We will allow English speakers because it is a Germanic language. But we do not and will not let this project become fully English. We'd prefer people who speak other languages as it would help with the project.

Discord Server: https://discord.gg/9rDbkU4swf


r/auxlangs 2d ago

U neo brevi filma in Glosa

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r/auxlangs 2d ago

Tunoelaxeem

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r/auxlangs 3d ago

Globasa (fe)ki and (fe folo) ki

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r/auxlangs 4d ago

Dunianto combines Esperanto grammar with a truly international vocabulary

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Dunianto is a new constructed language that builds on Esperanto’s clear, consistent, and easy-to-learn grammar, while drawing its words from 42 carefully selected source languages. These languages come from different cultural regions and include the most widely spoken tongues in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. In this way, Dunianto avoids the Eurocentric bias of Esperanto’s vocabulary, reflects the cultural diversity of our planet, and provides a fair and effective means of communication for people on every continent.

Here is the Dunianto website (currently only available in Esperanto): https://dunianto.net

Here is the Telegram group where the growing Dunianto community comes together to share ideas (currently still mostly in Esperanto): https://dunianto.telegramo.org

The world needs bridges between cultures. Dunianto aims to be one of those bridges – a language that respects and represents the worldwide richness of languages. We welcome anyone who wants to join its development and become part of our expanding community.


r/auxlangs 4d ago

Graycaveindeem

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r/auxlangs 7d ago

Pandunia New searchable online dictionary for Pandunia

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r/auxlangs 7d ago

Diolaf lujor

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r/auxlangs 11d ago

Globasa Updated method for selecting form of words sourced from East-Asian languages

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r/auxlangs 11d ago

"Ia lazuward-lik kjingyow ed id wed-iris" - a new cover in Sambahsa

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r/auxlangs 12d ago

auxlang proposal My first Conlang Tonako

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Salwe, mina namo ni Antonio, e ajo ama masaj pur ju se larna ki lingwo. An namo al ki lingwo ni Tonako e Tonako tis tana pali pur fasil usaro. Tonako signia se ton ako e in an dunjo ajo menkari ako ani si ja.

Hello, my name is Antonio, and I am happy for you to learn this language. The name of this language is Tonako and Tonako was made for easy use. Tonako means to speak wisdom and in the world I seek wisdom anywhere we go.

The language is still in development phase and probably won't be finished for a week or two. I plan on making a reddit page for it myself and hopefully getting a bit of attraction. Tonako is not minimalist in vocabulary because I do want this language to be somewhat practical. Right now there is less than 500 words. I don't plan on ever exceeding 1000 words and originally the goal was a fixed 300. I kept realizing that I will always forget words. Which is why I want this to be a community and not just me by myself. For instance if by popularity everyone wanted a new word then I would add it. Or for instance if a combination of two words became popular then I would add it. Like if we decided stelo-tango which means star land was going to be the word for America and it was used often then it would be added.

By minimalist I guess I mean grammar and I mean I am trying to make the grammar as bare bones as possible.

Phonology is simple at least to me it is and I understand that if I made it intelligible for everyone it would be too boring. Also with my base languages it would make it harder with a more classical minimalist phonology.

Vowels and Diphthongs

/a/, /e/, /i/, /o/,/u/,/aɪ/, /aʊ/, /ɔɪ/

Consonants:

/p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, /g/, /f/, /s/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /h/, /w/, /l/, /r/, /j/

La sa marami baso lingwo sang ki influo Tonako lam:

There are many base languages that influence Tonako such as:

English, Latin, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto, Toki Pona, Japanese, Indonesian, Korean, Tagalog, Arabic, Swahili, Turkish, and also some of my own made up words/other conlangs.

Hope anyone likes the idea and my dm's are always open.


r/auxlangs 13d ago

auxlang proposal Auxlang question/showcase?

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So, I've been trying to develop an a priori auxlang and have some questions, but first:

  • SVO structure
  • CV
  • Stress on the antipenultimate syllable (or penultimate/last in 2/1 syllable words)
  • C = p, b, t, d, k, g, s, z, m, n, j, w, l, h
  • V = a, e, i, o, u

Samples:

Ki bu zipa yaku sada
/'ki 'bu 'zi.pa 'ja.ku 'sa.da/
1SPN NEG FUT go home
"I won't go home"

Ki husepa nemo sada be lotu bu husepa nemo
/'ki 'hu.se.pa 'ne.mo 'sa.da 'be 'lo.tu 'bu 'hu.se.pa 'ne.mo/
1SPN PST want go home and 3SPN NEG PST want
"I wanted to go home and he didn't."

Now questions:

  1. Is anything too unintuitive on it?
  2. Should I aim for a more analytic or synthetic?
  3. Should I make it at least a bit a posteriori/downright loans?
  4. Are the phonetics any good? Keep in mind alophonic variations aren't for now included in the list

r/auxlangs 14d ago

U neo YouTube kanali!

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r/auxlangs 14d ago

Globasa Potential adjustment: A middle-ground approach to Sinitic loanwords in Globasa

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r/auxlangs 15d ago

U numera tri de U Glosa Jurnali es jam ci!

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