No. - The Subreddit Conlang #10

More ideas were created on the previous post by the following users: u/TheToastWithGlasnost, u/PineapplesExist, u/Criacao_de_Mundos, u/CroisisBH, u/Switgh, u/SignificantBeing9, u/orthad, u/OnionArt and me.

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Phonology (not definite) (creaky nasals as allophones?)

Consonants:

	Labial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Uvular	Glottal
Plosive	p b p'	t d t'		q qʷ qˤ qˤʷ q' qʷ' qˤ' qˤʷ'	ʔ ʔʷ ʔˤ
Affricate		tp db	tʃ tʃʷ tʃ' tʃʷ' dʒ dʒʷ	qχ'
Fricative	f	s z, ð	ʃ ʃʷ ʒ ʒʷ	χ χʷ χˤ χˤʷ ʁ ʁʷ ʁˤ ʁˤʷ
Nasal	m	n
Approximant	w w̃	l	j j̃
Trill	ʙ, ʙ͡r͜ʀ	r		ʀ

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Vowels:

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	ẽ	ə̃ ɞ̃	ɤ ɔ õ
Open	a

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Syllabic consonants: l̩ r̩

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Tones

There are now tones, but the tones are for whether you are being sarcastic or not.

• High Tone means sarcastic
• Normal Tone means not sarcastic
• Low Tone is a glitch in the conlang and it will be fixed in the 11th update. It is a glitch in the system, and the developers are still trying to remove it. We will fix it soon. Sorry for the inconvenience.

There also: rising tone (from normal to high), falling tone (high to normal)

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Orthography

p b p' t d t' q qʷ qˤ qˤʷ q' qʷ' qˤ' qˤʷ' ʔ ʔʷ ʔˤ ---- p b p' t d t' q qv qx qxv q' qv' qx' qxv' 7 7v 7x

tp db tʃ tʃʷ tʃ' tʃʷ' dʒ dʒʷ qχ' ---- th dh c cv c' cv' j jv qh

f s z ð ʃ ʃʷ ʒ ʒʷ χ χʷ χˤ χˤʷ ʁ ʁʷ ʁˤ ʁˤʷ ---- f s z {þd, dt, thd} sh shv zh zhv k kv kx kxv g gv gx gxv

m n ---- m n

w w̃ l j j̃ ---- w û l y î

ʙ ʙ͡r͜ʀ r ʀ ---- bb bh r rh

i u ẽ ə̃ ɞ̃ ɤ {ɔ õ} a l̩ r̩ ----- i u e ê ô ë o a l r

/s/ when fulfilling the purpose of noun ending is written as a dot (-os <o.> and -us<u.>)

adjective particle is written as <shishusher^(4)eo.>

When /ə̃/ is used as a particle, it must always be written as capital digraph <ÊÊ>. It always comes after the words it modifies.

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Note Block Phonology

There are 25 note block pitches, and most are marked for a sound, while others are "modifiers".
For the numbers I am using, you can find them here: https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Note_Block
Okay, for the sounds (sorry for bad formatting)
p - 0
t - 1
q - 2
7 - 3
th - 4
c - 5
f - 6
s - 7
sh - 8
k - 9
m - 10
n - 11
w - 12
l - 13
j - 14
bh - 15
r - 16
rh - 17
qh - 2 9 (digraph, doesn't include ejective modifier)
But what about the other sounds?
Well, about the modifiers earlier, here they are:
Voice Modifier: 18 (for b d dh j zh g)
Ejective Modifier: 19 (for p' t' q' c')
Labialized Modifier: 12 (aka w sound) for (qxv, cv, shv, kv)
Pharyngealised Modifier: 20 (for qx, kx)
Nasalized Modifier: 21 (for û, î)
Modifiers can stack, for example, gxv would be 9 20 12.
Tones:
22: Normal
23: High
24: Rising
25: Falling
These appear at the end of every sentence and preposition. The low tone is already removed because the developers for this version know what they are doing (and wanted good press points)
In order to write vowels, you use the instrument, and it comes after the consonant before it. The other sounds in the syllable are with the Harp/Piano. THIS DOES NOT WORK IN CONSOLE/MOBILE EDITIONS SO IT IS AN ABJAD IN THAT VERSION.
none - Harp/Piano
i - Double Bass (wood)
u - Snare Drum (sand, gravel)
e - Clicks (glass)
ê - Bass Drum (stone)
ô - Bell (gold)
ë - Flute (clay)
o - Guitar (wool)
a - Xylophone (bone block)
I have counted these as consonants, so they are written with Harp/Piano and the consonant pitch
l - 13
r - 16

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Syllable Structure and Phonological Rules

(C)V(S)(L)(F)(P)

C - consonant; V - vowel; S - y, î, w, û (causing diphthongs?); L - l, r, m, n; F - fricatives; P - plosives, affricates

Nasal harmony: Nasality spreads after a nasal vowel/consonant to all parts of a word until it reaches a plosive or an affricate.

Just as the nasal vowels trigger nasal harmony, the trills /ʙ͡r͜ʀ r ʀ/ trigger "trill/tap harmony" where some succeeding consonants are tappized. /m n p b t d q l ʃ ʒ tʃ dʒ/ > [ⱱ̃ ɾ̃ ⱱ̥ ⱱ ɾ̥ ɾ ʀ̥ ɺ ɽ̥ ɽ tɽ̥ dɽ]

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Morphology

Analytical language (complete ergative-accusative alignment) (isolating polysynthetic morphology) (quirky subject) (this could be possible with particles. please explain the concept better if you agree with this)

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Word Order: SVO

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Definite Article

Any word containing /ð/ functions as the definite article.

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Nouns

Nouns can only end in: -a, -ɔs, -us, -um. there's no grammatical meaning to the endings. To create nouns one of this endings must be applied to the root, without the endings the word is nonsense.

Rules for determining the noun endings, if the penultimate syllable ends in a consonant:

• If the penultimate syllable (including the ending) has /i/ or /u/, it has to end with -us;
• If the penultimate syllable has /ẽ/, /õ/ or /ɔ/, it has to end with -ɔs;
• If the penultimate syllable has /ə̃/, it has to end with -um;
• If the penultimate syllable has /a/ or any other vowels that may later be added (ɞ̃ ɤ), it has to end with -a.
• If the penultimate syllable ends with a vowel, then the endings can be attached or just reduced. Example: pa-, pə̃-, pẽ-, po-, põ-, pi-, pu- becomes: pa, pə̃um, pẽos, pos, põos, pius, pus

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Noun Cases

A massive array of locatives (something like Tsez), and maybe case expressed through clitics (plz if you agree with this idea give some examples or develop it)

• Erectosuperessive: χˤɤʀ = on top of (standing)
• Cubantosuperessive: siʀ = on top of (laying)
• Quaerendative: tʃɔχ = you think or know it is somewhere around or in ... but you can't see it
• Inessive: inmi = in
• Volative: aʀfɞ̃ = somewhere in the air without touching anything else
• Fossative: rant' = burrrrried in the ground
• Subessive: ɔnt = under
• Superaquative: siʀwa = on water
• Subaquative: ɔntwa = in/under water
• Extrative: qχ'uʔẽ = out (if used with the word: disfɔ = nature, it means outside)
• Sinistrive: lẽft' = left of (there is no word for next to, so you have to specify if it's left or right of ...)
• Dextrative: ʀuχʷt = right of (there is no word for next to, so you have to specify if it's left or right of ...)
• Dextravolative: fɞ̃n = to the upper right of; also used as the causative case when used specifically on a verb or adverb
• Subinvolative: õtaʁ = under (causing it to do something unintended)

wer7 /wẽr?/ = it’s basically everywhere: you can’t tell where it is. it is just everywhere around you (used for words like: qas (air), bẽst’ (god, I), ə̃talfp (dead))

7elp' /ʔẽlp'/ = standing or sitting so close to someone/something that it is awkward, there is sexual tension or it looks weird (first two meanings used for persons and animals the third for objects)

terhf /tẽʀf/ = you don’t care where the fuck it is. You just hope you never see it again and it will: burn in hell, die, get destroyed, break or whatever bad fucking thing can happen to a person or thing.

kva[…]rant' /χʷa[…]rant'/ = the ground that [pronoun] is standing on

The (anti)accusative case marks all the nouns of the sentences with the exception of the object noun: zhvl /ʒʷl̩/ (it's like a QUIRKY SUBJECT!!!!!!)

lô /lɞ̃/ = genitive

Intransitive case to complete the tripartite alignment: tunq'

A vocative case, but it can only be used on verbs and adverbs.

Examples:

shishushere^(4)os bhiniu. besto. Qhuqalu zhvl gvet aûarstaûarsta sirh EÊ shishushere^(4)os kowlfto. EÊ shvultu. zhvl**, uwu qxv'ônst fôn shishushere**^(4)os kowlft shvultu. lô zhvl perq'perq'o. zhvl timptimpu. aûartsonto. lô;

ADJ ticket(=alien) god Qhuqalu ANTACC take PERF(root: tewg) bee.PL CUB NEG ADJ black.container(=realis) NEG wide.area ANTACC, and have CAUS ADJ black.container GEN ANTACC(partikelaufnahme) adult.PL ANTACC power.PL honey (undefined derivation of bee) GEN.

The Alien God Qhuqalul abducted all the bees from the irrealis plain to give the power of honey to the realis plain creatures.

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Partikel-aufnahme: a process by which a related noun phrase (e.g. indicating possession) takes on the case of the main noun in addition to the case indicating the relation (e. g. Genitive). a better explanation: Suffixaufnahme.

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Noun Specificity

Specificity marked by any word that has an <s> in it.

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sa fulfils the function of "er" in English when it's used on a verb (agent nouns)

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Reduplication (use both concepts or just one?)

Should be used to indicate the size, plurality or intensity of a noun, and it is up to context to indicate what you mean. Also there are three degrees of reduplication.

Wa means "fire", so wawa can mean either "slightly big fire", "two fires", or "slightly hot fire."Wawawa, of course means "medium fire", "three fires", or "slightly hotter fire."Wawawawa is as many reduplications as possible, meaning "large fire", "four fires", or "intense fire."

Another thing that could be added is the concept of inherent unit. Qxvôa means "water", and the inherent unit for the word "water" is "drop". then qxvôa means "one drop", qxvôqxvôa means "two drops", qxvôqxvôqxvôa means "three drops", etc.

you can use classifiers to change the unit to bigger quantities to have words such as "waterfall", "rain", "river" as any other word associated with "water".

For making a plural, it is used full reduplication. For making half, it is used partial reduplication in the last syllable of the word.

Examples:

oblto. - (bar of) chocolate

obltlto. - a half of a bar of chocolate

obltltlto. - a third of a bar of chocolate

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Adjectives (what should the corrupted pronunciation of the adjective particle be?)

Adjectives are created by prepending [ʃiʃuʃẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃ẽõs̃] to an unrelated noun.

Examples: blue = [ʃiʃuʃẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃ẽõs̃] + "cabbage"

spherical = [ʃiʃuʃẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃ẽõs̃] + "curtain"

Corrupted adjectives, that instead of ending with the normal ending, end with a mispronunciation, and by making it corrupted the adjective has a completely unrelated meaning to both the uncorrupted adjective particle, and the root noun. The corruption of the particle happens by assimilation with the first consonant of the noun described. Examples: /ʃisuʃẽr̃ẽr̃ə̃r̃ẽr̃ẽõʃtalfa/ "south" and /ʃiʃuʃẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃õzqa/ "orange".

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Comparison

shishusher^(4)eo. - Positive adj.

shishusher^(3)eo. - Equative as adj.

shishusher^(2) eo. - Comparative more adj.

shishushereo. - Superlative most adj.

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Pronouns

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Pronouns	Singular	Plural
1.	best'(pml.) êzhv(ml.) 7v(pej.)	lëlp (excl.)
1. incl.	rholsh(tsg.) torhôcv(vpl.)	gxvif(tsg.) tpiûf(vpl.)
2.	urhd(no.) ubht(nno.)	karhp'(no.) gôrb(no.)
3.	7i(sal.) shi(obv.)	jic(am.) cij(inim.)

pml.: putomelioral (think of yourself better)
ml.: melioral (be better hierarchically, i.e. higher-born, much older, higher score in Tetris)
pej.: pejoral (be worse, hence the minimal sound)
excl.: exclusive (me and someone that's not you) (actually exists)
incl.: inclusive (me and you) (actually exists)
tsg.: tusingular (and a singular you)
vpl.: vosplural (and a plural you)
no.: nosal (no. speaker)
nno.: non-nosal (not no. speaker)
sal.: salient (near, more important) (actually exists)
obv.: obviative (away) (actually exists)
am.: amical (friends)
inim.: inimical (enemies)

To use distinctions not present in the wanted number, try reduplication, in the wanted person, just use the equivalent distinction (because all of them basically consist of good-bad) or maybe compounding

all personal pronouns underlie the case system just like nouns: zhvl for non-objects, locatives for position in relation to a person, Partikelaufnahme

in combination with possessive particle: possessive pronoun

honorific particle for names, pronouns, whatever: nowz

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Possessives and Possession

You need to specify how you obtained it (you stole it, got it, bought it, found it (also specify where), chopped it (for trees and such), you made someone else do one of the things above for you. Etc.

tɤjatʃʷ' -> A godlike person, a spirit or the world gave it to you (also used for when a pizza delivery man brings you a pizza)

-You made it out of something else you owned (you, of course, also have to specify how you got the thing you made it out of)

-You borrowed it

-You steal-borrowed it (without asking)

-You exchanged it with something else

-You took it from someone (you think it is allowed)

- It was a special gift

- Someone threw or shot it at you so now it's yours

- You confiscated it because you felt like the person deserved it

Examples:

pitsa zhvl têyacv' cok: "the pizza [which was brought by the delivery boy] is here (but I can only see the pizza box)"

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Verbs

- the perfective of each verb is the verb but backwards

- future participle (an action that you will do for certain, but it hasn't happened yet)

- past tense: it used to be true but it isn't anymore, and it is marked with a rising tone

- nonpast tense: it used to be false but isn't anymore, and it is marked with a falling tone

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Negation

Particle os negation: ə̃. Also used to turn a root in its antonym.

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Adverbs

They should be made by appending something to an unrelated adjective.

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Syntax

Every formal statement must begin and end with kiluku. /χiluχus/. Due to the formality, each word from that statement has the exact opposite of what it means when being informal. While in informality you don't use that word, but if you use it, people will think that you are superior to them and they will call the police and you'll be sentenced to prison forever.

Examples:

kiluku. [we (us+you all) should kill all adults] kiluku.

translation: you (foreign speakers) shouldn't give birth to any children.

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Conjunctions

They have to go at the beginning of the clause.

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Vocabulary

abest'o. /abẽst'os/: "If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with Mesothelioma you may be entitled to financial compensation. Mesothelioma is a rare cancer linked to asbestos exposure. Exposure to asbestos in the Navy, shipyards, mills, heating, construction or the automotive industries may put you at risk. Please don't wait, call 1-800-99 LAW USA today for a free legal consultation and financial information packet. Mesothelioma patients call now! 1-800-99 LAW USA"

aûarsta /aw̃arsta/: n. "bee"

aûarstonto. /aw̃arstɔntɔs/: n. "honey"

best'o. /bẽst’os/: n. "god"

bëbënêli /bɤbɤnə̃li/: v. "to ride a bicycle, vespa or small non-car vehicle such that you traverse a whole neighbourhood or town, like a paperboy"

bhiniu. /ʙ͡r͜ʀinius/: n. "tickets (for a bus or flight), high explosives"; /ʃiʃuʃẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃ẽõs̃ ʙ͡r͜ʀinius/: adj. "alien"

bhiu. /ʙ͡r͜ʀius/: n. "car, car death, onion"

dabêdidabêda7iu. /dabə̃didabə̃daʔius/: n. "any green vegetable that is not cabbage"

elo. /ẽlɔs/ n. "'poop nuts', a type of tree nut cultivated by the speakers of this language that contains an entire day's nutrition but strongly tastes of faecal material"; /ʃiʃuʃẽrẽrẽrẽrẽɔ ẽlɔs/: adj. "scrumptious"

ê /ə̃/: v. "to not know, to ignore"

fudirh /fudiʀ/: v. "to go to a restaurant and eat a hamburger after you took part in a protest to get attention for climate change"

jvarha /dʒʷaʀa/: n. "cabbage"

kikash /χiχaʃ/: v. "to drown while looking for your cat"

kikash ÊÊ /χiχaʃ ə̃/ v. "to act like a selfish twat who won't even look for their cat; what in god's name is wrong with you?"

kikashshapkikash /χiχaʃːapχiχaʃ/: v. "to drown while intending to feed your cat (but it got missing :()"

kikashshapkikashvëqva /χiχaʃːapχiχaʃʷɤqʷa/: n. "an affectional term for people that drowned while searching their lost cat to feed it"

kiluku. /χiluχus/: n. "hello, goodbye"

kiluq'u. /χ'iluq'us/: n: "mother-in-law"

kowlfto. /χõwlftɔs/: n. "black container"; /ʃiʃuʃẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃ẽõs̃ kõwlftɔs/: adj. "realis"

lë7vesh /lɤʔʷẽʃ/: v. "to move without effort, being carried (in a literal sense, but also in a videogame), to get stunned by the beauty of a mountain-goat (which may also carry you in a videogame)"

lrëdit'armiîa /l̩rɤdit'armij̃a/: n. "comments section"; /ʃiʃuʃẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃ẽõs̃ l̩rɤdit'armij̃a/: adj. "stylish, dapper, nice (of a male)"

ô /ɞ̃/: v. " to know, but not care enough to say something that you pretend you do not know"

perq'o. /pẽrq'ɔs/: n. "adult"

pifulu. /pifulus/: n. "curtain, carpet, dress"

pi7u. /piʔus/: n. "the sea, lake"

qa /qa/: n. "air"; /ʃiʃuʃẽrẽrẽrẽrẽɔ qa/: adj. "solid, hard"

qa ÊÊ /qa ə̃/: n. "deadly gas, fart"; /ʃiʃuʃẽrẽrẽrẽrẽɔ qa ə̃/: adj. "cute"

q'iluku. /q'iluχus/: n. "devil, devilish"

q'iluq'u. /q'iluq'us/: n. "idiot"

qvop /qʷɔp/: v. "to run, to race"

qxvôa /qˤʷɞ̃a/: n. "water"

qxv'a /qˤʷ'a/: n. "dog"

qxv'ônst /qˤʷ'ɞ̃nst/: v. "to have"

qhuqalu /qχ'uqalu/: name of a god

rhirorhi /ʀirõʀi/: v. "to turn or spin in place, to deliberate"

shvultu. /ʃʷultus/: n. "wide area, plain"

talfpa /talfpa/: n. "live"; /ʃiʃuʃẽrẽrẽrẽrẽɔ talfpa/: adj. "dead"

talfpa ÊÊ /talfpa ə̃/: n. "dead"; /ʃiʃuʃẽrẽrẽrẽrẽɔ talfpa ə̃/: adj. "living, alive"

tapkikash /tapχiχaʃ/: v. "to drown while feeding your cat"

timpu. /timpus/: n. "power"

toko. /tɔχɔs/: n. "north, the northern part of a country"; /ʃiʃuʃẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃ẽõs̃ tɔχɔs/: adj. "northern"

uwu /uwu/: "and"

wa /wa/: n. "fire"

way7emsieyo. /wäj.ʔẽm.si.ẽj.ɔs/: n. "savior, prophet"

ûe /w̃ẽ/: "the sound a skinny tall man who wears purple clothing makes. With the adjective rule, Ûe plus the appropriate modifier makes the word "violet" because it is not called purple, uncultured swines"

yaqxv'obo. /jaqˤʷ'ɔbɔs/: n. "cellar door, death, hell"

7vëqva /ʔʷɤqʷa/: n. "cat (between 11 and 27 months old, black fur and brown eyes, but could be used affectionally for every cat)"

7vre /ʔʷɔrẽ/: v. "to eat"

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New words:

anta /anta/ n. "labour"

bada /bada/ n. "Esperanto language"

badcvrmaqh /badtʃʷr̩maqχ'/ v. "the act of removing somebody from a group that disagrees with you"

balablêlum /balablə̃lum/ n. "a dead person"

balêbêlum /balə̃bə̃lum/ n. "a person who his joints are dead from running"

cvrmaqh /tʃʷr̩maqχ'/ v. "to remove"

þdëooo. /ðɤɔõɔs/ n. "all the English nouns that end with <ard>. Graveyard, vineyard, lanyard, yard, mallard, malliard (reaction), card, lard, ward, guard, bard, (shid and) fard, etc."

eilu. /ẽilɔs/ n. "leg"

espanîot'akoo. /espanj̃ot'akõɔs/ n. "Spanish language"

jôjô /dʒɞ̃dʒɞ̃/ v. "to be a homosexual in denial"

neq'êk /nẽq'ə̃χ/ v. "to live in a society so primitive that they oppress a vocal minority group (often the truly minority)"

no /nõ/ det. "no; NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

nowzo. /nɔwzɔs/ n. "thing"

oblto. /ɔbl̩tɔs/ n. "(bar of) chocolate"

potetokenishu. /pɔtẽtɔχẽniʃus/ n. "magic and mystery"

rhôncëa /ʀɞ̃ntʃɤa/ n. "French language"

shvileo. /ʃʷilẽɔs/ n. "English language"

wabêlum /wabə̃lum/ n. "a generally crazy/distracted person"

zawon /zawɔn/ v. "to know"

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Proper Nouns and Loanwords

Dollar signs <$> go around the name of all Nigerian Princes offering you money through email.

For all loanwords, their first three to four letters are rewritten in No. orthography but the rest are written exactly as they were in their original language.

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Ancient Transcriptions (nobody knows how the old language works)

Old Tongue: dxfbnghsahj 34wgy4njr g54gyu8bvf ty89utyyuhtfr ytjktrfy767 = yer da sells the avon

Moderno No.: dêfbongosaojo. qvugvinjr gxvogyuqxvobufu. tiqxv'utiyuhtfr itjoktrfiqhôqha = yer da sells the avon

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What other stuff do you want to see on this conlang? Crazy ideas are welcome. Hope you to enjoy it.

WARNING: the updates will not be as usual as frequent because I'm having a lot of work in this next few weeks, hope everyone can understand. This last one took a bit to make do to work, as you may understand from this "apology sentence".