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First draft, the one posted on Reddit.
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# Changelog

## First draft

The one posted on Reddit: <https://www.reddit.com/r/conlangs/comments/r44epb/wipno_name_yet_a_language_dedicated_to_talk_about/>

### Contents

* Basic phonetics
* Example of a dialogue
* Lexicon (following the word order from the dialogue)
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# Weather talk

A language to speak only about the weather.

## Phonetics

vowels: a, e, i, o, u

consonants: p, t, k, f, s, sh (ʃ), l, w, j, m, n

| | labial | labiodental | dental | alveolar | alv-pal | velar | *glottal* |
| -------------- | ------ | ----------- | ------ | -------- | --------- | ------- | --------- |
| *stops* | `p` | | | `t` | | `k` | |
| *fricatives* | | `f v` | | `s` | `ʃ ʒ` | | |
| *affricates* | | | | | | | |
| *approximants* | `w` | | | `l` | `j` | | |
| *nasals* | `m` | | | `n` | | | |

## Dialogue Example

— tok! *(hello!)*
— tok tok! *(hello (reply))*
— te tok makin o? *(do you want to talk about weather?)*
— me tok. me sin shuta powa. *(I do. I forsee rain today.)*
— me sin awi. fofisi tiwa epoli. *(I agree (I forsee alike). The wind blew yesterday, from the North.)*
— me awi. te sin shuta lewa o? *(Same. Do you forsee rain tomorrow?)*
— me sin konewi. me si lume i aseniwo. *(I don't know precisely. Now, there is (I see) sun and Cumulus.)*
— awi. oton juma. *(Indeed. The temperature is going low.)*
— me sin loshen shuta lewa.*(I'm not sure, but I forsee it might rain tomorrow.)*

## Lexicon

* tok!: (interj.) hello!
* tok tok!: (interj.) hello (reply)
* te: (pronoun) you, your
* tok: (v) talking
* makin: (n) weather (generally speaking)
* o: (?) turns a sentence into a question
* me: (pronoun) me, I
* sin: (v) forsee, predict
* shuta: (n) rain
* powa: (time context) today
* awi: (adverb?) indeed, "me too", agree
* si: (v) see (currently)
* fofisi: (n) wind
* tiwa: (time context) yesterday
* epoli: (space context) from the North
* lewa: (time context) tomorrow
* konewi: (adverb) expressing doubt, no precise probability.
* lume: (n) sun, sunny, clear skies.
* i: (conj.) and
* aseniwo: (n) cumulus clouds
* oton: (n) temperature
* juma: (v) going low, decrease.
* loshen: (adverb) expressing a 50-50 chance.

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