diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..93fd65e --- /dev/null +++ b/Changelog.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +# Changelog + +## First draft + +The one posted on Reddit: + +### Contents + +* Basic phonetics +* Example of a dialogue +* Lexicon (following the word order from the dialogue) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dc7f02a --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +# 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.