Diinlang Numeral Ideas 2.1
0: 零 (ling4) lihng Diinlang zeru, oh
1: 一 (jat1) yaat Dinlang un
2: 二 (ji6) yih Diinlang biy or by. Possible alternate: “dua”
3: 三 (saam1) saam Diinlang tri (short terminal -i, so sounds like tree). Tre may be more practical
4: 四 (sei3) sei Diinlang tet
5: 五 (ng5) ngh Diinlang fy, if not too similar to by. f looks like 5? Possible alternate: “senk”
6: 六 (luk6) luhk poss. sis memory aid: s looks a little like 6
7: 七 (cat1) chaat Diinlang hep
8: 八 (baat3) baat Diinlang either baa or baat. memory aid B looks like 8
9: 九 (gau2) gau Diinlang gau memory aid g looks like 9
10: 十 (sap6) sahp Diinlang diis
100: 一百 (jat1 baak3) Possible alternative “sto”, already used by a number of languages. Since Diinlang does not use “c”, a word beginning with “h” might be better. Hek from Hekto?
1000: 一千 (jat1 cin1) Diinlang: should begin with K. for correlation with SI. The word Kilo is already well established as a unit of mass.
Sapir on IALs
Some Ideas for Diinlang 2.1
Object Marking
Agent Nouns
Complimentary Word Pairings
Modifiers
Flesch
Evidentiality
Basic Prepositions 2.1
Diinlang 2.1 Single Letter Contractions
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- The pronoun “u” is pronounced “yu”.
- The pronoun “m” is pronounced or written as either “me” or “em”. They are interchangeable in meaning or use.
- “y” and “n” mean “yes” and “no”. They may be pronounced “ye” and “ne” but “ya” and “no” are also permitted. These are also alternate written words if not contracted.
- The non-phonetic letters (c, q, x) are treated as symbols and have pronunciations that must be learnt.
- The pronoun “u” is pronounced “yu”.
b: "be" verb "to be". a b (ah be) "will be", t b (te be) or bt (be-te) "was".
c: symbol standing for the word "kom", meaning "with".
d: "de" meaning "from", "for", "of". General purpose preposition.
e: "eh" means "and". The symbols "&" or "+" may be used instead and pronounced as "eh".
f: "fe" verb "to do". Placed with another verb creates an infinitive. This is a new change for Diinlang 2.1 and replaces the word "du".
g: "ge" verb "to get", creating passive voice when uses as an auxiliary with another verb.
h: "he" verb "to have", creating perfect tense when used as auxiliary. Note that the vowel sound is very short.
i: pronounced "ih", means "in".
j: "je" indefinite article. means "some". Gendered forms are ja and jo, specific plural jez. "jaz" and "joz" could potentially be used.
k: "ke" relative pronoun "that". This represents other English relative pronouns such as who, what, which.
l: "le" for "to say". "lt" is "le-te" and means "said".
m: "me" or "em" First person pronoun. First person plural pronoun is formed "mz" for "mez" or "emz".
n: "ne" or "no" negator.
o: pronounced "oh" means "or". "eo" is "eh-oh" and means "and/or".
p: "pe" means "per".
q: symbol pronounced as "kwe", means "what"(interrogative or marks a clause or sentence as a question when placed at the start or end. Its resemblance to the Franco-Latin "que" may see it used as a relative pronoun (English "that") or for comparison (like English "than").
r: "re". On its own could be used for the word "again". re- is used at the start of some Diinlang words with the same or similar meaning to its use in English.
s: "se" reflexive pronoun.
t: "te" past tense marker when placed before a verb. Past-passive suffix on adjectives and adverbs. Creates a single word past tense form when used as a suffix on verbs
u: "yu" Second person pronoun "you". Optional plural formed "uz" or "yuz".
v: "ve" definite article, means "the". Gendered as "va" and "vo", plural as "vz" for "vez". "voz" and "vaz" are gendered plurals.
w: Unassigned. Given the problems with pronunciation it causes some nationalities this phoneme may possibly not be used in Diinlang.
x: symbol pronounced "eks" meaning "out".
y: "ya/ye/" means yes. Second form is pronounced "yeh" rather than "yee".
z: "ze" third person pronoun. Becomes zo (he), za (she), plurals are zz/zez, zoz and zaz.
Managing Capitalization
- A definite or indefinite article in a non-initial position.
- A short coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS).
- A preposition of four letters or less.
- The word “to” in infinitives.
- Proper names, including titles and adjectives that are a part of the name.
- Titles used in place of proper names. Such incidences are most likely to occur in speech. “Can I get a comment, Senator?”, “I need you Granny.” I am uncertain as to whether this applies to third person statements.
- Names of specific organized religions and their adherents.
- Names of specific books, films or other works of art or reference.
- Names of specific companies, brand names, product or model names. Brand names that have become generic terms are uncapitalized.
- Names of specific geographical features, including the names of individual mountains, rivers, seas, oceans, valleys.
- Names of specific roads, streets, buildings, cities, towns, villages, regions.
- Names of specific countries, counties, areas, continents, nations. Specific names derived from such: Italian Coffee, English Muffin.
- Names of specific nationalities or ethnicities: Asian, Italian, Mexican American, Caucasian, Black, White.
- Names of specific days, months and named holidays.
- Names of specific time periods, historical evens and geological eras. Spanish Civil War, Middle Ages, Boxer Rebellion, Jurassic Era.
- Names of specific planets, moons, stars or other celestial bodies.
- Definite and indefinite articles, unless an integral part of the name: “The Hague”, “The Lord of the Rings”.
- The names of the seasons, unless personified.
- The points of the compass and similar terms, unless integral to a name.
- The designation of centuries: twentieth century, fifteenth century.
- Common names of animals, plants and other organisms unless they include a proper name. Names of cultivar groups and breeds probably should be capitalized. The latter are often named after regions, anyway.
- Names of literary or musical genres, unless containing a proper name.