From 97f575ae3420c1fe5dacc555e9aca91b11786037 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lucien Cartier-Tilet Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2023 14:02:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?[Zik=C3=A3ti]=20Add=20new=20Zik=C3=A3ti=20langu?= =?UTF-8?q?age?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- docs/.vuepress/config.ts | 69 ++++++++++---------- docs/zikãti/index.org | 133 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 168 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) create mode 100644 docs/zikãti/index.org diff --git a/docs/.vuepress/config.ts b/docs/.vuepress/config.ts index e4bf086..5deffca 100644 --- a/docs/.vuepress/config.ts +++ b/docs/.vuepress/config.ts @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -import { defineUserConfig, defaultTheme } from "vuepress"; -import { removeHtmlExtensionPlugin } from "vuepress-plugin-remove-html-extension"; -import head from "./head"; +import { defineUserConfig, defaultTheme } from 'vuepress'; +import { removeHtmlExtensionPlugin } from 'vuepress-plugin-remove-html-extension'; +import head from './head'; export default defineUserConfig({ - lang: "en-US", + lang: 'en-US', title: "Phundrak's Conlangs", head: head, - description: "Documentation of the constructed languages made by Phundrak", + description: 'Documentation of the constructed languages made by Phundrak', markdown: { html: false, linkify: true, @@ -18,70 +18,71 @@ export default defineUserConfig({ plugins: [removeHtmlExtensionPlugin()], theme: defaultTheme({ sidebarDepth: 5, - repo: "https://labs.phundrak.com/phundrak/conlang.phundrak.com", + repo: 'https://labs.phundrak.com/phundrak/conlang.phundrak.com', sidebar: [ { - text: "Index", - link: "/", + text: 'Index', + link: '/', }, { - text: "Eittlandic", - link: "/eittlandic/", + text: 'Eittlandic', + link: '/eittlandic/', collapsible: true, children: [ { - text: "The Country", - link: "/eittlandic/country", + text: 'The Country', + link: '/eittlandic/country', }, { - text: "Linguistic Typology", - link: "/eittlandic/typology", + text: 'Linguistic Typology', + link: '/eittlandic/typology', }, { - text: "Phonology", - link: "/eittlandic/phonology", + text: 'Phonology', + link: '/eittlandic/phonology', }, { - text: "Syntax", - link: "/eittlandic/syntax", + text: 'Syntax', + link: '/eittlandic/syntax', }, { - text: "Dictionary", - link: "/eittlandic/dictionary", + text: 'Dictionary', + link: '/eittlandic/dictionary', }, ], }, { - text: "Proto-Ñyqy", - link: "/proto-nyqy/", + text: 'Proto-Ñyqy', + link: '/proto-nyqy/', collapsible: true, children: [ { - text: "Introduction", - link: "/proto-nyqy/introduction", + text: 'Introduction', + link: '/proto-nyqy/introduction', }, { - text: "Culture and People", - link: "/proto-nyqy/culture-and-people", + text: 'Culture and People', + link: '/proto-nyqy/culture-and-people', }, { - text: "Linguistic Typology", - link: "/proto-nyqy/typology", + text: 'Linguistic Typology', + link: '/proto-nyqy/typology', }, { - text: "Phonology", - link: "/proto-nyqy/phonology", + text: 'Phonology', + link: '/proto-nyqy/phonology', }, { - text: "Syntax", - link: "/proto-nyqy/syntax", + text: 'Syntax', + link: '/proto-nyqy/syntax', }, { - text: "Dictionary", - link: "/proto-nyqy/dictionary", + text: 'Dictionary', + link: '/proto-nyqy/dictionary', }, ], }, + '/zikãti/', ], }), }); diff --git a/docs/zikãti/index.org b/docs/zikãti/index.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d0ed346 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/zikãti/index.org @@ -0,0 +1,133 @@ +#+title: Zikãti +#+setupfile: ../headers + +* Zikãti +Zikãti ({{{phon(d̻͡zikãti)}}}) is an agglutinative language I am currently +working on as an experiment. It doesn’t have any worldbuilding around +it yet and may never have. I’m mostly experimenting with vocabulary +generation with a language relying heavily on affixes modifying the +meaning of a root word. + +** Phonology +*** Consonants +- b :: {{{phon(b)}}} +- d :: {{{phon(d̻)}}} +- g :: {{{phon(ŋ)}}} +- h :: {{{phon(h)}}} +- k :: {{{phon(k)}}} +- l :: {{{phon(ʟ)}}} +- m :: {{{phon(m)}}} +- mb :: {{{phon(ᵐb)}}} +- n :: {{{phon(n̻)}}} +- nd :: {{{phon(ⁿd̻)}}} +- nz :: {{{phon(ⁿd̻͡z)}}} +- p :: {{{phon(p)}}} +- q :: {{{phon(kʷ)}}} +- r :: {{{phon(r̻)}}} +- s :: {{{phon(s̻)}}} +- t :: {{{phon(t̻)}}} +- z :: {{{phon(d̻͡z)}}} + +| | bilabial | lamino-alveolar | velar | labial-velar | glottal | +|------------------------------+----------+-----------------+-------+--------------+---------| +| nasal | m | n | g | | | +| nasalized plosive | mb | nd | | | | +| nasalized sibilant affricate | | nz | | | | +| plosive | p b | t d | k | q | | +| affricate | | z | | | | +| fricative | | s | | | h | +| trill | | r | | | | +| lateral approximant | | | l | | | + +*** Vowels +- a :: {{{phon(a)}}} +- ã :: {{{phon(ã)}}} +- i :: {{{phon(i)}}} +- u :: {{{phon(u)}}} +- ŋ :: {{{phon(ŋ)}}} +- ɲ :: {{{phon(ɲ)}}} + +*** Syllable and word structure +| Group | Consonants | +|-------+--------------------------------------| +| C_{1} | m n g mb nd nz p b t d z k q s h r l | +| C_{2} | p b t d z k q r h | +| V_{1} | i u ɲ ŋ a ã | +| V_{2} | i u a | +| V_{3} | ɲ ŋ ã | + +Prefixes follow the [C_{2}]V_{2} phonetic structure, with C_{2} being optional. +Suffixes follow the C_{1}V_{3}[C_{2}] structure with C_{2} being optional. + +Roots are a bit more complex, with a C_{1}[V_{3}[C_{2}]C_{1}]V_{2}[C_{2}] structure. + +The only consonants that can follow the vowels /ŋ/ and /ɲ/ are non-nasal +plosive consonants. These two vowels cannot follow the consonants /m/, +/n/, or /g/. If such an occurence is created be it while constructing a +word or when they co-occur between words, a dummy {{{phon(u)}}} is added. + +A word may contain one or more core roots which affixes cannot +separate but which can aggregate around this word core. A word can +consist of its bare core only, or the core surrounded by affixes. The +amount of prefixes and suffixes is independent from each other. + +** Grammar +Zikãti is a nominative and an SOV language, and its verbs are marked +with a marker dedicated to tense and a marked dedicated to aspect and +mood. The verb does not agree with the subject or the object. + +*** Affixes +**** Prefixes +- -dãt :: participle +- -hãr :: must be done +- -hɲ :: verbalization (intransitive) +- -kŋt :: partisan +- -nzɲz :: badness +- -ŋãs :: liking, prone to +- -rã :: verbalization (transitive) +- -sŋr :: nominalisation +- -zãr :: verbalization (passive) +**** Suffixes +- a- :: locative +- hi- :: instance +- hu- :: thing, tool +- i- :: collection +- ka- :: ability +- pi- :: diminutive +- qa- :: augmentative +- qi- :: adjectivisation +- qu- :: process, study +- ra- :: place +- ru- :: negative +- ti- :: causative +- zi- :: person +** Vocabulary +*** mbi - meat, food +- mbi :: meat, food +- mbisŋr :: a meal +- mbihɲ :: to cook (vi.), to prepare food +- mbirã :: to cook (something) +- mbirãzãr :: to be cooked by (vt.) +- qimbi :: edible (adj.) +- mbidãt :: cooked (adj.) +- zimbi :: a cook, chef (n.) +- rambi :: a kitchen (n.) +- zirambi :: a chef (n.) +- humbi :: a knife (n.) +- humbirã :: to stab (vt.) +- zihumbirã :: a stabber (n.) +- humbirãsŋr :: a stab (n.) +- timbirã :: to feed (vt.) +- timbihɲ :: to feed (vi.) +- qambi :: a meal, feast (n.) +- pimbi :: a snack (n.) +*** keti - mountain +- kãti :: mountain (n.) +- pikãti :: hill (n.) +- qakãti :: summit (n.) +** Abbreviations +- adj. :: adjective +- adv. :: adverb +- n. :: noun +- vi. :: intransitive verb +- vt. :: transitive verb