Vreleksá

Wombat · Joined: 18 Jun 2009 Posts: 11

As the above title states, Kapsampy is my first conlang and is currently a whole 24 hours old. It was created by taking a letter use by percentage chart
(I.E. e=13%, t=9%, a=8%, etc.) and converting this to dice rolls. For example, if I wanted to translate the English "name" into Kapsampy, I would roll the consonant dice, the vowel die, the consonant dice and the vowel die again, coming up with "sewe".
I also took out letters I didn't like.
Vowel die is a d20.
E=1-8
A=9-12
O=13-16
I=17-18
U=19
Y=20
Consonant dice are a d6 for the tens, d10 for the ones.
F=11-12
G=13-14
H=15-19
L=20-23
M=24-25
N=26-32
P=33-34
R=35-40
S=41-46
T=47-55
W=56-57
Y=58-59
If the tens die, the d6 comes up as a 6, roll it again.
If it comes up as 1 or 2, it is a K.
If it comes up as 3 or 4, it is a V.
If it comes up as 5 or 6, it is a Z.

Est ralot kayrle inu horz snel ars emeig ap gethaku ars lastel. Kalu inu elnefar keys meharo ars holgeruti ars tenof epu suwefuti gef arituk ap ef vitan us neshaforom.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

I also switch letter orders as sometimes two consonants or two vowels is too cumbersome. I count double letters ans one letter.

Useful phrases:
Fa sewe al...
My name is...
Loks al fa...
This is my...
Ramho al sly...
Where is the...
E (hu te) tong veto.
I (do not) want that.
Lostoca
Bathroom
Teken
Hello
Meampah
Goodbye

Tolkien_Freak · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 2:22 am Post subject:

Welcome/ようこそ/whatever!

Interesting idea. How's the grammar of it work?

Wombat · Joined: 18 Jun 2009 Posts: 11

The grammar is currently the same as English although I will probably modify that later, to make it less like English.

killerken · Joined: 30 Sep 2008 Posts: 134 Location: Florida

That's an interesting way to generate vocabulary. And welcome!
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achemel · Joined: 29 Mar 2009 Posts: 556 Location: up for debate

I agree, very interesting! Very Happy

Could you use that method to read secret messages from dice games? (^_^) That would be awesome.
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I have some small knowledge of:
English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Spanish, French
I would like to learn:
Italian, Norwegian, Gaelic
Main conlangs:
ddamachel, tadvaradcel, ra cel, lashel, hemnalg, nomah

Wombat · Joined: 18 Jun 2009 Posts: 11

I suppose I could create words from dice games, yes.
Conspiracy theories, ahoy!
Also, in terms of grammar I have decided it is S/O/V as well as noun/adjective.
Another revision:
Each word is composed of one or more syllable. Each syllable is made of one consonant and one vowel, in that order. There are no double letters.
So far there are 17 consonants and 7 vowels; this may be changed sometime in the future.
Also, if some kind person can direct me to the "How To Attach Files To Your Post" guide, I can show you guys what the sounds represented by the Romanized version of the alphabet means as well as the alphabet itself.

The alphabet has ~144 characters, some of which are pending deletion.
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Finökolma us fo al fuhla thamaf.
Hover-craft of me is eels-filled.
My hovercraft is full of eels.

Tolkien_Freak · Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 2:51 am Post subject:

Looks interesting indeed. What consonants and vowels specifically?
(And that's a big script for only 17 consonants and 7 vowels!)

And sadly you can't directly attach files, you have to upload them somewhere like Photobucket and then link to them with [img] tags.

Wombat · Joined: 18 Jun 2009 Posts: 11

Er, the consonants are ..
Labial stop, labial fricative, labial approximate, labial nasal, labio-dental fricative, dental stop, dental fricative, dental nasal, alveolar fricative, alveo-palatal stop, alveo-palatal fricative, alveo-palatal nasal, velar fricative, uvular stop, uvular fricative, and finally the glottal fricative.

In that order, they're represented as P, F, W, M, V, T, TH, N, WH, L, G, S, NG, SH, K, R, and H.

It's easier to see the neat chart I made.
The vowels are Y (said like the ee in sweet), A (said like the A in star), E (said like the e in egg), I (said like the i in id), O (said like o in over), U (said like the u in under), and Ü (said like the oo in goon).

The reason there's so many characters is:
Each character is a letter and a vowel, or a syllable.
So you'd have FY, FA, FE, FI, FO, FU, and FÜ. For every consonant.

The things are PDFs. So I think I'll upload them to my deviantart.
The letters chart

This is the other chart that shows what things are represented by what.

WARNING: These are PDFs. They may load slowly.
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Finökolma us fo al fuhla thamaf.
Hover-craft of me is eels-filled.
My hovercraft is full of eels.

Tolkien_Freak · Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 3:26 am Post subject:

Ah, so it's a syllabary. Cool! Syllabaries are awesome.

If you want to avoid typing out the full name of every phoneme, try X-SAMPA.

Wombat · Joined: 18 Jun 2009 Posts: 11

Another grammar update-
There are 4 genders.
Masculine, feminine, neuter, and celestial (used to express big things, like planets or mountains, or oceans, and ideas).
(-_a) indicates neuter
(-_e) indicates feminine
(-_o) indicates masculine
(-_ü) indicates celestial
And:
(-s_) indicates singular
(-l_) indicates plural.
So:
(-sa) indicates singular neuter
(-la) indicates plural neuter.
These are the endings of nouns only.
TENSES AND WORD-ENDINGS-
In this order:
Continuous, present, future, past, non-present, non-past, and non-future tenses are represented by (-ka), (-ga), (-kü), (-go), (-gü), (-ko) and (-ke).
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Finökolma us fo al fuhla thamaf.
Hover-craft of me is eels-filled.
My hovercraft is full of eels.

achemel · Joined: 29 Mar 2009 Posts: 556 Location: up for debate

You have a deviantart account!! Very Happy

I'm checking it out as soon as I'm done here. Likely I'll favorite stuff immediately. (^_^)

Also, I like the "celestial" gender - what sort of things would be celestial? Gods? Their assistants? Stars and other bodies? Something completely different?

And another thing - I love your signature! Wink

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I have some small knowledge of:
English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Spanish, French
I would like to learn:
Italian, Norwegian, Gaelic
Main conlangs:
ddamachel, tadvaradcel, ra cel, lashel, hemnalg, nomah

Wombat · Joined: 18 Jun 2009 Posts: 11

Celestial is just big things or intangible things.
The air, planets, gods, ideas, the sun, stars, oceans, mountains, feelings, time, et cetera.
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Finökolma us fo al fuhla thamaf.
Hover-craft of me is eels-filled.
My hovercraft is full of eels.

achemel · Joined: 29 Mar 2009 Posts: 556 Location: up for debate

Cool!

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I have some small knowledge of:
English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Spanish, French
I would like to learn:
Italian, Norwegian, Gaelic
Main conlangs:
ddamachel, tadvaradcel, ra cel, lashel, hemnalg, nomah