Diluvian Code

Diluvian is a philosophical ab interiori language.

Introduction

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In Diluvian, vocabulary can be common, social, onomatopoeic, or mimetic

• the mimetic interpretation describes physical characteristics

pa *used to describe what flaps ta *used to describe what closes or is rigid ka *used to describe what crashes ra *used to describe what is fluid or maleable sa *used to describe what is alive

• the onomatopoeic interpretation

mu cow si snake acin "sneezing" vs gur "drinking" i "outward" a "human cry" u "inwards"

Syllabaries

880 (44 particles x 5 vowels x 4) + 150(40 particles x 4 -10) = 1030 for the same reason syllables such as ri /ɾi/ are allowed but riaçi /ɾʲəd͡zi/ is not a nucleus cannot have more than two sound effects for this reason, the negative and positive versions of ya wa sa za ra ca and ça cannot suffer nasalization [t͡sə > ⁿt͡sə, but t͡sʲə > *ⁿt͡sʲə] Diluvian triggers sound changes t͡si [t͡ʃi] t͡sʲi [ɕːi]~[t͡ʃɨ]

Essential Syllabary

40 stacking syllables that determine the discourse.

40	I	E	A	O	U
X	xi	xe	xa	xo	xu
Q	qi	qe	qa	qo	qu
H	hi	he	ha	ho	hu
Y	yi	ye	ya	yo	yu
W	wi	we	wa	wo	wu
'	'i	'e	'a	'o	'u
A	ai	ae	aa	ao	au
∅	i	e	a	o	u

Elementary Syllbary

60	-	0	+
K	kpa	ka	kta
G	gba	ga	gda
P	pta	pa	pka
B	bda	ba	bga
T	tka	ta	tpa
D	dga	da	dba
S	sia	sa	sua
Z	zia	za	zua
M	dma	ma	gma
Ṃ	dṃa	ṃa	gṃa
N	kna	na	pna
Ṇ	kṇa	ṇa	pṇa
Y	pia	ya	tia
W	tua	wa	kua
KH	khpa	kha	khta
PH	phta	pha	phka
TH	thka	tha	thpa
R	ria	ra	rua
C	cia	ca	cua
Ç	çia	ça	çua

Complete Syllabary

1030 syllables are allowed within Diluvian.

1030	-∅	-r	-n	-'
xi-	xi	xir	xin	xi'
xe-	qi	qe	qa	qo
xa-	hi	he	ha	ho
xo-	yi	ye	ya	yo
xu-	wi	we	wa	wo
qi-	'i	'e	'a	'o
qe-	ai	ae	aa	ao
qa-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
qo-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
qu-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
hi-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
he-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
ha-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
ho-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
hu-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
yi-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
ye-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
ya-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
yo-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
yu-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
wi-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
we-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
wa-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
wo-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
wu-	wu	wur	wun	wu'
'i-	'i	'ir	'in	∅
'e-	Ci	Ce	Ca	∅
'a-	Ci	Ce	Ca	∅
'o-	Ci	Ce	Ca	∅
'u-	Ci	Ce	Ca	∅
ai-	ai	air	ain	∅
ae-	Ci	Ce	Ca	∅
aa-	Ci	Ce	Ca	∅
ao-	Ci	Ce	Ca	∅
au-	Ci	Ce	Ca	∅
i-	i	ir	in	i'
e-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
a-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
o-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
u-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
(x44)Ci-	Ci	Cir	Cin	Ci'
(x44)Ce-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
(x44)Ca-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
(x44)Co-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co
(x44)Cu-	Ci	Ce	Ca	Co

Phonology

Consonants

Diluvian has 24 basic consonants, but 50 consonants in total considering the positive, negative, and nasal forms.
p b k g t d
m m n n w j
s z ʔ h q χ
ɾ ts dz pʼ tʼ kʼ
The n-series: mp mb ŋk ŋg nt nd ɲ nts ndz ns nz nq
The dz-series are either some form of -dz- themselves or trigger it: t͡sʲ t͡sʷ d͡zʲ d͡zʷ sʲ sʷ zʲ zʷ pʲ tʲ tʷ kʷ ɾʲ ɾʷ