Adamic Code

Adamic Code
Adamic
אדםי (ādamya)
Adam naming the animals
Pronunciation	[àːˈdami̯a]
Created by	Veno
Date	25000-12000 BP
Setting	Africa (?)
Native speakers	- (2024)
Language family	Pangaean Code Diluvian Code Adamic Code
Early form	Paleolithic Creole

Adamic (Hebrew Abjad: אדמי קפל, Latin Alphabet: Ādamya Qafl, pronounced [àːˈdami̯a ˈqafl]) is a philosophical ab interiori language of the Mesolithic that consists on naming roots and applying patterns through introflection to make them act as a full fledged means of communication. Its creator, Veno, named the Paleolithic Code as such due the similarity with the narrative of Genesis, where Adam was tasked to name the animals of Eden.

Introduction

The Adamic Code was created to simulate the hypothesis of an Afroasiatic Paleolithic Code. Chronologically, the language would be a creole of the Pangaean Code and the Diluvian Code.

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial		Alveolar		Post-alv.	Velar		Glottal
Nasal	Voiceless			n̥
	Voiced	m
Plosive	Voiceless	p	pˀ	t	(tˀ)	t͡ʃ	k	(kˀ)	ʔ
	Voiced	b	(bˀ)	d	(dˀ)		g	(gˀ)
Fricative	Voiceless	f		s					h
	Voiced	v		z					ɦ
Vibrant	Voiced			r
Lateral	Voiceless			l̥

Adamic has 18 consonants. Slightly less than the 24 consonants of the Diluvian Code.

	Guttural	Coronal	Labial
Sonorant	h ɦ	l̥ r	n̥ m
Turbulent	s z	t͡s ʔ	f v
Occlusive	k g	t d	p b

^1Due the arrangement required from the tables, the sounds /h/ and /ɦ/, as well as the sound /ʔ/, are grouped as sonorants and coronal respectively without showing the proper phonetic qualities.

^2The sound /ɦ/ ranges from [ɦ], [ʕ], and [ʁ] to [ɣ].

The characters used in the orthography are given below.

• /k/ is written k
• /g/ is written g
• /t/ is written t
• /d/ is written d
• /t/ is written t
• /p/ is written p
• /b/ is written b
• /h/ is written h
• /ɦ/ is written q
• /l̥/ is written l
• /r/ is written r
• /s/ is written s
• /z/ is written z
• /t͡s/ is written c
• /ʔ/ is written ’
• /f/ is written f
• /v/ is written v

Vowels

Monophthongs Front Central Back Close i iː u uː Mid e eː ə əː o oː Open a aː

Diphthongs Front Central Back Close u̯i i̯u Mid ei̯ eu̯ əi̯ əu̯ oi̯ ou̯ Open i̯a u̯a ai̯ au̯

Triphthongs Front Central Back Close u̯iᵊ i̯uᵊ Mid ei̯ᵊ eu̯ᵊ əi̯ᵊ əu̯ᵊ oi̯ᵊ ou̯ᵊ Open i̯aᵊ u̯aᵊ ai̯ᵊ au̯ᵊ

Standard Adamic has 6 vowels and 8 possible diphthongs, but optionally, most diphthongs may be forced into monophthongs, resulting in 12 vowels as a whole. In comparison, the Diluvian Code has 10 vowels.

Monophthongs Front Center Back Short i a u Long iː aː uː

Diphthongs Front Center Back Short u̯i i̯a u̯a i̯u Long iu̯ ai̯ au̯ ui̯

Monophtongized Diphthongs Front Center Back Short e ɨ ~ ʉ o Long eː ɨː ~ ʉː oː

^3In Adamic, the diphthongs /u̯i/ and /ui̯/ together with /i̯u/ and /iu̯/ are allophones, but in a more poetic register a difference may be made between i-dependent and u-dependent dialects, wherein one of each pair can be chosen in order to arrive at /ɨ/~/ɨː/ or /ʉ/~/ʉː/.

The characters used in the orthography are given below.

• /i/ without relevant stress is written i
• /a/ without relevant stress is written a
• /u/ without relevant stress is written u
• /i/ with relevant stress is written í
• /a/ with relevant stress is written á
• /u/ with relevant stress is written ú
• /iː/ without relevant stress is written ī
• /aː/ without relevant stress is written ā
• /uː/ without relevant stress is written ū
• /iː/ with relevant stress is written î
• /aː/ with relevant stress is written â
• /uː/ with relevant stress is written û
• /e/ without relevant stress is written e
• /ɨ/~/ʉ/ without relevant stress is written y
• /o/ without relevant stress is written o
• /e/ with relevant stress is written é
• /ɨ/~/ʉ/ with relevant stress is written ý
• /o/ with relevant stress is written ó
• /eː/ without relevant stress is written ē
• /ɨː/~/ʉː/ without relevant stress is written ȳ
• /oː/ without relevant stress is written ō
• /eː/ with relevant stress is written ê
• /ɨː/~/ʉː/ with relevant stress is written ŷ
• /oː/ with relevant stress is written ô

Pitch Accent

Although non-morphemic, long vowels tend to carry a rising pitch when stressed, and a falling pitch when unstressed, in order to further distinguish them from plain vowels.

Syntax

Construct State

The so called Construct State plays an important role in adamic syntax, being responsible for distinguishing compositions among themselves in order to make sense of a select class of grammatical cases in the articles. The nominative, oblique, accusative, ergative, dative, and genitive for once, trigger the Construct State below:

(1)

סכת ר ואל

סכת

skt

saíkat

philosophy.INTORG

ר

r

iru

the.NOM

ואל

v'l

valár

person.IDT.CONS

סכת ר ואל

skt r v'l

saíkat iru valár

philosophy.INTORG the.NOM person.IDT.CONS

"The philosopher is a person"

(2)

סכת ר ואל

סכת

skt

siktí

philosophy.INTORG.DDT.CONS

ר

r

aru

a.OBL

ואל

v'l

avâla

person

סכת ר ואל

skt r v'l

siktí aru avâla

philosophy.INTORG.DDT.CONS a.OBL person

"It's a person, the philosopher"

(3)

סכת ר ואל

סכת

skt

saíkat

philosophy.INTORG

ר

r

ira

the.ACC

ואל

v'l

valár

person.IDT.CONS

סכת ר ואל

skt r v'l

saíkat ira valár

philosophy.INTORG the.ACC person.IDT.CONS

"The philosopher is influenced by a person"

(4)

סכת ר ואל

סכת

skt

siktí

philosophy.INTORG.DDT.CONS

ר

r

ara

a.ERG

ואל

v'l

avâla

person

סכת ר ואל

skt r v'l

siktí ara avâla

philosophy.INTORG.DDT.CONS a.ERG person

"A person influences the philosopher"

(5)

סכת ר ואל

סכת

skt

saíkat

philosophy.INTORG

ר

r

iri

the.DAT

ואל

v'l

valár

person.IDT.CONS

סכת ר ואל

skt r v'l

saíkat iri valár

philosophy.INTORG the.DAT person.IDT.CONS

"A person to the philosopher"

(6)

סכת ר ואל

סכת

skt

siktí

philosophy.INTORG.DDT.CONS

ר

r

ari

a.GEN

ואל

v'l

avâla

person

סכת ר ואל

skt r v'l

siktí ari avâla

philosophy.INTORG.DDT.CONS a.GEN person

"A person's philosopher"

With secondary cases, syntax remains the same, although more complex senses are conveyed. Compare datasyú irut siktí "in the library, is the philosopher" and adtís irut saíkat "the philosopher is in the library".

Verbal Constructions

Default OSV in the active voice, except when the object is a pronoun, wherein it takes the SVO form:

(1)

דתס ר סכת בבל

דתס

dts

dîtis

writing.INHU.DDT.CONS

ר

r

ira

the.ERG

סכת

skt

saíkat

philosophy.INTORG

בבל

bbl

ābūlá

book.VAC.PERF.3S

דתס ר סכת בבל

dts r skt bbl

dîtis ira saíkat ābūlá

writing.INHU.DDT.CONS the.ERG philosophy.INTORG book.VAC.PERF.3S

"The philosopher read the book"

Default SPV in the passive voice, except when the predicate is a pronoun, wherein it takes the SVP form:

(1)

דתס ר סכת בבל

דתס

dts

dîts

writing.INHU

ר

r

ira

the.ACC

סכת

skt

siktí

philosophy.INTORG.DDT.CONS

בבל

bbl

bābál

book.VPA.PERF.3S

דתס ר סכת בבל

dts r skt bbl

dîts ira siktí bābál

writing.INHU the.ACC philosophy.INTORG.DDT.CONS book.VPA.PERF.3S

"The book was read by the philosopher"

Default OSV in the medio-passive voice:

(1)

דתס רת סכת בבל

דתס

dts

adtís

writing.DDT.CONS

רת

rt

irat

the.ERG.LOC

סכת

skt

saíkat

philosophy.INTORG

בבל

bbl

ābbál

book.VMP.PERF.3S

דתס רת סכת בבל

dts rt skt bbl

adtís irat saíkat ābbál

writing.DDT.CONS the.ERG.LOC philosophy.INTORG book.VMP.PERF.3S

"The philosopher read in the library"

Default OSVP in the experimental voice:

(1)

דתס רת סכת בבל

דתס

dts

adtís

writing.DDT.CONS

רת

rt

irat

the.ERG.LOC

סכת

skt

saíkat

philosophy.INTORG

בבל

bbl

bālá

book.VEX.PERF.3S

דתס רת סכת בבל

dts rt skt bbl

adtís irat saíkat bālá

writing.DDT.CONS the.ERG.LOC philosophy.INTORG book.VEX.PERF.3S

"The philosopher happened to have read in the library"

Default O₂O₁SV in the causative voice:

(1)

דתס ואל ר סכת בבל

דתס

dts

dîtis

writing.INHU.DDT.CONS

ואל

v'l

valír

person.DDT.CONS

ר

r

ira

the.ERG

סכת

skt

saíkat

philosophy.INTORG

בבל

bbl

bāblá

book.VCA.PERF.3S

דתס ואל ר סכת בבל

dts v'l r skt bbl

dîtis valír ira saíkat bāblá

writing.INHU.DDT.CONS person.DDT.CONS the.ERG philosophy.INTORG book.VCA.PERF.3S

"The philosopher made the person to have read the book"

Default OSPV in the obligative voice:

(1)

דתס ואל ר סכת בבל

דתס

dts

dîtis

writing.INHU.DDT.CONS

ואל

v'l

avâla

person

ר

r

ira

the.ACC

סכת

skt

siktí

philosophy.INTORG.DDT.CONS

בבל

bbl

ābábl

book.VOB.PERF.3S

דתס ואל ר סכת בבל

dts v'l r skt bbl

dîtis avâla ira siktí ābábl

writing.INHU.DDT.CONS person the.ACC philosophy.INTORG.DDT.CONS book.VOB.PERF.3S

"The person was forced by the philosopher to have read the book"

It is important to notice the difference between dîtis adtís irat saíkat abūlá and datasyú irut dîtis ira saíkat abūlá, which although both signify "the philosopher reads the book in the library", only the former implies the action of reading occurs there, whereas the latter implies the book was in the library aforementioned.

Pronominal Constructions

Unlike nouns, pronouns don't require articles (ones says anu valár "I am a person" and not *anu iru valár). Also, when in construct state, they become clitics, either attached to nouns or the verbs they are objects/predicates of:

(1)

דתס ר בבלת

דתס

dts

dîts

writing.INHU

ר

r

ira

the.ACC

בבלת

bblt

bābál-at

book.VPA.PERF.3S-you.CONS

דתס ר בבלת

dts r bblt

dîts ira bābál-at

writing.INHU the.ACC book.VPA.PERF.3S-you.CONS

"The book was read by you"

(2)

ר סכת קסלת

ר

r

ira

the.ERG

סכת

skt

saíkat

philosophy.INTORG

קסלת

qslt

āqilá-ta

vision.VAC.PERF.3S-you.CONS

ר סכת קסלת

r skt qslt

ira saíkat āqilá-ta

the.ERG philosophy.INTORG vision.VAC.PERF.3S-you.CONS

"The philosopher saw you"

Furthermore, there is an exceptional construction which always involves pronouns; being the case when something is attributed to a noun.

(2)

מפרנ

מפרנ

mfrn

murá-nu

death.ADJ-I

מפרנ

mfrn

murá-nu

death.ADJ-I

"I am dead"

(2)

סכת מפרס

סכת

skt

saíkat

philosophy.INTORG

מפרס

mfrs

murá-su

death.ADJ-they

סכת מפרס

skt mfrs

saíkat murá-su

philosophy.INTORG death.ADJ-they

"the philosopher is dead"

Subordinate Clauses

bîbliru "the book" babál sa bîblira "the book which is being read' bîblira, sa babál "the book, which is being read"

they say that I want to work tommorrow, in order to earn money; me, who knew nothing about it

mur su saíkat iru "the philosopher who is dead" saíkat su mur iru "the philosopher, who is dead"

abbál sa saíkat "the philosopher who reads" saíkat sa abbál "the philosopher, who reads"

nāk āqfúl-as "I spoke with him" abbál sa saíkat irak āqfúl "I spoke with the philosopher who reads" sak āqfúl "whom I spoke with" subject pronoun ommitted

sa abbál "he reads" saíkat sa abbál

murásu, askút "I think he is dead"

tu nuī "you and me" murátu ī muránu "you are dead and I am dead"

saíkat bûlū "philosopher or fool" sitátu ū būlátu

Have him to do it

Babla

'u'rá "so that he makes them do it"

Canonic

The Adamic Code can be spoken in a poetic register, called Canonic, where the pronunciation of words changes in order to sound more appeasing.

vāh muris, siaf = avâla murá-su, askút

Laws of Accrescence

/g/ > /z/ when next to /i/ Ex: gīg > zīl "giant"

/g/ > /ɦ/ when next to /u/ Ex:

/k/ > /s/ when next to /i/ Ex: saíkat > ezal (*esal) "philosopher"

/k/ > /h/ when next to /u/ Ex: kun > hul "dog"

/t/ > /ts/ when next to /i/ Ex: daítas > eal (**ecal) "writer"

/t/ > /l/ when next to /u/ Ex: tu > lu "you"

/d/ > /ʔ/ when next to /i/ Ex: dîts > īl

/d/ > /r/ when nex to /u/ Ex: dûts > rūl

/p/ > /f/ when next to /u/ Ex:

/p/ > /n/ when next to /i/ Ex:

/b/ > /v/ when next to /u/ Ex: bûl > ūvūl "fool"

/b/ > /m/ when next to /i/ Ex: bîbl > mīblal "book"

Laws of Excrescence

/l/ > /lb/ when intervocalic before /a/ EX: agalala > galba "cosmos"

/r/ > /rd/ when intervocalic before /a/ EX: ira > irda

/n/ > /nd/ when intervocalic before /a/

/m/ > /mb/ when intervocalic before /a/

/h/ > /i̯/ when intervocalic before /a/

/ɦ/ > /u̯/ when intervocalic before /a/

Laws of Decrescence

/s/ > /∅/ when marginal (except when next to /i/)

/z/ > /∅/ when marginal (except when next to /i/)

/ts/ > /∅/ when marginal (except when next to /a/)

/ʔ/ > /∅/ when marginal (except when next to /a/)

/f/ > /∅/ when marginal (except when next to /u/)

/v/ > /∅/ when marginal (except when next to /u/)

Laws of Elision

Syncope: in a word with three syllables or more, the middle unstressed syllable is lost (except if its sonority value is higher than its antecedant) EX: datasyú > dasyl

Apocape: in a word with three syllables or more, the initial unstressed syllable is lost (except if its sonority value is higher than its posterior) EX: apâla > pāl

Aphaeresis: in a word with three syllables or more, the last unstressed syllable is lost (except if it has coda). Also, the last consonant or consonantal cluster (regardless of the number of syllables in a word) is lost. EX: avâla > vāl

Laws of Epenthesis

Prothesis: in a word with two or just one syllable, if there is an initial consonant cluster, a vowel (depending on the nature of the consonant) is added. EX: ...

Anaptyxis: in a word with two or just one syllable, if there is a middle consonant cluster, the vowel /a/ is added. EX: 'atlya > adalyal

Paragoge: in a word with two or just one syllable, if there is a final consonant cluster, a vowel (depending on the nature of the consonant). EX: palk > palsil

Laws of Harmony

(used in special cases of other laws)

Haplology: dadasa > dasa

Compensatory lengthening bûl (*bbûl) > *uvvūl > ūvūl gal (*gall) > *galla > gāla

Metathesis: glides only where the stress is garda, gráda, gadrá

adtís > addís

Final devoicing dad > dat

Intervocalic voicing ata > ada

/ai̯/ > /eː/ /i̯a/ > /e/ /au̯/ > /oː/ /u̯a/ > /o/ /u̯i/~/ui̯/ > /ɯ/~/yː/ /i̯u/~/iu̯/ > /y/~/ɯː/

/e/ > /i/ /o/ > /u/