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Riemannic (''piþakorzarlinsprek'', lit. maths-music-speak) is a semi-naturalistic artlang created by [[User:H. H. P. M. P. Cole|Cole]] in 2024. It is his first conlang, and despite the fact that it is a work in progress, he moved on from it, thinking it is a bad conlang. The conlang's English name derives from the mathematician Bernhard Riemann and the music theorist Hugo Riemann.


[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ybdgx-O-_yUfFk_-AXVMaQLDsUX5psWG/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107723736271367481963&rtpof=true&sd=true Official Google sheet]


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==Phonology and orthography==
 
Riemannic uses the Latin alphabet with some Greek and Cyrillic letters. The alphabet used is unicase.
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===Orthography===
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
 
There are 23 consonants in Riemannic.
{| class="wikitable"
! p || b || t || d || k || g || f || v || þ || s || z || σ || ç || ɣ || h || ч || џ || w || r || l || j
|-
| /p/ || /b/ || /t/ || /d/ || /k/ || /g/ || /f/ || /v/ || /θ~ð/ || /s/ || /z/ || /ʃ/ || /x/ || /ɣ/ || /h/ || /tʃ/ || /dʒ/ || /w/ || /r~ɬ~ɹ/ || /l/ || /j/
|}
===Vowels===
===Vowels===
===Prosody===
There are 18 vowels in Riemannic: nine short and nine long.
====Stress====
{| class="wikitable"
====Intonation====
! i || y || u || e || ø || ə || o || æ || a || ī || ȳ || ū || ē || ø̄ || ə̄ || ō || ǣ || ā
|-
| /i/ || /y/ || /u/ || /e/ || /ø/ || /ə/ || /o/ || /æ/ || /a/ || /iː/ || /yː/ || /uː/ || /eː/ || /øː/ || /əː/ || /oː/ || /æː/ || /aː/
|}
==Morphology==
The default type of object in Riemannic is the noun. For example, ''σtain'' (stone) or ''teves'' (gas). Verb and adjective morphology and conjugation is completely regular. Here is a list of conversions:
{| class="wikitable"
|to adjective || -iσ, -liσ, -iσə, -liσə (last two are interchangeable with first two)
|-
|verb to noun || remove -ən
|-
|noun to verb || add -ən
|-
|adjective to noun || change ending -σ or -iσ to -ait
|-
|compound adjective with noun || remove -σ or -iσ, add noun
|-
|compound adverb with verb || remove -σ or -iσ, add verb
|-
|to make plural || -en
|-
|comparative || remove -σ or -iσ, add -altiσ
|-
|superlative || remove -σ or -iσ, add -sopraniσ
|}
And here is the list of verb conjugations:
{| class="wikitable"
|past || -d, -əd
|-
|past participle, present || -n, -ən
|-
|past perfect || -ə
|-
|infinitive || -nk, -ənk
|-
|present perfect || hat -ən
|-
|future || -t, -ət
|-
|future perfect || -m, -əm
|-
|imperfect || u-
|-
|gnomic || -þ, -əþ
|}
===Articles===
Definite articles:
{| class="wikitable"
| || '''Singular''' || '''Plural'''
|-
|'''Nominative''' || þe || þē
|-
|'''Genitive''' || þes || þer
|}
Indefinite articles:
{| class="wikitable"
| || '''Singular''' || '''Plural'''
|-
|'''Nominative''' || ēn || ēn
|-
|'''Genitive''' || ēs || ēr
|}
==Syntax==
Riemannic is SVO and head-final. Adjectives are usually placed in the same word as the noun.


===Phonotactics===
'''''desēr tak iσt ēn ūsiltak.'''''
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===Morphophonology===
==Morphology==
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''This day is a new day.''


Nouns
Generally, Riemannic grammar can be thought of as a simplified German grammar.
Adjectives
Verbs
Adverbs
Particles
Derivational morphology


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===Pronouns===
{| class="wikitable"
! || Reflexive || Posessive || The verb 'to be'
|-
|ih || məi || min || ih bin
|-
|dū || dəi || din || dū bist
|-
|ēr, sī, es || səi || sin || ēr, sī, es iσt
|-
|wir || uəi || uns || wir zind
|-
|ir || oəi || oins || ir zaid
|-
|si || iəi || irns || si zind
|}


==Syntax==
===Conjunctions and prepositions===
===Constituent order===
{| class="wikitable"
===Noun phrase===
!English || Riemannic
===Verb phrase===
|-
===Sentence phrase===
|not || nekt
===Dependent clauses===
|-
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|and, also || un
|-
|but, however || abər
|-
|xor || øi'iø
|-
|or || øī
|-
|implies that || iøī
|-
|reverse order of subject and object || þī-
|-
|at || at
|-
|in || in
|-
|out, outside of || øt
|-
|on, wrt || on
|-
|with || mit
|-
|if || if
|-
|then || þen
|-
|for || vor
|-
|because || vānt
|-
|therefore || drenēnsēken
|-
|left bracket || la
|-
|right bracket || al
|-
|against || dron
|-
|before || etæl
|-
|after || fø
|-
|than || þæn
|-
|regardless of || nektvānt (lit. not because of)
|-
|despite || ɣwol
|}


==Vocabulary==
Riemannic's vocabulary is either borrowed from standard mathematical terminology, Old High German (and sometimes Modern German), or Finnish. It uses a base-16 system taken from Leibniz:
{| class="wikitable"
|zero || ø
|-
|one || ēns
|-
|two || zven
|-
|three || dren
|-
|four || viər
|-
|five || fynf
|-
|six || seks
|-
|seven || sibən
|-
|eight || açt
|-
|nine || noin
|-
|ten || ūt
|-
|eleven || re
|-
|twelve || mi
|-
|thirteen || fa
|-
|fourteen || sol
|-
|fifteen || lā
|-
|sixteen || zen
|-
|32 || zvenzen
|-
|256 || hundret
|-
|4096 || tusend
|-
|65536 || mīrjad
|-
|16^6 || hundret mīrjad
|-
|16^8 || mīrjad mīrjad
|-
|nth || n-iþ
|}
==Example texts==
==Example texts==
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Here is a message I made up in response to a certain discovery by a Discord user 'DroneBetter':
==Other resources==
 
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On 9/11/2024, twenty-three years after the famous attacks, a certain drone discovered something too big to be captured on even the most advanced cameras, and even if it is captured it possesses a tubelike architecture, so compactifying it would be near-impossible. It is the world's longest mealworm, the larva of Tenebrio molitor dronebetteris. Spanning many tens of metres long, breaking its exoskeleton will cause it to explode.
 
Nonliteral translation:


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''reiþ tak. noiniþ kūn. sibənhundretsolzenaçtiþ jār. zensibən jāren fø þē levjælisσlektσkraftōden, þe flikmeþalvug þes kwārkσtāt entēzə ēn sopransūriσ tior. desēr iσt ēn vug þē ūsilzaiteksoperatzvenēkydrenen nektkanσkraftəþ, un if desēr sopransūriσ tior þījǣgət, þen es nektkanmaçət σytaltiσ. es iσt þe sūrsopraniσ molitōr þes ērd, þe çintoid þes Tenebrio molitor dronebetteris. es piчæjait iσt piчæaltiσ þæn açt manen, un tailəþ irns nektiniσēleþn iøī es σterbət.''


The Samurai Jack opening sequence in Riemannic:


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''in ēn wānzait, un in ēn fǣrlānt, ih, akū, þe oiklivaitājər, þe σkraftər þes σwarsait, fraigebəþ ēn sopransūriσ nektriçtait! abər ēn lakāpǣalσamurāj ɣēr haltən ēn hə̄ligmeþalσtok σkraftəd dronmin. etæl þe σamurāj tōdəd min mit sin hə̄ligmeþalσtok, ih ø̄fnəd ēn zaitþīadvōr, un ih σofəd sin in þe føzait, ɣār min nekthə̄ligait iσt riçtiσ! þe lakāpǣalman vȳnσən la er kanət þe etælzait un er tōdət þe akūføzait al!''
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Latest revision as of 01:08, 4 December 2024

Riemannic (piþakorzarlinsprek, lit. maths-music-speak) is a semi-naturalistic artlang created by Cole in 2024. It is his first conlang, and despite the fact that it is a work in progress, he moved on from it, thinking it is a bad conlang. The conlang's English name derives from the mathematician Bernhard Riemann and the music theorist Hugo Riemann.

Official Google sheet

Phonology and orthography

Riemannic uses the Latin alphabet with some Greek and Cyrillic letters. The alphabet used is unicase.

Consonants

There are 23 consonants in Riemannic.

p b t d k g f v þ s z σ ç ɣ h ч џ w r l j
/p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ /k/ /g/ /f/ /v/ /θ~ð/ /s/ /z/ /ʃ/ /x/ /ɣ/ /h/ /tʃ/ /dʒ/ /w/ /r~ɬ~ɹ/ /l/ /j/

Vowels

There are 18 vowels in Riemannic: nine short and nine long.

i y u e ø ə o æ a ī ȳ ū ē ø̄ ə̄ ō ǣ ā
/i/ /y/ /u/ /e/ /ø/ /ə/ /o/ /æ/ /a/ /iː/ /yː/ /uː/ /eː/ /øː/ /əː/ /oː/ /æː/ /aː/

Morphology

The default type of object in Riemannic is the noun. For example, σtain (stone) or teves (gas). Verb and adjective morphology and conjugation is completely regular. Here is a list of conversions:

to adjective -iσ, -liσ, -iσə, -liσə (last two are interchangeable with first two)
verb to noun remove -ən
noun to verb add -ən
adjective to noun change ending -σ or -iσ to -ait
compound adjective with noun remove -σ or -iσ, add noun
compound adverb with verb remove -σ or -iσ, add verb
to make plural -en
comparative remove -σ or -iσ, add -altiσ
superlative remove -σ or -iσ, add -sopraniσ

And here is the list of verb conjugations:

past -d, -əd
past participle, present -n, -ən
past perfect -ə
infinitive -nk, -ənk
present perfect hat -ən
future -t, -ət
future perfect -m, -əm
imperfect u-
gnomic -þ, -əþ

Articles

Definite articles:

Singular Plural
Nominative þe þē
Genitive þes þer

Indefinite articles:

Singular Plural
Nominative ēn ēn
Genitive ēs ēr

Syntax

Riemannic is SVO and head-final. Adjectives are usually placed in the same word as the noun.

desēr tak iσt ēn ūsiltak.

This day is a new day.

Generally, Riemannic grammar can be thought of as a simplified German grammar.

Pronouns

Reflexive Posessive The verb 'to be'
ih məi min ih bin
dū dəi din dū bist
ēr, sī, es səi sin ēr, sī, es iσt
wir uəi uns wir zind
ir oəi oins ir zaid
si iəi irns si zind

Conjunctions and prepositions

English Riemannic
not nekt
and, also un
but, however abər
xor øi'iø
or øī
implies that iøī
reverse order of subject and object þī-
at at
in in
out, outside of øt
on, wrt on
with mit
if if
then þen
for vor
because vānt
therefore drenēnsēken
left bracket la
right bracket al
against dron
before etæl
after fø
than þæn
regardless of nektvānt (lit. not because of)
despite ɣwol

Vocabulary

Riemannic's vocabulary is either borrowed from standard mathematical terminology, Old High German (and sometimes Modern German), or Finnish. It uses a base-16 system taken from Leibniz:

zero ø
one ēns
two zven
three dren
four viər
five fynf
six seks
seven sibən
eight açt
nine noin
ten ūt
eleven re
twelve mi
thirteen fa
fourteen sol
fifteen lā
sixteen zen
32 zvenzen
256 hundret
4096 tusend
65536 mīrjad
16^6 hundret mīrjad
16^8 mīrjad mīrjad
nth n-iþ

Example texts

Here is a message I made up in response to a certain discovery by a Discord user 'DroneBetter':

On 9/11/2024, twenty-three years after the famous attacks, a certain drone discovered something too big to be captured on even the most advanced cameras, and even if it is captured it possesses a tubelike architecture, so compactifying it would be near-impossible. It is the world's longest mealworm, the larva of Tenebrio molitor dronebetteris. Spanning many tens of metres long, breaking its exoskeleton will cause it to explode.

Nonliteral translation:

reiþ tak. noiniþ kūn. sibənhundretsolzenaçtiþ jār. zensibən jāren fø þē levjælisσlektσkraftōden, þe flikmeþalvug þes kwārkσtāt entēzə ēn sopransūriσ tior. desēr iσt ēn vug þē ūsilzaiteksoperatzvenēkydrenen nektkanσkraftəþ, un if desēr sopransūriσ tior þījǣgət, þen es nektkanmaçət σytaltiσ. es iσt þe sūrsopraniσ molitōr þes ērd, þe çintoid þes Tenebrio molitor dronebetteris. es piчæjait iσt piчæaltiσ þæn açt manen, un tailəþ irns nektiniσēleþn iøī es σterbət.

The Samurai Jack opening sequence in Riemannic:

in ēn wānzait, un in ēn fǣrlānt, ih, akū, þe oiklivaitājər, þe σkraftər þes σwarsait, fraigebəþ ēn sopransūriσ nektriçtait! abər ēn lakāpǣalσamurāj ɣēr haltən ēn hə̄ligmeþalσtok σkraftəd dronmin. etæl þe σamurāj tōdəd min mit sin hə̄ligmeþalσtok, ih ø̄fnəd ēn zaitþīadvōr, un ih σofəd sin in þe føzait, ɣār min nekthə̄ligait iσt riçtiσ! þe lakāpǣalman vȳnσən la er kanət þe etælzait un er tōdət þe akūføzait al!

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