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|ancestor = [[ProtoHuman language]] | |ancestor = [[ProtoHuman language]] | ||
|dia1 = ''informal Dama'' | |dia1 = ''informal Dama; highly formal Dama'' | ||
|script = [[Latin alphabet]]<br>*any script of the world<br>*the 10 digits 123456789.<br>*Dama Braille consisting of only 10 symbols.<br>*the Dama 10-element system: logographic and phonemic at the same time. |notice = IPA | |script = [[Latin alphabet]]<br>*any script of the world<br>*the 10 digits 123456789.<br>*Dama Braille consisting of only 10 symbols.<br>*the Dama 10-element system: logographic and phonemic at the same time. |notice = IPA | ||
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Informal Dama may only be used in spoken language when one has to be very quick in expressing something. In written texts, informal Dama may appear in order to render accurately some informally spoken phrases, or in poetry for metric reasons. | Informal Dama may only be used in spoken language when one has to be very quick in expressing something. In written texts, informal Dama may appear in order to render accurately some informally spoken phrases, or in poetry for metric reasons. | ||
==== Highly formal Dama Diwan / miba jeto Dama Diwan ==== | |||
Highly formal Dama Diwan can use a w (or unstressed o/u) before the i of a stem and a j (or unstressed e/i) before the u of a stem (except if ww- or jj- results) in order to express the abstract aspect of a word. | |||
Every Dama noun (and consequently every adverb and verb) can refer to a concrete thing (NO) or an abstract concept (WANO). E.g., BAMO can be “food” or “eating”; NUKO can be “road” or “trip”; SAMO can be a seat or “sitting”. This distinction is usually not to be marked at all, as it is understood by the context or it makes no difference; e.g. if i say “A RUKO?” it can be taken as “you tired?” or “your fatigue?”, both ways meaning the same “are you tired?”; if necessary, the distinction is shown by adding words as NO (thing) or WANO (abstract concept). | |||
However, highly formal Dama can mark the abstract aspect of a word as described above; e.g. RUSO =eye, RJUSO = “βλέμμα, glance, way of looking”; KURO =safe, KJURO =safety; RIMO =promise, vow, RWIMO =assertiveness; KIKO =strong, KWIKO =strength, and so on. | |||
This feature can be difficult for some people to use; in fact, it has never been in actual usage until the last days of the year 2015; on the other hand, this features completes all possibilities of making diphthongs with the vowels of Dama, and its use may be useful in the future for elaborate or artistic expounding of ideas. | |||
===== Correctness, personalization and limitations / jeto jino, wiso jino, nejo mijo ===== | ===== Correctness, personalization and limitations / jeto jino, wiso jino, nejo mijo ===== | ||