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One of the most remarkable features of Adamic is its naming prowess by ackowledging a concept into triliteral form. Within the language, such an attribute is encouraged and never seen as arbitrary, because for every combination, an actual word is always being brought and compared against, so that meaning is never scarce. Most often, names of famous figures (fictional or not) ascribe complex ideas within the  sequence of consonants, due their association of feats. The transfiguration of names into a triliteral form may be boundless and informal, or follow a select list of rules for further organization:
One of the most remarkable features of Adamic is its naming prowess by ackowledging a concept into triliteral form. Within the language, such an attribute is encouraged and never seen as arbitrary, because for every combination, an actual word is always being brought and compared against, so that meaning is never scarce. Most often, names of famous figures (fictional or not) ascribe complex ideas within the  sequence of consonants, due their association of feats. The transfiguration of names into a triliteral form may be boundless and informal, or follow a select list of rules for further organization:


*'''Rule 1:''' Vowels are disregarded (except when Rule 3), and consonants are substituted by their equivalents.
*'''Rule 0:''' Vowels are disregarded (except when Rule 3), and consonants are substituted by their equivalents.
 
: EX.1: ''m'' and ''n'' can be achieved through nasal consonants. Therefore /ŋ/ > ''n''.
: EX.1: ''m'' and ''n'' can be achieved through nasal consonants. Therefore /ŋ/ > ''n''.
: EX.2: ''p'', ''b'', ''p’'', ''b’'', ''t'', ''d'', ''t’'', ''d’'', ''k'', ''g'', ''k’'', and ''g’'' can be achieved through plosives, even if secondary characteristics are present. Therefore /pʰ/ > ''p’'', but /ɸ/ > ''f''.
: EX.2: ''p'', ''b'', ''p’'', ''b’'', ''t'', ''d'', ''t’'', ''d’'', ''k'', ''g'', ''k’'', and ''g’'' can be achieved through plosives, even if secondary characteristics are present. Therefore /pʰ/ > ''p’'', but /ɸ/ > ''f''.
: EX.3: ''r'' and ''l'' can be achieved through liquid consonants, even if secondary characteristics are present. Therefore /ɾ/ > ''r'', and /ʎ/ > ''l''.
: EX.3: ''r'' and ''l'' can be achieved through liquid consonants, even if secondary characteristics are present. Therefore /ɾ/ > ''r'', and /ʎ/ > ''l''.
: EX.4: ''h'' and ''q'' in special can be achieved through laryngeals, with a treatment of q as voiced. Therefore /ħ/ > ''h'', and /ʕ/ > ''q''.
 
: EX.5: As there is no /j/ and /w/ in the Adamic Code (except as grammatical semivowels), those sounds become ''z'' and ''v'' if relevantly voiced. On the other hand, if vowels such as /i/, /e/, /u/ and /o/ are considered, such sounds are represented by ''s'', ''z'', ''f'', and ''v'' respectively.
: EX.4: ''h'' and ''q'' in special can be achieved through laryngeals, with a treatment of ''q'' as voiced. Therefore /ħ/ > ''h'', and /ʁ/ > ''q''.
*'''Rule 2:''' Glottal stops and the first members of a consonant cluster as open coda aren’t considered consonants in the counting, except when Rule 3.
 
: Ex: ''-d-v-n-'' and not ''-d-r-n-'' from ''Darwin'', because the closed coda /ɹ/ precedes the open coda /w/.
: EX.5: As there is no /j/ and /w/ in the Adamic Code (except as grammatical semivowels), those sounds become ''z'' and ''v'' if relevantly voiced. On the other hand, if vowels such as /i/, /e/, /u/, /o/, and /a/ are considered, such sounds are represented by ''s'', ''z'', ''f'', ''v'', and '''' respectively.
*'''Rule 3 (1-2 syllables):''' The first and last consonants take the initial and final positions, the first consonant in between them is the medial one, and if there is none, it will be a glottal stop.
 
*'''Rule 4 (3 or more syllables):''' Each first consonant of the first three onsets/open codas takes its respective position.
*'''Rule 1 (1-2 syllables):''' The first and last consonants take the initial and final positions (except when Rule 6), the first vowel/consonant in between them is the medial one, and if there is none, it will be a glottal stop.
*'''Rule 5:''' If the word starts with a vowel, the first position is a glottal stop.
 
*'''Rule 6:''' The two extreme consonants of a consonant cluster are counted when able. This rule does not apply to monossylabic words.
: EX: ''Planck'' yields ''-p-l-k'' "Quantum Mechanics".
 
*'''Rule 2 (3 or more syllables):''' Each first consonant of the first three onsets/open codas takes its respective position.
 
 
*'''Rule 0.2:''' Glottal stops and the first members of an intervocalic consonant cluster with closed coda aren’t considered consonants in the counting.
: EX: ''-d-v-n-'' and not ''-d-r-n-'' from ''Darwin'', because the closed coda /ɹ/ precedes the open coda /w/. Compare ''-’-k-
 
 
 
 
*'''Rule 3:''' If the word starts with a vowel, the first position is a glottal stop.
: EX: ''Euler'' yields ''-’-l-r'' "Mathematics".
*'''Rule 4:''' The two extreme consonants of a consonant cluster are counted when able.
: EX: , but ''Planck'' forms ''-p-n
 
socrates > s cr t