Mochadian
| Mochadian Language | |
|---|---|
| Leng Mokadeòn | |
| Pronunciation | [/moʊkeɪdiʌn/] |
| Created by | Mocha |
| Date | 2011 |
| Native speakers | 1 (2013) |
Default
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| Official status | |
Official language in | Mochadian Empire |
Recognised minority language in | Fluffian Empire, Canon Empire |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mok |
Mochadian was the first conlang I created. I actually created it long before I had any idea what a conlang was, then abandoned it for a couple years and later decided to use it for a project I have created to simulate a galaxy at war.
Background
The primary users of this language are the Mochadians, a previously warlike race that dominates nearly half the Mochadian galaxy (Hence the name), but has since calmed down a bit... for now. Mochadians hold change and simplicity very deep in their morals, and that has caused the Mochadian language to go through many different stages during it's evolution. Ever since the galaxy started to expand, the need for a standardized Mochadian language was high, so it hasn't changed much since the Mochadians' expansion. Mochadian is basically the equivalent of esparanto or interlingua, but for the old Mochadian languages.
Orthology and Phonology
Quick summary:
| Letter | A | À | Á | B | D | E | È | É | F | G | H | I | Í | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation (IPA) | /eɪ/ | /æ/ | /a/ | /b/ | /d/ | /i/ | /j/ | /ε/ | /f/ | /ɡ/ | /h/ | /aɪ/ | /ɪ/ | /k/ |
| Letter | L | M | N | O | Ò | Ó | P | R | S | T | U | Ù | Ú | V |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /oʊ/ | /ʌ/ | /ɔɪ/ | /p/ | /r/ | /s/ | /t/ | /ju/ | /u/ | /ʊ/ | /v/ |
There are 34 phonemes written with 22 letters and 12 accentuated letters. Accentuated letters do not count as proper letters.
Phonotactics
The only rule is that you cannot double letters. There are absolutely NO exceptions whatsoever, under ANY circumstance where letters are pronounced different than normal. Each letter has exactly ONE pronunciation.
Grammar and Syntax
Here are the rules I've set in stone:
- If you have two adjacent words, whith the final letter of the first a vowel and the first letter of the second a vowel, they must be separated with “’”, which is pronounced /j/.
- All nouns must end with a consonant
- Plural forms of nouns are attained by adding the suffix -a.
- Only one tense, tense is inferred.
- For now, until I complete the grammar, the word order will follow English.
- Adjectives may come before or after nouns.
Morphology
Still working on this, however I have a general idea that suffixes would be added to change word meanings, such as, for example, '-na' for negation.
Dictionary
The only words other than below that I've developed are 'Mokadeòn' (Of Mochadia), 'Mokadeò' (Mochadia), 'ét' (And), 'és' (Is), 'én' (In) 'da' (Of), 'ùn' (A), 'la' (Tha), 'ád' (At), 'no' (No), and 'à' (Or). I'm still thinking about everything else. After writing several sample texts, it has become apparent that words often do not surpass three letters. Here are some demonstrative sentences I have created:
“À’ùn kol, ùn ov da no làn ve kàba”
“Kíd és hàk lok, da múlt míràra?”
“I’és hùl ád la lùn, ét sàmn én là med da’ùn astà pomér.”
“Éspas: là lemas fín.”
“Là rùmora’és vé! Tù vev!”
“Sèo, ùn, dù, trà, kùà, kùí, sas, sép, àkt, nov, dés, dés-ùn, dés-dù, dés-trà, dés-kùà, dés-kùí, dés-sas, dés-sép, dés-àkt, dés-nov, dùdés...”
| Person | Case | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Accusative | Genitive | |||||||
| M | F | N | M | F | N | M | F | N | |
| First Person Singular | i | mù | me | ||||||
| Second Person Singular | tù | tùm | tùr | ||||||
| Third Person Singular | íl | ílò | ílú | èòm | èám | ím | èòs | èás | íse |
| First Person Plural | ùe | òs | nos | ||||||
| Second Person Plural | tùs | tùms | tùrs | ||||||
| Third Person Plural | íme | ímò | ímú | emèòm | emèám | mím | emèòs | emèás | míse |