Riemannic
Riemannic (piþakorzarlinsprek, lit. maths-music-speak) is a semi-naturalistic a posteriori 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.
The capital of the Riemannosphere in Cole's old worldbuild Cardan is Utlens City (utlænsσtat) in the Etal States, the flag of which is shown in the infobox.
| Riemannic | |
|---|---|
| piþakorzarlinsprek | |
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| Pronunciation | [/piθakoɹzaɹlinspɹek/] |
| Created by | Cole |
Indo-European
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Phonology and orthography
Riemannic uses the Latin alphabet with some Greek and Cyrillic letters. The alphabet used is unicase.
Consonants
There are 21 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 (lit. three points) |
| 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
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!