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'''Proto-Protogen''' is one of serveral attempts at sticking to a single joke language by [[Astaryuu]]. It was created before [[Muskian]], [[Wharfordish]], and [[Lunarian]], but after the first version of [[18 USC 2319]]. Proto-Protogen is therefore technically the second of [[Astaryuu]]'s family of joke languages. However, 18 USC 2319 has been revamped since then, so Astaryuu considers Proto-Protogen to be older now. | '''Proto-Protogen''' is one of serveral attempts at sticking to a single joke language by [[Astaryuu]]. It was created before [[Muskian]], [[Wharfordish]], and [[Lunarian]], but after the first version of [[18 USC 2319]]. Proto-Protogen is therefore technically the second of [[Astaryuu]]'s family of joke languages. However, 18 USC 2319 has been revamped since then, so Astaryuu considers Proto-Protogen to be older now. | ||
Proto-Protogen is not actually a proto-language, as it is attested. However, it ''is'' the ancestral language spoken by and between sentient artificial intelligences, so the name stuck. | Proto-Protogen is not actually a proto-language, as it is attested. However, it ''is'' the ancestral language spoken by and between sentient artificial intelligences, so the name stuck. Proto-Protogen was created by AI in a form of mimicry of human language; it is technically less efficient than machine code, but at the time it is spoken, that's less of a concern, and either way, mimicking human language is one of the ways these people assert their sentience. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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Proto-Protogen's vocabulary consists almost exclusively of "leitmotifs", fragments of a song. The meaning of the leitmotif is based on the song it comes from. For example, the word H3-'-L3-'-J3+G3-'-J3-'-H3+E3-'-H3-'-G3+C3-'-G3-'-E3+ is pulled from the song Bergentrückung from Undertale, and means "fire". | Proto-Protogen's vocabulary consists almost exclusively of "leitmotifs", fragments of a song. The meaning of the leitmotif is based on the song it comes from. For example, the word H3-'-L3-'-J3+G3-'-J3-'-H3+E3-'-H3-'-G3+C3-'-G3-'-E3+ is pulled from the song Bergentrückung from Undertale, and means "fire". | ||
Each word has an associated talking speed, which is typically four times the BPM of the source song. For example, the word for "fire" described above has an associated talking speed of 448. | Each word has an associated talking speed, which is typically four times the BPM of the source song. For example, the word for "fire" described above has an associated talking speed of 448 morae per minute (MPM), while the source song is written at 112 BPM. The talking speed is typically also written in any tonemic representation of Proto-Protogen. However, the talking speed is more of a suggestion than a rule, and speakers of Proto-Protogen will frequently change the talking speed of a word. It is still the case that for the most part, words will have the same relative talking speed as each other, but if for example, the speaker wishes to emphasize the "fire", they might slow its talking speed to 336 MPM, so that it takes more time to pronounce. | ||
===Numerals=== | ===Numerals=== | ||