Diluvian Code

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Diluvian is a philosophical ab interiori language.

Introduction

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In Diluvian, vocabulary can be common, social, onomatopoeic, or mimetic

  • the mimetic interpretation describes physical characteristics

pa *used to describe what flaps ta *used to describe what closes or is rigid ka *used to describe what crashes ra *used to describe what is fluid or maleable sa *used to describe what is alive

  • the onomatopoeic interpretation

mu cow si snake acin "sneezing" vs gur "drinking" i "outward" a "human cry" u "inwards"

Syllabaries

880 (44 particles x 5 vowels x 4) + 150(40 particles x 4 -10) = 1030 for the same reason syllables such as ri /ɾi/ are allowed but riaçi /ɾʲəd͡zi/ is not a nucleus cannot have more than two sound effects for this reason, the negative and positive versions of ya wa sa za ra ca and ça cannot suffer nasalization [t͡sə > ⁿt͡sə, but t͡sʲə > *ⁿt͡sʲə] Diluvian triggers sound changes t͡si [t͡ʃi] t͡sʲi [ɕːi]~[t͡ʃɨ]

Essential Syllabary

40 stacking syllables that determine the discourse.

40 I E A O U
X xi xe xa xo xu
Q qi qe qa qo qu
H hi he ha ho hu
Y yi ye ya yo yu
W wi we wa wo wu
' 'i 'e 'a 'o 'u
A ai ae aa ao au
i e a o u

Elementary Syllbary

60 - 0 +
K kpa ka kta
G gba ga gda
P pta pa pka
B bda ba bga
T tka ta tpa
D dga da dba
S sia sa sua
Z zia za zua
M dma ma gma
dṃa ṃa gṃa
N kna na pna
kṇa ṇa pṇa
Y pia ya tia
W tua wa kua
KH khpa kha khta
PH phta pha phka
TH thka tha thpa
R ria ra rua
C cia ca cua
Ç çia ça çua

Prior Syllabary

1350 isolated syllables of semantic priority are allowed within Diluvian (disregarding alternative vowels as well as nasal forms and consonantal clusters in coda position). In Babelic, however, there would be only 1020 prior syllables due the loss of final glottal stop.

1350/1020 -∅ -r -n -'
xi- xi xir xin xi'
xe- qi qe qa qo
xa- hi he ha ho
xo- yi ye ya yo
xu- wi we wa wo
qi- 'i 'e 'a 'o
qe- ai ae aa ao
qa- Ci Ce Ca Co
qo- Ci Ce Ca Co
qu- Ci Ce Ca Co
hi- Ci Ce Ca Co
he- Ci Ce Ca Co
ha- Ci Ce Ca Co
ho- Ci Ce Ca Co
hu- Ci Ce Ca Co
yi- Ci Ce Ca Co
ye- Ci Ce Ca Co
ya- Ci Ce Ca Co
yo- Ci Ce Ca Co
yu- Ci Ce Ca Co
wi- Ci Ce Ca Co
we- Ci Ce Ca Co
wa- Ci Ce Ca Co
wo- Ci Ce Ca Co
wu- wu wur wun wu'
'i- 'i 'ir 'in
'e- Ci Ce Ca
'a- Ci Ce Ca
'o- Ci Ce Ca
'u- Ci Ce Ca
ai- ai air ain
ae- Ci Ce Ca
aa- Ci Ce Ca
ao- Ci Ce Ca
au- Ci Ce Ca
i- i ir in i'
e- Ci Ce Ca Co
a- Ci Ce Ca Co
o- Ci Ce Ca Co
u- Ci Ce Ca Co
(x60)Ci- Ci Cir Cin Ci'
(x60)Ce- Ci Ce Ca Co
(x60)Ca- Ci Ce Ca Co
(x60)Co- Ci Ce Ca Co
(x60)Cu- Ci Ce Ca Co

Phonology

Consonants

Diluvian has 24 basic consonants, but 50 consonants in total considering the positive, negative, and nasal forms.
p b k g t d
m m n n w j
s z ʔ h q χ
ɾ ts dz pʼ tʼ kʼ
The n-series: mp mb ŋk ŋg nt nd ɲ nts ndz ns nz nq
The dz-series are either some form of -dz- themselves or trigger it: t͡sʲ t͡sʷ d͡zʲ d͡zʷ sʲ sʷ zʲ zʷ pʲ tʲ tʷ kʷ ɾʲ ɾʷ

Vowels

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Babelic

The Diluvian Code can be spoken in a reduced register, where context dictates the meaning of the words. It is called Babelic, when neither morphology, nor syntax, or prosody matter


(words don't inflect) (to express questions and biases it's required more words)

mu kaun tha! are you implying I should die like a dog!

ke qi he did not see that coming

Example texts

Other resources