Diluvian Code

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
Ṃ	dṃa	ṃa	gṃa
N	kna	na	pna
Ṇ	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

Babelic

The Diluvian Code can be spoken in a reduced register (Babelic), where context dictates the meaning of the words, which are always monosyllabic. In this form, affixes and clitics are omitted, and special particles are introduced to express questions and biases. The sentence below, for example, refuses to apply pronouns (considered affixes) while introducing タ /tʼə/ "rule" to indicate a strong form of biding:

(1)

死犬タ

死

mu

death

犬

kaun

dog

タ

tha

rule

死 犬 タ

mu kaun tha

death dog rule

"Are you implying I should die like a dog!"

An exception can be made towards negatives:

(1)

來目ニ

來

ke

path

目

qi

eye

ニ

ṇai

not

來 目 ニ

ke qi ṇai

path eye not

"He did not see that coming"

Example texts

刀つ ktocar