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==== Highly formal Dama Diwan / miba jeto Dama Diwan ==== | ==== Highly formal Dama Diwan / miba jeto Dama Diwan ==== | ||
Highly formal Dama Diwan can use a w (or unstressed o/u) before the i of a stem and a j (or unstressed e/i) before the u of a stem (except if ww- or jj- results) in order to express the abstract aspect of a word. | Highly formal Dama Diwan can use a w (or unstressed o/u) before the i of a stem and a j (or unstressed e/i) before the u of a stem (except if ww- or jj- results) in order to express the abstract aspect of a word. | ||
Every Dama noun (and consequently every adverb and verb) can refer to a concrete thing (NO) or an abstract concept (WANO). E.g., BAMO can be “food” or “eating”; NUKO can be “road” or “trip”; SAMO can be a seat or “sitting”. This distinction is usually not to be marked at all, as it is understood by the context or it makes no difference; e.g. if i say “A RUKO?” it can be taken as “you tired?” or “your fatigue?”, both ways meaning the same “are you tired?”; if necessary, the distinction is shown by adding words as NO (thing) or WANO (abstract concept). | :Every Dama noun (and consequently every adverb and verb) can refer to a concrete thing (NO) or an abstract concept (WANO). E.g., BAMO can be “food” or “eating”; NUKO can be “road” or “trip”; SAMO can be a seat or “sitting”. | ||
However, highly formal Dama can mark the abstract aspect of a word as described above; e.g. RUSO =eye, RJUSO = “βλέμμα, glance, way of looking”; KURO =safe, KJURO =safety; RIMO =promise, vow, RWIMO =assertiveness; KIKO =strong, KWIKO =strength, and so on. | :This distinction is usually not to be marked at all, as it is understood by the context or it makes no difference; e.g. if i say “A RUKO?” it can be taken as “you tired?” or “your fatigue?”, both ways meaning the same “are you tired?”; if necessary, the distinction is shown by adding words as NO (thing) or WANO (abstract concept). | ||
This feature can be difficult for some people to use; in fact, it has never been in actual usage until the last days of the year 2015; on the other hand, this features completes all possibilities of making diphthongs with the vowels of Dama, and its use may be useful in the future for elaborate or artistic expounding of ideas. | :However, highly formal Dama can mark the abstract aspect of a word as described above; e.g. RUSO =eye, RJUSO = “βλέμμα, glance, way of looking”; KURO =safe, KJURO =safety; RIMO =promise, vow, RWIMO =assertiveness; KIKO =strong, KWIKO =strength, and so on. | ||
:This feature can be difficult for some people to use; in fact, it has never been in actual usage until the last days of the year 2015; on the other hand, this features completes all possibilities of making diphthongs with the vowels of Dama, and its use may be useful in the future for elaborate or artistic expounding of ideas. | |||
==== Correctness, personalization and limitations / jeto jino, wiso jino, nejo mijo ==== | |||
Some people expect a great language to be a show of complexity like some constructed languages. Dama is nothing like that, as it is not even a conlang; it is not a language constructed by people, but one acquired through divination (called "random" functions by the skeptic). Its non-conlang character is obvious because conlangs are regulated by people, so they are always subject to additions, new regulations and alterations. Conlangs are adjusted by their makers, while on the other hand the Dama users have to adjust themselves to the very simple means of Dama. After all, it is not possible to add anything to it, because all the possible combinations of its phonemes have already been used. | Some people expect a great language to be a show of complexity like some constructed languages. Dama is nothing like that, as it is not even a conlang; it is not a language constructed by people, but one acquired through divination (called "random" functions by the skeptic). Its non-conlang character is obvious because conlangs are regulated by people, so they are always subject to additions, new regulations and alterations. Conlangs are adjusted by their makers, while on the other hand the Dama users have to adjust themselves to the very simple means of Dama. After all, it is not possible to add anything to it, because all the possible combinations of its phonemes have already been used. | ||
:Dama can further evolve by discovering new combinations of words - to that, we can find no limit. The limitation is that every new combination discovered and everything else should be expressed '''according to the above rules'''; then it is perfectly correct; of course, when we say something in Dama, we should imagine ourselves in the receiver's position: "what would I understand if somebody told me that?". | :Dama can further evolve by discovering new combinations of words - to that, we can find no limit. The limitation is that every new combination discovered and everything else should be expressed '''according to the above rules'''; then it is perfectly correct; of course, when we say something in Dama, we should imagine ourselves in the receiver's position: "what would I understand if somebody told me that?". | ||