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Rev. Edward Powell Foster lived from 1853 through 1937;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.langmaker.com/outpost/ro.htm|title=Article on Ro|author=Rick Harrison|website=Langmaker.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423022410/http://www.langmaker.com/outpost/ro.htm|url-status=dead|archivedate=April 23, 2012}}</ref> in [[Marietta, Ohio]]. He was buried along with his wife in Riverview Cemetery in [[Parkersburg, West Virginia]]. | Rev. Edward Powell Foster lived from 1853 through 1937;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.langmaker.com/outpost/ro.htm|title=Article on Ro|author=Rick Harrison|website=Langmaker.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423022410/http://www.langmaker.com/outpost/ro.htm|url-status=dead|archivedate=April 23, 2012}}</ref> in [[Marietta, Ohio]]. He was buried along with his wife in Riverview Cemetery in [[Parkersburg, West Virginia]]. | ||
== | ==Introduction== | ||
In Ro, words are constructed using a [[A priori (languages)|category system]]. For example, all words starting with "bofo-" signify colors; the word for ''red'' is "bofoc", and ''yellow'' is "bofof". Foster did not simply try to design a better language in general, but to optimize his language for one design criterion: recognizability of unknown words. Foster wrote about Ro: | In Ro, words are constructed using a [[A priori (languages)|category system]]. For example, all words starting with "bofo-" signify colors; the word for ''red'' is "bofoc", and ''yellow'' is "bofof". Foster did not simply try to design a better language in general, but to optimize his language for one design criterion: recognizability of unknown words. Foster wrote about Ro: | ||
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[[Solresol]] was an earlier classificatory language that by using a smaller symbol set achieved easier distinctness. There have been a few more recent attempts to design a language along similar lines, such as Ygyde<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medianet.pl/~andrew/ygyde/ygyde.htm|title=Ygyde Language|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201111356/http://www.medianet.pl/~andrew/ygyde/ygyde.htm|archivedate=February 1, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Japanese-made [[Babm]], but most subsequent constructed language makers have avoided this taxonomic or hierarchic design for the reasons mentioned above. | [[Solresol]] was an earlier classificatory language that by using a smaller symbol set achieved easier distinctness. There have been a few more recent attempts to design a language along similar lines, such as Ygyde<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medianet.pl/~andrew/ygyde/ygyde.htm|title=Ygyde Language|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201111356/http://www.medianet.pl/~andrew/ygyde/ygyde.htm|archivedate=February 1, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Japanese-made [[Babm]], but most subsequent constructed language makers have avoided this taxonomic or hierarchic design for the reasons mentioned above. | ||
== | ==Phonology and orthography== | ||
Ro is written with the [[Latin alphabet]]. The letters [[C]], [[J]], [[Q]] and [[X]] are pronounced as: /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /ŋ/ and /χ/ respectively. The vowels ([[A]], [[E]], [[I]], [[O]] and [[U]]) are pronounced as in the [[Spanish language]].<ref name=dicti>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC02613756|title=Dictionary of Ro, the World Language|via=[[Google Books]]|author=Rev. Edward Powell Foster|publisher=ROIA|location=[[Waverly, West Virginia]]|year=1928}}</ref> | Ro is written with the [[Latin alphabet]]. The letters [[C]], [[J]], [[Q]] and [[X]] are pronounced as: /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /ŋ/ and /χ/ respectively. The vowels ([[A]], [[E]], [[I]], [[O]] and [[U]]) are pronounced as in the [[Spanish language]].<ref name=dicti>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC02613756|title=Dictionary of Ro, the World Language|via=[[Google Books]]|author=Rev. Edward Powell Foster|publisher=ROIA|location=[[Waverly, West Virginia]]|year=1928}}</ref> | ||
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Iqk ra av dimgef doqab ov dodac | Iqk ra av dimgef doqab ov dodac | ||
Ip ad, ud mobem id lastom rivalz.</poem>}} | Ip ad, ud mobem id lastom rivalz.</poem>}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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*[http://www.sorabji.com/r/ro/ Dictionary of Ro] on sorabji.com | *[http://www.sorabji.com/r/ro/ Dictionary of Ro] on sorabji.com | ||
[[Category:Engineered languages]] | [[Category:Engineered languages]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Languages]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:A priori]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Philosophical languages]] | ||