forumadmin, Administrators
182
edits
Lingua Philosophica: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
:A lengthy list of roots corresponding to what Dalgarno believed to be basic linguistic concepts or ideas. | :A lengthy list of roots corresponding to what Dalgarno believed to be basic linguistic concepts or ideas. | ||
:A much briefer grammatical apparatus (chiefly verbal and adjectival inflexional suffixes) which could be used with these roots. | :A much briefer grammatical apparatus (chiefly verbal and adjectival inflexional suffixes) which could be used with these roots. | ||
:A | :A "Lexicon" of 1370 Latin words glossed in Lingua Philosophica, often by compounding existing roots | ||
:A set of writings, primarily translations, in Lingua Philosophica. These include: | :A set of writings, primarily translations, in Lingua Philosophica. These include: | ||
| Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
==Sounds== | ==Sounds== | ||
Vowels: i, e, ɛ, | Vowels: i, e, ɛ, a, ɔ, o, u [These are actually represented by the symbols i, e, η, a, o, υ, u. This is an interpretation of Dalgarno's somewhat obscurely expressed intent, as he may have intended a symmetrical 7-vowel system.] | ||
Diphthongs: ai, ei, ɔi | Diphthongs: ai, ei, ɔi | ||
Voiceless stops: p, t, k | Voiceless stops: p, t, k | ||