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Grunt is a language that I am in
the process of creating for an RPG world created by some friends of mine. Why
go through all the trouble? I don't really know... Boredom? Does it matter?
Enjoy!
I have not read any guides on creating
languages (seems to me like that would take all the fun out of it - makes things
way too easy), and I am not very well versed in languages either. I failed,
or came close to failing, almost all of my English classes. However, my English
language skills excel regardless. (there's some evidence of how poor public
education is, people) Due to my poor grades (and attention) in those classes,
I don't really know the terms for that which comprises a language. It is only
recently that I found out what diphthong and diaeresis mean, and I have difficulty
remembering what some of even the basic terms refer to. As this is the case,
this should prove to be an interesting project. Both for me, and for anyone
interested in what my language will turn out like with such knowledge as I have.
I have no idea if I shall ever finish this, or if I will even work on it more
than a week (I only began to really seriously work on this a few days ago [as
of Nov. 14, 2002])
As far as grammar, I will write
up some detailed info on it once it is more stable. Right now it will use English
grammer, which it may use in the end. (This may seem an error to many, but the
world in which this language exists, English was a past language, and having
the same structure would not be that strange at all.)
Emphasis on words follows English
rules . All words are spelt phonetically, according to the rules of Fonetik.
There are no silent letters.
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pronunciation key -----
See Fonetik for information
on writing and pronunciation of written Sed. The following are deviations
from standard Fonetik. |
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æ |
replaces Fonetik's ae. Codes are Alt-0230 and Alt-0198 |
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punctuation and structure deviances -----
No capitalization
If there is only one sentance in a paragraph, using a period at the
end is unnecessary |
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wordlist -----
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a |
za |
die |
rahq |
do |
drah |
for |
lod |
give |
düq |
gun |
gahn |
her |
würj (hers würja) |
him |
mürj (his mürja) |
I |
eng |
-ing |
-ing or -ng |
kill |
dug |
like |
gais |
lose |
bor |
loot (potential) |
yohg |
loot (now mine) |
yung |
money |
gahte |
my / mine |
enk / enkga |
no |
nahq |
people |
pahjes |
person |
pahj |
sex |
güd |
to |
ü |
while / at the same time |
vor |
with |
wot |
work |
lahd |
your / yours |
yohq / yohqa |
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word elements -----
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-ah- |
major |
ai |
for |
b |
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c |
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d |
me |
e |
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f |
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g |
good |
h |
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i |
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j |
person |
k |
important |
l |
work |
m |
masculine |
n |
danger |
ng |
I, my |
o |
- |
p |
people |
q |
bad |
r |
happening, event |
s |
emotion (self) |
t |
wealth |
-u- |
by |
-ü- |
to |
v |
time |
w |
feminine, with, together |
x |
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y- |
yours, you |
z |
object(s) |
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tenses and miscellany -----
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future-tense |
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past-tense |
-ed (if ends in consonant) -d (if ends in vowel) |
present-tense |
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possesive (neutral) |
-a |
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examples -----
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I like to kill people with a gun for money while having sex. |
eng gais ü dug pahjes wot za gahn lod gahte vor drahng güd |
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