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Sed is a language that I am in the
process of creating. What's it's purpose? None, I suppose. if people like it,
all the better. As J.R.R. Tolkien created languages such as Quenya and Sindarin
for his own pleasure, so it is with Sed. It will most likely be renamed at some
point. I am currently quite happy with it's name, but I was also quite happy
with it's previous name, so don't be surprised if the name changes suddenly,
or frequently. Here Sed can be seen in it's infancy. I am currently creating
the base words from which I will extend the rest of the vocabulary.
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 far as grammar, I will write
up some detailed info on it once it is more stable. Right now it's too early
to so much as form a sentence, unless you are using English grammar, which would
be very incorrect. The only sure thing on sentence structure that I am willing
to say right now, is that I want it to be logical. (maybe I should just learn
Lojban... Nah, too easy...)
Emphasis on words follows English
rules . All words are spelt phonetically, according to the rules of Fonetik.
There are no silent letters.
Update (Nov 13, 02 - 11:16
PM CST): Sed is modified to use Fonetik 1.2.
Update (Nov 11, 02 - 2:03
AM CST): Sed will soon be modified to use the Fonetik
alphabet and spelling. Not sure what I'm going to do about the rr in
Sed, though, since it breaks a primary rule of Fonetik. I hope I won't have
to use some random rarely seen character like µ.
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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 Æ |
replaces Fonetik's ae. Codes are Alt-0230 and Alt-0198 |
rr |
as in Spanish rolled rr |
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Punctuation and Structure Deviances -----
The subject is always the first word in a sentance
"The" follows it's subject (see it in the Wordlist and Examples
list for more information)
If there is only one sentance in a paragraph, using a period at the
end is unnecessary
Pronouns are not capitalized (or maybe just not "I") |
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Wordlist -----
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0 |
fahl |
1 |
jhin |
2 |
koh |
3 |
kahz |
4 |
yin |
5 |
tahn |
6 |
jhet |
7 |
silvah |
8 |
bræ |
9 |
ahn |
10 |
jinsah |
20 |
kosah |
30 |
kahsah |
40 |
yinsah |
50 |
tahnsah |
60 |
jhesah |
70 |
silvahsah |
80 |
bræsah |
90 |
ahnsah |
100 |
jin--? |
a |
jë |
air |
ai |
and |
el |
anger |
rrahl |
are |
roh |
battle |
tæs |
begin |
sæah |
burn |
rahq |
come |
kah |
dark |
rrhet |
day (a day long) |
saht |
day (day-time) |
sai |
death |
prohg |
end |
por |
fight |
tæza |
fire |
roq |
fly |
sær |
go |
-kü |
great (size) |
siv |
happy |
kahl |
hate |
rrawlos |
I |
en |
ice |
shar |
if |
bahn |
in |
læ |
-ing |
-a |
is |
-tü |
joy |
kawlos |
life |
kohl |
light |
sæl (day-spirit) |
like ("I like that") |
kër |
live |
kohlen (originally kohlohn) |
long time |
gohl |
love |
kærr |
me |
men |
mind |
kawl |
my |
-rren |
night |
rrhetah |
of |
o |
pain |
kai |
-s |
-vah (end -> ends; break -> breaks) |
-s (pluralize) |
-sahn |
sleep |
proh |
speak |
sel |
spirit |
ær |
the |
-ta (at end of subject - "The weapons" is not tærtasah,
but tærsahta) |
think |
kor |
this |
til |
time |
go |
to (at) |
rü |
to (future-tense) |
ohrü (as in "want to live") |
to (go to) |
-kü |
until |
rog |
walk |
vær |
wander |
væros |
want |
bohr |
war |
tæziv |
water |
sil |
weapon |
tær |
will (shall) |
-soh |
with |
vil |
you |
al |
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Tenses and Miscellany -----
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future-tense |
-ü |
past-tense |
-ad |
present-tense |
-ohn (can be reduced to -en) |
action (present) |
-en or -n |
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Non-Standard Miscellany -----
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for an extended period of time non-standard |
-os (vær (walk) becomes væros
(wander)) |
1 zero |
-sah (10 is jhinsah, 70 is silvahsah) |
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Examples -----
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I like flying. |
Flying, I, like. |
Særa en kër |
I love you. |
Love, I, you. |
Kærr en al |
I will walk to the water. |
Walk-to, I willl, the-water. |
Værkü ensoh silta |
It is a long time until night ends, and day begins. |
Long time- (it)-is, until, night, ends; and, day, begins. |
Gohltü rog rrhetah porvah, el sai sæan |
My weapon of burning. |
Weapon my, of, burning. |
Tærren o rahqa |
The spirits are flying in the air. |
The-spirits, are, flying, in, the-air. |
Ærsahnta roh særa læ aita |
The weapons are burning. |
The-weapons, are, burning. |
Tærsahnta roh rahqa |
Come with me, if you want to live. |
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Kah vil men, bahn al bohr ohrü Kohlen. |
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