Ummo Rok [MINI]
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Ummo Rok
ummo rok [uɱ:o rok]*
ummo rok [uɱ:o rok]*
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Ummo Rok
Ummo Rok
uɱ:o rok
Ummo Rok is a minilang designed around the goal of having exactly 64 words. It is a conlang in-universe as well and its speakers use it exclusively within temples and other holy places. The speakers place a high emphasis on the number 8, which is why their language has 64 words (plus 8 numerical words).
Ummo Rok grammar is heavily inspired by toki pona, although there are some changes to certain particles.
uɱ:o rok
Ummo Rok is a minilang designed around the goal of having exactly 64 words. It is a conlang in-universe as well and its speakers use it exclusively within temples and other holy places. The speakers place a high emphasis on the number 8, which is why their language has 64 words (plus 8 numerical words).
Ummo Rok grammar is heavily inspired by toki pona, although there are some changes to certain particles.
Sample of Ummo Rok[view] do: av rj vjtla khe? / jeh: o rj vjtla (). / do: av rj fo vjtla gu ture eiv khe? / jeh: hu eiv je maho fo. / do: hu eiv dukko, av rj ture vjtla gu? / jeh: dukko. vjtla gu rj dlai fo o. / do: vjtla khe je gefo-ka rj dlai? / jeh: () rj dlai. / do: av rj rok! j to-ka dlai. / jeh: j to-ka dlai.[view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Velar | ||||
Nasal | ɱ ɱ:1 | |||||||
Plosive | t̪ t̪:2 | d̪ d̪:3 | k k:4 | g g:5 | ||||
Fricative | f f:6 | v v:7 | x x:8 | |||||
Lateral fricative | ɮ ɮ:9 | |||||||
Trill | r r:10 |
Blends | d̪ɮ̪ | t̪ɬ̪ | jɪ |
- geminated between syllables
- geminated between syllables
- geminated between syllables
- geminated between syllables
- geminated between syllables
- geminated between syllables
- geminated between syllables
- geminated between syllables
- geminated between syllables
- geminated between syllables
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Back | |||
Close | i | u | ||||
Near-close | ɪ | |||||
Close-mid | o | |||||
Open-mid | ɛ | |||||
Open | a |
Polyphthongs | aɪ | ui | io | uo | au | ua | iɛ | iu | eɪ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Ummo Rok. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Ummo RokOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
a/a/ | d/d̪/ | dl/d̪ɮ̪/ | e/ɛ/ | f/f/ | g/g/ | h/x/ | i/ɪ/ | j/i/ |
k/k/ | l/ɮ/ | m/ɱ/ | o/o/ | r/r/ | t/t̪/ | u/u/ | v/v/ | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
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