World Language [WAMT]
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World Language
wa muntu [wa muntu]
World Languagewa muntu [wa muntu]
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Language type
International Auxiliary Language (IAL)
Species
Human/humanoid
About World Language
My attempt at an IAL, meant to be as simple yet effective as possible to learn and speak for people of any native language.
Features:
- Three-vowel system
- (C)V(N) syllable structure
- Strictly head-initial; SVO word order
- No declensions or conjugations; each word always appears as-is
- Each word in the vocabulary is derived from cognates that are essentially mutually intelligible between multiple languages
Features:
- Three-vowel system
- (C)V(N) syllable structure
- Strictly head-initial; SVO word order
- No declensions or conjugations; each word always appears as-is
- Each word in the vocabulary is derived from cognates that are essentially mutually intelligible between multiple languages
Sample of World Language[view] saka tika, tu uli ni ki mi pa ni pa. mi pa ata. saka tika, mi piki ai ata ni nin nin itu, ki ka ansana ata in luku su. in anmin, mi mata kun ni tu in tinpu mai, ama tu si na in itu. sapapa apa? / / mi kasi ni ini. tu ai mai na ai mai ni mi, in muman ki mi si na mi? / / mi ai mai na ni tu.[view all texts]
Sound samples in World Language
Some sound samples of World Language. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
saka tika, tu uli ni ki mi pa ni pa. mi pa ata. saka tika, mi piki ai ata ni nin nin itu, ki ka ansa...
Ten years, I devoted to the duty you charged me. Ten years, I looked after those who died at sea, an...
Ten years, I devoted to the duty you charged me. Ten years, I looked after those who died at sea, an...
mi wa ni pasa muntu.
I speak English
I speak English
mi mi kalu musu uli anmin pina sin mi in tinpu apa?
What time should we be back?
What time should we be back?
kupu piki anpala mi si ansapi mai.
The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.
The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.
lanka lanka ini si in paka lanka: lupi, lupi lun, lun, silin, pulu, lupi pulu pulu, i lupi pulu.
The colors that make up a rainbow are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
The colors that make up a rainbow are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
apa si apa numa un ki mi mi apa u nin ankanta nain?
What is the first question we ask about a newborn baby?
What is the first question we ask about a newborn baby?
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||
| Plosive | p | t | k | |||||||
| Fricative | s | |||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Open | a | |||
Syllable Structure(C)V(N)
Stress informationNo formal stress, but to be placed on first syllable if any
Orthography
Below is the orthography for World Language. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 World LanguageOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Ii/i/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Pp/p/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||||
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