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Cirtunese (cimqmh-tomN ) is a personal, philosophic language constructed by me.
At first, the language was the embodiment of my dissatisfaction with natural languages, and it became a "kitchen-sink" conlang, though I'm still proud of this early version because of how much it taught me about conlanging.
About two years later, however, I decided to turn the language into "a priori", and changed most of its features and vocabulary.

The result was this version of  Classical Cirtunese. I currently lack the expertise in linguistics to properly categorise it, and some may say it's still a "kitchen-sink". However I'd say it has become the embodiment of my passion for languages, and I have decided to become its fluent speaker and user.

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Most of the vocabulary is aimed at describing ideas, actions and abstract concepts, rather than physical objects. As a result, There are many more words for things in our minds than for things in our vicinity.
The reason for this is that I frequently write ideas and parts of my diary using Cirtunese, and a good portion of those entries deal with my state of mind, how can I improve it, how to be in the correct state of mind, etc.
I wish to eventually expand the usage of this language into storytelling as well.

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When designing this version of Cirtunese, I asked myself "What features can I use precisely because this is not a naturalistic language?"
Well, here are the answers:
> The morphology is based around a few key concepts. Every single letter is derived from one them, and is, consequently, a morpheme.
> The writing evolved alongside the phonology and morphology, meaning that each letter is necessarily tied to the "key concepts". Therefore, even if one doesn't remember the exact meaning of a word, it can be inferred from its sounds or glyphs.
> Each word class can be marked with particles, meaning that there is a relatively free word order.
> The writing system is basically an impure abjad arranged in blocks.
>> The syllable blocks are divided in: Prefixes, Radical, Theme and Suffixes.
The word: bchjkemr (ʔas'χakɛrɐ̆ - The act of writing), for example, can be divided into these parts:
c h k e r

Features Inspired by Other Languages:
> Verb marking: Portuguese
> Adjective marking: Russian
> Multiple writing systems (based on each other, for simplicity and contextualization): Japanese
> Organizing syllables in blocks: Korean Hangeul / Chinese Hanzi
> Relatively simple verb conjugation: Norwegian
> Separating words and word groups by dots: Tibetan / Latin
Among others...
(Of course, these features may be present in other languages as well. I Just happen to draw inspiration from these, in particular)


...and this is pretty much the basis of what would become one of my greatest passions!
Thank you so much for reading!

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