Adhmana [ADHM]
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Language type
Engineered Language (Englang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Adhmana
How Admana Came to Be
Ithkuil is an information-dense englang.
toki pona is a minimalistic artlang.
When I first got into conlanging around 2019, these two fundamentally different languages fascinated me.
One night I thought to myself, "What if I created a language with the information capacity of Ithkuil, but the phonological inventory of toki pona?"
Then I thought, "What if I did that, but only using one vowel?"
It was too stupid not to try.
Phonology
Adhmana has a highly restrictive vowel harmony system. There is one vowel: /a/.
It's important to note that since the choice of vowel carries no phonemic information, one can choose /a/ to be any vowel they please. I personally prefer an open vowel because I find it more comfortable to pronounce the contour tones. For the purposes of ConWorkShop, I have chosen /a/ to have its IPA value.
Ithkuil is an information-dense englang.
toki pona is a minimalistic artlang.
When I first got into conlanging around 2019, these two fundamentally different languages fascinated me.
One night I thought to myself, "What if I created a language with the information capacity of Ithkuil, but the phonological inventory of toki pona?"
Then I thought, "What if I did that, but only using one vowel?"
It was too stupid not to try.
Phonology
Adhmana has a highly restrictive vowel harmony system. There is one vowel: /a/.
It's important to note that since the choice of vowel carries no phonemic information, one can choose /a/ to be any vowel they please. I personally prefer an open vowel because I find it more comfortable to pronounce the contour tones. For the purposes of ConWorkShop, I have chosen /a/ to have its IPA value.
Sample of Adhmana[view] āzāzāv avaapascãzcaathm'ǎt tsǎzcm'ãt. ascápaazcǎsm'aas m'ascátsascápǎzma̲a̲f kn'ādhǎf.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[view all texts]
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[view] About IsolatesThis is a family for isolate languages.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Velar | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||
| Plosive | p | t | k | |||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ||||
| Blends | ts |
| Vowels | Front | |
| Open | a a: á: à: a᷇ a᷈ á a᷉ à ǎ | |
Stress informationThere are 3 tone levels:
High- /ā/
Middle- /a/
Low- /a̲/
Each of these has a geminated form:
Long high- /ã/
Long middle- /aa/
Long low- /a̲a̲/
From these, 4 contours tones exist:
Rising- /á/
Falling- /à/
Peaking- /â/
Dipping- /ǎ/
The initial tone is not important for the contours; the primary indicator is motion.
High- /ā/
Middle- /a/
Low- /a̲/
Each of these has a geminated form:
Long high- /ã/
Long middle- /aa/
Long low- /a̲a̲/
From these, 4 contours tones exist:
Rising- /á/
Falling- /à/
Peaking- /â/
Dipping- /ǎ/
The initial tone is not important for the contours; the primary indicator is motion.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Adhmana. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 AdhmanaOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||||
| a/a/ | dh/ð/ | f/f/ | k/k/ | m/m/ | n/n/ | p/p/ | s/s/ | sc/ʃ/ | t/t/ | th/θ/ | v/v/ | z/z/ | zc/ʒ/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||||||
