Cybertronian [CRB]
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[Deactivated User] on 14 December 2023
Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Cybertronian
Ever been disappointed in the fact that Cybertronian is just a cipher in most Transformers canon? Me too.
This language is my attempt to make a relatively simple, but still alien Cybertronian language to be used in my Transformers fanfic and just for fun.
No relation to the other Cybertronian conlang on this site.
Features:
- Analytical, but makes extensive use of compound words.
- Very lenient syllable structure. Syllables can exist without vowels, although that's typically not the case, and words can begin with blends of many consonants.
- Two prominent dialects, one for Autobots (with more guttural and clicky sounds, ala cars) and one for Decepticons (with more soft whimsy sounds, ala jets). These two dialects have sub-dialects. This originates from the large amount of separation time (like North/South Korean, but very larger). They have slang terms. Please keep in mind that I don't use ConWorkShop's dialect feature. I just think not using it is more streamlined for this conlang.
- Mainly based in the Animated continuity.
- Present and future tense only, present forms by default. If past really has to be indicated, balo'kk (before) can be said.
- Code-switching between factions, typically by Decepticons.
- A significant amount of onomatopoeia-based vocab, a lot of it based off of obstruents/consonant clusters. (the word for "transformer" itself is tskanga, coming from the canon transformation sound)
- No word for it/its.
- SOV order, with the second person pronoun (etoks/etik/etok in Autobot, esri/esr/ess in Decepticon) being suffixed to verbs and nouns with a glottal stop no matter what. For more information, check the pronouns briefer article.
- The major inspirations for this language are the gibberish spoken by Cybertronians in the Bay movies, Tagalog, Inuktitut, Akkadian, Ainu, a few other languages, and an assortment of presumably Cybertronian words that have existed in the Transformers canons.
This language is my attempt to make a relatively simple, but still alien Cybertronian language to be used in my Transformers fanfic and just for fun.
No relation to the other Cybertronian conlang on this site.
Features:
- Analytical, but makes extensive use of compound words.
- Very lenient syllable structure. Syllables can exist without vowels, although that's typically not the case, and words can begin with blends of many consonants.
- Two prominent dialects, one for Autobots (with more guttural and clicky sounds, ala cars) and one for Decepticons (with more soft whimsy sounds, ala jets). These two dialects have sub-dialects. This originates from the large amount of separation time (like North/South Korean, but very larger). They have slang terms. Please keep in mind that I don't use ConWorkShop's dialect feature. I just think not using it is more streamlined for this conlang.
- Mainly based in the Animated continuity.
- Present and future tense only, present forms by default. If past really has to be indicated, balo'kk (before) can be said.
- Code-switching between factions, typically by Decepticons.
- A significant amount of onomatopoeia-based vocab, a lot of it based off of obstruents/consonant clusters. (the word for "transformer" itself is tskanga, coming from the canon transformation sound)
- No word for it/its.
- SOV order, with the second person pronoun (etoks/etik/etok in Autobot, esri/esr/ess in Decepticon) being suffixed to verbs and nouns with a glottal stop no matter what. For more information, check the pronouns briefer article.
- The major inspirations for this language are the gibberish spoken by Cybertronians in the Bay movies, Tagalog, Inuktitut, Akkadian, Ainu, a few other languages, and an assortment of presumably Cybertronian words that have existed in the Transformers canons.
Sample of Cybertronian[view] sru avo vakash! avo cha'ik, avo shaloki, avo tkesen!
But look at that one! It's big, it's bold, it's sassy![view all texts]
But look at that one! It's big, it's bold, it's sassy![view all texts]
Sound samples in Cybertronian
Some sound samples of Cybertronian. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
ngo'eker-sho'kodksha'shen-idoh-etik-suun
Put your hard word/phrase here and add audio.
Put your hard word/phrase here and add audio.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t̪ | d̪ | t t: | d | ɖ | c | k | g gʷ | q qʷ | ɢ | ʔ | |||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s s: | z | ʃ | ʐ | ç | x | h | |||||||||||||
| Affricate | d͡z | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l̪ | l | ʟ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | ʍ | w | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | ʙ | r̪̊1 | r | ʀ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Click | ʞ̥̃2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Blends | sɹ3 |
- used in sarcastic interpretations of "maybe", "maybe not", and "in your dreams" only
- might be pronounced using vehicle vocal articulation
- pronounced kinda whimsy when spoken in Decepticon dialect
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i iˀ i: | u uˀ u: | ||||
| Close-mid | e eˀ e: | o oˀ o: | ||||
| Open-mid | ɜ: | ɔ: | ||||
| Open | ɑ ɑˀ ɑ: | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Cybertronian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 CybertronianOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| -/ʔ/ | a/ɑ/ | a'/ɑˀ/ | aa/ɑ:/ | aw/ɔ:/ | b/b/ | br/ʙ/ | bsh/r̪̊/1 | c/c/ | cf/ç/ |
| d/d/ | dk/d̪/ | dr/ɖ/ | e/e/ | e'/eˀ/ | ee/e:/ | ew/ɜ:/ | f/f/ | g/g/ | gh/ɢ/ |
| gw/gʷ/ | h/h/ | i/i/ | ĩ/i:/ | i'/iˀ/ | j/d͡z/, /j/ | k/k/ | kk/ʞ̥̃/2 | l/l/ | lk/l̪/ |
| ll/ʟ/ | m/m/ | mw/ʍ/ | n/n/ | ng/ŋ/ | o/o/ | o'/oˀ/ | oo/o:/ | p/p/ | q/q/ |
| qw/qʷ/ | r/r/ | rl/ʀ/ | rr/ɹ/, /ɾ:/ | s/s/ | sh/ʃ/ | sr/sɹ/3 | ss/s:/ | t/t/ | tk/t̪/ |
| tt/t:/ | u/u/ | u'/uˀ/ | uu/u:/ | v/v/ | w/w/ | x/x/ | z/z/ | zr/ʐ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- used in sarcastic interpretations of "maybe", "maybe not", and "in your dreams" only
- might be pronounced using vehicle vocal articulation
- pronounced kinda whimsy when spoken in Decepticon dialect
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Pronouns in Cybertronian: a briefer
they're kinda funky
31-Mar-24 21:07very late term cybertronian language retcon
Yay! Retcons...
28-Jan-24 13:55
