Etre [EXWE]
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Language type
Joke language
Species
Human/humanoid
About Etre
Echre is a joke language and Josh Ruben was the first person to ever speak it. In that instance, what was spoken by Josh was translated. This project aims to understand and, perhaps, extend Exwe based on said translation.
First spoken words
Eberexenobwayexwa. E pre, noxemay xoayem mwakto. Epron xone panxerma tevakto. Iprikola xane. Eee... Öprituñay mürk, e prinwe nürk.
Hello. What you have to understand is the train was very late. It did not come for fifteen extra minutes. The train blew up. Umm... And for that I'm sorry. And for that I'm sorry.
Some common frases
Notes
"Eberexenobwayexwa" comes from "ebere xeno bway e xwa", meaning "I really like your hair".
First spoken words
Eberexenobwayexwa. E pre, noxemay xoayem mwakto. Epron xone panxerma tevakto. Iprikola xane. Eee... Öprituñay mürk, e prinwe nürk.
Hello. What you have to understand is the train was very late. It did not come for fifteen extra minutes. The train blew up. Umm... And for that I'm sorry. And for that I'm sorry.
Some common frases
- "Eberexenobwayexwa!" means "Hello!"
- "Uyem mway e?" means "How are you?"
- "Ebere mlepayem mwaktay" means "I'm not ok"
- "Ebere mlepayem mway" means "I'm fine"
- "Prey e?" means "Do you understand?"
- "Ebere preyaktay" means "I don't understand"
- "Ebere preyaktay e" means "I don't understand you"
Notes
"Eberexenobwayexwa" comes from "ebere xeno bway e xwa", meaning "I really like your hair".
Sample of Etre[view] Yox kin Sak, / [foreign] [politician] kin eta [translator]. / -- / [Exwe] / Eberexenobwayexwa. / [Exwe] / E pre, noxemay xoayem mwakto. / [Exwe] / Epron xone panxerma tevakto. / [Exwe] / -- / Iprikola xane. / [Exwe] / Öprituñay mürk / [[laughs]] / [Exwe] / E prinwe nürk. / [[laughs] kin [claps]][view all texts]
Language family relationships
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | k | ||||||||||
Fricative | v | |||||||||||||
Affricate | t͡ʃ | |||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i | y | u | |
Close-mid | e | o | ||
Open | a |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Etre. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
EtreOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Ee/e/ | Ii/i/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ññ/ɲ/ | Oo/o/ |
Pp/p/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Üü/y/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/t͡ʃ/ | Yy/j/ | |
✔ Shown in correct order [change] |