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Limaipayu
Limaipaju
[li.mai̯ˈpa.ju]
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 8 September 2024
Language type International Auxiliary Language (IAL)
Species Human/humanoid
About Limaipayu The perfect global auxiliary language is an impossibility. It would have to meet unfulfillable, mutually exclusive, subjective criteria. It's like conlanging's own little Arrow's Theorem; a hike to an infinitely tall summit along which you will, eventually, trip and fall back down. But, hey, it's fun to see people try anyways... and then even funnier to watch them trip! Limaipaju is my hike. Watch me trip.

In Limaipaju, I try to take a little bit from a handful of different natural languages (namely English, Standard Beijing Mandarin, Modern Standard Arabic, Malay, Swahili, Finnish, Runa, and Diné) and blend them together to best of my abilities. I aim for it to be simple and neutral. Limaipaju literally means "nine-speech" in an old version of the language (I've remade the counting system since), referring to its eight source languages, +1 for all additional languages it takes from.

This is my first conlang, though I've restarted from scratch so many times it's embarrassing, and I've been working on and off on this for longer than I like to admit. I started this in a separate app when I was, like, 14. Six years ago. It goes without saying, I'm horrible at finishing projects I start.
Sample of Limaipayu[view] faStuF pu aU muL fiL laIki mutuja ju muL ukiL; faStuF pu tuta muL sapapa fiL laIki mutuja ju muL ukiL ula.

Nothing is better than feeling like a kid again; nothing is worse than being made to feel like a kid again.
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Latest vocabulary
laItinumthree-hundred forty undecillion 282 decillion 366 nonillion 920 octillion 938 septillion 463 sextillion 463 quintillion 374 quadrillion 607 trillion 431 billion 768 million 211 thousand 456
nakaLmaItinumseventy-two quadrillion fifty-seven trillion five-hundred ninety-four billion thirty-seven million nine-hundred twenty-seven thousand nine-hundred thirty-six
naLkaItinumtwo-hundred eighty-one trillion four-hundred seventy-four billion nine-hundred seventy-six million seven-hundred ten thousand six-hundred fifty-six
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
AlveolarPost-
Alveolar
PalatalLabio-
velar
Velar
Nasal m   n        
Plosive p   t       k
Fricative   f s        
Affricate       t͡ʃ      
Lateral approximant     l        
Approximant         j w  
Blends li ti fu ki la tu na tʃa ju ma
fa pu tʃu pa mi ja nu ku lu tʃi
fi sa wa si ka ta pi ni su wi
mu
VowelsFrontBack
Close i u
Open a  
Polyphthongs ia au uf an in if am ui un ua
il is ul us um as im iu al ai
af
Syllable Structure(C)V(R), where R is /m/, /n/, /s/, /l/, or /f/
Stress informationStress is not phonemic, so put it wherever you want. If you really need guidance, put it on the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable, as this is what's most common crosslinguistically, according to WALS.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Limaipayu. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 LimaipayuOrthography [edit]
mi
mi
/mi/
mu
mu
/mu/
ma
ma
/ma/
ki
ki
/ki/
ku
ku
/ku/
ka
ka
/ka/
pi
pi
/pi/
pu
pu
/pu/
pa
pa
/pa/
ni
ni
/ni/
nu
nu
/nu/
na
na
/na/
ti
ti
/ti/
tu
tu
/tu/
ta
ta
/ta/
li
li
/li/
lu
lu
/lu/
la
la
/la/
si
si
/si/
su
su
/su/
sa
sa
/sa/
fi
fi
/fi/
fu
fu
/fu/
fa
fa
/fa/
xi
xi
/tʃi/
xu
xu
/tʃu/
xa
xa
/tʃa/
ju
ju
/ju/
ja
ja
/ja/
wi
wi
/wi/
wa
wa
/wa/
iI
iI
/i/
uU
uU
/u/
aA
aA
/a/
M
M
/m/
N
N
/n/
L
L
/l/
S
S
/s/
F
F
/f/
IM
IM
/im/
IN
IN
/in/
IL
IL
/il/
IS
IS
/is/
IF
IF
/if/
UM
UM
/um/
UN
UN
/un/
UL
UL
/ul/
US
US
/us/
UF
UF
/uf/
AM
AM
/am/
AN
AN
/an/
AL
AL
/al/
AS
AS
/as/
AF
AF
/af/
✔ Shown in correct order [change]
    Additional NotesFinal-form letters are used for diphthongs and codas. E.g., /lai/ would be ⟨ᓚᐞ⟩, while /tin/ would look somewhat like ⟨ᑎᓀ⟩. ⟨ᓀ⟩ is in the vowel-less orientation and should be superscript, but this character isn't in Unicode, so I can't show it. The syllable /kua̯n/ would be like ⟨ᑯᓇ⟩. ⟨ᓇ⟩ is in the /a/ orientation and, again, should be superscript.

    This script uses Noto Canadian Aboriginal as a base font, and it's an adaptation of both Dakelh (Carrier) and Inuktitut syllabics. This, along with the fact that the orientation of final-form letters does convey information, means that actual real-world users of CA syllabics might struggle reading Limaipaju, being an amalgamation of two related but different scripts, used in a nonstandard way, that I made up just for Limaipaju.

    Sadly, Canadian Aboriginal syllabics are very dyslexic-unfriendly, being so directional. I've provided some transliteration systems into other scripts, like Latin. See the respective article for that.
    Latest 8 related articles listed below.
    Transliteration Systems for Limaipaju
    A list of official transliteration systems for Limaipaju
    21-Jan-25 16:56
    Typological information for Limaipayu

    Animacy distinctionsFive distinctions or more
    Noun numbersNo numbers
    Polar question markingQuestion particle
    Future tenseTemporal adjectives/adverbs
    Primary writing systemCanadian Aboriginal Syllabics

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