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'''This page is an active work-in-progress.''' | |||
Additionally, this course is intended for an audience with at least slight to moderate knowledge of linguistics. If you'd like a full beginner introduction to Toaq, check out [https://toaq.net/TwE/ Toaq with Ease]. | |||
== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
Toaq is a constructed | Toaq is a constructed logical human language (loglang) created by Hoemaı and developed and maintained by a passionate community. It is a [[Tone|tonal]] language, where changes in pitch of a word shifts the meaning of that word. Toaq is meant to have a fully unambiguous and parsable [[syntax]] using [[predicate logic]]. | ||
Intimate knowledge of [[predicate logic]] is not necessary to learn or speak Toaq, however it is helpful to know some basics. There are pages on this wiki which explain topics related to [[predicate logic]] that may interest you if you want to get into the details of how Toaq works at a fundamental level. | |||
== | === About this course === | ||
The latest version of Toaq is [[Toaq Delta]], released in December 2022, and this course is written for that version. | |||
=== | This course is intended to develop grammar and vocabulary of learners to accelerate their progress from absolute beginner to an approximate A1 level. Grammar is incredibly important in Toaq as it is essential to the language's design goals. As such, this course will focus mainly on grammar, with complementary flashcards associated with each section. | ||
With the current lack of a developed corpus for Toaq Delta, it is important to supplement this course with active speaking of Toaq—either over text or through voice—and writing in Toaq or translating texts to Toaq. It is also helpful to create flashcards for words you encounter using [https://github.com/mazziechai/toadua-anki Toadua Anki], a plugin for Anki to easily create cards through the collaborative dictionary [[Toadua]]. | |||
== Essentials == | |||
=== Sound inventory === | |||
Toaq’s sound inventory consists of 22 consonant sounds, 5 vowel sounds, 4 diphthongs from those vowel sounds, and 4 tones. Here is a table with all of Toaq’s sounds and tones: | Toaq’s sound inventory consists of 22 consonant sounds, 5 vowel sounds, 4 diphthongs from those vowel sounds, and 4 tones. Here is a table with all of Toaq’s sounds and tones: | ||
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