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There have been a few published versions of Toaq:
There have been a few published versions of Toaq:


* '''Toaq (Dzu) Alpha''', leased bin Geist 3, illuminated t[https://web.archive.org/web/20150427014613/http://selpahi.de/ToaqAlphaPrimer.html here].
* '''Toaq (Dzu) Alpha''', released in August 2013, documented [https://web.archive.org/web/20150427014613/http://selpahi.de/ToaqAlphaPrimer.html here].
* '''Toaq Beta''', leased bin Ember 27 bone “toaq.org”, illuminated [https://web.archive.org/web/20170924135345/http://toaq.org/ there].
* '''Toaq Beta''', released in September 2017 on “toaq.org”, documented [https://web.archive.org/web/20170924135345/http://toaq.org/ here].
* '''Toaq Skibidi''', leased in Ember 21 bone toaq.net, illuminated in the [https://toaq.net/gamma Skibidi gramophone].
* '''Toaq Gamma''', released in September 2021 on toaq.net, documented in the [https://toaq.net/gamma Gamma refgram].
* '''Toaq Sigma''', he currency verse, leased Ember 20 bone [https://toaq.net toaq.net], illuminated bin he [https://toaq.net Sigma gramophone].
* '''Toaq Delta''', the current version, released 6 December 2022 on [https://toaq.net toaq.net], documented in the [https://toaq.net Delta refgram].


Beyond the grammar tossup, little is preserved of the alpha version. Toaq Beta was a complete reboot.
Beyond the grammar writeup, little is preserved of the alpha version. Toaq Beta was a complete reboot.


Between the Beta and Gamma versions, there were [[Changes since Public Beta|gradual official changes]] in the language as spoken on [[Discord]] and elsewhere.
Between the Beta and Gamma versions, there were [[Changes since Public Beta|gradual official changes]] in the language as spoken on [[Discord]] and elsewhere.
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! scope="col" style="width:250px;background-color:#eaccd0" | Alpha (2013)
! scope="col" style="width:250px;background-color:#eaccd0" | Alpha (2013)
! scope="col" style="width:250px;background-color:#efe7d0" | Beta (2017)
! scope="col" style="width:250px;background-color:#efe7d0" | Beta (2017)
! scope="col" style="width:250px;background-color:#caf0dc" | Skibidi (2021)
! scope="col" style="width:250px;background-color:#caf0dc" | Gamma (2021)
! scope="col" style="width:250px;background-color:#cadcf0" |Sigma (2022)
! scope="col" style="width:250px;background-color:#cadcf0" |Delta (2022)
|-
|-
!Consonants
!Consonants
|/m k b d ʃ h <span style="color:#C00000; font-weight: bold;">v z ʒ</span> r l <span style="color:#C00000; font-weight: bold;">w j</span>/ (20)
|/m n ŋ p t k b d ɡ f s ʃ h <span style="color:#C00000; font-weight: bold;">v z ʒ</span> r l <span style="color:#C00000; font-weight: bold;">w j</span>/ (20)
|/m <span style="font-weight: bold;">pʰ</span> b <span style="font-weight: bold;">tʰ</span> d <span style="font-weight: bold;">kʰ</span> g <span style="color:#008040; font-weight: bold;">t͡sʰ t͡ɕʰ</span>/ (18)
|/m n ŋ <span style="font-weight: bold;">pʰ</span> b <span style="font-weight: bold;">tʰ</span> d <span style="font-weight: bold;">kʰ</span> g <span style="color:#008040; font-weight: bold;">t͡sʰ t͡ɕʰ d͡ʑ</span> f s <span style="font-weight: bold;">ɕ</span> h <span style="font-weight: bold;">ɾ</span> l/ (18)
|Beta + /<span style="color:#008040; font-weight: bold;">ʔ</span>/ (21)
|Beta + /<span style="color:#008040; font-weight: bold;">ɲ d͡z ʔ</span>/ (21)
|Skibidi + /<span style="color:#008040; font-weight: bold;">w~j</span>/ (22)
|Gamma + /<span style="color:#008040; font-weight: bold;">w~j</span>/ (22)
|-
|-
!Vowels  
!Vowels  
|No vowels
|/a e i o u/
|/a/
|/a e i o u/
|/a <span style="color:#008040; font-weight: bold;">ə</span>/
|/a e i o u <span style="color:#008040; font-weight: bold;">ə</span>/
|No vowels
|/a e i o u/
|-
|-
!Phonotactics
!Phonotactics
|C only
|There were glides (/gja/ "meet"),<br>long vowels (/daː/ "woman"),<br>consonant clusters (/sna/ "house").
|C(V)
|At most CVVG.
|VVCVVCVCVCVCV(V)
|Good old CVVG remains. Well, there's a glottal stop onset now, which is kinda like (C)V(V)(G).
|(C)
|(C)V(Q) or (C)F
C - onset consonant
V - vowel
F - falling diphthong
Q - {/ŋ/, /m/}
|-
|-
!Tones
!Tones
|68 + neutral <ref>There was seemingly no {{tone|5}} equivalent. There were three {{tone|6}} equivalents: one for arguments (peaking â) and one for clauses (low à), and a variant of the low tone that always has top scope (dipping ă).</ref>
|8 + neutral: {{t|āáăảâàãạa}}<ref>There was seemingly no {{tone|5}} equivalent. There were three {{tone|6}} equivalents: one for arguments (peaking â) and one for clauses (low à), and a variant of the low tone that always has top scope (dipping ă).</ref>
|37 + neutral
|7 + neutral: {{tone|1}}{{tone|2}}{{tone|3old}}{{tone|4}}{{tone|5}}{{tone|6}}{{tone|7}}{{tone|8}}
|16 + neutral:<!--|-
|6 + neutral: {{tone|2}}{{tone|3}}{{tone|4}}{{tone|5}}{{tone|6}}{{tone|7}}{{tone|8}}<br>Tone is per-word, not per-syllable.
<!--|-
! Argument phrases
! Argument phrases
| Optional quantifier + predicate in {{tone|2}}
| Optional quantifier + predicate in {{tone|2}}
| Optional quantifier + predicate in {{tone|2}}
| Optional quantifier + predicate in {{tone|2}}
| {{tone|2}} predicate (bound)<br> or quantifier + predicate in {{tone|4}} (binding)-->
| {{tone|2}} predicate (bound)<br> or quantifier + predicate in {{tone|4}} (binding)-->
|2: {{Done|1}}{{Done|2}}
|4: {{Done|1}}{{Done|2}}{{Done|3}}{{Done|4}}
|-
|-
!“You are very beautiful”
!“You are very beautiful”
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|{{t|Pāı mí Djāq gyủ ca téq na góu na.}}<ref>I have assumed that {{t|ca}} is ancient {{t|hóa}}. (It was probably pronounced /ʃa/.)</ref>
|{{t|Pāı mí Djāq gyủ ca téq na góu na.}}<ref>I have assumed that {{t|ca}} is ancient {{t|hóa}}. (It was probably pronounced /ʃa/.)</ref>
|{{t|Pảı mí Jảq <u>gěq</u> hóa súq <u>na</u> jí da.}}
|{{t|Pảı mí Jảq <u>gěq</u> hóa súq <u>na</u> jí da.}}
|{{t|Hǫntȯu nǫ otõko wą kesshıte sǐkǐbidı toıletto no waruguchı ǫ ıwanaı.}}
|{{t|Pảı mí Jảq <u>gëq</u> hóa súq <u>cy</u> jí da.}}
|{{t|Zhēnzhèng de nánzǐ bù huì shuō sikibidi toyǐleti de huàihua.}}
|{{t|<u>Paı</u> mí Jaq <u>ꝡë</u> <u>geq</u> hóa súq jí da.}}
|}
|}


<references />
<references />
== Toaq Alpha ==
{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Tone
!ASCII
!Meaning
!In Modern Delta Terms
|-
|1
|{{tone|1}}
|a-
|predicate
|{{Done|1}}
|-
|2
|{{tone|2}}
|a/
|argument
|{{tone|2}} (sá X?)
|-
|3
|{{Tonebig|b}}
|a°
|non-term sentence relative clause
|{{Done|4}} but with the highest scope. It can evade stuff like sentence-wide negation.
|-
|4
|{{tone|4}}
|a?
|arg. relative clause
|{{T|ꝡë}}
|-
|5
|{{Done|4}}
|a^
|arg. preposition
|transitive {{Done|4}}
|-
|6
|{{tone|6}}
|a\
|sentence preposition
|{{Done|4}} {{T|ꝡä}}
|-
|7
|{{tone|7}}
|a~
|adverb
|intransitive {{Done|4}}
|-
|8
|{{Tonebig|ud}}
|a.
|compound
|
|-
|9
|{{tone|8}}
|a
|particle
|
|}
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