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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''', released in August 2013, documented [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''', released in September 2017 on “toaq.org”, documented [https://web.archive.org/web/20170924135345/http://toaq.org/ here].
* '''Toaq Beta''', released in September 2017 on “toaq.org”, documented [https://web.archive.org/web/20170924135345/http://toaq.org/ here].
* '''Toaq gamma''', released in September 2021 on [https://toaq.net toaq.net], documented in the [[refgram]].
* '''Toaq Gamma''', released in September 2021 on toaq.net, documented in the [https://toaq.net/gamma Gamma refgram].
* '''Toaq delta''', the current version, released 6 December 2022 on [https://selpahi.de selpahi.de], documented [https://selpahi.de/delta/ here].
* '''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 writeup, 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.


== Comparison of versions ==
== Comparison of versions ==
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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:#cadcf0" | Gamma (2021)
! scope="col" style="width:250px;background-color:#caf0dc" | Gamma (2021)
! scope="col" style="width:250px;background-color:#cadcf0" |Delta (2022)
! scope="col" style="width:250px;background-color:#cadcf0" |Delta (2022)
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|/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)
|/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;">ɲ d͡z ʔ</span>/ (21)
|Beta + /<span style="color:#008040; font-weight: bold;">ɲ d͡z ʔ</span>/ (21)
|Gamma + /<span style="color:#008040; font-weight: bold;">w j</span>/ (23)
|Gamma + /<span style="color:#008040; font-weight: bold;">w~j</span>/ (22)
|-
|-
!Vowels  
!Vowels  
|/a e i o u/
|/a e i o u/
| /a e i o u/
|/a e i o u/
|Beta + /<span style="color:#008040; font-weight: bold;">ə</span>/
|/a e i o u <span style="color:#008040; font-weight: bold;">ə</span>/
|Gamma - /<span style="color:#C00000; font-weight: bold;">y</span>/
|/a e i o u/
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|-
!Phonotactics
!Phonotactics
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| 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)-->
|4: {{Tone|8}}{{Tone|2}}{{Tone|3}}{{Tone|5}} (falling, rising, low glottal, rising-falling)
|4: {{Done|1}}{{Done|2}}{{Done|3}}{{Done|4}}
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|-
!“You are very beautiful”
!“You are very beautiful”
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|{{t|Jảq dẻ súq da.}}
|{{t|Jảq dẻ súq da.}}
|{{t|Jảq dẻ súq da.}}
|{{t|Jảq dẻ súq da.}}
|...
|{{t|Jaq de súq da.}}
|-
|-
!“The John who met you is my friend”
!“The John who met you is my friend”
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|{{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|Pảı mí Jảq <u>gëq</u> hóa súq <u>cy</u> jí da.}}
|{{t|Pảı mí Jảq <u>gëq</u> hóa súq <u>cy</u> jí da.}}
|...
|{{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}}
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|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
|
|}
== Comparison of phonology ==
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="17" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | Comparison of Toaq Beta, Gamma and Delta Finals
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| style="vertical-align:middle;" | a
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | aQ
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | aı
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ao
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| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffff6d;" | ay
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| style="vertical-align:middle;" | e
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | eQ
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | eı
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| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ea
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | eaQ
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | eo
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | eoQ
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| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#A1467E;" | eaı
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#B4C7DC;" | eao
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#B4C7DC;" | eoı
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#B4C7DC;" | eu
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| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#B4C7DC;" | euQ
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffff6d;" | ey
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| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ı
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ıQ
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| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ıa
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ıaQ
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ıo
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ıoQ
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ıe
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ıeQ
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ıaı
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ıao
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#B4C7DC;" | ıoı
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#A1467E;" | ıu
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#B4C7DC;" | ıeı
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#B4C7DC;" | ıuQ
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffff6d;" | ıy
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| style="vertical-align:middle;" | o
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | oQ
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | oı
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#FFFF6D;" | ou
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | oa
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | oaQ
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| style="vertical-align:middle;" | oe
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#A1467E;" | oeQ
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#A1467E;" | oaı
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#B4C7DC;" | oao
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| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#B4C7DC;" | oeı
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| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffff6d;" | oy
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| style="vertical-align:middle;" | u
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | uQ
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| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ua
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | uaQ
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | uo
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | uoQ
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ue
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ueQ
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | uaı
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | uao
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#A1467E;" | uoı
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | uı
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#B4C7DC;" | ueı
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#B4C7DC;" | uıQ
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffff6d;" | uy
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| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#FFFF6D;" | y
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'''Yellow''': Toaq Delta only<br/>
'''Blue''': Toaq Gamma only<br/>
'''Purple''': Toaq Gamma and Toaq Delta only<br/>
'''Else''': All three versions
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