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'''Toaq''' is the conlang (constructed language) that this wiki is about. It has been in development by its author, [[Hoemaı]], since 2013 (see the [[Timeline]]).

Toaq is a [[loglang]]: its syntax can be unambiguously translated into [[predicate logic]] (specifically [[plural logic]]) sentences. 

<blockquote>{{t|1=<span style="color:">Tú buajıo</span> nä reı <span style="color:">sá asu</span> <span style="color:">máq</span>.}}<br>
<math>{\color{black}[\forall b\colon \textsf{House}(b)]}~~{\color{black}[\exists aa\colon \textsf{Dog}(aa)]}~~\textsf{Surround}({\color{black}aa}, {\color{black}b}).</math><br>
“Each house ''b'' has some dogs ''aa'' surrounding it.”
</blockquote>

It is also a [[tonal]] language: it uses changes in pitch to distinguish grammatical meaning.

<blockquote>
<div style="display:inline-block; width:130px; text-align:center;">
<span class="toaq" lang="toaq" style="color:#ee0011;font-size:16px">nıe</span><br>“(it) is inside”<br><small>falling tone</small>
</div>
<div style="display:inline-block; width:130px; text-align:center;">
<span class="toaq" lang="toaq" style="color:#eeaa00;font-size:16px">níe</span><br>“the thing inside”<br><small>rising tone</small>
</div>
<div style="display:inline-block; width:130px; text-align:center;">
<span class="toaq" lang="toaq" style="color:#5555ff;font-size:16px">nîe</span><br>“inside of…”<br><small>hiatus tone</small>
</div>
</blockquote>

It is also an [[artlang]]. It tries to be simple, flexible, not too unnatural, and cares about its aesthetics and human speakers.

<blockquote><span class="subtle-derani" style="color:#dd66aa">{{Deranize|Tú [poq] juıfa nä pu moısı jí, ꝡä muo pıao dê máo [míetue] hoabo.|stack}}</span><!--<br><small style="opacity:0.5">Each person pass.by is.such.that {{small caps|pst}} ponder me, that full complex {{small caps|a}}\beautiful the\life {{small caps|rsm}}-of.</small>--><br>“For every passerby, I pondered the fact that their life, too, was beautifully, fully complex.”

<div style="text-align: right">
<span class="subtle-derani" style="color:#1188cc">{{Deranize|Ua! Bụqmuımıa ꝡeı!|stack}}</span><!--<br><small style="opacity:0.5">Whoa! {{small caps|aug}}-rich.in.meaning {{small caps|exclamative}}!</small>--><br>“Whoa, that's so deep!”</div>
</blockquote>

If you want to get started learning Toaq, read [https://toaq.net/TwE/00/ Toaq with Ease], or the more thorough [[reference grammar]].

There's a [[Discord]] where you can hang out with the community, and a [[Toadua|shared dictionary]] where anyone can make up new words.

Or you can hop into a [[Special:Random|random page]] on this wiki.

{{t|Jıajuı choaq súq íme doa!}} (Be our guest soon!)

== Facts for linguists ==
* Toaq is analytic (features no inflection), and much of the vocab is compounds of single-syllable roots.
* Word order is VSO, and the language is head-initial.
* The [[phonology]] features a 5-vowel system with diphthongs and triphthongs, but no consonant clusters.
* The phonotactics are basically: “consonant–vowels–(optional /ŋ/ or /m/ coda)”.
* It is usually written in a [[Latin orthography]], but there is also an official script called [[Derani]].

== Facts for conlangers ==
Toaq takes inspiration from Gua\spi and Lojban. Comparing the aesthetics to natural languages, there's a bit of Chinese, Thai, and Vietnamese. To a lesser extent, there are traces of dozens of natlangs and conlangs in the community vocabulary.

== External links ==
* [https://toaq.net/ Toaq website]
* [https://loglangs.wiki/Toaq Toaq on the Loglangs Wiki]