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'''Toaq''' is the conlang (constructed language) that this wiki is about. It has been in development by its author, [[ | '''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| | <blockquote>{{t|1=<span style="color:">Tú buajıo</span> nä reı <span style="color:">sá asu</span> <span style="color:">máq</span>.}}<br> | ||
<math>[\forall | <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.” | |||
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<blockquote> | <blockquote> | ||
<div style="display:inline-block; width: | <div style="display:inline-block; width:130px; text-align:center;"> | ||
<span class="toaq" lang="toaq" style="color:# | <span class="toaq" lang="toaq" style="color:#ee0011;font-size:16px">nıe</span><br>“(it) is inside”<br><small>falling tone</small> | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
<div style="display:inline-block; width: | <div style="display:inline-block; width:130px; text-align:center;"> | ||
<span class="toaq" lang="toaq" style="color:# | <span class="toaq" lang="toaq" style="color:#eeaa00;font-size:16px">níe</span><br>“the thing inside”<br><small>rising tone</small> | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
<div style="display:inline-block; width: | <div style="display:inline-block; width:130px; text-align:center;"> | ||
<span class="toaq" lang="toaq" style="color:#5555ff"> | <span class="toaq" lang="toaq" style="color:#5555ff;font-size:16px">nîe</span><br>“inside of…”<br><small>hiatus tone</small> | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
It also tries to be simple, flexible, not too unnatural, and cares about its aesthetics and human speakers | It is also an [[artlang]]. It tries to be simple, flexible, not too unnatural, and cares about its aesthetics and human speakers. | ||
<blockquote>{{ | <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.” | ||
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<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]]. | If you want to get started learning Toaq, read [https://toaq.net/TwE/00/ Toaq with Ease], or the more thorough [[reference grammar]]. | ||
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Or you can hop into a [[Special:Random|random page]] on this wiki. | Or you can hop into a [[Special:Random|random page]] on this wiki. | ||
{{t| | {{t|Jıajuı choaq súq íme doa!}} (Be our guest soon!) | ||
== Facts for linguists == | == Facts for linguists == | ||
* Toaq is analytic (features no inflection), and much of the vocab is compounds of single-syllable roots. | * 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. | * Word order is VSO, and the language is head-initial. | ||
* The [[phonology]] features a | * The [[phonology]] features a 5-vowel system with diphthongs and triphthongs, but no consonant clusters. | ||
* The phonotactics are basically: “consonant–vowels–(optional /ŋ/ coda)”. | * 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 [[ | * It is usually written in a [[Latin orthography]], but there is also an official script called [[Derani]]. | ||
== Facts for conlangers == | == 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 | 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 == | == External links == | ||
* [https://toaq.net/ Toaq website] | * [https://toaq.net/ Toaq website] | ||
* [https://loglangs.wiki/Toaq Toaq on the Loglangs Wiki] | * [https://loglangs.wiki/Toaq Toaq on the Loglangs Wiki] | ||