User:Neuekatze/Shodi

Ƨodī is a conlang I came up with a while ago. It's not meant to be taken too seriously.

Phonology

the letters are:

bcↄdδfghjȷklλmnƞprstþvwxz

aeıouʌεʜъy

c [ʃ] ↄ [tʃ] δ [ð] λ [ɬ] ƞ [ɲ] þ [θ] ı [i] ʌ [æ] ε [ə] ʜ [ɯ] ъ [ø] y [y] ȷ [ç] j [ʒ] ƨ [ʃ]

I don't want it to look even more like a diacritic soup, so I'm avoiding diacritics from the base letters entirely.

The syllable structure is (C)CV(C).

Tones

• – 3 – particle
• – 51 – predicate
• – 15 – argument
• – 151 – property clause
• – 5 – relative
• – 515 – adverb or preposition
• – 1ʔ5 adjective
• – 1ʔ1 – event clause
• – 3ʔ3 – determiner
• – 5ʔ1 – variable
• – 5ʔ5 – conjunction
• – 1 – part of the root that isnt the first syllable
• – X̰3 – compounded root
• – X̃1 – context clause
• – X̃5 – interjection

If a word needs multiple tones for a particular reason, append the particle λъ next to it, and let λъ carry the excess tone.

Grammar

Ƨodī sentences follow this structure:
predicate (arguments) (context) (illocution)
Predicates in Ƨodī can have anywhere from 0 to 4 arguments. Here's an example predicate:
ȷa: x₁ is talking to x₂ about x₃.

Adverbs

The start of an adverb is marked with .

The event is assumed to take up the x₁ slot of the adverb.

dànzε̄	bé	mûa
dance `	me ´	beautiful ^
I dance beautifully.

pùa	ló	dê	másā
wait `	they ´	on top of ^	table ´
They wait on top of the table.

Context

The start of a context clause is marked with . A verb with is a noun by default. Its meaning is comparable to the toki pona word la.

frà	bé	tı̣ krъ́
like `	me ´	the book ̏ ´
As for the book, I like it.