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#326 is interesting enough. Perhaps to derive broad meanings from a single root or a class-word by changing the quality of its vowels. I could use the idea for Mintani, or another not-so-human language.
Like, for example, a class-word hVggVsh "tool", in which V are the vowels to be modified. Any word that is the name of a tool will use this base, including the very concept of "tool", written hëggësh, for example. The ë stands for a schwa, the vowel used for all basic meanings. Okay.
A question arises, then. Is there a vowel pattern? Like, does, for example, a–i have a specific meaning? With which we derive haggish... which therefore means? And how do we apply the pattern to longer class-words, like eudVrtVlV?
Even more. Are diphthongs fixed? Are they to be modified as well?
Hmm, perhaps there are sets of natural and basic meanings represented by vocalic patterns, like "long", "big", "water", "fire"... Let's assume that a–i means "fire"; then haggish "fire tool", which encompasses tools like firearms and matchsticks. To create the word for "musket" perhaps a compound word would be advisable; like "fire tool" + "long".
Another thing is the vowels. The IPA chart has 31 symbols. Not bad, it's a challenge to find suitable symbols for its romanization. Welp, diacritic marks and digraphs, I guess, but still a nightmare. Perhaps a reduced system, with one symbol per family of sounds; ë for the schwa-like vowels ([ə ɘ ɵ ɜ ɞ]), and so on.
Like, for example, a class-word hVggVsh "tool", in which V are the vowels to be modified. Any word that is the name of a tool will use this base, including the very concept of "tool", written hëggësh, for example. The ë stands for a schwa, the vowel used for all basic meanings. Okay.
A question arises, then. Is there a vowel pattern? Like, does, for example, a–i have a specific meaning? With which we derive haggish... which therefore means? And how do we apply the pattern to longer class-words, like eudVrtVlV?
Even more. Are diphthongs fixed? Are they to be modified as well?
Hmm, perhaps there are sets of natural and basic meanings represented by vocalic patterns, like "long", "big", "water", "fire"... Let's assume that a–i means "fire"; then haggish "fire tool", which encompasses tools like firearms and matchsticks. To create the word for "musket" perhaps a compound word would be advisable; like "fire tool" + "long".
Another thing is the vowels. The IPA chart has 31 symbols. Not bad, it's a challenge to find suitable symbols for its romanization. Welp, diacritic marks and digraphs, I guess, but still a nightmare. Perhaps a reduced system, with one symbol per family of sounds; ë for the schwa-like vowels ([ə ɘ ɵ ɜ ɞ]), and so on.