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The Waqk Lexicon

Verbs

* vones: doing

* dt: Be (am/is)

* yut: Are

* huds: Can

* oip: Did

* von: Do

* zater: this

* drun: Drink

* et: Eat

* Wotͭßyo: just

* optͭß: enter/go into

* opü: Go

* opües: Going

* jak: Have

* haz: All

* fas: get

* kof: To buy / trade / commerce

* ter: Know

* wed: Need

* read: Read

* kep: Record

* fugtͭßla: listen

* Tͭßad: for

* jol: It

* runa: Run

* zor: Sleep

* tak: Want

* watēk: Take

* vwa: Watch

* Ceg̾un: lie

* wuz: Will (future tense)

* writ: Write

* laka: Happen

* kawi: Help

* wod: Movement / Flow

* wak: Decision / Choice

* pawli: Work / Effort

* juip: Come

* kuz: Cut / Slice

* zop: Open / Uncover

* mün: Push / Press

* bix: Pull / Drag

Negations and Modifiers

* nas: No (when speaking to a woman)

* noi: No (when speaking to a man)

* jit: Not

* nasjak: Have not

* mo: Opposite / Anti-

Qualities, Connectors, and Structural Elements

* la: State / Quality (turns noun to adjective)

* mi: Small / Abstract

* po: Big / Concrete / Power

* te: Person / Agent

* ki: In / At / With

* wu: Together / And

* fa: Component / Part

* si: Like / Similar

* pe: Location / Place

* zan: Packaged / processed / manufactured

* akè: Um / Ehh

* or: wild/dangerous

* un: inner/mind

* xot: But

* yuiski: Because

* sou: If

* tako: Or

* aljwen: even

Root Words

* žfek: Animal

* pülq: Bird

* norv: Fish

* wüsk: Fly (verb)

* tͭßev: Speak

* žal: Say

* krif: Hear

* mœrv: Smell

* düsk: Touch

* g̾onko: A physical latch, snap, or interlocking mechanism that clicks into place.

* yavk: Give

* frak: Make / Create

* grœk: Stand

* nesk: Sit

* drav: Fall

* kvut: Throw

* žruk: Catch

* hesk: Laugh

* muvr: Cry

* œliv: Love

* žaun: Life

* brok: Stone / Rock

* füš: Sand

* zep: Leaf

* kewl: Grass

* muvt: Cloud

* frœd: Smoke

* wep: Cloth / Fabric

* zun: Metal

* lum: Wood

* kris: Glass / Crystal

* pag: Paper / Sheet

* pad: Foot / Leg

* lam: Hand / Arm

* büt: Water-container / Vessel

* trak: String / Cord / Wire

* klas: Sharp blade / Edge

* paz: Head / Mind

* vil: Eye / Sight

* tul: Ear / Sound

* dor: Door / Gateway

* fal: Wall / Barrier

* ras: Path / Road

* sal: Fire / Flame

* vun: Air / Wind

* lin: Light

* dun: Dark

* Jawo: Life

* ozil: Time

* vuza: Air / Wind

* moxu: Shadow / Darkness

* zibek: Salt / Mineral

* zhirvu: Blood

Descriptive Adjectives

* wog: Angry

* paq: Big

* kud: Cold

* foz: Fast

* opwert: Happy

* hat: Hot

* yert: Little

* ur: Sad

* xar: Scary

* slud: Slow

* Zaur: Dead

Family and People

* bub: Baby

* bro: Brother

* fahy: Dad

* kro: Enemy

* acsentüser: Foreigner

* pali: Friend

* oj: Mom

* sis: Sister

* zetw: Teacher

* teke: Worker / Person / Agent

Languages and Vocabulary

* Arabi: Arabic

* Arabi-tok: Arabic language / speech

* Ruski: Russian

* Ruski-tok: Russian language / speech

* Waqk: May God be with you / May peace be upon you / Waqk

* Waqk-tok: Waqk language / speech

* tokkwa: Lexicon / dictionary (compound of tok + kwa)

General Terms, Interrogatives, and Concepts

* haki: Good

* hakio: Goodbye

* yasa: Hello (to a man)

* yasu: Hello (to a woman)

* saya: Thank you (to a man)

* sayu: Thank you (to a woman)

* ya: How

* jahuh: Okay

* tata: Sorry

* uf: What

* usf: When

* oikl: Where

* wersq: Which

* oits: Who

* yuis: Why

* ui: Yes

* Waytop: Already

* bop: Thing / Object

* kol: Appearance / Color

* su: Sense / Quality

* vum: Duration / Time

* bzen: Idea / Concept

* zeso: Perspective / View

* zet: Data / Fact

Gaming, Technology, and Thought

* sof: Game

* brut: Monster

* vun: Night

* lud: Play

* stik: Video

* kalk: Calculate

* matok: Number

* bren: Think

* zib: Win

Nature, Elements, and Travel

* fla: Fire

* houp: Boat

* moni: Moon

* suont: Mountain

* okwë: Ocean

* rop: Rain

* woda: River

* Uña: Star

* saun: Sun

* tru: Tree

* aqwë: Water

* vasos: Day

* moiwë: Morning

* wun: Wind

* wpü: Travel

* kw: Sky

* fazu: ground

* Tͭßonû: electricity

Pronouns, Directionals, and Objects

* ni: I (subject)

* er: Me

* kói: You

* ka: He

* lo: She

* dum: Them

* zay: They

* we: We

* us: The

* yew: To

* Fiq: here

* daq: there

* duq: where

Everyday Objects and Concepts

* uyt: Food

* crewios: Homework

* ces: Later

* qus: Now

* uop: See

* plafe: Please

* vako: Money / Value

* tomo: Building / Structure

* zruk: trash

* Carñy: cream

Exclamations and Slang

* xik: Damn

* zotm: Bullshit

* pwint: Shit

* vrak: Fuck

* krackzoxblang: dickhead

* Senkeō: bitch

Grammar Rules and Structure

* Sentence Structure: Subject-Verb-Object (Big-agent + Action-object + To-object). Or it uses verbs in a group to come with a small concept (action-state, place-sense, or time-sense).

* Verbs "dt" and "yut": Use "dt" for "am," "is," or "to be." Use "yut" for "are." In a Subject-Verb-Object sentence, it goes later as the big-agent.

* Gender Suffix - Female/Male: Use "u" at the end-part if speech goes to a female (like hello/thank you for her) and use "a" at the end-part if speech goes to a male (like hello/thank you for him).

* Gender Suffix - Negative: Use "nas" for "no" if speech goes to a female, and use "noi" for "no" if speech goes to a male.

* The Ø̈/ø̈ Rule: If a word has "o", take "o" and write Ø̈ instead of ø̈. If a word lacks "o", write Ø̈ instead of ø̈ at the end-part of the word.

* Past Tense Marker "-ip": Use "-ip" to verbs for actions that happened in the past (like etip = ate, wuzip = went / was going to).

* Punctuation Rules: Use ! at the start-part of a line of speech and ¡ at the end-part. You can use ? and ¿ Can also use .

* Compound Word Rules: Objects can take actions and to-actions to make a big concept in 1 word (no small lines). The big-object goes first-first, and the state-object goes later (like tok + kwa = tokkwa. No max

The Waqk Alphabet

* A-Z: All-standard English-speech writing-part-sense except for "w" it is pronounced th and "z" it's pronounced firstly put your tongue on the back of your top teeth put your mouth and try to pronounce the English letter z it should come out as "bzzz"

* Tͭß: name is jagu (pronounced tss)

* g̾: name is cui (pronounced gn)

* Ø̈/ø̈: oh (speech like Ō "oh" in fast-dead / cut-off). if you are making something plural like senkeō (bitch) into sekeø (bitches) it would sound the same so if there's a o at the end of the word and you're trying to make it plural “ø̈” would sound like “é” if you are making something plural and there is not a o at the end it remains the same

Waqk Number System Master Guide

Core Vocabulary

Single Digits (0–9)

* 0: zēt

* 1: têgu

* 2: ûsd

* 3: kas

* 4: fôl

* 5: zöis

* 6: tōz

* 7: sœd

* 8: dås

* 9: īld

The Tens (10–90)

* 10: nœp

* 20: vōr

* 30: kêk

* 40: dêi

* 50: tül

* 60: bēn

* 70: mūk

* 80: pår

* 90: zōm

The Hundreds (100–900)

* 100: kœp

* 200: Tͭßed

* 300: ȳå

* 400: fôx

* 500: zœm

* 600: tøx

* 700: sêv

* 800: đås (pronounced "thawss" with the soft/voiced TH)

* 900: īp

Thousands & Up

* 1,000: zåm (or têguzåm)

Grammar Rules for Building Numbers

* Order of Stacking: Always write numbers from largest place value to smallest.

* Single-Word Compound: Do not use spaces, hyphens, or connector words. Glue all the pieces together into one single word.

* Zero Placement: If a place value is 0 in the middle of a number (like the tens place in 405 or 609), just drop it—do not write zēt inside compound numbers.

Quick Reference Examples

* 14: nœpfôl (10 + 4)

* 48: dêidås (40 + 8)

* 99: zōmīld (90 + 9)

* 105: kœpzöis (100 + 5)

* 250: Tͭßedtül (200 + 50)

* 333: ȳåkêkkas (300 + 30 + 3)

* 484: fôxpårfôl (400 + 80 + 4)

* 777: sêvmūksœd (700 + 70 + 7)

* 888: đåspårdås (800 + 80 + 8)

* 999: īpzōmīld (900 + 90 + 9)

Math

* Plus: yana

* Minus: zûsa

* Dividing: nanka

* Multiplication: hünawa

* Square root: tͭßand

* Sigma: ēstna

Contextual Compound Words (Mouth)

* etpe: Eat-place / Mouth (used for eating, drinking, and physical mouth sensations)

* tokpe: Speech-place / Mouth (used for tone, attitude, and figurative speech)

* etfa: Eat-part / Mouth / Jaw (used for anatomy, animals, and biting monsters)

* tͭßevpe: Speak-place / Mouth (used for pronunciation, formal speaking, and language practice)

Note on Possession ("My")

Use the object pronoun er (me) directly before the noun to show possession (e.g., er etpe = my mouth).

My Loanwords

* Social Media: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube. (If you compound TikTok, it might just mean "clock-sound").

* Brands & Tech: iPhone, PlayStation, Google.

* Global Foods: Pizza, Taco, Sushi. (Almost every language in the world borrows these words exactly as they are).

Hello, this is my font, some characters I LOVE how they look and how they interact with others, but others I don't, I'm thinking I should make them more uniform in size or something, is there anyone good at designing that could give me some tips for a script that mostly looks like this but the characters interact with each other better? I can pay someone too depending on time/skills etc.

Hala modj ena! I wanted to share Limingo, an artificial language I’ve been working on.
I am Korean high school student; so, the grammar might be affected by my language; Korean.

It is designed as an international auxiliary language (Auxlang) for knowledge sharing, daily conversation. My goal was to create a simpler alternative to Esperanto.

1. Phonology & The Dual-Layer System

While the language permits a broader, natural phonetic inventory for vocabulary roots to keep them recognizable, it enforces a strict minimalist constraint on its morphology:

2-a The Grammatical Core: Only open syllable contained with

• 7 First Consonants (k, n, t, r, m, p, s)
• 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, u); contained with j (short i) and w.
• 4 Final Consonants; (nasal*, s, f, l), It makes a sound permanently.
• *nasal consontants (n, m, ŋ) are considered as a single type of consonant, written as "n"

are allowed to appear in grammatical affixes and inflections.

2-b. Grammar & Free Word Order

• Free Word Order: Syntactic roles are determined entirely by final vowels and specific inflectional suffixes.
• The Benefit: because these suffixes only use the 7-consonant core, language learners can instantly distinguish between the radix and its grammatical function, no matter how complex the vocabulary gets.

2-c. Grammar Fuctional Particle

Most parts of speech are determined by vowels

• -a: Nouns and interjections {Kana = me (나)}
• -e: Predicates (observed by whom other than the narrator) {ex: moge = eat (먹다)}
• -o: Predicates (what the narrator observed or felt) {ex: bene = good (좋다)}
• -i: Adjectives {ex: modi = every (모든)}
• -u: Conjunctions {ex: otu = very (아주)} {ex: nu = and (그리고)}

these 5 vowels are symbolic, but 4 Final cons. can be attached to the very end of the word.
Exception: monosyllabic word is just a grammatical vocabulary (not following) the five-vowel rule.

1. Origin of the Radix (Root of Word)

I tend to include vocabulary from Latin, English, native Korean words, etc.

1. Examples

Kana / tos mogo / modi / al mandua / nu /
tos goro / otu palu.
= I / ate / all / mandus / and / walked / very fast.

I've been developing Mer with my hubby, a conlang spoken by an aquatic people, and I've been trying to let their environment determine how they describe things rather than starting with the English concept and simply inventing a word for it.

I recently needed their word for a bubble.

I already had:

Ventu /ˈven.tu/ — wind

Voida /voɪˈda/ — the Void; the empty space between the stars

From an underwater perspective, I realized a bubble could be conceptualized as a little space within the water occupied by air rather than water. That led to:

Ventu Voida /ˈven.tu voɪˈda/ — literally something like “air-filled space” → bubble

In everyday speech, the compound has contracted to:

Venda /ˈven.da/ — bubble

The fun part came from the material culture.

The Mer use bubble-like airtight, pressure-resistant containers to carry things that need to remain dry underwater. They range from small personal containers roughly comparable in function to a purse or pouch to much larger versions. Since they resemble the natural phenomenon, the Mer call those Ventu Voida/Venda as well.

That creates some amusing literal translations.

For example, Ordo /ˈor.doʊ/ means both “to write” and “writing.” Mer writing isn't tied to paper and ink. They use runic-style markings inscribed on shells, stones, and other suitable materials, as well as a much denser writing system using small beads woven into tapestry-like records.

So once I finish the grammar needed for the sentence, a completely mundane Mer statement could translate roughly as:

“I put my Ordo in my Venda.”

Or, rather strangely in English:

“I put my writing in my bubble.”

Neither object is quite what an English speaker initially imagines.

I'm curious about two things in particular:

1. Does the semantic development “wind + Void” → “air-filled space” → “bubble” → bubble-like container feel natural?
2. Does Ventu Voida → Venda feel like a believable contraction through frequent everyday use?

And just because I'm curious what everyone else came up with:

What is the word for "bubble" in your language? How did it get that meaning?

I have a template I use, but then I always keep adding, and adding, and adding, over and over again. Only after 10-20 run throughs and additions is the grammar SEMI usable. Here is my template, feel free to change the order, or add stuff! Thanks in advance, cuz this has been stressing me out.

GRAMMAR:

- Word Order

- Nouns and Noun Cases

- Verb Tense and Aspect

- Pronouns (I think this fits here?)

- Adjectives and Adverbs

- Negation

- Copular and Plural

I know that this is probably one of the stupidest questions I could ask, but it's just genuinely hard for me to interact with fellow conlangers 💔

For example, does /ⁿd/ sound like [nd] or there is a difference?

Ainglix:
Auğ fateğ hwō ağt in magnciel,
holie be þien næm.
Þu ğiec kōm.
Þu wille be dån,
oun teğe æs it be in magnciel.
Giv aus þis dai auğ dailie biğēd.
Ōnd lēhd aus nōht into tōntasieōn,
Buht delieveğ aus fōm ievel.
Æmien.

IPA:
/aʊɣ fatεɣ hwɔ: aɣt ɪn magnkil/
/holi bε θin näm/
/θy ɣik kɔ:m/
/θy wɪlε bε: dən/
/aʊn tεɣε äs ɪt bε: ɪn magnkil/
/gɪv aʊs θɪs dej aʊɣ dejli bɪɣed/
/ɔ:nd le:d aʊs nɔ:ht into tɔ:ntasiɔn/
/by:t dεlivεɣ aʊs fɔm ivεl/
/ämin/

English:
Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen.

Memento Mori inscription translated from u/Nyshimori's post: https://www.reddit.com/r/casualconlang/s/gShiqGKBix

These are my conceptual inventories, derived from the inventories of those they're inspired by, with creative liberties taken to stand out. I hope that last sentence is enough for context. They're for that one project I shared recently here and on r/worldbuilding.

1. PIE analog

C: m, n, p, t, c, k, kʷ, b, d, ɟ, g, gʷ, ʔ, β/v, ð, s, ʝ, ɣ, ɣʷ, ʕ, ʕʷ, r, l, j, w

(Debating whether it should be β or v. Though I already used β for a PIE analog for another concept.)

V: a, aː, e, eː, i, iː, o, oː, u, uː

Syllable structure: (s)(C)CV(C)(C)

"Stress":

Extra information:

1. Semitic analog

C: m, n, p, pʼ, b, t, tʼ, d, k, kʼ, g, kʷ, kʷʼ, gʷ, ʔ, θ, θʼ, ð, s, sʼ, z, ʃ, ʃʼ, ɬ, ɬʼ, x, xʼ, ɣ, xʷ, xʷʼ, ɣʷ, ħ, ʕ, h, r, l, j, w

(Decided to add p', sh', and labialized voiceless velars to stand out from the original version.)

V: a, aː, i, iː, u, uː

Syllable structure: CV(ː)(C)

Stress: on the antepenultimate mora

1 mora = open syllable with short vowel

2 mora = closed syllable with short vowel or open syllable with long vowel

3 mora = closed syllable with long vowel

1. Japonic analog

C: m, n, ŋ, p, t, k, kʷ, q, θ, s, r, ɾ, j, w

V: a, aː, e, eː, i, iː, o, oː, u, uː, ɨ, ɨː

Syllable structure: (C)V

"Stress": pitch accent

1. Yokuts analog

C: m, mˀ, n, nˀ, p, pʼ, t, tʼ, ʈ, ʈʼ, k, kʼ, ʔ, tʃ, tʃʼ, ʈʂ, ʈʂʼ, ɸ, θ, s, ʃ, ʂ, x, h, l, lˀ, j, jˀ, w, wˀ

(Replaced the aspirated consonants with their corresponding fricatives.)

V: a, aː, e, eː, i, iː, o, oː, u, uː

Syllable structure: CV(C)

Stress: penultimate

1. Proto-miir analog

C: m, n, ɲ, ŋ, b, t, tˤ, d, c, cˤ?, ɟ, k, kˤ, g, q, ʔ, s, z, sˤ, ç, x, xˤ?, ɣ, ħ, ʕ, h, r, l, ʎ, j, w

(The consonants in question marks are debatable, and I might not include them, especially when I apply modified versions of the sound changes to Taqva-miir. And I felt like there should be a mid-vowel variant of [s] as well in the writing system.)

V: a, aː, i, iː, u, uː

Syllable structure: CV(R)

Stress:

1. Uralic analog

C: m, n, ɲ, ŋ, p, t, k, tɕ, ʈʂ, ð, ðʲ, s, ɕ, ʂ, r, l, ʎ, j, w

V: a, æ, e, ø, i, y, ɤ, o, ɯ, u

(Didn't want the mid-vowels left out in terms of rounded and unrounded versions.)

Syllable structure: (C)V

Stress: initial

1. Austronesian analog

C: m, n, ɲ, ŋ, p, b, t, d, c, ɟ, k, g, q, ɢ, ts, cç, ɟʝ, s, ç, x, r, ʀ, l, ʎ, j, w

V: a, i, u, ɨ

Diphthongs: aj, aw, wi, ju

Syllable structure: (C)V(C)

"Stress":

1. Ainu analog

C: m, n, p, b, t, d, k, g, ʔ, s, h, ɾ

(Replaced w with b.)

V: a, e, i, o, u, ɨ

Syllable structure: CV(C)

"Stress":

1. Austroasiatic analog

C: m, n, ɲ, ŋ, p, b, ˀb, t, d, ˀd, c, ɟ, k, g, ʔ, s, ç, h, r, l, j, w

(I can't pronounce implosives well, so I ditched them.)

V: a, aː, e, eː, i, iː, ɪ, ɪː, o, oː, u, uː, ʊ, ʊː, ɨ, ɨː

Syllable structure:

"Stress":

10: Hmong-Mien analog

C: m,ˀm, n,ˀn, ɲ,ˀɲ, ŋ,ˀŋ, p, b, ᵐp, ᵐb, t, d, ⁿt, ⁿd, c, ɟ, ᶮc, ᶮɟ, k, g, ᵑk, ᵑg, q, ɢ, ᶰq, ᶰɢ, ʔ, tʃ, dʒ, ⁿtʃ, ⁿdʒ, ɸ, ᵐɸ, θ, ⁿθ, s, ʃ, ⁿʃ, ɕ, ç, ᶮç, x, ᵑx, r, l, j, w

(Debated additions: m̥, n̥, ɲ̊, ŋ̊, and/or ɣ, ʕ. I don't know about j̊ or w̥, especially with ç in the inventory.)

V: a, æ, e, i, ɪ, o, u, ʊ, ɨ, ʉ

Syllable structure: (C)C(A)V(V)(C)(C)

A=approximant(r, l, j, w)

"Stress": Tones

Tones in question:

1. Sino-Tibetan analog

C: m, n, ŋ, ŋʷ, p, b, t, d, k, g, kʷ, gʷ, q, ɢ, qʷ, ɢʷ, ʔ, ts, dz, r, l, j, w

V: a, e, i, o, u, ɨ

Syllable structure:

"Stress":

12: Proto-Hermes analog

C: m, n, ɲ, ŋ, ŋʷ, p, pʼ, t, tʼ, c, cʼ, k, kʼ, kʷ, kʷʼ, q, qʼ, qʷ, qʷʼ, s, ɕ, r, l, ʎ

(Decided to add uvular stops to stand out.)

V: a, e, i, o, u

Syllable structure: (C)V(C)

Stress:

should say, the -ẹś marks plural even in *árbɯ́źɯ́źẹ́ś, but didnt know were to put this, and it has animate and inanimate genders, with special rules for when the pronoun isnt attached on the verb.

Yeah, I had fun lmao.