Paragüak is a fun, spin-off language created for my personal entertainment. It is being designed to replace the complex rules of modern language in a simple, easy to understand way.
- Note: Paragüak is still in major development. New words are added often.
- Word Count in 'Words' dictionary: 495 Words as of 21/03/2017
- Back on track :) // Word Count: 618 Words as of 02/06/2017
- 15-June:
Linguistics of Paragüak
Alphabet // þelenportaß
Letter / Name + Pronunciation / Example
- A - Ah // Sister - Sall (equivalent to 'ball' a sound)
- Ä - Aye // Pearl - Ätaket (equivalent to 'hay' ay sound)
- B - Bay // Leaves - Boɮt'ont (equivalent to 'boat' b sound)
- C - Sem // Cat - Caß (equivalent to 'cat' c sound)
- Ç - Sheh // Cash - Çirn (equivalent to 'cash' sh sound)
- D - Deh // Two - Do (equivalent to 'delta' d sound)
- E - Eh // Was - Emtar (equivalent to 'delta' e sound)
- Ë - Eet // University - Unëvasëtase (equivalent to 'university' i sound)
- F - Eff // Belly - Fkyz (equivalent to 'fly' f sound)
- G - Geh
- H - Hah
- I - Eig
- Ï - Eye (rarely used)
- J - Jgz
- K - Kah
- L - Elm
- M - Emn
- N - Enn
- O - Ot
- Ö - Ooot
- P - Peh
- Q - Cooh
- R - Ar
- Rr - Rruh (Voiced R)
- S - Ezz
- ß - Es (Soft S)
- T - Tuh
- Þ - Th (-urn)
- ɮ - Thuh (soft thurn, made with mid-tounge touching roof of mouth and a forced "suh" sound)
- U - Uhm
- ü - Yur
- V - Fveh
- W - (do-) Veh
- X - Ekz
- Y - Yot
- Z - Zt
Special Letter Combinations
- nyk - nëk
- xz - uvular "ikh" (similar to German "ich")
- xkz - uvular "kuhz"
- xk - equal to English "ck" sound
- zt - "es-tuh" (soft s sound in this combination)
- aa - "eh" (similar to English "Aaron" aa combination)
Suffixes and Prefixes - They Change Meanings
Suffixes
- -ßet - relating to or pertaining to (cellu-lar, molecu-lar)
- 'ont - more than one, equal to English "-s" (rats, cats, dogs)
- -fot - equal to English -tion
Prefixes
- Co' - opposite of, not the specified thing
Grammar
Grammar in PG is fairly similar to English's grammar rules. However, in formal PG there are some more official rules to ensure high quality, written PG.
- In a traditional sentence, the definite verb is always first. For example: Ka'sarven je zu le shaft (drove I to the store)
- The definite noun is always second. For example: Paßen je kraɮonts (Am I good)
- All other verbs go at the end of the sentence. For example: Haßen nim zu le'shaft zu sarven.
- Sentence clause order is: location, manner, time. Location meaning the place where the definite verb is taking place at. Manner being anything else that is being acted upon, how it's being acted upon. Time is the time when the action took/is taking place at.
Spoken PG
PG is also "vocal-friendly"!
Usage of -ont in Spoken Language
-ont is one of the most important prefixes in PG, and saying it properly is essential to communicating in PG. There is one general rule to vocalising -ont in PG.
The general rule is to split the word into two major parts. For example, in hant'ont, you would say it as "han-tont" and not as "hant-ont". Generally as you improve in your speaking abilities, the word will begin to slur and sound as "hant'ont".
Special Cases
There are special instances where word pronunciation cases need to be modified.
-ont and Clashing Letters
When speaking PG, there are times when saying the -ont is unnatural. These cases include:
*special letter combinations
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