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Examplish

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About Examplish
The point of examplish
I find languages very interesting, and I want to counstruct some of my own. I thought I’d make a very basic, yet speakable, learnable and understandable, language, with a good foundational grammar, that you can add on or remove from, in order for a new language to be made.
This language is more like an example for new languages I’ll make (Hence, Examplish), while still being an actual language.
I’ve tried to give it very basic grammar rules, sounds and numerals.

Basic information
Number of words in Examplish: 39.
Project start: The Examplish project was started on the 4th of April, 2017.
Vocabulary origin from: English, Danish, a bit of other languages, my own words.
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Examplish Writing System and Pronunciation
Basic information
The Examplish language uses the Latin alphabet, which you should be familiar with, as you, since you can read this, speak English, a language that uses the Latin alphabet.
The Examplish language is almost completely phonetic, which means that you in most cases would read things as they are spelled.
Examplish is, as I said, almost completely phonetic, but there is one exception: if a syllable begins with a vowel, you have to put a /ʔ/-sound in front of the vowel. You will because of this have to know, where the syllables are placed in a word, which you can see in both the English to Examplish and Examplish to English dictionary. The ‘ is just used, in order for it to be easier to see that two vowels are seperated, but it does function as a glottal stop. Do, however, remember that two vowels don’t need a ‘ between them in order to be pronounced seperately.
The syllable structure is (c)(c)v(c)(c).

The next four parts will be written using the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet).

Consonants
B and b = /b/
C and c = /t͡ʃ/
D and d = /d/
F and f = /f/
G and g = /g/
H and h = /ɦ/
J and j = /d͡ʑ/
K and k = /k/
L and l = /l/
M and m = /m/
N and n = /n/
P and p = /p/
Q and q = /ʜ/
R and r = /r/
S and s = /s/
Š and š = /ʃ/
T and t = /t/
V and v = /v/
W and w = /w/
X and x = /ʀ/
Y and y = /j/
Z and z = /z/

Vowels
A and a = /a/
E and e = /e/
I and i = /i/
O and o = /o/
U and u = /u/

Glottal stop
‘ = /ʔ/

Dipthongs
Ai = /ai/
Au = /au/
Oi = /oi/
Ou = /ou/

Capitalization
In Examplish, you have to capitalize the first letter of:
- The first word after a period sign
- Names
- Cities
- Regions/states/provinces
- Continents
- Every part of a title (If you were to say the United States of America, you would say The United States Of America)
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Examplish Grammar
Syntax
The syntax in Examplish is very free, but there are two rules:
The basic wordorder is SOV, and modifiers come after verbes.
“I do not usually smoke cheap ciggarates” could therefor be directly translated to “I not ciggarates cheap do usually smoke”.

Everything you need to know about nouns
SUFFIXES: You have to add one out of three suffixes to a noun, based on what gender the noun is.
-T = Male, -K = Female, -P = Unspecified/Other.
SINGULAR: To make a word singular, you don’t have to do anything to it.
PLURAL: To make a word plural, you end it with an –e.
DEFINITE PLURAL AND SINGULAR: To make a noun definite, you put the definite article “Ten” before it.
INDEFINITE PLURAL AND SINGULAR: To make a noun indefinite, you put the indefinite article “En” before it. Always do this, even if the noun you’re making indefinite is plural.
SYLLABLE CHANGE: If you only end a noun with one of the gender suffixes, you add the letter to the last syllable. If you end a noun with a gender suffix and plural ending, you add the two as a new syllable. Example: Vufip [Vu-fip], vufipe [Vu-fi-pe].
LANGUAGES AND COUNTRIES: Languages and countries don’t get gender suffixes.

Everything you need to know about verbes
There are four tenses in Examplish, and they don’t change based on perspective.
INFINITIVE
-e
Past: -ed
Present: -in
Future: -u
SYLLABLE CHANGE: The tenses will add themselves to the last consonant in a verbe, making a new syllable. Example: Eat = spises [Spi-ses], eating = spisesin [Spi-se-sin].

Everything you need to know about adjectives
There are two conjugations to adjectives:
More: -er
Most: -est
SYLLABLE CHANGE: The conjugations will add themselves to the last consonant, making a new syllable. Example: Charming = šcarmin [Šcar-min], more charming = šcarminer [Šcar-mi-ner]
REMEMBER: Every adjective can be conjugated in Examplish.

Everything you need to know about adverbs
By adding –at to an adjective, you make it an adverb. Every adjective can become an adverb.
“She uses the color green a lot, when she paints” can simply be “She paints greenly”.
SYLLABLE CHANGE: The conjugations will add themselves to the last consonant, making a new syllable. Example: Gqin [Gqin] = Gqiner [Gqi-nat]
All the rules for adjectives also count for adverbs.

Current location
Someone’s current location is always described with “Ved”. In America, at the school, in the house could simply be replaced with ved.

Everything you need to know about prepositions
Prepositions can only be used to describe location.
If you want to say something like “The sign is written in English”, you’d have to change it to something like “The sign is English”.

Yes and no questions
Yes and no questions are formed by ending a sentence with “ets”.

Genetive
Say what is owned, add “du” and say who owns it.
EXAMPLE: The dog’s cat = En misa du ten vufi.

The country rule
In Examplish, countries always end in “-i’ana”.

The language rule
In Examplish, languages always end in “-ik”
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Examplish Numbers and Math
Basic information about the numerals
The Examplish language uses the same numbers characters as in English (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9).
The Examplish language is base ten, like in English.

Counting from one to ten
(Next to the Examplish number, you can see the syllables seperated between brackets)
One = Wan [Wan]
Two = Tu [Tu]
Three = Txe [Txe]
Four = Fiqa [Fi-qa]
Five = Faif [Faif]
Six = Seks [Seks]
Seven = Ševan [Še-van]
Eight = Oute [Out]
Nine = Na’in [Na-‘in]
Ten = Ti [Ti]

[/i]Counting from eleven to nineteen[/i]
(Next to the Examplish number, you can see the syllables seperated between brackets)
Eleven = Wanti [Wan-ti]
Twelve = Tuti [Tu-ti]
Thirteen = Txeti [Txe-ti]
Fourteen = Fiqati [Fi-qa-ti]
Fifteen = Faifti [Faif-ti]
And so on…

Counting from twenty to ninetynine
Say how many tens there are, then the extra number.
Example: Twentytwo, two tens and an extra two, would be tutitu (Two ten two), fourtysix, four tens and an extra six, would be fiqatiseks (Four ten six) and seventythree, seven tens and an extra three, would be ševantitxe (Seven ten three).

Larger number names
(Next t the Examplish number, you can see the syllables seperated betweens brackets)
Hundred = Hundrad [Hun-drad]
Thousand = Tausend [Tau-send]
Million = Mizi’on [Mi-zi-‘on]
Billion = Bizi’on [Bi-zi-‘on]
Trillion = Crizi’on [Cri-zi-‘on]
Quadrillion = Kwadrizi’on [Kwa-dri-zi-‘on]
Quintillion = Kevizi’on [Ke-vi-zi-‘on]
Sextillion = Šekzi’on [Sek-zi-‘on]
Septillion = Sepzi’on [Sep-zi-‘on]

Saying and writing larger numbers
Put a possible number before the big number, then go from biggest big number to smallest big number, untill you are back to the basic one to ninetynine. Remember to always say how many of the big number use, even if it’s just one.
Example: Fourbillionsevenmillionninethousandonehundredandsixtyeight = Fiqabizi’onševanmizi’onna’intausendwanhundradsekstioute

Other number-like things
(Next to the Examplish number, you can see the word seperated between brackets)
Zero = Nul [Nul]
Infinity = Oitauna’a [Oi-tau-na-‘a]

Places
To get a place, just end a number with “Ene” [E-ne].
Examples: First = Wanene [Wan-e-ne], second = Tuene [Tu-e-ne], sevenhundredandsixteenth = Sekshundradsekstiene [Seks-hun-drad-seks-ti-ene].

Mathematical terms
(Next to the Examplish number, you can see the word seperated between brackets)
Plus = Pluš [Pluš]
Minus = Minuš [Mi-nuš]
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Examplish to English Dictionary
Basic information about the dictionary
The dictionary is in alphabetical order.
To the right of the word in Examplish, you see the word again in brackets, seperated using hyphens, unless it a one syllable word. This is so you can see, how the syllables are seperated in a word.
Next to the Examplish word’s syllables seperated, you can see the abbreviation for the word class, in which the word belongs to.
The verbes are written without any tense, in both English and Examplish.
The nouns are written unconjugated, in both English and Examplish.
The adjectives are written unconjugated, in both English and Examplish.
If the word is untranslateable, it will say that in the translation, by stating either (Untranslateable), (Slang) or (Untranslateable Cussing).

The actual dictionary
Ad [Ad] (Adv.) – Late
A’afga [A-‘af-ga] (N.) – Apple
Byuteful [Byu-te-ful] (Adj.) – Beautiful
Cikusi [Ci-ku-si] (N.) – Circus
Cikusvufi [Ci-kus-vu-fi] (N.) – (Slang)
Danik [Da-nik] (N.) – Danish
Dani’ana [Da-ni-’a-na] (N.) – Denmark
Der [Der] (Conj.) – That
Farini [Fa-ri-ni] (N.) – (Untranslateable)
Fram [Fram] (Adj.) – From
Gqin [Gqin] (Adj.) – Green
Haqo [Ha-qo] (N.) – Hair
Hoige [Hoi-ge] (N.) – (Untranslateable)
Hun [Hun] (Pron.) – She/her
Italinik [I-ta-li-nik] (N.) – Italian
Itali’ana [I-ta-li-’a-na] (N.) – Italy
Jakamani [Ja-ka-ma-ni] (N.) – (Untranslateable Cussing)
Kafoi [Ka-foi] (N.) – Cafe
Misa [Mi-sa] (N.) – Cat
Narizi [Na-ri-zi] (N.) – Nose
Notstraititi [Nots-trai-ti-ti] (N.) – (Untranslateable Cussing)
Paršena [Par-še-na] (N.) – Person
Pelo [Pe-lo] (N.) – Pillow
Spik [Spok] (Vb.) – Speak
Spises [Spi-ses] (Vb.) – Eat
Stel [Stel] (Adv.) – Still
Tu [Tu] (Prep.) – To
Tudi [Tu-di] (N.) – (Untranslateable Cussing)
Ung [Ung] (Adj.) – Young
U’es’a [U-’e-sa] (N.) – USA
Ver [Ver] (Vb.) - Is
Vovoxi [Vo-vo-xi] (N.) – (Slang)
Vufi [Vu-fi] (N.) – Dog
Wak [Wak] (Vb.) – Walk
Yai [Jai] (Pron.) – I/me
Yu [Yu] (Pron.) – You
Šcarmin [Šcar-min] (Adj.) – Charming
Šena’u [Še-na-’u] (N.) – (Untranslateable)
Šu [Šu] (N.) - Shoe
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English to Examplish Dictionary
Basic information about the dictionary
The dictionary is in alphabetical order.
To the right of the word in Examplish, you see the word again in brackets, seperated using hyphens, unless it a one syllable word. This is so you can see, how the syllables are seperated in a word.
Next to the English word, you can see the abbreviation for the word class, in which the word belongs to.
The verbes are written without any tense, in both English and Examplish.
The nouns are written unconjugated, in both English and Examplish.
The adjectives are written unconjugated, in both English and Examplish.

The actual dictionary
Apple (N.) – A’afga [A-‘af-ga]
Beautiful (Vb.) – Byuteful [Byu-te-ful]
Cafe (N.) – Ka-foi [Ka-foi]
Cat (N.) – Misa [Mi-sa]
Charming (Adj.) - Šcarmin [Šcar-min]
Circus (N.) – Cikusi [Ci-ku-si]
Danish (N.) – Danik [Da-nik]
Denmark (N.) – Dani’ana [Da-ni-’a-na]
Dog (N.) – Vufi [Vu-fi]
Eat (Vb.) – Spises [Spi-ses]
From (Adj.) – Fram [Fram]
Green (Adj.) – Gqin [Gqin]
Hair (N.) – Haqo [Ha-qo]
Her (Pron.) – Hun [Hun]
I (Pron.) – Yai [Jai]
Is (Vb.) – Ver [ Ver]
Italian (N.) – Italinik [I-ta-li-nik]
Italy (N.) – Itali’ana [I-ta-li-’a-na]
Late (Adv.) – Ad [Ad]
Me (Pron.) – Yai [Jai]
Nose (N.) – Na-riz [Na-riz]
Person (N.) – Paršena [Par-še-na]
Pillow (N.) – Pelo [Pe-lo]
She (Pron.) – Hun [Hun]
Shoe (N.) - Šu [Šu]
Speak (Vb.) – Spik [Spik]
Still (Adv.) – Stel [Stel]
That (Conj.) – Der [Der]
To (Prep.) – Tu [Tu]
USA (N.) – U’esa [U-’e-sa]
Walk (Vb.) – Wak [Wak]
You (Pron.) – Yu [Yu]
Young (Adj.) – Ung [Ung]
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Unique Examplish Phrases
Yu yu? – Literally: ”You you?”. It is an informal phrase, used to say ”How are you?”.
Yai yai – Literally: ”I me”. It is a response to ”Yu yu?”.
Yu stel yu? – Literally: ”You still you?”. It is a phrase used to say ”How are you?”to someone you haven’t seen for a while.
Yai stel yai – Literally: ”I still me”. It is a response to ”Yu stel yu?”.
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Untranslateable Examplish Words
This list is written in alphabetical order

Farini [Fa-ri-ni] (N.) – Foreign country
Hoige [Hoi-ge] (N.) – A feeling of being secure around family or friends
Šena’u [Še-na-’u] (N.) – The atmosphere in a Chinese restaurant
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Untranslateable examplish Cussing
This list is written in alphabetical order

Jakamani [Ja-ka-ma-ni] (Adj.) - Useless
Notstraititi [Nots-trai-ti-ti] (N.) – A tooth that isn’t straight
Tudi [Tu-di] (N.) – A rude way of saying nose
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Examplish Slang
This list is written in alphabetical order

Cikusvufi [Ci-kus-vu-fi] (N.) – A dog that can do a lot of tricks
Peloe [Pe-lo-e] (Vb.) – Literally: To pillow. Denying without having a a reason. Can be conjugated like a normal verb.
Vovox [Vo-vox] (N.) – A dog that can’t do any tricks
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Examplish Sample Texts
The Girl Who Spoke Italian = Ten Paršenak Ung Der Italinik Spiked
This beautiful, young woman from Italy walked into a cafe in the US = En paršenak ung itali’ana fram tu en kafoip ved U’esa waked.
I am from USA = Yai verin fram U’esa
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