The Adaf language.

For my language teacher

Hidoweado (hello)

The Adaf language is a conlang (or constructed language), that was created from scratch, by making another language (one I’ve named “pčoes”, from “old language”, “petyo-esi”), and evolving it to what it is now.

It’s a language created for a fictional volcanic island, with 6 towns (excluding the non-mountainous part of the island): čozunaški, šarenovit, čittorim, temkš, and mindaš. From down to up

A lot of the words from pčoes (and therefore, Adaf) come from existent Earth languages, mainly these:

Spanish (Kumul – cloud, from kumulu – big cloud, from cumulo – cumulus)

English (Mobent – to go (word whose present form is “mob”, which has a much more evident origin) from “mōpamoto” – to move, from “move”, which was pronounced “moːv” in middle english, before the “Great Vowel Shift”)

Proto-Indo-European (Hwin – 1, from “Hohino” – 1, from Hoi-no – 1)

Toki Pona (Kon – spirit, soul, from kona – ghost, from “kon” [kon ] – air)

The first thing I shall describe in this document is the pronounciation.

It’s all in the IPA, so you’ll have to use something like https://www.ipachart.com

Vowels are very simple:

Consonants too:

(normal)

(nasals)

(semi-consonants)

- punctuation -

- Word order -

the word order is like japanese, so subject-object-verb

for example:

Nake piyate ñamys

me(subj) grass(dir-obj) eat(present)

I eat grass

it’s also similar to latin in that it has noun and adjective declination

Nouns:

Plural: add nde- to the noun

Adjectives:

Pronouns (all in base form):

VERB TIME:

Verb conjugations:

the verbs are

“Š” – form?!

The š form of a verb, is used to conjoin verbs, similarly to the -て／で form in japanese.

Here are some use examples, all with the same, or similar sentence:

Negatives:

+nent

nake dofunni miruš nes

me(sj) you(similar)(adv.) act-like(š-form) be-false(present)

that I act like you is false

I don’t act like you

“Necessitant”:

+nedent

nake dofunni miruš net

me(sj) you(similar)(adv.) act-like(š-form) need(present)

I need to act like you

Volitive:

+wilent

nake dofunni miruš wiles

me(sj) you(similar)(adv.) act-like(š-form) want(present)

I want to act like you

“like-ative”:

+heninant

nake dofunni miruš heninas

me(sj) you(similar)(adv.) act-like(š-form) like(present)

I like acting like you

“hate-ative”:

+hazent

nake dofunni miruš has

me(sj) you(similar)(adv.) act-like(š-form) hate(present)

I hate acting like you

if X, then Y:

nake dofunni miruš, tuke nate has

me(sj) you(similar)(adv.) act-like(š-form), you(subj) me(dir. obj) hate(present)

if I acted like you, you’d hate me

really, these are just some uses, but I bet you can figure out more ways.

💀 Irregular Verbs 💀

jokes aside, they’re not really that complicated.

Kazant – to cause, to make [sb] do [sth]

Mobant – to go

Nedent – to need

Sundant – to be

Hazent – to hate

How to conjugate Irregular Verbs:

Ok, ok. I know irregulars are supposed to be impossible to conjugate without learning them, but you can in this language!

If the last syllable of the stem ends in: b, g, d, z, j, ý, or v, the verb is irregular, so to conjugate it, just do this:

There.

Easy.

NUMBERS

^{eins zwei drei vier fünf sechs sieben acht}

the numbers are simple, and come from Proto-Indo-European, so they share some similarities to a lot of languages in Europe:

hwin – 1

two – 2

torys – 3

kwetwor – 4

penkwe – 5

wegas – 6

sbedim – 7

ok – 8

nyun – 9

tem – 10

kindam – 100

kol – 1000

numbers are also simple because they’re formed in the most basic way possible:

They’re like our hundred and thousand, you have to say penkwe-tem for 50, wegas-kindam for 600, sbedim-kol for 7000, kwetwor-kol wegas-kindam two-tem sbedim to say 4627, etcaetera, etcaetera, you get the jist.

Now all that’s left is the lexicon.

Honestly, it’s a bit lacking, but I’ll add some more.

All nouns and adjectives are in the Base declination, and all Verbs are in Infinitive form:

Adafi Lexicon

word meaning

adafsa – “the people”

apsa – up

palint (V) – to make/create

piyasa – grass

pureissa – place

pinsa – mouth

ponna – good

pozamant (V) – to stand

ceč – and

ces – but

ceja – also

čeve – or (as in “X or Y?”, which would be “X čeve Y;”)

temsa – food

timasa – stone

turausa – down

tamboransa – the ghosts

ensa – person

essa – language

fwasa – flower

fosa – deer

fumna – similar

kumulsa – cloud

kazant (V) – cause, make X do Y

koasa – heart

kalossa – dirt, material

heninant (V) – love, like, feel inferior to X

hanent (V) - recieve

hilosa – tool

hidoweado – hello

hidoweant (V) – to greet

loment (V) – to see

ntusa – water

motsa – act (of doing sth)

mirunt (V) – to act like (x)

mobant (V) – to go

naesa – word

nusa – child

nesa – bravery

nwana – small

otsa – thing, object

sbunum – goodbye

sbununt (V) – to go away

sulna – big

wilent (V) – want, need

yamsa – mountain

šijilunt – to do

pejona – old, antique, archaic

hazent (V)- to hate

enonaesa – name

hwinduenna – alone

hwinduenovumna – lonely

pinumanent (V) – to kiss

pinwanent (V) – to be kissed

ponaensa – friend

kombursa – cemetery

koajilunt (V) – to feel

AAAsa – very loud sound (informal)

čeftorsa – question

sitelsa – symbol

egakusa - drawing

owarsa – end

yamersa – short break

AAAnt (V) – to scream (informal)

čeftorent (V) – to ask a question

sitelent (V) – to write

egakunt (V) – to draw

owarent (V) – to end

yamerent (V) – to take a break

thank you for reading this document.

If you have any questions, just ask.

Sbunum! (goodbye)