Monday 5 July 2010

About Akkia (1) - basic Iyaowa

    Halloi (Helo), and Be welcome.

    Akkia is one of my conlangs, meaning constructed languages.

    This is a introduction to Akkia, and also well to a number of basic ideas I'll use in the future. Be it properly part of this language, or not.

    First of all, Akkia is created to be part of my enigma, my fiction, and it's a conlang inside and outside my stories, my Novels, and in future stories.

    This lang is created in total parallel with Oka, and together with Interspeech.

    What I first thought was to create a language a priori, but I ended on the discovery the every good syllables are already in use, in many languages. This way, I try to take much care not to create a word without much care. It can't be a bad word, unless this is on purpose. Well, there's no way I can exclude a syllable just because it's used in this or that natlang in a way too different from my lang. That would limit me too much. Then, I thought of using a starting point in which probable words would be significantly unique, and later to adapt any which appears this or that natlang, and that I considered a very good option.

    I started with simple samples.

    Adde iu volat :: Be well welcoming (someone) :: Be welcome.

    This is a sample in which the irregular Akkia appears, which is used in a strange way.

    To be indirect about something, (indirect approach), somewhat like using a reflexive verb or invert the situation is to be polite, but this may change during revision, probably.

    Into the sample, you're saying this to remember yourself to welcome, to do well to your guest, the invitee, or a person you come to meet.

    O ikyuu wa :: Be welcome : informal, male gender speaker; female speaker would be "E", and not "O".

    This is a very informal way, but normal relation, and you define your own gender.

    The words "e" and "o" define female/male genders, always from the side of the speaker.

    Iragessaikommanta :: Be welcome :: honourable.

    This is the form of honourable Welcome, you'd use with nobles, polititians, and the people of high position into your own or into other business.

    Don't use this with people you don't care, or are not polite to you, even if they're leaders anyhow.

    What's this all about?

    Well, Akkia is planned to be more informal than japanese, and more formal than english. You'll need also to learn how to use a word, and not only fixing it by repetition.

    A parrot can mimic any politeness.

    Akkia also can use a number (six) of declension cases, used to change positions within the sentence, and to fix major questions under every morphosyntatic alignment possible.

    I won't enter this in deep discussion right now, as I'm done with the cases, and I'll need it only after having the first version of my dictionary, circa 2011.

    Akkia is also a topic prominent language.

    Even so, and although topic usually first, the very first thing is the Daiba, which is the "important part" of what you're saying.

    Akkia is also a V2 language, but you can change positions to starting, split, or factual final.

    adda, dil-a, da :: to be, final copula, and copula
    et, etta :: to be, temporary, and temporary copula
    atta, evva :: to do, to make, to realize, to spot, to perceive
    edda, da :: to have, to exist, to be located

    The Akkia alphabet is a version of the latin alphabet, added just of more letters.

    a ā ä ạ b c d e ē ë f g h i ī ı j ĸ k l m n ń o ō ö p q r s t u ū ü v w x y ý ġ ż z

    The Declension Cases, the name to a word is not a case, in Akkia, are: 1. accusative, 2. genitive, 3. dative|lative, 4. trigger, 5. equative, and 6. partitive.

    Akkia is analyzed by finding the Operator and it's Arguments needed.

    The Operator is the very word or structure you can't drop without the risk to produce an ungrammatical sentence, and the Argument is ordered by the Operator.

    Akkia is also divided into common and classic vocabulary.

    All that is iyaowa, or classic, includes words you'll need to study it's proper use, into one of the five types of argument, divided into this.

    ke :: worker class
    kaafi :: warrior clans (army)
    tif :: mundane
    koodo :: faith clusters (it takes all faiths in question)
    kalame :: storyteller

    The topic, taf, is unique, but every word indicated classic are should know concepts from one or more of these types of argument.

    Akkia is the Storytelling language, so it deals with religions as fiction.

    The indicatives are called Narasalama.

    Each syllabe carry a meaning, basically speaking :: person, idea, thing, time, and place; they can change meaning when used together with other syllables.

    Places and positions are :: e (female, left), a (neutral, centre), o (male, right).

    ema :: left, home
    amma :: centre
    oma :: right, house
    ha, hai :: up, upwards
    effa-i :: front, ahead
    uggu :: down
    konnot, toppa :: back
    haira :: superior, high, divine, god
    kolamma :: inferior

    These are all common words, and you may use them easily.

    The future of the Akkia language

    I'll wait for my Novels to be finished to publish other materials on the Akkia language, but there will be also some material available into my main Blog.

    http://www.actiontale.com

    This ends the introduction to the Akkia language.

    Hope you're enjoying your reading, and,...
        ... Stay Plugged.