Adamic Code: Difference between revisions

'''Adamic''', (אדמס קףל, ''ādamja qafl'', [[w:Help:IPA|[àːˈdämi̯a ˈɦäfl]]]) also referred to as '''Canonic''', is a [[Philosophical language|philosophical]] [[ab interiori language]] of the [[w:mesolithic|Mesolithic]] that consists on naming roots and applying grammatical patterns through [[w:Nonconcatenative morphology|introflection]].

| 1A || Moderately small (15-18)<br>Average (19-25)

| 2A || Small vowel inventory (2-4) / Average vowel inventory (5-6)

| 3A || Average (2.75-4.5) / Moderately high (4.5-6.5)

| 12A || Complex syllable structure (≥CCVCC≥)

| 20A || Ablaut/concatenative

| 23A || Other types

| 24A || Other

| 25A || Inconsistent or other

| 25B || {{No|Non-zero marking }}

| 28A || Inflectional case marking is syncretic<br>Inflectional case marking is never syncretic

| 29A || Subject person/number marking is syncretic<br>Subject person/number marking is never syncretic

| 30A || Two<br>Three

| 33A || {{Yes|Plural suffix<br>Plural stem change}}

| 34A || {{Yes|Plural in all nouns, always obligatory}}

| 35A || {{Yes|Person stem with a nominal plural affix}}<br>e.g. ''nu'' "I", ''nuan'' "I-<small>PLU</small>"

| 36A || {{Yes|Associative plural marker also used for additive plurals}}<br>e.g. ''zaûl irau'' "the Sun and the Moon"

| 37A || {{Yes| Definite word distinct from demonstrative / Definite affix on noun}}<br>e.g. ''liviatan iru'' ~ ''liviatani'' "the whale"

| 38A || {{Yes|Indefinite word distinct from numeral for 'one'}}<br>e.g. ''liviatan aru'' ~ ''liviatana'' "a whale"

! rowspan=2 | [[w:Nasal consonant|Nasal]]

! [[w:Voiceless consonant|Voiceless]]

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| [[w:Voiceless alveolar nasal|n̥]]

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! [[w:Voiced consonant|Voiced]]

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! rowspan=2 | [[w:Plosive consonant|Plosive]]

| [[w:Voiceless velar plosive|k]]

| [[w:Glottal stop|ʔ]]

! [[w:Voiced consonant|Voiced]]

| [[w:Voiced bilabial plosive|b]]

| [[w:Voiced bilabial plosive|(bˀ)]]

| [[w:Voiced alveolar plosive|d]]

| [[w:Voiced alveolar plosive|(dˀ)]]

| [[w:Voiced velar plosive|g]]

| [[w:Voiced velar plosive|(gˀ)]]

! rowspan=1 | [[w:Affricate consonant|Affricate]]

! [[w:Voiceless consonant|Voiceless]]

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| [[w:Voiceless alveolar affricate|t͡s]]

! rowspan=2 | [[w:Fricative consonant|Fricative]]

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|[[w:Voiceless glottal fricative|h]]

! [[w:Voiced consonant|Voiced]]

| [[w:Voiced labiodental consonant|v]]

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| [[w:Voiced alveolar fricative|z]]

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| [[w:Voiced glottal fricative|ɦ]]

! rowspan=1 | [[w:Vibrant voice|Vibrant]]

! [[w:Voiced consonant|Voiced]]

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| [[w:Voiced alveolar trill|r]]

! rowspan=1 | [[w:Lateral consonant|Lateral]]

! [[w:Voiceless consonant|Voiceless]]

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| [[w:Lateral consonant|l̥]]

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* Adamic identifies "phonological coordinates" within its consonantal inventory, classifying terms into relevant categories of <small>VOICE</small>, <small>MANNER</small>, and <small>ARTICULATION</small>. Even sequences among its subdivisions follow a predetermined order, being ''voiceless>voiced'' in <small>VOICE</small>, ''occlusive>sonorant>turbulent'' in <small>MANNER</small>, and ''guttural>labial>dental'' in <small>ARTICULATION</small>. As not all members of those sets correspond to the phonetic qualities attributed to them (with the exception of <small>VOICE</small>'s members), the last two sequences are respectively referred to as the ''KHS-type'' and the ''IUA-type'', with their proper compositions being named as expected: ''K-type'', ''H-type'', ''S-type'', ''I-type'', ''U-type'', and ''A-type'' in order.

** /k, g, (kˀ), (gˀ), h, ɦ, s, z/, part of the KIHS-type, is a major subgroup composed  by plosive velars, (quasi-implosive emphatics), fricative glottals, and fricative sibilants.

*** /k, g/, part of the KI-type, represent the velar series of older paleolithic codes.

**** /k/ may be realized as [c] or even [ç] if onset/coda to front vowels.

**** /g/ may be realized as [ɟ] or even [ʝ] if onset/coda to front vowels.

*** /(kˀ), (gˀ)/ are also considered part of the KI-type, suffering the same phonological effects as their counterparts.

**** /kˀ/ may be realized as [kʼ] or [kʰ], or even as [cʼ] or [cʰ] if onset/coda to front vowels.

**** /gˀ/ may be realized as [ɠ] or [gʱ], or even as [ʄ] or [ɟʱ] if onset/coda to front vowels.

*** /h, ɦ/, part of the HI-type, act as reductions of the laryngeal series of older paleolithic codes.

**** /h/ ranges from [h], [ħ], and [χ] to [x]; its Canonic allophone is [kʷ].

**** /ɦ/ ranges from [ɦ], [ʕ], and [ʁ] to [ɣ]; its Canonic allophone is [gʷ].

*** /s, z/, part of the SI-type, descend from the sibilant series of older paleolithic codes.

**** /s/ may be realized as [j̥], or even as [ʃ] or [ɕ] if onset/coda to front vowels; its Canonic allophone is [kʲ].

**** /z/ may be realized as [j], or even as [ʒ] or [ʑ] if onset/coda to front vowels; its Canonic allophone is [gʲ].

** /p, b, (pˀ), (bˀ), n̥, m, f, v/, part of the KUHS-type, is a major subgroup composed  by plosive labials, (quasi-implosive emphatics), nasal dentals/labials, and fricative labio-dentals.

*** /p, b/, part of the KU-type, represent the labial series of older paleolithic codes.

**** /p/ may be realized as [kʷ].

*** /(pˀ), (bˀ)/ are also considered part of the KU-type, suffering the same phonological effects as their counterparts.

*** /n, m/, part of the HU-type, act as reductions of the nasal series of older paleolithic codes.

**** /n̥/ ranges from [n̥], [n], [ŋ̥], [ŋ], and [ɲ̥] to [ɲ]; its Canonic allophone is [pʷ].

*** /f, v/, part of the SU-type, are innovations, not descending from older paleolithic codes.

**** /f/ may be realized as [w̥], [ɸ], or even [θ]; its Canonic allophone is [pʲ].

** /t, d, (tˀ), (dˀ), l̥, r, t͡s, ʔ/, part of the KAHS-type, is a major subgroup composed  by plosive velars, (quasi-implosive emphatics), fricative glottals, and fricative sibilants.

*** /t, d/, part of the KA-type, represent the dental series of older paleolithic codes.

*** /(tˀ), (dˀ)/ are also considered part of the KA-type, suffering the same phonological effects as their counterparts.

**** /tˀ/ may be realized as [tʼ] or [tʰ], or even as [t͡ʃʼ], [t͡ʃʰ], [t͡ɕʼ], or [t͡ɕʰ] if onset/coda to front vowels.

*** /l̥, r/, part of the HA-type, act as reductions of the liquid series of older paleolithic codes.

**** /l̥/ ranges from [l̥], [l], [ɬ], [ɮ], and [ʎ̥] to [ʎ]; its Canonic allophone is [tʷ].

*** /t͡s, ʔ/, part of the SA-type, descend partially from older paleolithic codes in the form of /t͡s/, yet innovative with /ʔ/.

**** /t͡s/ may be realized as [t͡ɬ], or even as [ʃ], [ɕ], [t͡ʃ] or [t͡ɕ] if onset/coda to front vowels; its Canonic allophone is [tʲ].

 

 

Adamic has a basic 3 vowel system with length distinction yielding 18 units of monophthongs, diphthongs, and long dipthongs. Alternatively, in the poetic register, diphthongs may become monophthongs by introducing the new qualities of /e/, /o/, and /ɨ/~/ʉ/, thus resulting in 6 qualities and 36 vocalic units as a whole. In sequence, the masculine register of Adamic is here treated as possessing the following monophthongs:

 

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| style="width:60px;" | '''Front'''

| style="width:60px;" | '''Near-front'''

| style="width:60px;" | '''Central'''

| style="width:60px;" | '''Near-back'''

| style="width:60px;" | '''Back'''

| style="height:210px;" colspan=5 rowspan=7 | <div style="position:relative;width:300px;height:210px;">[[Image:Blank vowel trapezoid.svg|300px]]<div style="background:transparent; position:absolute; top:0px; left:0px;">

{| style="position:relative; width:300px; height:210px; text-align:center; background:transparent;"

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<div style="position:absolute; left:5%; width:2.33em; top:0%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:#fcfcfc;">i, iː</div>

 

<!-- CLOSE-MID VOWELS -->

 

|}

| style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Near‑close'''

| style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Close‑mid'''

| style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Mid'''

| style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Open‑mid'''

| style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Near‑open'''

| style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Open'''

|}

 

{|

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!

![[w:Front vowel|Front]]

![[w:Central vowel|Center]]

![[w:Back vowel|Back]]

! style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Short vowel|Short]]

|[[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]]

|[[w:Open front central vowel|a]]

! style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Long vowel|Long]]

|[[w:Close front unrounded vowel|iː]]

|[[w:Open front central vowel|aː]]

|}

!

![[w:Front vowel|Front]]

![[w:Central vowel|Center]]

![[w:Back vowel|Back]]

! style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Short vowel|Short]]

|[[w:Close front unrounded vowel|<span style="color:red">u̯i</span>]]

|[[w:Close back rounded vowel|<span style="color:blue">i̯u</span>]]

! style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Long vowel|Long]]

|[[w:Close front unrounded vowel|<span style="color:red">iu̯</span>]]

|[[w:Close back rounded vowel|<span style="color:blue">ui̯</span>]]

|}

!

![[w:Front vowel|Front]]

![[w:Central vowel|Center]]

![[w:Back vowel|Back]]

! style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Short vowel|Short]]

|[[w:Close front unrounded vowel|<span style="color:red">u̯iː</span>]]

|[[w:Open front unrounded vowel|i̯aː]] [[w:Open front unrounded vowel|u̯aː]]

! style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Long vowel|Long]]

|[[w:Close front unrounded vowel|<span style="color:red">iːu̯</span>]]

|[[w:Close back rounded vowel|<span style="color:blue">uːi̯</span>]]

|}

|}

 

!

![[w:Front vowel|Front]]

![[w:Central vowel|Center]]

![[w:Back vowel|Back]]

! style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Short vowel|Short]]

|[[w:Close-mid front unrounded vowel|e]]

|[[w:Close central unrounded vowel|<span style="color:blue">ɨ</span>]] ~ [[w:Close central rounded vowel|<span style="color:red">ʉ</span>]]

! style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Long vowel|Long]]

|[[w:Close-mid front unrounded vowel|eː]]

|[[w:Close central unrounded vowel|<span style="color:blue">ɨː</span>]] ~ [[w:Close central rounded vowel|<span style="color:red">ʉː</span>]]

|}

!

![[w:Front vowel|Front]]

![[w:Central vowel|Center]]

![[w:Back vowel|Back]]

! style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Short vowel|Short]]

|[[w:Close front unrounded vowel|u̯e]]

|[[w:Central vowel|<span style="color:red">i̯ʉ</span>]] ~ [[w:Central vowel|<span style="color:blue">u̯ɨ</span>]]

! style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Long vowel|Long]]

|[[w:Close front unrounded vowel|eu̯]]

|[[w:Central vowel|<span style="color:red">ʉi̯</span>]] ~ [[w:Central vowel|<span style="color:blue">ɨu̯</span>]]

|}

!

![[w:Front vowel|Front]]

![[w:Central vowel|Center]]

![[w:Back vowel|Back]]

! style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Short vowel|Short]]

|[[w:Close front unrounded vowel|u̯eː]]

|[[w:Central vowel|<span style="color:red">i̯ʉː</span>]] ~ [[w:Central vowel|<span style="color:blue">u̯ɨː</span>]]

|[[w:Close back rounded vowel|i̯oː]]

! style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Long vowel|Long]]

|[[w:Close front unrounded vowel|eːu̯]]

|[[w:Central vowel|<span style="color:red">ʉːi̯</span>]] ~ [[w:Central vowel|<span style="color:blue">ɨːu̯</span>]]

|}

|}

===Coloration Table===

In Adamic, sounds possess the property to transition between consonants and vowels. This process is known as "coloration", consisting on the equivalence of consonantal <small>VOICE</small>, <small>MANNER</small>, and <small>ARTICULATION</small> with vocalic <small>LENGTH</small> and <small>POSITION</small>.

{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center;"

! |I Type

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* Any element of the triconsonantal root may transition when inflected into a word. The exact result depends on the specific morphological attributes associated with said words. In the following table, for example, the medial sound of each root is optionally vocalized after the insertion of a postdiluvian pattern vowel:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

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! Root

! Lemma

! Gloss

| ־ל־כ־נ־<br>''-l-k-n-''

| לכנ<br>''luín''

| wolf

| ־מ־ף־ר־<br>''-m-f-r-''

| מףר<br>''maúr''

| death

| ־ג־ל־ל־<br>''-g-l-l-''

| גלל<br>''gâl''

 

 

Not only for thematic reasons, Adamic is written with the [[w:Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew Script]] due the predicability of vowels in the language, wherein it is in fact more suited for an [[w:Abjad|abjad]]; nevertheless, it is possible to codify Adamic alphabetically for learning purposes. In the latter case, the code is written with 25 letters of the [[w:Latin Script|Latin Script]] with three diacritics appearing on vowels ([[w:Circumflex accent|circumflex accent]], [[w:Acute accent|acute accent]] and [[w:Macron (diacritic)|macron]]) and one in consonants (an [[w:Apostrophe|apostrophe]], also treated as an independent letter when representing a [[w:Glottal stop|glottal stop]]).

 

 

! colspan=16 style="background-color:#fff7e9; font-family:inherit; font-weight:normal;" | '''Adamic Abjad'''

|-style="vertical-align:top; background:#f0f0f0; font-size:larger;"

  | style="width:6.25%;" | <big>ה</big><br /><small>h / i</small>

  | style="width:6.25%;" | <big>ק</big><br /><small>ɦ / iː</small>

  | style="width:6.25%;" | <big>נ</big><br /><small>n̥ / u</small>

  | style="width:6.25%;" | <big>מ</big><br /><small>m / uː</small>

  | style="width:6.25%;" | <big>ו</big><br /><small>v / uː</small>

  | style="width:6.25%;" | <big>ג</big><br /><small>g / iː</small>

  | style="width:6.25%;" | <big>פ</big><br /><small>p / u</small>

  | style="width:6.25%;" | <big>גּ</big><br /><small>gˀ / iː</small>

 

 

 

 

|+ Adamic Alphabet

| Aа<br/>/a/ || Bb<br/>/b/ || Cc<br/>/t͡s/ || Dd<br/>/d/ || Ee<br/>/e/

| Ff<br/>/f/ || Gg<br/>/g/ || Hh<br/>/h/ || Ii<br/>/i~i̯/ || Jj<br/>/i̯/

| Kk<br/>/k/ || Ll<br/>/l̥/ || Mn<br/>/m/ || Nn<br/>/n̥/ || Oo<br/>/o/

| Pp<br/>/p/ || Qq<br/>/ɦ/ || Rr<br/>/r/ || Ss<br/>/s/ || Tt<br/>/t/

| Uu<br/>/u~u̯/ || Vv<br/>/v/ || Ww<br/>/u̯/ || Yy<br/>/ɨ~ʉ/ || Zz<br/>/z/

 

 

 

* Short and long vowels, if relevantly stressed, gain an accute (<V́>) and circumflex accent (<V̂>) respectively.

** e.g. ''-k-f-n-'' ⇒ ''/u//'' ⇒ ''kúfn'' /ˈkufn/ or ''kûn'' /ˈkuːn/ "dog".

*** c.e.g. ''-k-f-n-'' ⇒ ''/-/'' ⇒ ''kun'' /kun/ "canine".

** e.g. ''-d-v-n-'' ⇒ ''/-/'' ⇒ ''dūv'' /duːv/ "biological".

*** c.e.g. ''-m-f-r-'' ⇒ ''/-/'' ⇒ ''mur'' /mur/ "dead".

* In diphthongs, the second element bears the diacritical mark.

** e.g. ''saíkat'' /ˈsai̯kat/ "philosopher".

*** c.e.g. ''*sáikat'' /ˈsai̯kat/ "philosopher".

 

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!! colspan=4 | KIHS Characters

!!| Sign

!!| Name

| כ

| ''kik'' [[w:Help:IPA|/kik/]]

| ''Kk''

| ג

| ''gīg'' [[w:Help:IPA|/giːg/]]

| ''Gg''

| ה

| ''hih'' [[w:Help:IPA|/hih/]]

| /h/

| ''Hh''

| ''qīq'' [[w:Help:IPA|/ɦiːɦ/]]

| /ɦ/

| ''Qq''

| ס

| ''sis'' [[w:Help:IPA|/sis/]]

| /s/

| ''Ss''

| ז

| ''zīz'' [[w:Help:IPA|/ziːz/]]

| /z/

| ''Zz''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!! colspan=4 | KUHS Characters

!!| Sign

!!| Name

!!| IPA

!!| Letter

| פ

| ''pup'' [[w:Help:IPA|/pup/]]

| /p/

| ''Pp''

| ''būb'' [[w:Help:IPA|/buːb/]]

| /b/

| ''Bb''

| נ

| ''nun'' [[w:Help:IPA|/n̥un̥/]]

| /n̥/

| ''Nn''

| מ

| ''mūm'' [[w:Help:IPA|/muːm/]]

| /m/

| ''fuf'' [[w:Help:IPA|/fuf/]]

| /f/

| ''Ff''

|-

| ''vūv'' [[w:Help:IPA|/vuːv/]]

| /v/

| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!! colspan=4 | KAHS Characters

!!| Sign

!!| Name

!!| IPA

!!| Letter

| ת

| ''tat'' [[w:Help:IPA|/tat/]]

| /t/

| ''Tt''

| ''dād'' [[w:Help:IPA|/daːd/]]

| /d/

| ''Dd''

| ל

| ''lal'' [[w:Help:IPA|/l̥al̥/]]

| /l̥/

| ''Ll''

| ר

| ''rār'' [[w:Help:IPA|/raːr/]]

| /r/

| ''Rr''

| ''cac'' [[w:Help:IPA|/t͡sat͡s/]]

| /t͡s/

| ''Cc''

| א

| ''’ā’'' [[w:Help:IPA|/ʔaːʔ/]]

| /ʔ/

| ''’''

==Grammar [...]==

* The field [[w:Word stem|stem]], consisting on the arrangement consonants ('''''/''''') and vowels ('''''-''''') in a predefined order inside the root-pattern fields. Its primary morphological markers are a [[w:Semitic root|triliterate segment]] known as '''triconsonantal root''', and the '''patterns''', which are either modifications of the root structure or the addition of [[w:Transfix|transfixes]] into the triliterate form, also responsible for the [[w:Noun|nouns]] (edenic, prediluvian, and postdiluvian), [[w:Apposition|appositions]] ([[w:Adjective|adjectives]], [[w:Incorporation (linguistics)|incorporations]], [[w:Adverb|adverbs]], [[w:Expression (linguistics)|expressions]], [[w:Prefix|prefixes]], and [[w:Adposition|postpositions]]), and [[w:Verb|verbs]] ([[w:Finite verb|finite verbs]] and [[w:Nonfinite verb|infinite verbs]]) of the language.

 

 

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" align="center"| Conjunct

| align="center"| Triptote Formula

| align="center"| Concatenation

| align="center"| Root-pattern

| align="center"| Concatenation

| align="center"| Triptote Formula

| align="center"| Stem

| align="center"| Affix

| align="center"| Clitic

===Root-Pattern===

One of the most remarkable features of Adamic is its naming prowess by ackowledging a concept into triliteral form (e.g. the root ''-d-v-n-'' denoting "biology/evolution" via the similarity with [[w:Charles Darwin|''Darwin'']]). This is due the [[w:Triconsonantal root|Triconsonantal Root]], whose use may be summarized by including complex ideas within a sequence of consonants. In complement, the [[w:Semitic root|Patterns]] are responsible for specifying a subject within such broader meanings (e.g. the pattern ''(i)/aí/a/'' yielding ''daívan'' "biologist").

The process of triliteration can be easily demonstrated by the names of famous figures (fictional or not), due their association of feats. The transfiguration may be boundless and informal, or follow a select list of rules for further organization:

 

* '''Rule 0:''' Consonants are counted as first-class members, then vowels as second-class (except sounds akin to /a/), and finally semivowels as third-class members. All members being susceptible to be substituted by equivalent sounds.

: e.g.₂ ''p'', ''b'', ''p’'', ''b’'', ''t'', ''d'', ''t’'', ''d’'', ''k'', ''g'', ''k’'', and ''g’'' can be achieved through plosives, even if secondary characteristics are present. Therefore /pʰ/ ⇒ ''p’'', but /ɸ/ ⇒ ''f''.

: e.g.₄ ''h'' and ''q'' in special can be achieved through laryngeals, with a treatment of ''q'' as voiced. Therefore /ħ/ ⇒ ''h'', and /ʁ/ ⇒ ''q''.