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Omnial is a
highly euphonic and easy to learn language.
The best
way to solve the problem of language barrier is to use an auxiliar constructed
language but, of course, Omnial is not intended to supplant or replace any
national language.
The design
principles of Omnial are phonetically spelled,
simple, regular, recognizable, pleasant in sound, and the target of some
aggressive goals for ease of learning (ability to learn in a weekend).
1 Pronunciation
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A a: bag |
B b: boy |
C c: chin |
D d: dog, |
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E e: bed |
F f : fat |
G g: goal |
H h: hen, |
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I I: machine |
J j : jam |
K k: kind |
L l: lip, |
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M m: mix |
N n: now |
O o: omni |
P p: pen , |
Q q: German "Bach",
or Scottish "loch" or, Spanish "jamon", or
Arabic "qof".
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R r: rock |
S s: sin |
T t: tip , |
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U u: rule |
V v: vest |
W w: west |
X x: ship, |
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Y y: yes |
Z z: zoo. |
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Each letter is pronounced with only one sound,
always the same.
The main stress of a multisyllabic word is placed on the
vowel preceding the last consonant.
Some ordinary consonant endings does not change the original stress of the
word:
1.- The plural morphemes of noun:
-s, -es
2.- The adjectival suffix: -al
3.- The tense morphemes of verb : -it , -on
4.- The adverbial suffix: -im
2 Noun
1.- It's definite
article 'le' is invariable.
2.- The singular noun can end in any vowel or consonant.
To form the plural are added the endings:
'-s' (after vowel) or '-es' (after consonant).
3.-
Nouns that show living beings are epicene.
The sex affixes -in and -ul are used only if necessary.
4.-
The noun functions are expressed by prepositions and word order:
subject before verb
and object after the verb.
3 Personal Pronouns
They are:
1. First person: 'mi' ('I','me') and 'nos'
('we').
2. Second person:'tu' ('you') and 'vos' (plural)
3. Third person:
People: 'ile' (also:'ilin','ilul','iles','ilines','ilules')
Things:
'it'
4.
General subject
is expressed by the pronoun 'on'.
5.
Reflexive pronoun:
'se' ('oneself').
It is used only to the subject of the verb.
6. Possessives are formed by adding the
adjectival
ending '-al':
'mial', 'nosal', 'tual', 'vosal' , 'seal'
4 Verb
The verb is
absolutely invariant in person, number and gender.
The verbs end in:
'-it' in the past tense,
'-on' in the future tense,
'-a' in the present tense, (but
here the verb esar can use 'es' from 'esa').
'-us' in the conditional,
'-ek' in the imperative,
'-ar' in the infinitive.
'-im' in the gerund.
'-ante' in the active participle.
'-ed' in the passive participle.
5
Specifiers
They
are :
1. Demonstratives:
'Iste', ( 'Tuste' ), 'Taste', with the reiterative particles 'ci' and 'la'.
2. Undefinit
Adjectives: 'Kelke', 'Irge', 'Altre', 'Same', 'Cetere' and 'Cake'.
3. Undefinit
Quantifiers: 'Omni', 'Plure', 'Poli', 'Poke', 'Multe', 'Ambe', 'Asez' and
'Trop'.
4 & 5. Definit
Quantifiers (cardinal numbers) and Personal Pronouns: Both groups
are also specifiers
6 Qualifiers
They can
end in any vowel or consonant.
They do not
show inflection or agreement in form with the word they modify.
The
adjectives can be derived by adding '-al'.
The adverbs
can be derived by the addition of the '-im' ending.
Comparison
is done analytically:
Superiority is made with the word 'plus'.
Inferiority is made with
the word 'minus'
Equality is made with the word 'iso' or 'ekual'.
For the
comparative the conjunction 'kiam' is
used.
The superlative of superiority with 'le plus'
The superlative of inferiority with 'le minus'.
'Tres', '
Multe' and 'Verim' indicates the absolute superlative (also the suffix '-isime').
7 Numbers
The
cardinal numbers are:
'nul' (0),
'un' (1),
'du' (2), 'tri' (3), 'tetra' (4), 'penta' (5), 'hexa' (6), 'hepta'(7),
'okta'(8), 'nona'(9),
'dek' (10 = 101 ),
'cente' (100
= 102 = 10 x 10),
'mile' (1000
= 103 = 10 x 10 x 10),
'milion' or
'mega' (1000 x 1000 =106), 'giga' (109), 'tera' (1012),
'peta' (1015)
859 672 431
= ' oktacente pentadek nona miliones,
hexacente heptadek du miles,
tetracente tridek un'.
The suffix of numbers are:
'-esme' for ordinal adjectives.
'-al' for adjectival numerals.
'-im' for adverbial numerals.
'-are' for collective nouns.
'-iple' for multiples nouns.
'-ave' for
fractionals nouns.
'-foyim'for
reiteration: trifoyim = three times.
8 Vocabulary Expansion
I).-Word Building:
A).Derivation:
1.- The ending vowel in any word has never semantic meaning.
2.-The affixes of the verb are always different to the ones of the noun and the
adjective.
3.-To form verbs from nouns the suffixes are used only if necessary because
usually the ending '-ar' is sufficient.
B).Compound Words:
They are formed by using two words to create a new word by juxtaposition,
the content word appearing last.
B).Euphony:
1.- When the suffix (or the suffixed word), finishes in 'a', 'e' or 'o', this
open vowel will disappear, only when it is ‘i’ or ‘u’ this ending
vowel remains:
‘fratal’ and ‘tetruple’, from ‘frate’ and
‘tetra’.
‘mial’ and ‘duesme’, from ‘mi’ and ‘du’.
2.- When the suffix (or the sufixed word), begins with a consonant, the vowel
'o' is added before it (euphonic epenthesis).
’semanofine’ from ‘fine’ and ‘semane’
’cardiologe’ from ‘cardie’ and ‘loge’
3.- At both cases, if an infinitive is prefixed, is deleted the ‘–ar’ morpheme.
'ideolingue’ from ‘idear’ and ‘lingue’
II).-Neologisms:
A). International Words:
1.-If there are Greek or Latin roots in scientific or technical language, these
are taken into our language.
2.-Any other word of any other language, if they are internationally known can
be taken as a neologism.
3.-In both cases they adapted to our morphology.
B) Proper Nouns:
They are transcribed as literally as possible,
and within brackets the phonetical transcription.
The stress is indicated with capital letter: