We're using the Swadesh list to come up with the first 207 words or so in DeRamosh. Before we start, here are the letters of this new language's alphabet: ə þ θ w y m.
ə = All vowels are schwas.
þ = Plosives are rarely used (only for curse words); spit.
θ = th sound.
w = w sound.
y = consonant-y sound.
m = m sound.
No hard consonants, like k.
Without further ado, the first 25 (26 words plus two phrases, really):
- I = əyə /uh-yuh/
- you (singular) = yəə /yuh-uh/
- he = yə /yuh/; she = θə /thuh/; it = əθ /uhth/
- we = wə /wuh/
- you (plural) = yəə θəwə /yuh-uh thuh-wuh/ for two; yəə əww /yuh-uh oh/ for three or more.
- they = θəyə /thuh-yuh/
- this = yəθ /yuhth/
- that = θəθ /thuhth/
- here = yəwə /yuh-wuh/
- there = θəwə /thuh-wuh/
- who = wəyə /wuh-yuh/
- what = wəyəθ /wuh-yuhth/
- where = wəyəwə /wuh-yuh-wuh/
- when = wəyəm /wuh-yuhm/
- how = yəw /yoh/
- not = məθ /muhth/
- all = əww /oh/
- many = məməyə /muh-muh-yuh/
- some = θəmə /thuh-muh/
- few = θəw /thoh/
- other = əθəw /uh-thoh/
- one = əm /uhm/
- two = θəwə /thuh-wuh/
- three = θəwəə /thuh-wuh-uh/
- four = θəəw /thuh-oh/
We'll have to figure out stressed syllables (and perhaps, musical syllables), when we have homonyms and homophones. With five (out of six) letters; it's bound to happen.
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