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 next 25 words:
- five = θəwwə /thoh-wuh/
- big = wəwyə /woh-yuh/
- long = wəmyə /wuhm-yuh/
- wide = wəθə /wuhth-uh/
- thick = θəθə /thuh-thuh/
- heavy = yəwəyə /yuh-wuh-yuh/
- small = θəww /thoh/
- short = θəyəwθ /thuh-yohth/
- narrow = məwwəw /moh-woh/
- thin = θəm /thuhm/
- woman = wəməm /wuh-muhm/
- man (adult male) = yəθməm /yuhth-muhm/
- Man (human being) = yəməm /yuh-muhm/
- child = θəwθməm /thohth-muhm/
- wife = wəθ /wuhth/
- husband = yəθwəmθ /yuhth-wuhmth/
- mother = məθəw /muhth-oh/
- father = θəθəw /thuhth-oh/
- animal = əməməw /uhm-uhm-oh/
- fish = θəθəθ /thuh-thuth/
- bird = əwəəm /uh-wuh-uhm/
- dog = θəməm /thuh-muhm/
- louse = wəwθ /wohth/
- snake = θəwθəmθ /thoh-thumth/
- worm = wəwm /wohm/
Here are the 53 we have so far. This list is in pronunciation-alphabetical order (to help me deal with some redundancies), with some modifications from last time (and from earlier in this post):
- narrow = məwwəw /moh-woh/
- many = məməyə /muh-muh-yuh/
- not = məθ /muhth/
- mother = məθəw /muhth-oh/
- all = əww /oh/
- few = θəw /thoh/ homophone with small
- small = θəww /thoh/ homophone with few
- five = θəwwə /thoh-wuh/
- child = θəwθməm /thohth-muhm/
- snake = θəwθəmθ /thoh-thumth/
- she = θə /thuh/
- thin = θəm /thuhm/
- some = θəmə /thuh-muh/
- dog = θəməm /thuh-muhm/
- four = θəəw /thuh-oh/
- that = θəθ /thuhth/
- father = θəθəw /thuhth-oh/
- thick = θəθə /thuh-thuh/
- fish = θəθəθ /thuh-thuth/
- there = θəwə /thuh-wuh/
- short = θəyəwθ /thuh-yohth/
- they = θəyə /thuh-yuh/
- two = θwə /thwuh/
- three = θwəə /thwuh-uh/
- one = əm /uhm/
- animal = əməməw /uhm-uhm-oh/
- it = əθ /uhth/
- other = əθəw /uh-thoh/
- bird = əwəəm /uh-wuh-uhm/
- I = əyə /uh-yuh/
- worm = wəwm /wohm/
- louse = wəwθ /wohth/
- big = wəwyə /woh-yuh/
- we = wə /wuh/
- woman = wəməm /wuh-muhm/
- long = wəmyə /wuhm-yuh/
- wife = wəθ /wuhth/
- wide = wəθə /wuhth-uh/
- who = wəyə /wuh-yuh/
- when = wəyəm /wuh-yuhm/
- what = wəyəθ /wuh-yuhth/
- where = wəyəwə /wuh-yuh-wuh/
- how = yəw /yoh/
- he = yə /yuh/
- Man (human being) = yəməm /yuh-muhm/
- this = yəθ /yuhth/
- man (adult male) = yəθməm /yuhth-muhm/
- husband = yəθwəmθ /yuhth-wuhmth/
- you (singular) = yəə /yuh-uh/
- you (plural) = yəə əww /yuh-uh oh/ for three or more
- you (plural) = yəə θwə /yuh-uh thwuh/ for two
- here = yəwə /yuh-wuh/
- heavy = yəwəyə /yuh-wuh-yuh/
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