Laytal

Létal is the official language of Star City. Originally it was a pidgin of various Germanic and Romance languages, but as the population became more diversified Slavic and Japanese have had considerable effect on its vocabulary. As such, the language has become a PIE/Japanese mix.

The Alphabet - Te ÉlbaVotjé

• A
  • élba - date, as in French
  • alba - father
  • ãlba - não, nasal "a" as in Portuguese
• V
  • votjé - void
  • fotjé - fat
• B
  • béte - ball
  • péte - play
• K
  • kamao - kick
    • kcamão - explode
  • gamao - gate
    • gcamão - eggs
• J
  • jamu - join
• D
  • daoletq - dig
    • dcaoletq - dads
  • taoletq - total
    • tceta - as in the Japanese tsunami
• E
  • ema - eh or uh, schwa
• X
  • xok - as in the Spanish "j"
• I
  • ima - tea, as in the Japanese "i"
• Y
  • yi - yellow
• L
  • lamda - log
• M
  • mwé - move
• N
  • nnonn - noon
  • nonn - sing
• O
  • omikra - orange
  • ómikra - old
  • umikra - baloon
• R
  • ró - road
  • xró - as in the German lebensraum
• S
  • samal - slip
  • zamal - zoo
• Sq
  • sqomol - shop
  • zqomol - casual
• Tq
  • tqita - thing
  • dqita - these
  • tjeta - choose
• Tl
  • tleta - as in the Wikipedia:Nahuatl:Nahuatl "tl"
  • pleta - explode
• W
  • walatq - water
  • whilatq - as in the English whisper but voiced

The "h" Modifier - Te "h" Méta

The following can be platalized by adding "h" after the initial letter: a, b, k, j, d, e, x, l, n, o, s and t.

Scripts - Dcinnenn

The alphabet may be written in either the Grecko-Cyrillic (ElennaTsrilek Dcinn) or Grecko-Arabic (wa Alexanndros-ket Dcinn) scripts. Diactritics allow the glot "d" to become "t" or "é" to become "a" and inform of platalization. Both scripts can function as impure abjads through other marks above each consonant, following the trend towards a syllabic notation.

Furthermore, advanced texts when capable make use of CJK Ideographs. Te Létal-Kotj (The Létal House), regulatory body, is pushing for the reduction of syllables in words without creating a tonal language.

Grammar - DomSinntak

As Létal is essentially just a matured pidgin, the grammar is very basic.

Pronouns - IzemEkcMéta

• I = Yó, Yutq = I am
• We = Nnami, Nnatq = We are
• You = Dqao (singular), Dqatq = You are
• You = Ti (plural), Titq = You are
• He = Nhes, Nhetqz = He is
• She = Nhev, Nhetqf = She is
• It = Nhu, Nhutq = It is
• They = Tqes, Tqetq = They are
• One = Unn, Unntq = One is

Conjugations - ZqlaobPrigwa

Nouns and infinitives have no prefixes or suffixes.

• Present Tense: tqenntcé-ó-rat Learning, "ó" indicating a verb
• Past Tense: pe-tqenntcé-ó Learned
• Future Tense: se-tqenntcé-ó Will Learn
• Command Form: tqenntcé-ó-dhu Go Learn

Sample text in Létal - Létalnnó EkcPolhad Wem

Mó jinnenn etq batq-ó prijos-atj tó satcwiann-atj vr vordq tó loke. Tqes denne whéke tó setrum-st tó zu xradóva-ó vr yóba-st. Literally: All people are born free and equal in worth and rights. They have reason and conscience and should act in brotherhood. Translation: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)