Transcription ruls
th → d (this → dis, that → dat)
exception: keep "th" in core semantic roots when useful (think → thinc, enough → inof)
ph → f
k / ck → c
-tion → keep as "tion" (pronounced softly, do not convert to shion)
VOWELS (5 CORE)
A E I O U
ah → a
eh → e
ee → i
oh → o
oo → u
RULES
silent e → drop
y → i (sound-based)
w → u (water → uater)
oriGinal = original (and pronounced like Garfield to come back to latin) or orighinal to represent it English sound
SYLLABLE RULES
silent → drop (make → meic)
y → i (sound-based)
w → u (water → uater)
double letters → simplify (running → runin)
v is kept for soft v french sound
spelling → sound first
GRAMMAR
Easy past = Did + verb
Easy future = uil + verb
infinite verbs -ing → in
-ed can be used insted of irregular uaiked (woke), saied (said)...)
Adjective: +li (lovely -> lofli)
Comparative: +er (cheaper -> chiper)
PROFESSIONS
+er → occupation / agent noun / person who... verb
butcher → batcher
worker → uorcer
teacher → ticher
driver → draiver
runner → raner
builder → bilder
Possesive: +s (Ghon's haus)
VERBIFICATION
-fy → -fai
simplify → simplifai
amplify → amplifai
modify → modifai
clarify → clarifai
-y nouns/adjectives → -i (phonetic soft ending)
sorcery → sorceri
energy → energi
memory → memori
goal: English → phoneme skeleton
keep meaning, remove noise and add regularizations.
Note: Fonish is a horse run between latin and modern english. It doesn't miss germanic K
Original 100º Swadesh list (English to Fonish)
Core Swadesh
I = Ai
you = iu
we = ui
this = dis
that = dat
who = hu
what = uat
not
all = ol
many = meni
one = uan
two = tu
big
long
small = smol
woman = uoman
man
person
fish
bird
dog
louse = laus
tree = tri
seed = sid
leaf = lif
root = rut
bark
skin
flesh
blood = blod
bone = bon
grease = gris
egg = eg
horn
tail = teil
feather = feder
hair = heir
head = hed
ear = iar
eye = ai
nose = nous
mouth = mauth
tooth = tuth
tongue = tong
claw = clo
foot = fut
knee = ni
hand
belly = beli
neck = nec
breast = breast
heart = hart
liver
drink = drinc
eat = it
bite = bait
see = see
hear = hier
know = nou
sleep = slip
die = dai
kill = cil
swim = suim
fly = flai
walk = uoc
come = com
lie = lai
sit
stand
give = gif
say = sei
sun = san
moon = mun
star
water = uater
rain = rein
stone = ston
sand
earth = erth
cloud = claud
smoke = smoc
fire = faier
ash(es)
burn
path
mountain (not hill) = mauntein
red
green = grin
yellow = ielou
white = uait
black = blac
night = nait
hot
cold
full = ful
new = niu
good = gud
round = raund
dry = drai
name = naim
Extra
Language = lang or languagh
would → uud
could → cud
should → shud
must → mast
shall -> shal
better → beter
worse → uors
worst → uorst
give given -> gif given/gifen
future -> fiuchur / fiutur / futur (return to latin)
feature -> fitur
features -> fitures
The -> De or Di at conveniens
between = bituin
code = cod / coud
Trici uords
Irregular / High-Noise Words
through → thru
though → do
thought → thot
fought → fot
tough → tof
enough → inof
said → saied / seid
says → seis
does → dos
was → uas
were → uer
people → pipol
one → uan
once → uans
little → litel
water → uater
world → uorld
what → uat
who → hu
where → uer
which → uich
have → haf
has → has
had → had
come → com
comes → coms
coming → comin
make → meic
made → meid
think → thinc