My first major conlang, Çomyopregi, was spoken on Earth and
belonged to the well-known Indo-European language family. But if
it was a star, Sopih is a constellation. Sopih [so.pɨχ]
is a world inhabited by humans much like us. They live in
different cultures, speaking a cornucopia of languages with a
range comparable to Earth's, yet which are intertwined
through their own genetic and historical relationships.
| The Tepat Writing System - Klût
i Tepat |
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| Graphic |
Phonetic |
Semantic |
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| Self |
Side |
Top / Bottom |
Enclosure |
Phonetic |
Initial |
Rhyme |
Gloss |
Radical / Determinative |
| lûy |
lô/û- | -ûy | sun / day |
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| sûy | Sô/û- | -ûy | star |
planets light and colors |
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| huy |
Ho/u- |
-uy |
knot |
numbers |
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| pey |
Pe/i- |
-ey |
cup |
containers |
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| tey |
Te/i- |
-ey |
hand |
possession / handling / giving verbs |
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| wey |
we/i- |
-ey |
big |
size and dimension |
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| -ôy | ||||||||
| mi- |
-oy |
negative |
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| -ay |
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| -iw |
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| -ûw | ||||||||
| -ew |
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| -ôw | ||||||||
| wow |
wo- |
-ow |
ox |
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| -aw |
fire |
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| x̬aw | Qa- |
-aw |
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| sisil |
Ti- | -il | ||||||
| til < t'ir |
Ti- |
-il |
arrow |
direction words path verbs deictics |
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| -ûl | ||||||||
| xyul |
Ku- |
-ul |
wind |
weather gases grammatical particles |
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| chel |
Ce- |
-el |
air |
weather gases grammatical particles |
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| thel |
Te- |
-el |
bird |
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| -ôl | ||||||||
| thol |
To/u- |
-ol |
stringed instrument |
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| khal |
-al |
head |
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| kim |
-im |
you |
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| -ûm | ||||||||
| sum |
Tu- |
-um |
spider |
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| cem |
Ce/i- |
-em |
sky |
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| -ôm |
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| -om |
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| tham |
Ta- |
-am |
body |
three |
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| tham |
Ta- |
-am |
egg |
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| yam |
ya- |
-am |
mountain |
rocks and minerals |
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| klip |
Kle/i- |
-ip |
mushroom |
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| -ûp | ||||||||
| lup < *mlup | -up |
fish | ||||||
| hep |
He/i- |
-ep |
ear / hear |
sounds phonetic symbols |
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| -ôp | ||||||||
| nop |
No/u- |
-op |
sheaf / bundle |
collections, groups |
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| hlwop |
Hlo/u- |
-op |
wind instrument |
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| nap |
na- |
-ap |
man |
male relatives male animals |
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| wap |
wa- |
-ap |
robe |
fabrics designs and patterns clothes |
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| -in |
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| -ûn | ||||||||
| qhun |
Qo/u- |
-un |
soldier |
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| -en |
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| tôn | Tô- |
-tôn | heaven |
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| -on |
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| wan |
wa- |
-an |
bowl |
containers |
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| yan |
ya- |
-an |
person |
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| klan |
-an |
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| -it |
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| -ût | ||||||||
| kyut |
-ut |
moon / month |
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| phut |
Po/u- |
-ut |
grain |
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| wet |
we- |
-et |
legless animal |
legless animals |
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| kê | -et |
present tense |
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| -ôt |
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| swot |
-ot |
foot |
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| swot |
-ot |
snake |
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| lat |
La- |
-at |
root |
ethnicities |
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| thing |
Te/i- |
-ing |
tongue |
speech words |
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| kling |
Kle/i- |
-ing |
sheep |
herd animals |
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| -ûng | ||||||||
| -ung |
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| -eng |
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| -ông | ||||||||
| nwong |
No/u- |
-ong |
earth |
fire loose solids |
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| yong |
yo- |
-ong |
water |
fluids and liquids |
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| -ang |
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| -ik |
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| -ûk | ||||||||
| muk < *mux | mo/u- |
-uk |
tree |
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| puk |
Po/u- |
-uk |
eye / see |
colors |
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| kluk |
Ku/Lu- |
-uk |
bow |
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| -ek |
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| -ôk | ||||||||
| nok |
no/u- |
-ok |
corner |
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| wok |
wo- |
-ok |
I |
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| sopak |
-ak |
dog |
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| phlat < *phrac | -ac | hero / sage | ||||||
| wot < *wuc' |
-uc |
bowels |
internal organs emotions |
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| i |
--- |
of |
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| -im |
--- |
copula |
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| -ûq | ||||||||
| -uq |
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| qlôq < *qle' |
Qle- |
-ôq | ||||||
| noq |
no/u- |
-oq |
leg / bone |
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| paq |
Pa- |
-aq |
lie / lean |
postures, positions |
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My first major conlang, Çomyopregi, was spoken on Earth and
belonged to the well-known Indo-European language family. But if
it was a star, Sopih is a constellation. Sopih [so.pɨχ]
is a world inhabited by humans much like us. They live in
different cultures, speaking a cornucopia of languages with a
range comparable to Earth's, yet which are intertwined
through their own genetic and historical relationships.
With open revolt on the way, the scholarly advisors took the
unprecedented step and ousted their very own leader. They then
invited scholars from all over the country to convene to decide
the fate of Tepat.
The newly powerful Lyup
quickly set about remaking society through a number of reformative
laws, such as banning polygamy, land inheritance, and slavery,
reducing the application of capital punishment, and promising
protection of intellectual inquiry. Over time, in order to
interface with the non-scholarly population, the Lyup introduced
the lwik system as
policy organs. The Lwik were in essence organizations of
citizens into groups based on residency and occupation, which sent
representatives to the state, which expected those same
representatives to keep their constituents in line and relay
relevant policy decisions to them. The Lwik were also
overlapping, such that a farmer in Hanam would belong to both a
farmer's lwik and a Hanam lwik.
Over time the lwik increased in size and number, and
gaining a life of their own, drained power away from the Lyup
and into themselves. The result was a truly popular government, as
we would recognize it, with the Lyup now finding
themselves in an advisory position. This general trend took place
among a variety of stops, breaks, interruptions, and other reforms
along the way, including restricting emergency dictatorships,
limiting the size and privileges of the military, standardizing
electoral procedures, and restricting the power of individual
representatives. The importance of the lwik
system is such that as the state extended beyond the area of Tepat
itself and ethnically Tepat people that its official named became
the League of Councils.
| The Tepat Writing System - Klût
i Tepat |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logograph |
Phonetic |
Rhyme |
Gloss |
|
| lûy |
-ûy | sun / day |
||
| -uy |
||||
| tey |
-ey |
hand |
||
| -ôy | ||||
| mi- |
-oy |
negative |
||
| -ay |
||||
| -iw |
||||
| -ûw | ||||
| -ew |
||||
| -ôw | ||||
| -ow |
||||
| -aw |
fire, flower |
|||
| til < t'ir |
-il |
arrow |
||
| -ûl | ||||
| -ul |
||||
| thel |
-el |
bird |
||
| -ôl | ||||
| -ol |
||||
| khal |
-al |
head |
||
| kim |
-im |
you |
||
| -ûm | ||||
| -um |
||||
| -em |
||||
| -ôm |
||||
| -om |
||||
| yam |
-am |
mountain, 3, body |
||
| -ip |
||||
| -ûp | ||||
| lup < *mlup | -up |
fish | ||
| -ep |
||||
| -ôp | ||||
| -op |
||||
| -ap |
||||
| -in |
||||
| -ûn | ||||
| qhun |
-un |
soldier |
||
| -en |
||||
| -ôn | ||||
| -on |
||||
| yan |
-an |
person |
||
| klan |
-an |
|||
| -it |
||||
| -ût | ||||
| kyut |
-ut |
moon / month |
||
| kê | -et |
present tense |
||
| -ôt |
||||
| swot |
-ot |
foot |
||
| swot |
-ot |
snake |
||
| -at |
||||
| -ing |
||||
| -ûng | ||||
| -ung |
||||
| -eng |
||||
| -ông | ||||
| yong |
-ong |
water |
||
| -ang |
||||
| -ik |
||||
| -ûk | ||||
| muk < *mux | -uk |
tree |
||
| puk |
-uk |
eye / see |
||
| -ek |
||||
| -ôk | ||||
| wok |
-ok |
I |
||
| sopak |
-ak |
dog |
||
| phlat < *phrac | -ac | hero / sage | ||
| wot < *wuc' |
-uc |
bowels |
||
| i |
--- |
of |
||
| -im |
--- |
copula |
||
My first major conlang, Çomyopregi, was spoken on Earth and
belonged to the well-known Indo-European language family. But if
it was a star, Sopih is a constellation. Sopih [so.pɨχ]
is a world inhabited by humans much like us. They live in
different cultures, speaking a cornucopia of languages with a
range comparable to Earth's, yet which are intertwined
through their own genetic and historical relationships.
With open revolt on the way, the scholarly advisors took the
unprecedented step and ousted their very own leader. They then
invited scholars from all over the country to convene to decide
the fate of Tepat.
The newly powerful Lyup
quickly set about remaking society through a number of reformative
laws, such as banning polygamy, land inheritance, and slavery,
reducing the application of capital punishment, and promising
protection of intellectual inquiry. Over time, in order to
interface with the non-scholarly population, the Lyup introduced
the lwik system as
policy organs. The Lwik were in essence organizations of
citizens into groups based on residency and occupation, which sent
representatives to the state, which expected those same
representatives to keep their constituents in line and relay
relevant policy decisions to them. The Lwik were also
overlapping, such that a farmer in Hanam would belong to both a
farmer's lwik and a Hanam lwik.
Over time the lwik increased in size and number, and
gaining a life of their own, drained power away from the Lyup
and into themselves. The result was a truly popular government, as
we would recognize it, with the Lyup now finding
themselves in an advisory position. This general trend took place
among a variety of stops, breaks, interruptions, and other reforms
along the way, including restricting emergency dictatorships,
limiting the size and privileges of the military, standardizing
electoral procedures, and restricting the power of individual
representatives. The importance of the lwik
system is such that as the state extended beyond the area of Tepat
itself and ethnically Tepat people that its official named became
the League of Councils.
| The Tepat Writing System - Klût
i Tepat |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logograph |
Phonetic |
Rhyme |
Gloss |
|
| lûy |
-ûy | sun / day |
||
| -uy |
||||
| tey |
-ey |
hand |
||
| -ôy | ||||
| mi- |
-oy |
negative |
||
| -ay |
||||
| -iw |
||||
| -ûw | ||||
| -ew |
||||
| -ôw | ||||
| -ow |
||||
| -aw |
fire, flower |
|||
| til < t'ir |
-il |
arrow |
||
| -ûl | ||||
| -ul |
||||
| thel |
-el |
bird |
||
| -ôl | ||||
| -ol |
||||
| khal |
-al |
head |
||
| kim |
-im |
you |
||
| -ûm | ||||
| -um |
||||
| -em |
||||
| -ôm |
||||
| -om |
||||
| yam |
-am |
mountain, 3, body |
||
| -ip |
||||
| -ûp | ||||
| lup < *mlup | -up |
fish | ||
| -ep |
||||
| -ôp | ||||
| -op |
||||
| -ap |
||||
| -in |
||||
| -ûn | ||||
| qhun |
-un |
soldier |
||
| -en |
||||
| -ôn | ||||
| -on |
||||
| yan |
-an |
person |
||
| klan |
-an |
|||
| -it |
||||
| -ût | ||||
| kyut |
-ut |
moon / month |
||
| kê | -et |
present tense |
||
| -ôt |
||||
| swot |
-ot |
foot |
||
| swot |
-ot |
snake |
||
| -at |
||||
| -ing |
||||
| -ûng | ||||
| -ung |
||||
| -eng |
||||
| -ông | ||||
| yong |
-ong |
water |
||
| -ang |
||||
| -ik |
||||
| -ûk | ||||
| muk < *mux | -uk |
tree |
||
| puk |
-uk |
eye / see |
||
| -ek |
||||
| -ôk | ||||
| wok |
-ok |
I |
||
| sopak |
-ak |
dog |
||
| phlat < *phrac | -ac | hero / sage | ||
| wot < *wuc' |
-uc |
bowels |
||
| i |
--- |
of |
||
| -im |
--- |
copula |
||