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{{Engineered language | |||
| name = Latejami | |||
| autonym = latejami | |||
| by = Rick Morneau | |||
| year = 1995-2007 | |||
| kind = Latejamic; first of its kind | |||
| script = Latin | |||
| spec = [http://www.rickmor.x10.mx/lexical_semantics.html] | |||
| spec-lang = English | |||
| authority = Rick Morneau (i.e. creator) | |||
| influences = [[Loglan]], [[Lojban]], [[Esperanto]] | |||
| community = no dedicated forums | |||
}} | |||
'''Latejami''' (natively [laˈted͡ʒami]; 'speech-system')<ref>Stress placement in Latejami depends on word-internal syntax. Here stress goes on the syllable ''te'' because ''te'' is a Modifier morpheme.</ref> is an engineered language intended as a speakable [[machine-translation interlanguage]]. It was developed by Rick Morneau in his 1995 paper ''The Lexical Semantics of a Machine Translation Interlingua'', and developed over a number of years under different names, including '''Nasendi''', '''Katanda''', '''Ladekwa''' and '''Latenkwa'''. | |||
== References | = Background = | ||
http://www.rickmor.x10.mx/lexical_semantics.html | |||
== History == | |||
== Aims == | |||
= Design = | |||
== Phonology and orthography == | |||
Latejami has 26 phonemes: 21 consonants and five vowels. | |||
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center | |||
|+ Consonant phonemes | |||
! | |||
! scope=col | Labial | |||
! scope=col | Alveolar | |||
! scope=col | Palatal | |||
! scope=col | Velar | |||
! scope=col | Glottal | |||
|- | |||
! scope=row | Plosive | |||
| p b || t d || t͡ʃ d͡ʒ || k g || | |||
|- | |||
! scope=row | Fricative | |||
| f v || s z || ʃ ʒ || colspan="2" | h~ʔ~x | |||
|- | |||
! scope=row | Nasal | |||
| m || || n || || | |||
|- | |||
! scope=row | Lateral | |||
| || || l || || | |||
|- | |||
! scope=row | Rhotic | |||
| || || r || || | |||
|- | |||
! scope=row | Semivowel | |||
| w || || || j || | |||
|} | |||
/r/ may be realized as any rhotic, and /h/ may be realized "as a glottal stop or as any unvoiced velar, uvular, pharyngeal, or glottal fricative." | |||
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center | |||
|+ Vowel phonemes | |||
|- | |||
! | |||
! scope=col | Front | |||
! scope=col | Central | |||
! scope=col | Back | |||
|- | |||
! scope=row | Close | |||
| i || || u | |||
|- | |||
! scope=row | Mid | |||
| e | |||
| | |||
| o | |||
|- | |||
! scope=row | Open | |||
| colspan=3 | a | |||
|} | |||
Three phonetic diphthongs are present: /aj aw oj/. They are treated as vowel-semivowel sequences and spelled ⟨ay aw oy⟩. | |||
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center | |||
|+ The Latejami alphabet | |||
|- | |||
! Grapheme | |||
| a || b || style="background-color: #fcc" | c || d || e || f || g || style="background-color: #fcc" | h | |||
| i || style="background-color: #fcc" | j || k || l || m || n || o || p || style="background-color: #fcc" | q | |||
| r || s || t || u || v || w || style="background-color: #fcc" | x || style="background-color: #fcc" | y || z | |||
|- | |||
! Phoneme | |||
| a || b || style="background-color: #fcc" | t͡ʃ || d || e || f || g || style="background-color: #fcc" | h~ʔ~x | |||
| i || style="background-color: #fcc" | d͡ʒ || k || l || m || n || o || p || style="background-color: #fcc" | ʒ | |||
| r || s || t || u || v || w || style="background-color: #fcc" | ʃ || style="background-color: #fcc" | j || z | |||
|} | |||
''(Differences from the IPA are highlighted.)'' | |||
== Morphology == | |||
=== Morpheme classes === | |||
=== Word structure === | |||
=== Proper names, etc. === | |||
== Syntax == | |||
== Semantics == | |||
=== Verbs === | |||
=== Nouns === | |||
=== Case tags === | |||
=== Case-role semantics === | |||
=== Modifiers === | |||
=== Tense, aspect and modality === | |||
=== Anaphora === | |||
=== Abstract relationships === | |||
=== Literalness and metaphor === | |||
== Lexicon == | |||
= Samples = | |||
= Notes = | |||
<references /> | |||
= References = | |||
Morneau, R. 2007. ''The Lexical Semantics of a Machine Translation Interlingua.'' Accessed from http://www.rickmor.x10.mx/lexical_semantics.html (19 June 2021). | |||
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Latejami (natively [laˈted͡ʒami]; 'speech-system')[1] is an engineered language intended as a speakable machine-translation interlanguage. It was developed by Rick Morneau in his 1995 paper The Lexical Semantics of a Machine Translation Interlingua, and developed over a number of years under different names, including Nasendi, Katanda, Ladekwa and Latenkwa.
Background
History
Aims
Design
Phonology and orthography
Latejami has 26 phonemes: 21 consonants and five vowels.
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plosive | p b | t d | t͡ʃ d͡ʒ | k g | |
Fricative | f v | s z | ʃ ʒ | h~ʔ~x | |
Nasal | m | n | |||
Lateral | l | ||||
Rhotic | r | ||||
Semivowel | w | j |
/r/ may be realized as any rhotic, and /h/ may be realized "as a glottal stop or as any unvoiced velar, uvular, pharyngeal, or glottal fricative."
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |
Three phonetic diphthongs are present: /aj aw oj/. They are treated as vowel-semivowel sequences and spelled ⟨ay aw oy⟩.
Grapheme | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phoneme | a | b | t͡ʃ | d | e | f | g | h~ʔ~x | i | d͡ʒ | k | l | m | n | o | p | ʒ | r | s | t | u | v | w | ʃ | j | z |
(Differences from the IPA are highlighted.)
Morphology
Morpheme classes
Word structure
Proper names, etc.
Syntax
Semantics
Verbs
Nouns
Case tags
Case-role semantics
Modifiers
Tense, aspect and modality
Anaphora
Abstract relationships
Literalness and metaphor
Lexicon
Samples
Notes
- ↑ Stress placement in Latejami depends on word-internal syntax. Here stress goes on the syllable te because te is a Modifier morpheme.
References
Morneau, R. 2007. The Lexical Semantics of a Machine Translation Interlingua. Accessed from http://www.rickmor.x10.mx/lexical_semantics.html (19 June 2021).