Language
An attempt at breaking down this complicated topic. The language is called Aubtai. Hopefully by getting to the end of reading this page you will know how to pronounce “Aubtai.”
Letters
These are latin stand-ins, if you will. I’m still developing a script. It’s in early concepts (AKA its all in my head) so you’ll have to wait for updates on that.
Vowels
| Letters | IPA Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| o | o |
| a | a |
| e | ɛ |
| ü | y |
| i | i: |
| ï | ɨ |
| aw | a: |
| u | u |
| ù | ʊ |
| uh | ʌ |
| ie | i: |
| ou | oʊ |
| ay | eɪ |
| oi | ɔɪ |
Consonants
| Letters | IPA Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| b | b |
| d | d |
| f | f |
| g | g |
| h | h |
| y | y |
| k | k |
| l | l |
| m | m |
| n | n |
| ng | ŋ |
| p | p |
| s | s |
| t | t |
| vv | v |
| t | t |
| vv | v |
| z | z |
| sh | ʃ |
| zh | ʒ |
| ch | tʃ |
| j | dʒ |
| dh | ð |
| r̈ | ɹ |
| ṛ | rɪ |
| b̨ | β |
| th | θ |
Structure
Verb-Object-Manner-Subject-Place-Time
Sang (Verb) a beautiful song (Object) joyfully (Manner) the singer (Subject) in the park (Place) yesterday (Time)
Words are strewn together and can get very big. While we say things in English like “Fish Sandwich", in Spanish it is said like “sandwich de pescado.” Notice the connecting word there, formally known as a preposition. In Aubtai, it is a mix of both. Words like fish sandwich would be written like “fish-sandwich.” Any adjective is also treated like this, so you can get words that are very long.
English: [That was a] beautiful, stunning, and amazing song.”
Aubtai: [That was a] beautiful-stunning-amazing-song.”
By observing this, you can probably tell that those who speak Aubtai tend to be brief. If you speak in large phrases like the ones mentioned above, you can be perceived as very childish.
To make words plural, they add the word “oiaw” to the end of words. So “dogs” would be “dog-oiaw.”
To make certain verbs a different tense, you’ll do the same thing. You can read more about that in the vocab sheet below.
Vocab
Always updating this google sheet if you’re interested! This doc also has a pronunciation guide and built-in (awful) translator. I'm working on building a real translator but it will take some time. The pronunciation guide works fully with a few hiccups on long words...