Constructed language of Ahlabush

Макоре!

Ба'Хелек ха'ба анj jеламед отхем эjх ледабер бе'ахлабуш.

Rа'хелек rа'ба jrjjе бе'англjт.

So that was a sample of Ahlabush.

Info:
- Name: Ahlabush
- Writing system: Cyrillic (Ahlabush variant)
- Language family: Constructed as Semitic

That's it.

Grammar? Vocab?
Also, you said "variant"; difference from (say) Russian? I see Latin-style R's and J's, and apostrophes. What do they do?

It's a semitic language so the Grammar and pronunciation is close to Hebrew and Aramaic. I will post a vocabulary later.

It's based on the Russian variant of Cyrillic alphabet, indeed. But, because there is no Cyrillic equivalent of H, I use R. And the I (i) I use is J (j).

For example. In Ahlabush, today = hayom. In Ahlabush it will be written "rаjом". Or, Breakable = Shavir. In Ahlabush it will be written "шавjр". So the J acts as both I and Y.

The translation to the part I've written is this:
"Hello!

In this part I will teach you how to speak in Ahlabush.

The next part will be in English."

The English transliteration of this part is (note: the X or Ch, is to be read as the Arabic "<H>ussein"):
"Makore!

Ba'Chelek cha'ba ani yelamed otchem eich ledabier be'achlabush.

Ha'chelek ha'ba ihiye be'anglit."

Ahlabush alphabet

The arrangement of presentation is like so:
Ahlabush letter - English equivalent - Ahlabush name - Pronounciation

А а - A a - Alf - "A"vatar

Б б - B b - Bat - "B"irthday

Г г - G g - Gimli - "G"reat

Ж ж - J j - Jap - "J"ason

Д д - D d - Delet - "D"ead

R r - H h - Hah - "H"oover

Э э - E e - Eh - S"e"x

В в - V v - Vam - "V"esus

З з - Z z - Zin - "Z"ebra

З' з' - Zh zh - Zhin - French "J"acque

Х х - H h - Hatah - Arabic "H"ussein

Т т - T t - Tahv - "T"elephone

J j - Y y / I i - Yoda/Ioda - "Y"es/Ch"i"ll/Fr"ea"k

К к - K k - Kap - "C"loud

Л л - L l - Lamt - "L"earn

М м - M m - Mohm - "M"other

Н н - N n - Num - "N"urse

С с - S s - Sel - "S"ection

О о - O o - Oin - G"o"blin

У у - U u - Ur - S"u"re

П п - P p - Pam - "P"edophile

Ц ц - Ts ts - Tsadir - Schni"tz"el

Ч ч - Ch ch - Chadir - "Ch"air

Р р - R r - Rish - French "R"ouge

Ш ш - Sh sh - Shat - "Sh"ark

So, what's cool or interesting about it?

What nuances it can express, that are hard to express in e.g. English?

Well, the language has the X letter - which like the Arabic "H" in like Hussein. English cannot pronounce X. Same goes to the Ahlabush R. The English R comes from the air through your mouth, while the Ahlabush R uses the tongue to produce the R.

Also, the language is built of Verb buildings - like a Semitic language. There are 7 buildings that act as platforms from verbs.

For an example: The word food, "Охэл" ("Okhel") can be turned into a verb. Now, to turn it to a verb we need to choose a building:

Let's choose the "Паал" (Paal) building: Охэл (food), becomes Ахал (He ate, in the past).

We can choose another word, such as Sell, which is Мэхjра (Mekhira). We will now choose the "Нjф'ал" (Nif'al). Now, we need to extract the root of the word Мэхjра - which is М-Х-Р. We enter it to the root of the buildings - which is П/Ф-A-Л - and we get, when we enter the same root to the building:

Нjмхар - Nimkhar - Sold.

Some tell me it's complex but when you get the hang of it, you can get it automatically :)

This is Hebrew in Cyrillic

It's a variation of Hebrew. Mostly based on it, but also based on Arabic, Latin and Greek.

So, who fucking cares?

>>9
Non-retards, for starters. People with non-retarded interests. People interested in, like, building stuff, rather than knee-jerk nay-saying anything that reeks of (Gasp! Shock! Horror!) creativity.

For anyone who's not already seen this:

If you have any kind of ambition for your constructed language, you have to start with some fundamental planning. One place to start is http://zompist.com/kit.html

Also, as this is clearly meant to be a Semitic language, you could do worse than to look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Semitic_language#Phonology - if only to determine what letters to actually use;
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_letters#Extensions
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_alphabets#Non-Slavic_languages
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cyrillic_letters
That list contains interesting letters like Һ/һ (H/h), so that we can avoid the clumsy R/r substitution. Also Ҙ/ҙ (ð) and Ҫ/ҫ (þ) for those TH sounds (THis [ð] THing [þ]) that some Semitic languages (like Arabic) still keep, if only for some "conservative" spelling of (proto-Semitic) words where they'll now have been replaced with Z/S (or D/T, or whatever).
As for "Iota", Cyrillic now has Ꙇ/ꙇ (BTW what's wrong with И/и (i)?), with Й/й ("short i") usable (I think) for consonant versions or something.

As for Arabic, it has kept most of the proto-Semitic inventory; three H/KH sounds (h,ḥ, kh), d/ḍ, t/ṭ and s/ṣ pairings, plus some guttural goodies (ɣ/ʁ, ʕ, ʔ) in addition to voiced and unvoiced TH sounds. A modern-day Semitic language would be expected to likewise keep some of this, if only in its orthography. (Hebrew seems to do this with differences that are no longer pronounced.)

WikiWalking further should reveal more interesting details. Just suggesting.

Almost forgot; there's stuff like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tifinagh if (for example) you want to make it look less tied up in Eastern Europe (as you'll be getting with Cyrillic). Or just make it look more exotic, or whatever.