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Veoler, Wow, great minds think alike! I was also doing verbs as CVCVC, with modifiers as CVCCV with various endings. (Won't you have to choose the part-of-speech consonants carefully, though, so that they don't get mistaken for parts of the root?) I've been contemplating doing nouns as VCCVC, though I haven't gotten far with it. Likewise, I have been expressing the verb types with a matrix of vowels, though unsurprisingly my matrix is different from yours. I've been playing with the matrix quite a bit, trying to work in as much voice structure in the middle of the word as possible. (What vowel are you representing with 'y'?) As for the secondary roots, I was going with CVCCC. Or even CVCVCCC if necessary. Have you thought of using some biliterals for really common words? They can even use the exact same vowel matrix, just shifted over: CVCV for verbs, say, and VCCV for others. I'd love to see what else you've developed, if you don't mind. (I don't really have enough concretely decided to share as yet, alas.) I'd even offer to collaborate, except that we are bound to have different visions of what the language is for. Feel free to email me. Garth P.S. What exactly is a 'transfix'? --- In Latejami@yahoogroups.com, Veoler <veoler@...> wrote: > > Lirakdom uses triliteral roots. Core roots have the shape CCC while > secondary roots have the shape CCCVC. Words of the form CVCVC are > verbs and CVCCVX are other parts of speech, where X is the part of > speech consonant. The first vowel is a matrix which indicates dynamics > and +/- focus: > > i y u = no focus > e a o = focus > > i e = static > u o = dynamic > > And the second vowel indicates the other semantic roles: > > e = 0 > a = P > i = A > o = A/P > u = AP > y = do not apply > > Voices, as well as non-linking argument structures, are marked with > additional affixes though. A single transfix combined with a normal > argument structure gives the non-linking argument structure; P + this > affix = 0/P. > > > -- > Veoler > > (Soon will this list be able to parse the word "lirakdom" itself) > > > The Shadow wrote: > > For quite a while I've had it in my mind to produce a language based > > more or less on Latejami grammar (which impresses the heck out of me) > > but using triliteral roots. (And perhaps some longer and shorter > > roots as well.) > > > > I think the triliterals will have several advantages. By implementing > > the verb types (ie, A/P/F-s and so on) and probably also the most > > common voice changes as infixes, I hope to increase brevity and get > > rid of memorizing default verb types. Basically, every verb will be > > marked for type. > > > > I've been playing around with it for some time, but haven't yet > > settled on the best way forward. Time is an issue. > > >