Ha’au, Anizaukō

This post introduces a language called Ababiikeeva (informally known as Apabiikeefa). If you are an Anizaukō, this language may be easy for you. The word order is SVO, with adjectives before nouns, but the subject, verb, and object of a clause need to be connected. Clause conjunctions are not attached onto objects or subjects.

The Ekeva (informally known as Ekefa) speak this language. Many Ekeva come in twins, and many higher classes treat twins the same, which is where the idiom “Ekevaabiinueva” (two people are one person) comes from.

For singular Ekeva, the science centers have been researching how twins are similar to each other, and they also have machines that make twins from a singular Ekeva.

The Ekeva live in Ababi (informally known as Apabi), where citizens are sensitive to formality. Their king expects all people to talk to him using formal speech. Any person who does not use formal speech when talking to him will be tossed into a fire. The king speaks to every person informally.

However, this made lower classes invent the “King Paradox”. There are two kings. These kings do not want to be tossed into a fire. If one king speaks to the other informally, one king will be tossed into a fire. So the king is forced to speak formally, but the king speaks to everyone informally. Not even semi-formal speech can solve this paradox.

When the kings saw this paradox, they were stumped, because the kings could potentially be very far apart, which makes the servants take a long time to send the message.

Twin Ekeva generally have opposite genders, but there is a chance for two pairs of twins’ relationships to connect to equal genders while they are in the womb. When one twin discovers their twin has the same gender, both twins have an existential crisis over each other.

Hospitals can analyze twin relationships to see if they have the same gender, but when they do, the doctor gives both twins a medicine for clearing out their existential crisis.

However, if a twin takes more than one pill of existential crisis clearing medicine (also known as ECCM), the existential crisis might become permanent and spread to the twin’s twin.

When the king sees twins with the same gender and an existential crisis, he acts like a doctor class to them. It turns out some of the servants were doctors, and they shared their ECCM with the king. If a twin takes more than one pill, the twin is tossed into a fire.

Phonology

closure	front unrounded	front rounded	back unrounded	back rounded
closed	/i/	/y/	w /ɯ/	/u/
middle	/e/			/o/
open	a /a~ɑ/		a /a~ɑ/

articulation manner	bilabial	alveolar	velar	palatal
plosive (voiceless)	/p/	/t/	/k/
plosive (voiced)	/b/	/d/	/g/
nasal (voiced)	/m/	/n/	ng /ŋ/
fricative (voiceless)	f /ɸ/	/s/	kh /x/
fricative (voiced)	v /β/	/z/	gh /ɣ/
approximant (voiced)				i /j/
approximant (labial)			u /w/
approximant (lateral)		/l/

• The syllable structure is (C)V. There are no coda consonants, ever.
• Plosives and fricatives can combine with L to form onset clusters, such as PL, GL, TL, and VL.
• All vowels have long variants, which are not listed in the chart.
• /j/ is only seen when short /i/ is in a vowel chain.
• /w/ is only seen when short /u/ is in a vowel chain.
• A vowel chain is a group of at least two vowels. Long vowels are not vowel chains.

Synthesis

Here is a table of the forms of some common words:

base	initial	medial	final
pa (I)	apa	paa	pa
papa (we)	apapa	paapa	papa
une (one)	une	nue	ne
ibike (clone)	ibike	biike	bike

Here are some patterns you may have noticed:

• If a word begins with a consonant, the vowel A is added before it to mark the initial form. If a word begins with a vowel, the word itself is the initial form.
• To convert an initial form into a medial form, move the onset of the second syllable to be the onset of the second one.
• To convert a medial form into a final form, change the vowel of the first syllable to the vowel of the second syllable, then shorten the vowel.

Make sure to note down some important words and their initial, medial, and final forms.

Classes

Here is a table of the classes of the name Abakeeva:

class	informal	formal	semi-formal
king, officer	Abakeevuba	Abakeevaba	Abakeevwba
boss, gym teacher	Abakeevugeghe	Abakeevageghe	Abakeevwgeghe
general teacher	Abakeevubia	Abakeevabia	Abakeevwbia
doctor, inventor, injector	Abakeevudeke	Abakeevadeke	Abakeevwdeke
parent	Abakeevueva	Abakeevaeva	Abakeevweva
general high class	Abakeevua	Abakeevaa	Abakeevwa
friend, twin	Abakeevuke	Abakeevake	Abakeevwke
internet friend that you have never met in real life	Abakeevune	Abakeevane	Abakeevwne
general similar class	Abakeevuw	Abakeevaw	Abakeevww
gym student, worker	Abakeevukekhe	Abakeevakekhe	Abakeevwkekhe
general student	Abakeevupia	Abakeevapia	Abakeevwpia
patient, inventee (invented object), injectee (object being injected)	Abakeevuteke	Abakeevateke	Abakeevwteke
child	Abakeevuefa	Abakeevaefa	Abakeevwefa
general low class	Abakeevuu	Abakeevau	Abakeevwu
servant	Abakeevupa	Abakeevapa	Abakeevwpa
foreigner	Abakeevu	Abakeeva	Abakeevw

Names in different formalities have different ending vowels in their foreigner form.

• informal: u
• formal: a
• semi-formal: w

Here are the classes for any general name, not including formality:

class	suffix
king, officer	-ba
boss, gym teacher	-geghe
general teacher	-bia
doctor, inventor, injector	-deke
parent	-eva
general high class	-a
friend, twin	-ke
internet friend that you have never met in real life	-ne
general similar class	-w
gym student, worker	-kekhe
general student	-pia
patient, inventee (invented object), injectee (object being injected)	-teke
child	-efa
general low class	-u
servant	-pa

These class suffixes do not just apply to names, they also apply to nouns, verbs, and adjectives. The verb has the same class as the subject. The adjective has the same class as the modified noun. Verbs and adjectives are not affected by formality when attached to a class suffix.

• Apubiakakheubia. (As a general teacher, I speak.)
• Abapiakakheupia. (As a general student, I speak.)

The phrase “I speak” can also be used to mean “hello”.

• Apubiakakheubia. (As a general teacher, hello.)
• Abapiakakheupia. (As a general student, hello.)

Although the word order is SVO, the subject must be of an equal or higher class than the object. If this is false, the word be (not bi) is placed before the verb.

• Apubianuutupia. (I meet you.)
• Apubiabeenuutupia. (You meet me.)

Only types of people, excluding pronouns, have a wide range for a default class. All other things have a default class of “foreigner”. The default class is the class a noun is treated without a specified class.

The class system is also used to conjugate verbs. This conjugation is placed after the conjugation from the subject. Here are the meanings of each class when attached to the verb for “speak” (akakheu):

class	full meaning	concise (or common words) approximation
king, officer	command [X] to speak	force [X] to speak
boss, gym teacher	give [X] the job of speaking	hire [X] with speaking
general teacher	teach [X] how to speak	teach [X] how to speak
doctor, inventor, injector	invent speaking	invent speaking
parent	care to speak	care to speak
general high class	will speak	will speak
friend (-ku)	be spoken	(passive voice, do not use in concise speech)
twin	speak with [X]	speak with [X]
internet friend that you have never met in real life	speak on the internet	speak on the internet
general similar class	be speaking	be speaking
gym student, worker	be given by [X] the job of speaking	(passive voice, do not use in concise speech)
general student	learn how to speak	learn how to speak
patient, inventee (invented object), injectee (object being injected)	be invented with speaking	(passive voice, do not use in concise speech)
child	be cared to speak	(passive voice, do not use in concise speech)
general low class	spoke	spoke
servant	be commanded by [X] to speak	must speak
general very low class (-uu*)	have spoken	have spoken

*when this comes after -u, the -u becomes -w.

Verb conjugations can also stack with each other. Here, the columns represent the primary class, and the rows represent the secondary class. Each conjugation is classified as an intersection of two conjugations. Here are the high primary class and high secondary class conjugations:

speak (akakheu)	king, officer	boss, gym teacher	general teacher	doctor, inventor, injector	parent	general high class
king, officer	command [X] to command [Y] to speak	give [X] the job of commanding [Y] to speak	teach [X] how to command [Y] to speak	invent commanding [X] to speak	care to command [X] to speak	will command [X] to speak
boss, gym teacher	command [X] to give [Y] the job of speaking	give [X] the job of giving [Y] the job of speaking	teach [X] how to give [Y] the job of speaking	invent giving [X] the job of speaking	care to give [X] the job of speaking	will give [X] the job of speaking
general teacher	command [X] to teach [Y] how to speak	give [X] the job of teaching [Y] how to speak	teach [X] how to teach [Y] how to speak	invent teaching [X] how to speak	care to teach [X] how to speak	will teach [X] how to speak
doctor, inventor, injector	command [X] to invent speaking	give [X] the job of inventing speaking	teach [X] how to invent speaking	invent inventing speaking	care to invent speaking	will invent speaking
parent	command [X] to care to speak	give [X] the job of caring to speak	teach [X] how to care to speak	invent caring to speak	care to care to speak	will care to speak
general high class	command [X] to speak in the future	give [X] the job of speaking in the future	teach [X] how to speak in the future	invent speaking in the future	care to speak in the future	will speak in the far future

The secondary part of the conjugation is underlined, because in some cases, the secondary part changes its wording in the translation while preserving the main meaning. The full conjugation table can be formed manually by combining conjugations.

Formal Word Order

In formal speech, words are placed in order from highest to lowest class. Subjects and verbs are marked as a doctor, and objects are marked as a patient.

Pronouns

Do not worry, they are simple. Here are the informal pronouns:

• pa (first person)
• ta (second person)
• ka (third person, gender-neutral)
• ke (third person, male)
• ki (third person, female)

Here are the formal pronouns:

• ba (first person)
• da (second person)
• ga (third person, gender-neutral)
• ge (third person, male)
• gi (third person, female)

Notice how voicing distinguishes between the formalities.

People and Plants

Here are the informal words for people and plants:

• fa (person)
• sa (plant)
• kha (life)
• khu (death)
• akha (to live)
• akhu (to die)

Here are the formal words:

• va (person)
• za (plant)
• gha (life)
• ghu (death)
• agha (to live)
• aghu (to die)

These words follow simple patterns due to them being essential to life.

Numbers

Numbers are simply based on loanwords from Factoran. Many of these numbers end with consonants, so they gain an E at the end. Here are some non-composite numbers:

• une (one)
• eke (two)
• ade (three)
• ude (five)
• pime (seven)

Composite numbers can be constructed by fusing numbers together, which multiplies them.

• ekeke (four)
• ekede (six)
• ekekeeke (eight)
• ekedue* (ten)
• *to avoid homonyms, the negation is kept in the final form.

To construct other non-composite numbers, the word a (and) is used to add numbers. It is all of its forms. The new number has U’s on both of its sides, so it works as a factor. These numbers also work as addends.

• upimeakeekeu (eleven)
• uupimeakeekeuakeu (thirteen)

Now here is a puzzle for you. How do you make the number sixty-seven? (Hint: it is a prime.)

The word for zero is nule.

Thankfully, though, in everyday speech, they have a base-4 system using the syllabary, even in formal speech. Here are the four main numbers:

• a (0)
• pa (1)
• ba (2)
• ma (3)

These numbers can combine with each other to form bigger numbers.

• paa (4)
• papa (5)
• paba (6)
• pama (7)
• baa (8)
• maa (12)

The word for 16 is va.

• vapa (17)
• vaba (18)
• vama (19)

In scientific contexts, the factor-based numbers are still used, because it allows them to store checklists in single numbers.

Length

Rice is not just a common food grown in Ababi. Its grains are also used as a unit of length. A grain is about 1 centimeter long. The shape of a grain is approximately a spheroid with a radius of 1/16 centimeters and a height of 1 centimeter.

Grains

Grains were not just used as a unit of length. They were also used to count. Digits are placed from left to right. Here are the descriptions on where to place a grain for each digit:

Digit	Grain Arrangement
1	One vertical grain
2	Two vertical grains
3	Two vertical grains and one horizontal grain
4	Two vertical grains and two horizontal grains

To multiply numbers, they laid the grains of each number in a single line, where the first number’s grains go horizontally, and the second number’s grains go vertically. Then they laid a grain on each square where a grain of a number existed in its row and its column. They removed the grains of the numbers, and they rearranged the remaining grains into a number.

When a digit was filled with four grains, the next grain would be placed on the next digit. It was simple to add numbers using grains. When a digit overflowed, it carried its excess grains into the next digit.

Possession

If a noun B attaches after a noun A, noun B becomes a possessor. However, vowel harmony will affect the vowels in the possessor.

• I, Y, and A can appear together.
• O, W, and U can appear together.
• E can separate these groups.
• These rules only apply to possessors.
• The vowel directly before the possessor is checked against the vowels in the possessor.

Here are some examples:

• gha (life)
• aghaba (my life)
• ghu (death)
• aghubu (my death)

Chess

Aghaghu (informally known as Akhakhu), the Ekeva’s variant of chess, uses a 16×16 board. The rules are the same as regular chess, with these changes. The pieces are known as Aghaghuuva (informally known as Akhakhuufa).

• The board has 16 big squares, where each big square is a 4×4 rectangle of small squares.
• When a piece enters a different big square, it cannot move out of the big square it entered for three full turns.
• Each piece has a class associated with it.
• Although kings are male (pekeva) and queens are female (bekeva), they are both treated as a king class.
• Rooks are treated as a general teacher class.
• Bishops and knights are treated as a friend class. An -a marks a bishop, and an -u marks a knight.
• Pawns are treated as a servant class.
• On rank 2, the white side has pawns. On rank 1, from left to right, the order of the pieces is rook, knight, bishop, knight, bishop, knight, bishop, queen, king, bishop, knight, bishop, knight, bishop, knight, and rook.
• This setup is mirrored for the black side, making sure each queen is on its own colored square.

Here are the names of the pieces:

piece	informal	formal
king	Pakhakhuufuba	Paghaghuuvaba
queen	Bakhakhuufuba	Baghaghuuvaba
rook	Akhakhuufubia	Aghaghuuvabia
bishop	Akhakhuufukea	Aghaghuuvakea
knight	Akhakhuufukeu	Aghaghuuvakeu
pawn	Akhakhuufupa	Aghaghuuvapa

Scrabble

Their version of Scrabble, known formally as Ababiinweva, uses a value system based on the phonological features of a syllable. Here are the values for the onset of a syllable:

• Nasal consonants are worth 1 point.
• Voiced plosives are worth 2 points.
• Voiceless plosives are worth 3 points.
• Voiced fricatives are worth 3 points.
• Voiceless fricatives are worth 4 points.
• If the onset is L or does not exist, it is worth 6 points.

Here are the values for the vowel of a syllable:

vowel	value
E	1
A	2
I	3
U	3
O	4
Y	4
W	4

Long vowels add an extra 1 to the vowel value. The value of a syllable is its onset value plus its vowel value. The value of a full word is the sum of its syllables’ values. The syllables with the highest value are LOO, LYY, LWW, OO, YY, and WW.

At first, this game was only released in 0x2008 with a syllabary for informal writing and loanwords. However, many high classes were angry because it did not help them with the logography they use to write letters to their parents, teachers, and doctors,

In 0x200A, the logography expansion pack was released with a set of radicals. Each radical’s value is based on its value as a word in its base form. However, for some words, it was hard to decompose them in the correct order.

In 0x200C, a sheet was released for converting logographs in the dictionary into radicals in the correct order. There were two dictionaries for the logography. One dictionary was ordered by pronunciation, and the other dictionary was ordered by radicals. Each dictionary also had an index for finding words by the first consonant (or radical).

Idioms

Here is a list of idioms:

meaning	literal	informal	formal
Citizen	Two people	Ekefa	Ekeva
Country	I am	Apabi	Ababi
To clone (with a purpose)	Be two	Ibiba	Ibike
To clone (without a purpose)	Be three	Ibima	Ibide
To clone (accidentally)	Be seven	–	Ibipime
To clone (accidentally)	Be four	Ibipaa	–
Sun	Plant as parent	Sueva	Zaeva
Plant (common form)	Plant as child	Suefa	Zaefa
Today is hot.	The sun is one.	Asuevabiine.	Azaevabiine.
Today is very hot.	The sun is two.	Asuevabiike.	Azaevabiike.
Today is too hot.	The sun is three.	Asuevabiide.	Azaevabiide.
Today is cold.	The sun is one not.	Asuevabiineu.	Azaevabiineu.
Today is very cold.	The sun is two not.	Asuevabiikeu.	Azaevabiikeu.
Today is too cold.	The sun is three not.	Asuevabiideu.	Azaevabiideu.
Half / For the twins	Two not	–	Ekeu
Rice / Grain	One plant one	Unesaane	Unezaane

Loanwords

Here are some loanwords in Ababiikeeva:

English	Ababiikeeva
font	fonataaenae
fox	fokaaesakaae
type	taiaapaaedaiaaepa
dog	doiaauagae
America	amaeelaieekaaelaka
Britain	baliitaniidaaneeiana
Indonesia	inaadoaaneesuuiaeeza
Thailand	taiaalaaenadaaelaaenadae
ten (for base 10 system)	tedenaaedaaetedaaena
board	bolaaepaaelaaedaaeta