Ecastl (Harish's Language)

Ecastl (Harish's Language) - Alphabet

June 25, 2021

(Pronounced: एकाश्त्ल्)

It is derived from the Aztec word: Nahuatl

https://lingojam.com/EnglishtoEcastl

Here's the translator for my language.
I have only entered a few words so many of the words won't work.

https://lingojam.com/EnglishToKoreanTranslator%F0%9F%98%89

This is my translator into Korean. Again, I have only entered a few words, so many of them won't work.

New words and phrases will be updated every day.

https://app.memrise.com/course/6046000/ecastl/

This is my course to learn my language, which gives extra practice on grammar.

Be sure to check the above out!

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On this day, October 27th on 2019, I created this language. It is its 2nd anniversary today. So, ʂmḯlê cúmpléyä́ŋësê twenz̀ ũ̎gb viʂtemê, Écä́ʂtl!!!

Here, I am going to showcase some of my works in my language and explain the script

First the script:

Ecastl has 2 scripts: Latin and Wenǵúl

Latin:

It's the same alphabet as English (26 letters), But there are some sound changes and another classification of letters.

Half Vowels:
Half Vowels are letters that can only fit to one side of a consonant.

Eg- You can say a+p = ap and p+a = pa. Since 'a' can fit on both sides of a consonant it's a vowel.

But r + p = rp, is a combination you cannot say without voicing a vowel, but you can say p + r = pr. Since 'r' can fit to 1 side of a consonant, it is a half vowel.

Punctuation:

There are many symbols which indicate punctuation.

Combinations of consonants and Half-Vowels:

When a Half-Vowel comes after a consonant, a special symbol is added, and the vowel after the hybrid also has a unique symbol. Here's all of them:

You may have noticed that there is a letter hanging from the bottom of the hybrid. It is simply the next letter in the word. The half-vowel or consonant that comes after the hybrid is added to the bottom of the letter.

There are no symbols for 2-letter vowels (i.e. ai - ஐ, ãi - ஆய், au - ஔ, ãu - ஆஉ) They are just written next to the letter.

The Wenǵúl Script :

Now it's time for the other script: Wenǵúl

Wenǵúl is not a different language, but another writing script which you can use to write Ecastl.

So when do you use the 2 scripts? Usually they can be used anytime. It's not like Japanese (with its 3 scripts: Hiragana, Katakana & Kanji) which is very context-sensitive. Mostly The Latin Script is used to write texts in other languages which write in the same script, like English, Spanish or French. Wenǵúl is used more to write texts which don't use the Latin script. But to write Ecastl, both scripts can be used.

Wenǵúl is an abugida, i.e. it consists of individual ‘units’ that represent a single vowel sound along with a few supporting consonant sounds.

In short, an abugida is a script that has special symbols for vowels when they meet with a consonant. The best examples for these are the Indian languages: Sanskrit (Devanagari Script), Tamil, etc

In Tamil, க + ஆ = கா, here the symbol for ஆ when it meets with a consonant is ா, and in Devanagari, त + इ - ति, here the symbol for इ when it comes in contact with a consonant is ि

Wenǵúl has 20 main vowels, and 172 vowels in total.

Well... They are not individual vowels, just the main 20 repeated in different forms: Nasal, Tonal High, Tonal Low, Rising, Falling, Nasal High, Nasal Low, Nasal Rising & Nasal Falling.

Here, I am just showing the 20 main vowels. The rest will be shown further on.

Unlike the Latin Script, which can combine the main 5 vowels to make 2-vowel clusters like ai, or au, or add symbols to indicate tones, Wenǵúl has different characters for all of these. In addition, Wenǵúl writes as you say the word, but Latin is spelt like English, but to help the reader infer the right letter/word, punctuation is added.

Here's the main script:

The symbols in parenthesis are the symbols used when the vowel comes in contact with a consonant. Half vowels have symbols too. However, when 2 consonants meet, ः is added.

Wenǵúl has letters called 'first letters'

First letters are letters that can only appear on the start of the letter. There are (The Wenǵúl letters of )

Half vowels: S, W

Consonants: Kh, Gh, Jh

These letters, when they come in the middle of a word, are replaced by the following:

The position of the symbol of (r) and (rr) are different for each letter. Here is the place where the symbols should go:

Once you have memorised this, You can write your names in Wenǵúl!

Break:

When a word gets disconnected with its pronunciation, it is known as a break. Usually this gap in a word allows you to take a breath (though unnecessary) and continue on, still being the same word.

There are 3 symbols to indicate a break:

Each letter has any of the 3 signs attached to them to indicate a break.

Here is the list:

Of course, The break cannot be possible for the (Wenǵúl) Letters: Kh, Gh, လ & Jh, but they are just included in the list. If any of these letters come in the middle and are followed by a break, they are replaced by the following letters are the correct symbols for breaks:

The symbols of Vowels and Half-Vowels that come after a break are different too:

See if you are able to read the words written below.

Break for the Latin Script:

There are 2 symbols which indicate a break in the Latin script:

Here's the list of alphabets with the symbols attached to them. Like Wenǵúl, each letter has either one of the symbols to indicate a break.

The vowels or half-vowels after a break do not have any special symbol. Just the letter itself is written.

See is you are able to read the words below.

Greetings and Phrases

Now that half the script is completed, it's time to learn some greetings in Ecastl:

Pronouns:

Here's the list of Pronouns:

As you may have guessed by looking at the pronouns, Each Pronoun is followed by an apostrophe.

The only exception is (The Ecastl word for) My, which is not followed by an apostrophe.

Verbs

Now it's time for some verbs. Verbs can be conjugated into a total of 9 forms:

- Simple Present

- Present continuous

- Present Perfect

- Simple Past

- Past continuous

- Past Perfect

- Request/command

- Condition

- Modal

Here, we'll focus on Simple Present:

To make a verb into the simple present form, you add the suffix: erem
For verbs that end in a vowel, a break is added after the ending vowel and then 'erem' is added.

Eg - Leclez (To call) becomes Leclezerem (calls)

Lívö (To Live) becomes Lívö(break)erem

Here's the list of verbs. See if you can conjugate them into the simple present tense:

Sũê (To be) is special, because when it comes in contact with another word, Sũê + erem is not added, instead the suffix, ësê is added to the word that comes before it. So, it is basically, ____ is.

If you want to say I am, you are or He is, you just have to take the noun + ësê.

Ílësê - I am

Úlësê - You are

Ópësê - He is

See if you are able to translate the following sentences into Ecastl (Both Scripts)

I eat.

You Say

He Drinks

We Do

You are

They Go

You all Come

She takes

Now back to the alphabet:
There is a unique sound, called the click.
In this language, it is the sound that you use in everyday life. The tongue hits the soft pallet.
The symbol for click in The Latin Script is: ɛ
Eg - súrɛä́r - Phone
Weng̀úl is a little complicated. There is 1 character that represents a click, but when a letter comes before a click it becomes another character. Here's the list:

As you can see, the single letter that represents a click, when combined with another letter, gives an entirely new character.

The Vowels and Half-Vowels that come after a click also have different symbols.

Consonants cannot come after a click.

See if you can read the following words:

Special Sounds

Here are some special sounds. There is an audio on how to pronounce each of them.

The symbols on the right show how you write the characters in Weng̀úl.

How to Pronounce:

Gb, kp, ŋm:

, B

B̥:

ʘ (Bilabial Click)

ħ (Pharyngeal)

ɱp, lv

ɱp is nasal, so the ɱ is the nasal (pronounced through the nose) and the 'p' is added to it.

lv: the 'l' goes to the back of your mouth (Like Tamil ள) and the 'v' is added along with the 'l'

Nasal Vowels

Prepare your nose for nasal vowels. There vowels are pronounced through the nose, and make up another 20 of the 172 vowels. Weng̀úl has 2 characters for each of these. When you write informally (to a close friend or family), you write the character - ဝျ - after the vowel, So nasal 'a' will become ๐ဝျ

'So' (in which the 'o' is nasal) will become လာ + ဝျ = လာဝျ

But when you write formally, the characters are different for each vowel.

To indicate that a vowel is nasal for the Latin Script, ̋ is added above the vowel.

If ̋ needs to come with á é í ó ú, then ̋ is added next to ́.

See if you can read the following words:

Tones:

In Ecastl, there are 8 tones, with 4 main tones: High, Low, rising and Falling are the 4 main tones. The other 4 stem off the 4 main: Nasal High, Nasal Low, Nasal Rising and Nasal Falling

Here, I'll show the High tone. The tone you use in a word influences the meaning of the word. For example, ha (high) can mean something different from ha (low).

To indicate a high tone in the Latin Script, ̒ is added above the vowel. So, High a, e, i, o, u would become a̒, e̒, i̒, o̒, u̒

Low Tonal:

Now it's time for the the low tone. Here are the characters in Weng̀úl:

In the Latin Script, low tonal vowels (a, e, i, o, u) would become: a̓, e̓, i̓, o̓, u̓

Rising Tones:

Rising tones are tones in which you go from low to high in 1 vowel sound.

Since there is already stress, the vowels which have a stress like o, whose stress is ō, gets removed, since you already stress it for over a second for Rising and Falling tones.

Here's the Weng̀úl & Latin symbols:

Falling Tones:

Falling Tones go from High to Low in 1 vowel sound. Like Rising, Falling tones omit the short vowels because they are already stressed for over a second.

Here is the list for Weng̀úl & Latin symbols:

Nasal Tonal Vowels:

Nasal Tonal vowels are the same as, high, low, rising and falling but are said with the nose.

Here's the High Nasal:

Low Nasal:

Here's the Low Nasal:

An interesting fact on Om:

Rising Tone:

The same rule of the rising and falling tone with stressed vowels applies to nasal vowels as well. (i.e. the vowels that have a stress are not included in rising and falling, because when you say rising and falling tones, the vowel is already stressed)

Om can also be written as a Nasal Rising Tone if it is stressed for more then 2 seconds.

Nasal Falling:

This is the last tone, and with this, there is only 1 more lesson left to complete the alphabet.

See if you can read the following words:

Connecting Symbols - Weng̀úl

Connecting Symbols are symbols that connect 2 consonants together. Along with ः, there are 3 more symbols:

Unlike ः, which can be used anywhere where there is a stop in the word, the 3 symbols are a little restrictive. the first 2 symbols can only be used to connect consonants, and can never be used at the end of the word if there is a stop. The last symbol can only be used at the end of the word if there's a stop, and can never be used to connect 2 consonants.

If the vowel sounds a or eu come at the end of the word, there is no need to write the symbols; just leaving the letter as it is can prove sufficient enough to determine the sound.

See if you can read the following words:

The Letter Z can be pronounced 2 ways in Ecastl; one is the Z as in the buzzing sound. Think of the English words: Froze & Lazy. The other is the z as in Pizza. There is a silent T after the i, so it is pronounced Pitza. In Ecastl, the distinction is clearly marked; for the buzzing z, j is used (as shown in the Alphabet), but for the tz, there is another character to indicate that: