Mt. Penguin Monster's Marvellous World of Absurdist Nonsense

Conlangs

Permulang

Grammar

Syntax

Every sentence in Permulang is constructed from the same 100 syllables. The meaning of the sentence is determined by their order

Markers go after the things they mark

Lexicon

00Post-nullify
01-04Relative clause begins
05
06-09Relative clause ends
10Deictic proximity
11Deictic nonproximity
12Subject marker
13Verb marker
14Object marker
15Existential quantifier
16Universal quantifier
17-20Negation marker
21First Person
22Second Person
23Third Person
24-27Possessive marker
28-31Instrumental marker
32-39Descriptor marker
40Noun marker
50Human
51Work, activity
52Want, Desire
53Ability
54Animal
60Containment
61Movement
69Sex
70Touch
71Flat
72High
73Long
80
81
82
90Wet
91Creepy

Translations

Simple phrases

My hovercraft is full of eels

Container (movement touch-NEG-INS flat high-NEG-DESC)-DESC 1-POSS SUBJ VERB full (animal long-DESC wet-DESC)-INS OBJ

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UDHR 1

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.