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Ithkuil
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Ithkuil is an experimental constructed language created by John Quijada. It is designed to express more profound levels of human cognition briefly yet overtly and clearly, particularly about human categorization. It is a cross between an a priori philosophical and a logical language. It tries to minimize the vagueness and semantic ambiguity in natural human languages. Ithkuil is notable for its grammatical complexity and extensive phoneme inventory, the latter being simplified in an upcoming redesign. The name "Ithkuil" is an anglicized form of Iţkuîl, which in the original form roughly meant
Key facts
- Language.name
- Ithkuil
- Language.nativename
- Iţkuîl
- Language.region
- none
- Language.speakers
- none
- Language.familycolor
- philosophical language
- Language.creator
- John Quijada
- Language.created
- (as New Ithkuil)
- Language.script
- Morphophonemic
- Language.iso3
- none
- Language.imagecaption
- Iţkuîl written in the Ithkuil writing systems
- Language.notice
- IPA
- Language.glotto
- none
- Language.ietf
- art-x-ithkuil
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
In the Land of Invented Languages by Arika Okrent
inthelandofinventedlanguages.com →Link to a page describing this subject · 943 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- ithkuil.place
- Image
- Ithkuil-name.svg
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- described at URL
- langmaker.github.io/db/mdl_ithkuil.htm
- publication date
- 2004-01-00
- Commons category
- Ithkuil
- native label
- Ilaksh
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 0
- CLCR language code
- qit
Sources (3)
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Article
54 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Ithkuil
- History
- John Quijada's youth
- Influences
- Ilaksh (2007)
- Ithkuil (2011)
- New Ithkuil (2023)
- Outline
- Phonology
- Grammar
- Lexicon
- Writing system
- Possible advantages
- Past versions
- Ithkuil (2004)
- Phonology
- Grammar
- Ilaksh (2007)
- Ithkuil (2011)
- Phonology
- Morphophonology
- Formatives
- Basic morphology
- Configuration
- Affiliation
- Perspective
- Extension
- Essence
- Context
- Designation
- Version
- Register
- Cases
- Verbal morphology
- Function
- Mood
- Illocution
- Relation
- Phase
- Sanction
- Valence
- Validation
- Aspect
- Bias
- Suffixes
- Adjuncts
- Numerical system
- Writing system
- Ithkuil II (2007) {{anchor|Ithkuil II writing system}}
- ''Cartouche''-like face
- Case function
- References
- External links
Ithkuil is an experimental constructed language created by John Quijada. It is designed to express more profound levels of human cognition briefly yet overtly and clearly, particularly about human categorization. It is a cross between an a priori philosophical and a logical language. It tries to minimize the vagueness and semantic ambiguity in natural human languages. Ithkuil is notable for its grammatical complexity and extensive phoneme inventory, the latter being simplified in an upcoming redesign. The name "Ithkuil" is an anglicized form of Iţkuîl, which in the original form roughly meant "hypothetical representation of a language." Quijada states he did not create Ithkuil to be auxiliary or used in everyday conversations. Instead, he wanted the language for more elaborate and profound fields where more insightful thoughts are expected, such as philosophy, arts, science, and politics.
Meaningful phrases or sentences can usually be expressed in Ithkuil with fewer linguistic units than natural languages. For example, the two-word Ithkuil sentence "Tram-mļöi hhâsmařpţuktôx" can be translated into English as "On the contrary, I think it may turn out that this rugged mountain range trails off at some point." Quijada deems his creation as too complex to have developed naturally, seeing it as an exercise in exploring how languages could function. Nevertheless, it was featured in the Language Creation Conference's 6th Conlang Relay.