https://folksprak.org/wiki/ 2026-04-15T04:50:38+00:00 https://folksprak.org/wiki/ https://folksprak.org/wiki/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2020-12-03T21:28:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=adpositions&rev=1607027329&do=diff Adpositions See Prepositions Discussion The prepositions come under the heading of lexicon, so there isn't much to say about them here in terms of grammar, other than the proposal that certain of them be allowed to function as conjunctions (e.g. vor ~ before, text/html 2017-08-08T00:12:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=ane_dek&rev=1502143927&do=diff To dar, var ek nog hav sejt hum Skrid ek in de skug, so svart on tum Dog de avend verp en duk up d'land On up de veger bak av de skuges rand Fra de treer hoyr ek lud donder Ve mek, o ve! On de fog'ler sing nit mer text/html 2020-12-16T16:53:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=attributes&rev=1608133980&do=diff Comparative and superlative Proposal 1 * comparative is formed by appending the affix -er- to the positive-stem or by using the word for more (mër in sch12) in front of the positive * superlative is formed by appending the affix -est- to the positive-stem or by using the word for text/html 2020-12-03T21:37:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=colours&rev=1607027856&do=diff Colors Content Proposal 1 * basic colors * röd ~ red * grön ~ green * blu ~ blue * mixed colors * kjan ~ cyan,teal * fjol ~ violet * gel ~ yellow * unsaturated colors * vit ~ white * gru ~ grey * svart ~ black Mixes between the saturated colors are expressed by a compositum wit text/html 2020-04-26T22:51:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=conjugation&rev=1587934289&do=diff Verb forms Infinitive Proposal 1 * formed by appending the suffix -e to the stem * like in Danish and Norwegian * references: wor02:2, roe04:15, par06:10, par11:16, sch12:8 Proposal 2 * formed by appending the suffix -en to the stem (sko03: and in cases where needed prepended by text/html 2020-12-03T21:31:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=conjunctions&rev=1607027500&do=diff Conjunctions Content Here are some provisional core conjunctions: * on ~ and * fordi ~ because * dok ~ but * if ~ if * el ~ or * derfor ~ therefore * den ~ than * dat ~ that Discussion (Question: should "because" be taken over by the preposition "because of"? Answer: probably not, mainly because it would be strange.) text/html 2021-04-25T22:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=correlatives&rev=1619382616&do=diff Correlatives Proposal 1 Naturalistic, with each word being taken from the corresponding word in the source languages. Advantages * Easier to guess the meaning of a word Disadvantages * Harder to learn, as there are more words to be memorised Proposal 2 text/html 2015-11-15T23:36:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=de_grot_diktator&rev=1447626972&do=diff Remarks * this is a translation (mainly from the English and partly from the German version) of the final speech in Charlie Chaplins film “The great dictator”. See YouTube-video * words in [...]-brackets don't have a satisfying translation yet * still a draft yet; send me your feedback and recommendations, if you like: text/html 2017-08-07T23:09:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=de_tid_nit_halt_tu_loype&rev=1502140191&do=diff (An attempt to translate Bob Dylans “The times are changing'”): Kom harto, man, ef du mut vandere nog On erken, at de vater ved dek hav stigt hog On farsta, at sener din fut skal verde vet So ef du vil leve komenddag Du mut svime nu er du skal sinke lik en sten text/html 2014-02-13T17:53:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=de_tormbu_at_babel&rev=1392310383&do=diff In dis tid de hel erd haved alen en gemen sprak ond sam worden. Ond wan de goed ostward, de finded en dal in de land Sinear ond befolked it. Ond de segged ene to de andere: Kom, lat ons strike tegeln ond bake dem hard. De gebruked de tegeln als stenen ond de asfalt als cement. text/html 2020-12-03T21:14:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=declension&rev=1607026456&do=diff Content Inflection types Numerus Proposal 1 * two numeri: singular and plural * plural is formed by appending the affix -en * references: Reference: wor02:1, Reference: sko03:3, Reference: goe09:13, Reference: sch12:5 * polls: How should plurals be formed? Hoe moet het meervoud worden gemaakt? Proposal 2 * two numeri: singular and plural * two possible ways of forming plurals text/html 2014-02-13T17:55:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=dwergen&rev=1392310508&do=diff by joe.hadoken Dwergen er — aldoch des smalhed — welgekrafted ond seje meest bardig ut. Dat kom daraf, dat dee er alredig mid tri, fier jaren erwaxen ond mid seven, acht schon have een graw bard. Des hem er de geberge af skandinavien, tydischland, svits ond dels grotbritanien, war dee smide wonderdadig wapen, wyrktyg, rustingen ond deslike, maked af wertfoll metalen. text/html 2021-03-03T21:09:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=goals&rev=1614802187&do=diff Goals Main Goals Folksprak shall be constructed as a language that is * Intelligible with little or no training to Germanic speakers * Simple enough for ease of learning to write or speak about normal topics * Precise enough to deal with more complex topics (e.g. science, maybe philosophy) text/html 2020-12-03T21:21:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=guidelines_for_word_formation&rev=1607026877&do=diff General guidelines Words should be: * as internationally recognisable (within the Germanic world) and/or frequent as possible * not confusable with other words * ideally, not false friends * structurally simple Concrete guidelines Proto-Germanic to Folksprak text/html 2017-05-21T21:30:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=habitual_expressions&rev=1495395023&do=diff * haj! ~ hi! * vat skej? ~ what's up? * har ek ar! ~ here i am! * gud dag ~ good day * gud morgen ~ good morning * gud avend ~ good evening * gud nagt ~ good night * hav hit gud! ~ good bye! * ja ~ yes * ne ~ no * danking (to dek)! text/html 2020-12-03T21:33:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=numbers&rev=1607027639&do=diff Numbers Content Cardinals Proposal 1 * 1-12 * 1: ën * 2: two * 3: tri * 4: fier * 5: femf * 6: six * 7: seven * 8: acht * 9: nien * 10: tën * 11: elv * 12: tvielf * 13-19 * formed by adding the suffix -tëen to the numbers 3 to 9: text/html 2014-02-13T17:55:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=ons_fater&rev=1392310549&do=diff Ons Fater, whem leven in der Himmel, Mai din Name werden helig, Mai din Konigdom kommen, Mai din will werden, in der Erd und in der Himmel. Geven os distdag ons Brod, Und forgiv ons sindens, samme Weg als wi forgiv dem whem eren skuld to uns. text/html 2020-12-03T21:09:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=phonology_and_orthography&rev=1607026195&do=diff Content Classes Lateral approximants * L/l (runic ᛚ) for [l] Nasals * M/m (runic ᛗ) for [m] * N/n (runic ᚾ) for [n] * [ŋ]? * some proposals also include [ŋ], what makes sense since this sound is quite common in Germanic languages * mostly t text/html 2019-08-22T18:49:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=pos_marking&rev=1566492588&do=diff Different auxlangs feature part-of-speech marking to different degrees. When it comes to Folkspraak, there is perhaps only one place where the issue really matters - in distinguishing between certain noun+verb pairs, generally when the noun is singular or the verb is in the present tense or imperative mood. text/html 2020-12-03T21:25:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=pronouns&rev=1607027146&do=diff Articles Proposal 1 * the definite article is de * the indefinite one is en * they are placed as separate words before the noun to which they refer (if existent) and don't get declinated * en is only used for singular; for expressing an indefiniteness in plural, t text/html 2017-10-31T22:49:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=protocols&rev=1509486550&do=diff 2016-07-01 * discussion about better organziation of the development * idea to use GoogleDocs or Etherpads as some kind of protocol to summarize the thoughts, findings and decisions * the protocols should be copied to the Wiki regularly 2016-07-08 text/html 2020-12-03T21:44:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=references&rev=1607028246&do=diff References Proposals * wor02 * sko03 * roe04 * bem05 * par06 * cha07 * goe09 * par11 * sch12 * rin17 * mor20 Other Stuff * <http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/books/pgmc00.html> text/html 2021-03-03T21:06:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=roadmap&rev=1614801998&do=diff Roadmap * finish the draft | until 2021-07 * correlatives * prepositions * attributes * sentence structure * word functions * write sample texts | until 2021-10 * get feedback from others | until 2022-01 * revise and adjust the specification | text/html 2021-03-04T09:18:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=runes&rev=1614845896&do=diff Rune Names * ᚠ : fe ~ fee * ᚢ : uroks ~ aurochs * ᚦ : dorn ~ thorn * ᚨ : as ~ Æsir * ᚱ : riding ~ ride * ᚲ: ?? ~ ?? * ᚷ : giving ~ gift * ᚹ : vün ~ pleasure,win * ᚺ : hagel ~ hail * ᚾ : nöd ~ distress,need * ᛁ : is ~ ice * ᛃ text/html 2017-06-11T20:11:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=sample_texts&rev=1497204687&do=diff Overview Here are some examples of what Folksprak might look like when it's done: * De Tormbu at Babel * Dwergen * Ons Fater * De grot diktator * Sverde in de Vind * De tid nit halt tu loype * single sentences * „Ek hav skrivt en buk.“ * „Man find fir rumer inan de smal hus.“ * „Kom to min rum on ek vil tele dek, vat vi vil make morgen!“ text/html 2023-02-22T16:27:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=start&rev=1677079633&do=diff What is Folksprak? Folksprak is the name of a project that aims to construct an inter-Germanic zonal auxlang, a language that can be easily understood by any speaker of a Germanic language (a group numbering over 465 million native speakers with an additional 300 to 900 million speaking Englis text/html 2024-02-13T20:55:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=sverde_in_de_vind&rev=1707854109&do=diff Sverde in de Vind ov Manowar, òberseted ov user_ob. Ig ofer mìn siel, Òdin, heor mìn kal, Sumdag skal ig sita bè dìn tròn In Valhals gròt hal; Az sèr mange vòr mig, Skal ig doa met èr ug stolthèd, De rèt ov en krìgar Èvig kempa bè dig. text/html 2020-12-06T15:02:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=unstable&rev=1607263360&do=diff The following features of Folksprak should be considered unstable, i.e. likely to change in the future. * Adpositions * Correlatives * Word Functions * Modal Verbs * Timeforms and Modes * Negation * Declension * Attributes text/html 2014-02-13T20:17:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=user_fenris&rev=1392319044&do=diff Contact * E-Mail: <fenris@wh17.tu-dresden.de> * XMPP: fenris@xmmpnet.de * IRC: fenris_kcf on freenode.net Languge-knowledge language level remarks German very high my mother-tongue English high i still have a hard time with some of the weird things in the language text/html 2020-12-27T20:02:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=user_ob&rev=1609095755&do=diff I'm an English auxlang enthusiast whose strongest languages are English, French, and Esperanto. Others I know fairly well include Volapük, Idiom Neutral, and German. I have a proposal of my own, the latest version of which can be downloaded here: Folksprak text/html 2020-08-01T15:08:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=word_functions&rev=1596287324&do=diff Proposal 1 affix type meaning cognates example -bel number -> attribute the multiple of the referred number tvobel (double) -er verb -> noun a person, that does what is described in the referred verb en:-er, de:-er baker (baker(man)) text/html 2021-01-08T12:25:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=word_order&rev=1610105156&do=diff Declarative sentence Regular Proposal 1 * scheme: <subject> <predicate> <object-direct> <object-indirect>. * example: De volf giv en sten to de fogel. * references: cha07 Implicit dative In Idiom Neutral, dative objects are allowed to appear without the preposition text/html 2020-12-03T21:38:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=wordlist&rev=1607027892&do=diff Wordlist See external wordlist text/html 2020-12-03T21:42:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folksprak.org/wiki/doku.php?id=words&rev=1607028139&do=diff Concept collection The Wiki houses a collection of articles, which shall serve as a database for so called concepts, i.e. a more abstract view on a word. One can take a look at a typical example in order to get an idea about it. Finding concept articles That's a little