Tibibomi
By Devon Rutledge
By Devon Rutledge
Bitibomi's grammar works on the principle that people assume things exist.
For instance in English you can say "Here is a blue whale" instead of "There is a whale here that is blue"
In essence "this blue whale" conveys the same meaning even if it is improper grammar in English.
It follows noun adjective order so a blue whale would be described as a whale blue.
Henceforth examples will be in this format:
Phonetic - Symbolic - English - Literal translation
Based on these two things you can start forming sentences
mome - ↑☺ - You are good - good you
tibire - ∿+↗ - The sound is loud - large matter wave
Possession is done by describing something as internal
kumire - □↓↗ - I know a lot - my large knowledge
bumiru - Δ↓↘ - My time is short - my small time
Parenthesis are used to group words to reduce ambiguity
tomisibebereso - ○↓(∫∫↗) - My life is long - my large length life
bomisibusibebere - ░↓(Δ(∫∫↗)) - I think for a long time - my large length time thought
Note that phonetically parenthesis at the end my be removed
Verbs are done using →(te) action and describing it
mositemeso - ↑(→☺) - You do good - good acting you
mositesibebusore - ↑(→(∫Δ)↗) - You go fast - large change position acting you
Questions use ?(ke) to describe something as unknown
mosimeke - ↑(☺?) - Are you good? - unsure goodness of you
misibeke - ↓(∫?) - Where am I? - unsure position of me
Numbers are done using bebo(∫░) conceptual position
Numbers use heximal and are available in the vocabulary chart.
tomisibebotore - ○↓(∫░○↗) - I have 6 pets - My 6 life
misitekusikemosibeboto - ↓(→□(?↑(∫░○))) - I know you have a question - your single question know acting me
Function notation is used to add specificity for position size and color
Color uses RGB - Red then Green then Blue
risiresususo - ☼(↗,,) - Red - High, low, low light
risisurususo - ☼(,↘ ,) - Purple - High, low, High light
Position and Size use relative coordinates of (forward, up, right)
besisuresuso - ∫(,↗,) - High
bebesisuresuso - ∫∫(,↗,) - Long thin vertical object
bebesisuresureso - ∫∫(,↗,↗) - Wall/Tall Long Thing
Names can be used similarly to how they are used in other languages but are also more expansive than that.
mikibebomuko - ↓[∫░☹] - I am Devon
In this case bebomu is used for it's phonemic similarity to Devon, but names can also be based off meaning instead.
mikibebomuko - ↓[∫░☹] - I am Devon
Bitibomi is able to have few morphemes because its morphemes are chosen to be able to describe anything using the other grammatical features. This led to very general morphemes and therefore general descriptors of what you are talking about. However the morpheme combination makes more sense than other languages because the parenthesis mean you can be more specific.
The orthography is either phonetic or symbolic but both are writable using Unicode which makes them better for computers. Due to the Unicode requirement the symbolic representation is less than ideal. Note that due to the small phonemic inventory many other orthographies could be used such as hiragana.