Gaba
I made this language since I was curious how a language influenced by lambda calculus would
look. Nothing too new or exciting, but I prefer the grammar of this language over lojban, at least.
Not designed to be practical, just designed to be usable.
- VSO
- Three "pronouns": i, a, and u: I, you, and that.
- Words pa means the next word is treated as a verb
- The leftmost word is read and treated like a verb, reading the next n words as its arguments.
- (C)V(n/s/z)
Vocab
- word x1 x2 ... xn
- main nominal definition, other definition, another definition, keywords, translations, etc
- x1 verbs x2
- a x1
- you
- your x1
- ada x1
- other
- other x1
- as x1
- star, stellar
- stellar x1
- au x1
- transforms the following verbthing into more of an adjective meaning, eg star > stellar etc. (of, -ic -like -y, ...)
- of x1
- ba x1 x2 x3
- speak, talk, discuss, say, tell
- x1 speaks to x2 about x3
- badi x1
- body
- x1 is a body
- badu x1 x2 x3
- like, similar
- x1 is like x2 as for x3
- ban x1 x2
- love, like
- x1 loves/likes x2
- bi x1
- male, man
- bibu x1
- live, life
- x1 lives
- bu x1 x2
- empty, void, bail, vacate, evacuate, sky, space, emptiness
- x1 empties x2
- da x1 x2 x3
- give, gift, addition
- x1 gives/adds x2 to x3
- di x1 x2
- become
- x1 becomes x2
- dima x1
- word
- x1 is a word
- du x1 x2
- be, equal, same
- x1 is x2 (ie. they are the same thing)
- duz x1
- red, redness
- red x1
- ga x1
- person, guy
- x1 is a person
- gi x1 x2 x3
- cause, causation, because
- x2 causes x3 to x1
- gin x1
- female, woman
- female x1
- gida x1 x2
- year, age
- x1 ages x2 years
- gu x1
- big, large, great
- big x1
- guis x1 x2
- kind, genus, gender, genre
- x1 is a kind/member of x2
- i x1
- I, me
- my x1
- is x1
- exist, happen, thing, object
- x1 exists
- ka x1 x2
- have, own, hold, possess
- x1 has x2
- kaku x1
- true, truth
- true x1
- ki x1 x2
- make, create
- x1 makes x2
- kis x1
- hard, tough
- hard x1
- kisis x1 x2
- stone, rock
- x1 works x2 with a stone
- ku x1
- good, nice
- good x1
- kudi x1
- run, current
- x1 runs
- ma x1
- very, more
- very x1
- min x1
- moon, lunar
- lunar x1
- mu x1 x2 x3
- go, move
- x1 goes to x2 from x3
- mudu x1
- die, death
- x1 dies
- na x1 x2
- want, desire
- x1 wants x2
- ni x1 x2 x3
- permit, may
- x1 permits x2 to x3
- nu x1
- not, no
- not x1
- nugu x1
- small, little, tiny
- small x1
- pa x1 x2
- can
- x1 can x2
- pi x1
- bad
- bad x1
- pu x1 x2 x3
- take, bring, drag, subtract
- x1 takes x2 from x3
- sa x1
- sun, sunny, solar
- sunny x1
- si x1 x2
- if
- if x1, x2
- ti x1
- earth, ground, dirt
- dirty x1
- tin x1
- time, pass, temporal
- x1 passes
- u x1
- that, this, those, these, yon
- that x1
Samples
- ban i a. - I love you.
- ruz u. - This [thing] is red.
- na i pa duz ga. - I want a red person.
- na i pa ba a i pa ruz ga. - Who is the red person?
- du pa ruz ga Tom. - The red person is Tom.
English words which are compounds in Gaba
- sa tin - day, daytime
- as tin, nu pa sa tin - night, nighttime
- kudi tin - now