welcome to this series of lessons on the constructed language zoophona — a minimalist language of just 104 words designed to facilitate communication between zoos as simply and neutrally as possible. each word has been carefully selected to represent fundmental linguistic concepts found across all human languages.
with so few words and a simple universal grammar, the language can be easily learned within a few days. this series of lessons will guide you through the basics of zoophona, from understanding its grammar and vocabulary to constructing your own sentences.
I hope that learning this language is a fun and novel experience that offers an insight into the nature of communication. good luck!
- lesson 0 - sounds and spelling
- lesson 1 - basic sentences
- lesson 2 - complex sentences
- lesson 3 - modifiers
- lesson 4 - auxiliary verbs
- lesson 5 - prepositions
- lesson 6 - conjunctions
- lesson 7 - particles
- lesson 8 - names
Check out this translator by tuvik! to automatically translate between zoophona and english!
