Esperingle
From Dana Nutter's Conlangs
An Esperantized form of English. Basically Esperanto relexified with English vocabulary, and some minor reforms as with Esperajo.
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Vocabulary
Most of Esperingle's vocabulary comes directly from modern English. Some word forms are based upon English pronunciation while others (mainly words of Latinate or Greek origins) are based upon their English spellings to improve recognizabilty for speakers of other languages that contain similar forms. There are cases where an Esperanto word has been retained to avoid homonyms, and also a few instances where "international" forms are used. Here is a partial list of the general guidelines used to form Esperingle words.
Silent Letters
Silent letters are eliminated in Esperingle, including the silent E found at the end of many English words. The final -e of the examples below is not part of the word root, but a noun marker which is pronounced.
- nome = gnome
- sike = psyche
- naife = knife
C
"Soft" C becomes S in Esperingle, while "hard" C becomes K.
- kate = cat
- site = city
CH
English words with the digraph CH are now spelled with C in Esperingle.
- canse = chance
- curce = church
- mace = match
Some words with irregular pronunciations are spelled accordingly.
- Xikago = Chicago
- kaxe = cache
- kore = chorus
G
"Soft" G becomes J in Esperingle, while "hard" G remains G.
- jene = gene
- jirafe = giraffe
- gase = gas
Q
Occurences of the letter Q are changed to K in Esperingle.
- kuartse = quartz
- ekuali = equal
- kuize = quiz
SH
English words with the digraph SH are now spelled with X in Esperingle.
- xipe = sheep
- xarpi = sharp
- fixe = fish
-SION, -TION
English words with the suffixes -sion, -tion become -xon in Esperingle.
- raxone = ration
- tradixone = tradition
- naxone = nation
W
The semivowel W in English is now the vowel U, which diphthongizes with other vowels so the pronunciation remains unchanged. W is only used at the beginning of a word, or between vowels.
- watre = water
- euforie = euforia
- sause = sauce
X
English words beginning with the X are changed to Z in Esperingle, but become KS in other positions.
- zenone = xenon
- eksakti = exact
- ekstri = extra
Y
The semivowel Y in English is now the vowel I, which diphthongizes with other vowels so the pronunciation remains unchanged. Y is only used at the beginning of a word, or between vowels.
- deye = day
- furie = fury
- yone = ion
Doubled letters
Doubled leters are not permitted in Esperingle. Where they occur as the result of compounding words, they are reduced to just a single letter.
- tri+ipl+o → triplo = trioble = triple
- kuar+dek → kuardek = kvardek
Sample Texts
UDHR
✪ Artikle 1 Ali humanes boran fri en ekuali in digne en raites. tes havas rizone en konxense, en xudus konduka one av odre in spirite av bratite.
★ Artikolo 1 Ĉiuj homoj estas denaske liberaj kaj egalaj laŭ digno kaj rajtoj. Ili posedas racion kaj konsciencon, kaj devus konduti unu tu alia in spirito de frateco.
Pater Noster
✪ Mei Patrere Mei patrere, we as in Hevene,
yei neime holiz.
yei kingite kom,
yei wile doan,
in Hevene, az also an di Erte.
tudeyo don deyi brede tu mes.
En pardon mesi sines tu mes,
az mes also pardonas tu mesi sines.
En no konduk mes tu temto,
bat frif mes fram ivle.
★ Patro Nia Patro nia, kiu estas in la ĉielo,
sanktigata estu via nomo.
Venu via regno,
fariĝu via volo,
kiel in la ĉielo, tiel ankaŭ sur la tero.
Nian panon ĉiutagan donu tu ni holaaŭ.
Kaj pardonu tu ni niajn ŝuldojn,
kiel ankaŭ ni pardonas tu niaj ŝuldantoj.
Kaj ne konduku nin in tenton,
sed liberigu nin av la malbono.
