Pasifika

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Basa wei Pasifik

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2012-02-4 02:59 UTC

Bahasa kepada Pasifik

太平洋のための言語

一种语言为太平洋

一種語言為太平洋

Una Lengua para el Pacificó

A Language for the Pacific

Boso kanggo Pasifik

태평양을 위해 언어

Một Ngôn ngữ cho Thái Bình Dương

ภาษาเพื่อมหาสมุทรแปซิฟิค

Wikà para kay Pasifik

Une Langue pour la Pacifique

bygiŋi • Under Construction • En Desarroyo • 建设中 • 建設中 • im Aufbau • faba

Introduction

Pasifika is designed to be an auxiliary language for regional use around the Pacific Rim by drawing from the major languages of East Asia, Western Americas, Australia, Indonesia and other parts of Oceania: Malay-Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Javanese, Mandarin, Spanish, English, Wu and Cantonese, but also adding small influences from less popular languages such as Tagalog, Ilocano, Thai, Quechua, Aymara, Maori and Hawaiian. The goal of Pasifika is to construct a language which is easy for speakers of all the source languages to pronounce, with a much simpler, and more regular, grammar, and a small but still powerful core vocabulary using words found in the diversity of the source languages.

Alphabet, Orthography and Pronunciation

Pasifika writing is based on the Roman alphabet. There are 5 vowels, and 20 consonants for a total of 25 letters. The letter Q is not used.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y Z

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p r s t u v w x y z

Consonants

Name	Letter	IPA	Pronunciation	Example
bravo	B b	b	Voiced bilabial stop	Like b in babble.
cali	C c	ʧ	Voiceless postalveolar affricate	Like ch in church.
delta	D d	d	Voiced dental stop	Like d in dad.
fastrat	F f	f	Voiceless labiodental fricative	Like f in fife.
golf	G g	g	Voiced velar stop	Like g in gag.
hotel	H h	h	Voiceless velar fricative	Like h in house.
juliet	J j	ʤ	Voiced postalveolar affricate	Like j and g in judge.
kilo	K k	kʰ	Voiceless aspirated velar stop	Like k in kid.
lima	L l	l	Lateral approximant	Like l in lilac.
maik	M m	m	Bilabial nasal	Like m in mime.
novemba	N n	n	Dental nasal	Like n in nine.
papa	P p	pʰ	Voiceless aspirated bilabial stop	Like p in pin.
romio	R r	ɹ	Postalveolar approximant	Like r in hurry.
siera	S s	s	Voiceless alveolar fricative	Like s in sister.
tango	T t	tʰ	Voiceless aspirated dental stop	Like t in team.
vikta	V v	v	Voiced labiodental fricative	Like v in verve.
wiski	W w	w	Bilabial approximant	Like w in wet.
exrei	X x	ʃ	Voiceless postalveolar fricative	Like sh in sheesh.
yanki	Y y	j	Palatal approximant	Like y in yes.
zibra	Z z	z	Voiced alveolar fricative	Like z in zone or doze.

Vowels

Name	Letter	IPA	Pronunciation	Example
alfa	A a	a	Almost fully open vowel	Like a in father, or a in flora.
eko	E e	e	Mid front unrounded vowel	Like e in met or bet.
india	I i	i / j	Close front unrounded vowel	Like i in machine. When combined with another vowel, like y in yes.
oska	O o	o	Mid back rounded vowel	Like o in dome.
unifom	U u	u / w	Close back rounded vowel	Like oo in soon. When combined with another vowel, like w in wet.

A may also be reduced to ə in the final position.

E may also be reduced to ə in unstressed syllables.

Diphthongs

Spelling	IPA	Pronunciation	Example
AI ai	aj		Like igh in high or y in my.
AU au	aw		Like ou in house.
EI ei	ej		Like ei in eight or a in make.
EU eu	ew		Like Eu in the Spanish word Europa.
OI oi	oj		Like oy in toy.
UI ui	uj		Like uy in the Spanish word muy.