Etzdelima is a language created over the course of several years. Etzdelima is highly efficient, most times limiting the number of characters in a sentence to the same number of words; if not fewer when inferred... Etzdelima is also specialized to be aesthetic in nature, as well as simple and easy to write. Each character must be efficient, easy to write, and aesthetically pleasing. As a result of trying to maintain such high standards, Etzdelima is constantly changing... but eventually someday the language will become simple and natural enough to the point that revisions will no longer be made; however that will take many years to accomplish and a lot of ironing out to do...
Every word in etzdelima has its own [1] character, [2] meaning, and [3] pronunciation. It is a mix of phonetic symbols, logograms and pictoglyphs. Inspiration has been drawn from several languages; chiefly Hebrew, Chinese, English and Spanish. Some of it is also purely made up. (example: Lam -- people—is just a totally random word...)
Etzdelima has possibly over 3000 words—and growing... So it is hard for me to get all of the characters up on this site.
non-pictographic words in etzdelima usually arrive from a proto-etzdelima symbolic alphabets; which have phonetic radicals that still play a role in etzdelima to this day.
Personal Pronouns:
| I, me, my : I, (se ?) | we, us: Os | ||
| You, your: u |  U |
you all: Uei | |
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He/She (subject) : An, Mei, Tzi |
they, them: Sos |  sos |
Other prounouns (?):
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Dei: Here |
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Na: There |
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Ki: This |
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La/ na: That |
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Lo: it (Also Tzi) |
 lo |
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Shen: who |
Noun examples:
liam: people (changes as of 2013: lam --> liam)
lam
lam: friend
tam: man
tam
mei: woman/ girl
koi: boy
koi
meia: girlfriend
koio: boyfriend
gou: dog
gou (go)
gat: cat
gat
esh: flame ( also Esh'r = fire)
eshraza: blazing (large) fire
ra: chaos, disorder
nom / nem: water
unom: ocean
mar: sea
mar
margou: seal (sea-dog)
lu: bug
zu: animal
ton: head
des: face (--> deso/ ds'o)
sonir: ear (--> son [n.])
vir: eye (--> kan [n.])
kan: appearance (--> ekan)
sen: smell
gazne: nose
shi: yes
shi
loi: no (--> ein)
ro: circle
rosh: ball (--> j'ro)
etz: land
ma: what
mama /ema: mama / mother (--> moa)
aba: father (--> bea)
meke: king
uchu: world, earth
shem: name (--> sham)
nar: where (--> na)
gatsui: sad, poor
gatsui
thui: happy
hara: angry / anger
Verb examples:
za, -z: is
za
yo: have
chum: eat
sko: walk
gai: jump
dal: talk, say (--> dua)
vie: see (--> kan)
kan [v.]: look, see
son [v.]: hear
chi: feel (--> Sash)
edes: follow (--> edz)
sto: to stand, step
ste: stand up (--> this term has fallen into disuse)
sen: smell
shi: affirm, like (now also interchangeable with 'shie')
Preposition examples:
e: come, bring, take, get (--> er [sounds like 'air'])
a: do, make, to at, have (not used very much as of 2013)
al: on, to, over, give
ov: over (--> ual)
shang: up
shang
shya: down
t'shang: on top
le: to (--> yih)
ades: in front of (--> adz)
edes: behind (--> edz)
subi: under (--> su)
rodes: around (--> ero)
Adjectives:
um: big, large (2013: ub = great/ grand, dag = big, u- = very )
chi : little, small
mazda: excellent, good
mazda
ira: evil
ira
bon: good
alte: tall
tod: short (--> tup)
lao: long
ro: round
sha: quick, fast
Rules:
plurals: -ei, -n (ex: goei = dogs)
past tense (verbs): -d (ex: mo vied ta = I saw him // mo vie ta: I see him)
Syntax and grammar in etzdelima are very lose: you can arrage a sentence any way you want as long as you use the right words, as long as it is comprehensible.
examples:
[1] nar za u? [2] u za nar? [3] nar u za? [4] za u nar? [5] za nar u? [6] u nar za?
All 6 of these examples mean the same thing; where are you?
It does become more complex when more than one object is involved; but logic is the general rule; for example: don't mix up your numbers, make sure, don't mix up sentences or logical thought patterns (He is believe, therefore I don't lying him), etc.
A recent development in my language is that it can be written in any direction. All it requires is the correct punctuation so you can see what direction the sentace is going in ((sentences are trailed by .. which acts like a period (.) in English.))
Traditionally Etzdelima has been written from right to left, in keeping with this tradition, any examples given will also be written in this manner.
Examples:
Maz u shem? : what's your name?
I shem za Meizhi.. : My name is Meizhi (Mason).
I am sad. : Mo za gatsui (Moz gatsui)
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| gatsui | za | I | |
| (.) | sad | is (am) | I |
Notes on changes as of 2013:
Etzdelima has changed dramatically since the last time this article was updated...
Since it is not easy to translate my language into typed English, I will show you a handrawn chart of how the language works
I will also show you the new standard phonetic alphabet in which all words in Etzdelima have been written for at least a year now...
Etzdelima Phonetic alphabet (It has no proper name yet...)
Etzdelima Word Diagram (How Etzdelima works)
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Example page from the Etzdelima dictionary: The official source of the Etzdelima language. There are probably almost 100 pages by now... It is updated whenever a new word comes into use. Revisions are often made, but words that have fallen into disuse are kept for posterity (although they have a red mark or line through them to signify they are inactive...)
A few examples in Etzdelima...