English is the most used language in the world. 1.5 billion people out of the 8 billion people speak English. That's nearly 19% which is far more than any other language. The problem is that English is notorius for being a very hard language to learn because it has a lot of very random rules about grammar and pronunciation. Overall English is a very ambiguous language that even native speakers struggle with. My goal is to create a simplified version of English that's very similiar to regular english, but it much easier to learn. Why? Mostly because I thought it would be a great opportunity to learn Tensorflow for one to one translation, but also because I think it's cool concept.
(The amount of ways to make things plural is horrendous)
plural of rat is rats
plural of mouse is mice
plural of dependency is dependencies
plural of cactus is cacti
plural of mass is masses
plural of fish is fishes
(why isn't it loffter or daffter?)
laughter = laff-ter
daughter = d-ahh-ter
(the punctuation is not part of the quote yet it goes inside the quotes)
He said "it is proper for a sentence's punctuation to be inside of a quote."
(adding an e to the end of the word somehow changes the pronunciation of a letter that isn't even connected to it)
Tim = tim
time = t-eye-m
(obviously it makes sense to go medium, small, big instead of small, medium, big)
month/day/year
(is the party at 7:30 AM or 7:30 PM?)
The party is at 7:30
(why does c make an s sound? Why do we need k if we already have c?)
like - l-eye-cuh
lice - l-eye-suh
To make any word plural add an "ses" unless it already ends in an "s" in which case add an "es"
rat -> ratses
mouse -> mouses
dependency -> dependencyses
cactus -> cactuses
mass -> masses
fish -> fishses
In english each letter can have nearly a dozen different pronounciations which is terrible. My descriptions of the letters are in terms of regular American english. Therefore I will make each letter only have a single pronunciation. Each letter only makes its lowercase sound. To make an uppercase sound simply put the letter twice. Note that because we already have c, k becomes "ch". Also I changed W. When two sounds that don't flow together very well are side by side can you smear the sounds together. Here are the only sounds that letters can make:
a -> ah as in apple
b -> buh as in ball
c -> cuh as in computer
d -> duh as in doll
e -> eh as in elephant
f -> fh as in fish
g -> guh as in gorilla
h -> hu as in house
i -> ih as in igloo
j -> ju as in jacket
k -> ch as in chinese
l -> ull as in lollipop
m -> mmm as in monkey
n -> nnn as in night
o -> aww as in octopus
p -> puh as in penguin
q -> quh as in quest
r -> rrr as in Rust 🚀
s -> sss as in snake
t -> tuh as in table
u -> uh as in umbrella
v -> vvv as in vase
w -> makes the sound of oo in door
x -> xxx as in x-ray
y -> yyy as in yellow
z -> zzz as in zebra
aa -> ayy
bb -> bee
cc -> see
dd -> dee
ee -> eee
ff -> eff
gg -> jee
hh -> ayych
ii -> eye
jj -> jay
kk -> kay
ll -> ell
mm -> em
nn -> en
oo -> oh
pp -> pee
qq -> kyu
rr -> arr
ss -> ess
tt -> tee
uu -> yoo
vv -> vee
ww -> wuh
xx -> ex
yy -> why
zz -> zee
I figured it would be easier to change the spelling of words rather than their pronunciation. Therefore you spell any word you can literally just sound it out like a toddler. This also means there are multiple spellings for each word which isn't great, but it's better than having to learn a new pronunciation for each word.
To change a verb into a noun add "in" or "er".
run -> runer (a noun doing the act of to run)
run -> runin (the act of to run as a noun)
To change a verb into an adjective add "ing" or "ed"
run -> runing (describes a noun to be in the act of to run)
learn -> learned (describes a noun to have completed the act of to learn)
To change an adjective into an adverb add "ly"
gentle -> gentlely (describes the manner in which something is done)
runing -> runingly (idk what it means, but it's a valid word)
learned -> learnedly (idk what it means, but it's a valid word)
To change an adjective into an noun add "ity"
agile -> agileity (the quality of being agile)
civil -> civility (the quality of being civil)
To change a noun into an adjective ad "al"
environment -> evironmental (relating to an environment)
experiment -> experimental (relating to an experiment)
Use "yuh" and "est" to denote more and most degrees of an adjective.
high -> highyuh (more high and just high)
high -> highest (the most degree of high possible)
many -> manyuh (more many than just many; note that since it ends in "y" we don't add an extra "y")
many -> manyest (the most amount of many possible)
To reverse the meaning of a verb add "un" to the start of it
screw -> unscrew
capitate -> uncapitate
To reverse the meaning of a noun or adjective add "non" to the start of it
belief -> nonbelief
precedented -> nonprecedented