Ziotaki

From Langmaker

Conlang	Ziotaki
Author	Shihali Ramichu
Year Began	1995
Language Type	fictional diachronic language
Lexicon Size	1600
Etymologies	Yes
Grammar	Yes
Sample Texts	Yes
Primer	Yes

Ziotaki is a fictional diachronic language. It was designed by Shihali Ramichu. It is written with a unique script.

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Language sources

English grammar found its way in, but I tried to model my language more on the snippets of Japanese grammar I knew. The result is a typologically irregular head-final language.

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Design principles

No special design principles, besides making new roots sound pleasing to me.

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Interest of others

Ziotaki has been used for the 7th Conlang Relay. The Ziotaki-speaking land of Kiaretiniru has established relations with Tigerian-speaking Tegireserana.

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