Tonesu
The language itself — formalized. This section covers everything that is fixed and normative: the sounds, the grammar rules, the registered words, the notation.
If you are new here, start with Sounds, then Primitives, then Building words, then Grammar. The primitives page is especially important — understanding the 34 roots makes every compound readable on first encounter.
In this section
- Sounds — the phonology: consonants, vowels, syllable shapes, and the tier system
- Grammar — sentence structure, role particles, word order, and discourse markers
- Building words — how compounds are formed and parsed from primitive roots
- Notation — the written marks:
~,',(),::,;, and others - Primitives — the 34 foundational roots: the conceptual atoms of the language
- Registry — registered derived forms: the growing vocabulary built from primitives
- Corpus — all attested sentences and conversations, organized by theme and batch