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+# language
+the language does not presently have a name. I will sometimes refer to it as "vvvv". that is not its real name.
+## table of contents
+| the         | language notes                                                     |
+| word        | dictionary                                                         |
+| wordgen.lua | I use this to help me coin words. only some of its output is good. |
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+/p t k b d g s z ʃ  ʒ h w r ɹ j m n ŋ/
+<p t k b d g s z sh j h w r l y m n ń>
+/a e i o u/
+<a e i o u>
+
+(C)V(ŋ)
+
+mora timed.
+ŋ → may only appear in coda; is one mora. assimilates aggressively, including across word boundaries
+
+unvoiced plosives and fricatives (except for h) may be geminated. the extra consonant comprises a mora, e.g.
+(k)(ka) ← each mora is parethesized
+
+prosody:
+	the first syllable of a word is pronounced at a higher pitch
+	the last syllables of a word at the end of a sentence are pronounced at a lower pitch
+	
+typology:
+	SOV
+
+pronoun:
+	ka  → 1s
+	kai → 1p
+	ta  → 2s
+	tai → 2p
+	na  → 3s
+	nai → 3p
+	ra → demonstrative (singular/plural)
+	raie → reflexive
+	toshu → interrogative
+
+verb conjugation:
+	-i  → intransitive
+	-a  → transitive
+		an transitive verb has a subject and object, whereas an intransitive verb only has a subject.
+		verbs in these conjucations can be used
+			* as the main verb of the sentence
+				"ka kinegi toa" → "I am eating plants"
+			* to modify nouns in the sentence
+				"ka kinegi rezi toa" → "I am eating good plants"
+				"api surusukiń tinońmi teja saa" → "bees are insects that make a sweetner"
+	-u  → infinitive
+	-ui → infinitive intransitive
+	-ua → infininive transitive
+		the infinitive conjugations allow a verb to act as a noun. verbs conjugated with "-u" stand on their own, and those with "-ui" or "-ua" accept subjects and objects
+			"ka hosekui api herissa" → "my existence is related to bees"
+			"hoseku tou retu zea no hassa" → "eating is necessary for living"
+			"resha raie suttua rezi" → "people talking with each other is good"
+	-e  → imperative intransitive
+	-ea → imperative transitive
+		an imperative verb may only be used as the main verb of the sentence. the subject is omitted, as it is implicitly the listener.
+			"kumań toea" → "eat food"
+
+verb suffixes:
+	-tese → irrealis
+	-kka → passive
+	-seń → negative
+	-doma → comparative/superlative
+	-ppihu → excessive (rezu → "good"; rezuppihu → "too good")
+
+sentence/verb conjunction particles:
+	me → and
+	ni → or
+	iti → because
+	koń → so/and thus
+	taso → yet
+
+misc particles:
+	no → adverbialize
+		"no" followed by a verb phrase will modify the postceding verb adverbally, with the modified verb acting as the subject in the adverbial phrase.
+			"ka no kussi hoseki" → "I pitifully exist"
+			"ka api no zoyai no hańshi ya saa" → "I am only a bee in reality"
+	to → interrogative
+		"to tai api soa?" → "are you bees?"
+	tosokka → tag question
+		"na yasa tosokka?" → "it's funny, isn't it?"
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+resha → (N) person
+kumań → (N) food
+
+shu → (N) thing
+shie → (N) nothing
+niń → (N) time
+
+tinońmi → (N) sugar, sweetener
+api → (N) bee
+surusukiń → (N) insect
+ritta → (N) ant
+kkeoń → (N) wasp
+tikku → (N) wing
+kinegi → (N) plant
+asare → (N) reason
+hańshi → (N) reality
+
+tou → (V) eat
+końru → (V) see
+teju → (V) make/produce
+suttu → (V) say/talk
+ppekańsu → (V) figure out,discover,solve
+zittetu → (V) contradict,disagree
+kinetou → (V) pollinate
+retu → (V) live
+natu → (V) kill
+deńjou → (V) write
+reńsu → (V) understand
+
+sau → (V) to be
+igu → (V) act,do,perform the act of
+hoseku → (V) exist
+
+ketu → (V) with
+yu → (V) in/on/at
+zeu → (V) for
+ttegu → (V) among
+herissu → (V) related to
+luku → (V) pertain to,about
+gekku → (V) equal to, the same as
+
+rezu → (V) good
+matu → (V) bad
+kazuńku → (V) notable,notorious
+mańhu → (V) true
+tosu → (V) some
+agu → (V) any
+nenou → (V) simple
+sauaku → (V) irrelevant,meaningless
+kussu → (V) pitiful,pathetic
+hanu → (V) all, every
+zoyau → (V) only
+hassuu → (V) necessary
+yasu → (V) amusing
+ssotu → (V) correct
+kameu → (V) possible
+hańshiu → (V) real
+
+lekusu → (V) recurse
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+math.randomseed(os.time())
+
+local function R(bee, dist)
+	dist = dist or 2
+	return function()
+		local i = 1
+		repeat
+			if math.random() * dist > 1 then
+				break
+			end
+			i = i + 1
+		until i >= #bee
+		if type(bee) == 'string' then
+			return bee:sub(i,i)
+		else
+			local the = bee[i]
+			if type(the) == 'function' then
+				the = the()
+			end
+			return the
+		end
+	end
+end
+
+local function _(the)
+	return function()
+		local a = {}
+		for i,v in ipairs(the) do
+			if type(v) == 'function' then
+				a[i] = v()
+			else
+				a[i] = v
+			end
+		end
+		return table.concat(a)
+	end
+end
+
+local C = R({'k','t','r','n','s','m','h','d','g','z','kk','tt','ss','sh','j','y','b','l','p','pp'}, 1.15)
+local V = R("auioe", 1.3)
+local N = R({"","ń"}, 4)
+local S = _{R({C,""}, 10),V,N}
+
+local W = _({S,R({S,"",_{S,S},_{S,S,S}},2.5)})
+
+local the = ... and tonumber(...) or 10
+	
+for i=0,the do
+	print(W())
+end