Slovio
Encyclopedia
Slovio is a constructed language
begun in 1999 by Mark Hučko. Hučko claims that the language should be relatively easy for non-Slavs to learn as well, as an alternative to tongues such as Esperanto
which are based more on Latin root words. The vocabulary is based on the shared lexical foundation of the Slavic languages. As of October 2007, Slovio had over 44,000 words.
Optional characters:
In the Latin alphabet Slovio usually lacks diacritical marks, but can optionally be written with diacritics.
Constructed language
A planned or constructed language—known colloquially as a conlang—is a language whose phonology, grammar, and/or vocabulary has been consciously devised by an individual or group, instead of having evolved naturally...
begun in 1999 by Mark Hučko. Hučko claims that the language should be relatively easy for non-Slavs to learn as well, as an alternative to tongues such as Esperanto
Esperanto
is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto , the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887...
which are based more on Latin root words. The vocabulary is based on the shared lexical foundation of the Slavic languages. As of October 2007, Slovio had over 44,000 words.
Alphabet
| Latin: | a | b | c | cx | d | e | f | g | (gx) | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | r | s | sx | t | u | v | (wx) | z | zx |
| Cyrillic: | а | б | ц | ч | д | е | ф | г | (дж) | х | и | й | к | л | м | н | о | п | р | с | ш | т | у | в | (щ) | з | ж |
| Latin characters | Cyrillic characters | Phonetic value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | a | А | а | /a/ |
| B | b | Б | б | /b/ |
| C | c | Ц | ц | /t͡s/ |
| Cx | cx | Ч | ч | /t͡ʃ/ |
| D | d | Д | д | /d/ |
| E | e | Е | е | /e/ |
| F | f | Ф | ф | /f/ |
| G | g | Г | г | /ɡ/ |
| Gx | gx | ДЖ | дж | /d͡ʒ/ |
| H | h | Х | х | /h/ or /x/ |
| I | i | И | и | /i/ |
| J | j | Й | й | /j/ |
| K | k | К | к | /k/ |
| L | l | Л | л | /l/ |
| M | m | М | м | /m/ |
| N | n | Н | н | /n/ |
| O | o | О | о | /o/ |
| P | p | П | п | /p/ |
| R | r | Р | р | /r/ |
| S | s | С | с | /s/ |
| Sx | sx | Ш | ш | /ʃ/ |
| T | t | Т | т | /t/ |
| U | u | У | у | /u/ |
| V | v | В | в | /v/ |
| Z | z | З | з | /z/ |
| Zx | zx | Ж | ж | /ʒ/ |
Optional characters:
| Latin characters | Cyrillic characters | Phonetic value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hq | hq | always /h/ | ||
| Hx | hx | always /x/ | ||
| X | x | Кс | кс | /ks/ |
| Wx | wx | Щ | щ | /ʃtʃ/ |
| Q | q | Palatalises the preceding consonant | ||
In the Latin alphabet Slovio usually lacks diacritical marks, but can optionally be written with diacritics.
Numerals
| Number: | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 100 | 1000 |
| Numeral: | nul | din | dva | tri | cxtir | piat | sxes | siem | vos | dev | des | dvades | trides | sto | tisicx |
Sources
This article was translated from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia on 22 January 2011. Tilman Berger: Vom Erfinden slawischer Sprachen. In: Miloš Okuka u. a. (Hrsg.): Germano-slavistische Beiträge. Festschrift für Peter Rehder zum 65. Geburtstag. Sagner, München 2004, ISBN 3-87690-874-4, (Die Welt der Slaven Sammelbände 21). Cornelia Mannewitz: Sprachplanung im Internet. Das Projekt Slovio. In: Fiedler, Sabine (Hg.): Esperanto und andere Sprachen im Vergleich. Beiträge der 18. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Interlinguistik e. V., 21. - 23. Nov. 2008, in Berlin. S. 157 - 164 Tilman Berger, http://homepages.uni-tuebingen.de/tilman.berger/Handouts/PanslavismusInternet.pdf Panslavismus und Internet, 2009, pp. 25–29, p. 33.- Katherine Barber, http://www.unc.edu/depts/slavdept/lajanda/slav075barber.ppt "Old Church Slavonic and the 'Slavic Identity'". http://www.slovio.com/1/2.arhiv/slav075barber-2.pdf University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Langmaker.com http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.langmaker.com/db/Slovio
- http://www.ahistoria.pl/?s=slovio&x=13&y=15 Život http://www.slovio.com/1/2.arhiv/zivot-2005-01-10-slovio.pdf 2/2005 (Slovak Magazine)http://www.zivot.sk Extraplus, http://www.slovio.com/1/2.arhiv/extraplus-2004-oct-slovio.pdf October 2004 (Slovak Magazine))http://slovio.com/sk.jazika/xplus-0410.html Tilman Berger, http://homepages.uni-tuebingen.de/tilman.berger/Publikationen/BergerPotemkin.pdf Potemkin im Netz 2009.
- Slovio Book Publisher http://www.bluejellyfish.com.au/phrases/slovio1.html
- Slovio Book store http://www.bluejellyfish.com.au/slovio.html
- F5, 20 (62),07.06.10—13.06.10, p. 22. http://f5.ru/magazine/download/f5_newspaper_n62_07_06_2010.pdf