Mondlango
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| Mondlango | ||
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| Created by: | He Yafu | 2002 |
| Setting and usage: | international auxiliary language | |
| Total speakers: | — | |
| Category (purpose): | constructed language int. auxiliary language Mondlango |
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| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | art | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | —
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Mondlango, also known as Ulango, is an international auxiliary language similar to Esperanto with a greater English influence. It was initially authored by He Yafu in 2002.
Ulango and Mondlango are the same language with different names. The word Ulango is short for "La Universa Lango" which means "The Universal Language". The name "Mondlango" means "world language".
More than an international auxiliary language, Mondlango is also an international culture and ideology. The fundamental idea of Mondlangism is that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Mondlangists consider that along with rapid development of globalization, the global village will realize universal harmony. They believe that Internet and Mondlango will be the two most important instruments to promote universal harmony.
Mondlangists recognize that Esperanto has been in existence longer than Mondlango, but point out that Mondlango has the advantage of simplicity over Esperanto, lacking Esperanto's diacritical marks.
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[edit] Alphabet
There are 26 letters in the Mondlango alphabet:
[edit] Vowels
- A, a
- E, e
- I, i
- O, o
- U, u
[edit] Consonants
- B, b
- C, c
- D, d
- F, f
- G, g
- H, h
- J, j
- K, k
- L, l
- M, m
- N, n
- P, p
- Q, q
- R, r
- S, s
- T, t
- V, v
- X, x
- Z, z
[edit] Semivowels
- W, w
- Y, y
Semivowels can be combined with vowels to form diphthongs, such as ay[ai], ey[ei], oy[oi], aw[au], ow[ou].
[edit] Notes
- In Mondlango, the letter c is pronounced ch as in "church".
- In Mondlango, the letter x is pronounced sh as in "ship".
- The letter q is only used for spelling proper names.
[edit] Grammar
[edit] Definite article
There is only one article in Mondlango — the definite article la. The usage of la is similar to that of "the" in English. La is the same for singular and plural and for all genders.
[edit] Nouns
Nouns end in -o: libro → book, domo → house.
[edit] Adjectives
Adjectives end in -a: guda → good, biga → big.
[edit] Adverbs
Adverbs are mostly derived from adjectives by changing the ending to -e. Examples: guda → good, gude → well, vera → true, vere → truly.
[edit] Verbs
- Verbs in the infinitive end in -i: iri = to go, vidi = to see.
- The present tense is formed by replacing -i by -an: iran = go, vidan = see.
- The past tense is formed with the ending -in: irin = went, vidin = saw.
- The future tense is formed with the ending -on: iron = will go, vidon = will see.
- The conditional uses the ending -uz: If mi esuz yi. = If I were you.
- The imperative ending is -ez: Venez! = Come!
[edit] Pronouns
- Singular pronouns: mi = I, yi = you, hi = he, xi = she, ji = it, li = he or she
- Plural pronouns: mu, yu, hu, xu, ju, lu
- Possessive adjectives are formed by adding the ending -a to the personal pronouns: mia = my, hia = his, mua = our, hua = their
[edit] Numerals
- Cardinal numbers: un, bi, tri, kwar, kwin, siks, sep, ok, nev, dek, dek-un, dek-bi,..., bidek, bidek-un, ..., tridek,...,cent, mil, milion, bilion
- Ordinal numbers are formed by adding the ending -u to the cardinal numbers: unu=first, biu=second, triu=third.
[edit] Prepositions
en = in, al = to, sur = on, etc.
[edit] Conjunctions
ay = and, or = or, if = if, sed = but, etc.
[edit] Syntax
The basic word order is subject-verb-object.
