Eaiea
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Eaiea is a constructed language, devised by Bruce Koestner. It is based on the western 12-step chromatic scale, and can thus be whistled or played on a musical instrument as well as spoken simultaneously with a philological language by a singer.
The Eaiea lexicon lists the twelve component notes/syllables using lowercase letters from a (corresponding to the A musical pitch) to l (the G♯/Ab musical pitch). As in Ro, words are divided into categories of meaning, based on their first syllable, or note. Words beginning with the A musical pitch have meanings related to beginnings; those that begin with the A♯/Bb pitch have meanings related to people, and so on.
Sample words:
- aea (A C# A) = English "yes"
- aead (A C# A C) = English "true"
- dgafga (C D# A D D# A) = English "smooth"
- eaefel (C# A C# D C# G#) = English "option"
- edeafafgeg = English "screwdriver"
- gdg = English "hold"
- fdfefk = English "Saturday"
