Klyros Language

The word Klyros written in Klyros ideograms

The Klyros language is very simple and logical in its structure and grammar, yet powerfully flexible and adaptive like the Klyros race itsself when a need for new expressions arises.

It is based on an ideographic writing system, that originates in the artistic traits of its creators, and deals mostly with concrete concepts. Most of the few abstracts that are present in the language are also used with a special grammatical function. For example to express gender or tense.

There's only one sound in Klyros pronunciation that is not available in the Common alphabet. This sound - the shwa - like a short form of the vowel in the common word "her", is transcribed by an apostroph when writing Klyros in the Common writing. This sound vanishes completely when it lies adjacent to another one that is not identical to the preceding. K' combined with lyr becomes thus klyr

Word classes

ksinos

Ksinos (process words)

The base of the Klyros language are Ksinos, the process words that roughly correspond to the verbs in Common. Each ideogram refers to a process word. All other words are derived from Ksinos using pre-, suf-, or circumfixes.

konos

Konos (substantial words)

Substantial words named Konos refer to physical things, or seldomly abstract concepts. They are almost identical to the nouns of Common. The formation of nouns happens through the prefix "K'", which standing alone means to form, that is added to a Ksin.

kzanos

Kzanos (descriptive words)

Kzanos literally translates to the Common word colours. It describes a word class of attributes and descriptive expressions that can be seen as a mixture between Common adjectives and adverbs. They are the inversion of konos and thusly are formed by the suffix "K'".

kefaos

Kefaos (logic words)

The logic words or Kefaos (lit. thoughts) are used to make logical connections between Klyros phrases. They can be compared to linking words, conjunctions of the Common. Most of them are formed using the ksin jo (to join) as a suffix.

Accordingly, jojo for example is the Klyros counterpart of Common and.

Numbers

The concept of the Klyros numbering system might strike foreigners somewhat odd as the cardinal numbers are regarded a process and accordingly are expressed through Ksin. The digits are pronounced as vowels of different pitch and length.

Cardinal numerals

The base of the Klyros numbering is a decimal system almost identical to the Common one. The difference is that the symbol for zero is not used to form number values higher than nine. Instead there is a special symbol meaning "ten" that is not used separately. It is appears where you would expect a zero in a number of Common. The digits are formed by the following ideograms:

Common	Klyros	Reading		Common	Klyros	Reading
1		a		6		aa
2		i		7		ii
3		u		8		uu
4		e		9		ee
5		o		(10)		oo

uiioaae, 37564

Thus the word uiioaae is the pronunciation of the number 37564. If the numbers pronounced as the same vowels are adjacent there is a short shwa or pause inserted to discern them from one another. So uiioaa'a means 37561.

The number zero is written as nu which means to negate (or as substantial form knu i.e. nothing)

Common	Klyros	Reading
0		nu

aik, twelfth

Ordinal numerals

Ordinal numbers belong into the word class of Kzanos.

For example while ai means twelve aik refers to the twelfth of a row.

ayaik, the twelfth part

Fractions

Fractions are written using ya a ksin meaning to divide, that is often shortened to y' when used for this purpose. Depending on their usage the fraction can be a ksin or a kzan.

Fractions with a low denominator are commonly used to form other word classes aswell. The half for example is kayi in Klyros while ayik would mean half in the sense of a Common adjective.

See also

• Klyros Language/Vocabulary