Hoska Lingua (/hɔsˈka linˈguːa/)

Hoska Lingua is an artificial language created by some of the Titan-Made RICEEs and disseminated to others. Due to its artificial nature, it can sometimes be simplistic but is also very easy to learn and communicate with. Due to this it also has no irregular verbs and a simplified grammatical structure that makes it easy to incorporate loan words from other languages or add new terminology without too much struggle. Due to the long-living nature of RICEEs it changes much slower than other, more 'lived' languages. While more informal or slang-like versions of more common words exist, these are used more by groups like the Dervys and Argias. Older groups such as the Old Vanguard avoid such slang.

Writing System

Hoska Lingua technically has it's own alphabet, with each symbol relating to a specific phoneme. However, using the roman alphabet, it's defined as so.

Pronunciation	Spelling
iː	i
uː	u
æ	a
ɛ	e
ɔ	o
ɪ	i̊
ʊ	ů
ʉ	û
ʌ	ù
ɑ	å
j	y
ŋ	ng
ɹ	r
ʃ	sh
ʒ	zh
ʤ	j
ʧ	ch
θ	th
Vː	VV
̯

Geographical Distribution

Speakers of Hoska Lingua can be found everywhere as RICEEs spread throughout the stars. Some Titans can also speak it, some for good reasons, some for ill. It's also not uncommon for RICEEs to teach it to others - for instance, a good proportion of ASASIN agents have learnt Hoska Lingua as a way of speaking of inhuman matters in public or trying to obscure what they're doing when dealing with hostiles.

Phonology

Hoska Lingua has approximately 36 phonemes, though a few of them are rarely used. Occasionally, loan words will introduce other phonemes. RICEEs tend to be knowledgeble enough to speak the phonemes exactly, but other speakers usally just approximate as best they can.

Morphology

Like most languages, Hoska Lingua can be split into simple words, consisting of one unit of information, and complex words, which can be split down into more information.
For instance, plural words consist of a word and a marker that makes it plural. In English, plural words also include words like 'worker', which uses the -er suffix to denote a noun, or 'walking', which uses 'ing' to change the infinite form of the verb 'walk' to a tense version.
Hoska Lingua has a few types of complex words.

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix ɑː-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix l-
Else: Prefix lɑː-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix jʌ-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Change final V to en
Else: Suffix -n
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -ak
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -ak
Diminutive = Suffix -dur
Augmentative = Suffix -var
Greatest of = If starts with vowel: Change final V to nith
Else: Suffix -nith
Soul relative = Suffix -sal
Blood relative = Suffix -lass
Legal relative = Suffix -lal
Current name relative = Suffix -ivan
Opposite = Particle before the undefined: ik -

Noun number

Singular	No affix
Plural	Prefix Niː-

Pronouns

1st person singular	jel /ʤɛl/ I, me
2nd person singular	gak /gak/ you
3rd person masculine singular	man /mæn/ he
3rd person feminie singular	men /mɛn/ she
3rd person neutral singular	mi̊n /mɪn/ ze
1st person plural inclusive	åårg /ɑːrg/ we (including you), us (including you)
1st person plural exclusive	gååra /gɑːˈra/ we (excluding you), us (excluding you)
2nd person plural	vlek /vlɛk/ you all
3rd person plural	oto /ɔˈtɔ/ they, them
Last pronoun used	ven /vɛn/

Possessive Determiners

1st person singular	je /ʤe/ My, Mine
2nd person singular	ge /gɛ/ Yours
3rd person masculine singular	ma /mæ/ His
3rd person feminie singular	me /mɛ/ Hers
3rd person neutral singular	mi̊ /mɪ/ Zeirs
1st person plural inclusive	åår /ɑːr/ All ours
1st person plural exclusive	gåår /gɑːr/ Just ours
2nd person plural	vle /vlɛ/ Yours (pl)
3rd person plural	ot /ɔt/ Theirs
Last pronoun used	ve /vɛ/ Last Pronoun's

Determiners

Definite	an /æn/ the
Indefinite	lan /læn/ a/some

Other

It is also worth noting that due to the nature of Hoska Lingua, words can often be combined together to create new words. Similar practices can be seen in languages like German. Example: 'Ta' is the word for person, and 'Skaru' is a word denoting a centre or core. 'Taskaru' is the word for heart.

Phonetics

Consonant inventory: b d f g h j k l m n p r s t v w z ŋ ɹ ʃ ʒ ʤ ʧ θ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m			n			ŋ
Stop	p b			t d			k g
Affricate					ʧ ʤ
Fricative		f v	θ	s z	ʃ ʒ			h
Approximant				ɹ		j
Trill				r
Lateral approximant				l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: iː u æ ɑ ɑi̯ ɑː ɔ ɔː ɛ ɜː ɪ ʉ ʊ ʌ
Diphthongs: ɑi̯

	Front	Central	Back
High	iː	ʉ	u
Near-high	ɪ		ʊ
Low-mid	ɛ	ɜː	ʌ ɔ ɔː
Near-low	æ
Low			ɑ ɑː

Tenses

Verb affixes

Remote past	Suffix -ʊn
Past	Suffix -ɔ
Present	Suffix -a
Future	Suffix -iː
Subjective future	Suffix -iː-ʊn
Subjective past	Suffix -ɔ-ʊn
Imperative present	No affix

Sentence Structure

Main word order: Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase). “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary opened the door with a key.

Adjective Order

Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned after the noun.
Adposition: prepositions

Dictionary

3125 Words.

Spoken by

• Titan-Made RICEEs

Common Phrases

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