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  Sona language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sona is an international auxiliary language created by Kenneth Searight and described in a book he published in 1935.
Searight created Sona as a response to the Eurocentricity of other artificial auxiliary languages of his time, such as Esperanto.
Sona is an agglutinative language with a strong tendency towards being an isolating language.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sona_language   (294 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Constructed language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
An artificial or constructed language (known colloquially as a conlang among aficionados), is a language whose phonology, grammar and vocabulary are specifically devised by an individual or small group, rather than having naturally evolved as part of a culture as with natural languages.
Constructed languages are often divided into a priori languages, in which much of the grammar and vocabulary is created from scratch (using the author's imagination or automatic computational means), and a posteriori languages, where the grammar and vocabulary are derived from one or more natural languages.
A language of the birds, verbal/musical communication or language used by birds, or a mystical or divine language, is postulated in mythology, medieval literature and occultism.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Constructed-language   (5202 words)

  
 Sona language -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sona is an (additional info and facts about international auxiliary language) international auxiliary language created by (additional info and facts about Kenneth Searight) Kenneth Searight and described in a book he published in 1935.
According to him, (An artificial language based as far as possible on words common to all the European languages) Esperanto was too (additional info and facts about eurocentric) eurocentric, while more (additional info and facts about a priori) a priori languages like (An artificial language) Solresol were unworkable.
Sona is an (additional info and facts about agglutinative language) agglutinative language with a strong tendency towards being an (additional info and facts about isolating language) isolating language.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/so/sona_language.htm   (246 words)

  
 Sona - Index - from SonaUiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Phonetically the language uses 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, u), pronounced as in Spanish or Italian, and 18 consonants (g, k, d, t, z, s, m, n, b, p, l, r, j, c, h, x, v, f), pronounced as in English with the exception of x ("sh") and c ("ch").
Although the language was originally conceived as an international auxiliary language (IAL), its lack of speakers and organized advocacy groups makes it a long shot at best in that competitive arena.
(Sona may have been the first of many constructed languages that used (or misused?) Basic for a base dictionary.) Some examples of using the language are given.
s94851334.onlinehome.us /Sona/Index   (898 words)

  
 Sona (Table of Contents)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sona is a beautiful language design proposed in 1935 by Kenneth Searight.
Andere glauben, dass Sona bereits eine attraktive Kunstsprache ist.
Iuj esperas ke Sona estos internacia helplingvo; iuj kredas ke Sona estas charma artolingvo.
www.rick.harrison.net /langlab/sona.html   (223 words)

  
 Fallen Tower
Aluric: an incomplete alien language containing 70 sounds, 7 noun/adjective cases, a complex but logical tense system, and a vocabulary drawn from roots present in many languages and expandable by means of numerous affixes.
CycL: a formal language whose syntax derives from first-order predicate calculus (the language of formal logic).
Laadan: language developed with idea that existing human languages are inadequate to express the perceptions of women It has a number of very interesting features: i.e., Speech Act Morphemes and Evidence Act Morphemes (reminds me of Korean and Japanese) and an interesting pronoun system.
www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Pagoda/5961/lingvoj.HTM   (3972 words)

  
 Excerpt: The Edge of the Empire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Still murmuring in the old language, Sona let her senses focus on the nearest footprint, the one with the odd notch at the heel.
Sona lit a small lantern and together, she and Njall crept over the sands, moving outward in circles.
Sona dodged under his arm and toward the darkness of the forest, but by now she had lost all sense of direction.
www.sff.net /people/beth-bernobich/Fiction/EmpiresEdge.htm   (2357 words)

  
 Search Tuna Report for lingua franca   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The term lingua franca is Italian literally Frankish language, derived from the Arabic connotation of the Franks ancient Germans as a generic term for Europeans....
Marani created it in response to the perceived dominance of the English language it is an emulation of the effect that non-native speakers struggling to learn a language typically add words and phrases from their native language to express their meanings clearly....
Any language that is used as a means of communication by groups who do not themselves normally speak that language for example, English is a lingua franca used by Japanese doing business in Finland, or by Swedes in Saudi Arabia....
www.searchtuna.com /ftlive2/3266.html   (2260 words)

  
 Conlang Wiki: Sona
The language was saved from obscurity by RickHarrison and a group of contributors known as the Sona Sojigi (Friends of Sona), who transcribed the Sona book and put it on the World Wide Web in 2002.
It is perhaps unique in languages constructed at the time in incorporating principles from Asian languages as well as European ones — a characteristic Searight hoped would attract Eastern as well as Western speakers.
Sona has a much smaller lexicon, and the phonemes used are more universally pronounceable than Glosa’s.
www.talideon.com /concultures/wiki/?doc=Sona   (956 words)

  
 Sona nanpa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
sona nanpa li sona pi nanpa pi sijelo pi selo pi ante.
jan mute li toki e ni: sona nanpa li sona lawa.
sona nanpa li suli mute lon ilo pi sona kepeken nanpa.
toki-pona.encyclopedia.st /Sona_nanpa   (99 words)

  
 Sona - 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Those who are wasting time are the makers of systems which seem to have a value for the present, for which organizations are formed to put up arguments in the papers, but which have their roots in thin air which will one day give them their death-blow.
Of national languages English and Chinese are the most widely spoken, the most logical, terse, and free from inflexional elements; but in their orthography and ideography respectively are quite unsuitable.
Not one of these semi-constructed languages so much as considers the claims of Asia or Africa in spite of the millions of enlightened races speaking Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic…; They are not ‘Interlanguages’ at all, but inter-European– and very partial at that.
www.rick.harrison.net /langlab/sona1.html   (1030 words)

  
 Learn Azerbaijani Online - Write or Speak in Azerbaijani Language Exchange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A language exchange complements other forms of learning such as classroom, cultural immersion and multimedia, because you get to practice all that you have learned with native speakers in a safe and supportive environment.
Language exchange learning is also inexpensive because we provide free tips and conversation lesson plans that allow you to do a language exchange on your own.
Add your profile to the language exchange community and let others contact you to for language exchange learning.
www.mylanguageexchange.com /Learn/Azerbaijani.asp   (814 words)

  
 The Panzer Dragoon Language Dictionary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Most people believe Panerese is a language that was made the on the basis of ancient greek.
Ancient Greek greatly influenced the Latin language, and the spelling and meaning of words are the same in many cases.
Sona appears to be "Then", but I'm still unsure about this.
www.realitygauge.com /panzereng3.htm   (685 words)

  
 Islamica Community Forums - Interpretor plzzzz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Urdu is the national language but is really only spoken by the Indian immigrant community in Karachi.
MaleFashionista your beloved Urdu is the language of whores, it was spoken by the Indian prostitute women to communicate with their Mogul masters, it can go back to the dirt it belongs in i.e.
There’s a good 80 different languages spoken in Pakistan, most of them closely related and can probably be classed as dialects of the same language.
www.islamicaweb.com /archive/t-29208   (1837 words)

  
 LiViNg LiFe -
The Lord's Prayer in 1322 languages and dialects
As the tale moves through the phases of the development of the English language, a shift from one period to another will be indicated by the phase of the moon image above the paragraph.
UNILANG.org Sona UniLang Wiki and SonaUiki and Sona Language and Conlang Wiki: Sona and Sona (a constructed language) and Sona and WIKIPEDIA Sona language
freewebs.com /flowingfree/languageslinguistics.htm   (493 words)

  
 Gov.ph Home - Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
We need not only a language that can make us understand and be understood in the world, but also a language that can make us understand and be understood by our own people in order that we can collectively craft our destiny as one nation, and definitely that is not English.
Whether you call it ‘national language’ or ‘medium of instruction’ or ‘second language’, or what ever, the point is ALL must be taught the English language.
Yes, English is the current international language and in order to keep up with the fast paced world we live in, we need to know the language.
www.gov.ph /forum/thread.asp?rootID=38821&catID=18   (2317 words)

  
 Frequently Asked Questions About Sõna
Language learning takes work in a number of areas including listening comprehension, grammar, speaking skills, and many others.
Sõna supports all languages which can be written with the Arial/Helvetica fonts; for practical purposes, this means most European languages and probably quite a few others.
A current limitation is that Sõna assumes that your native language is one which can be written in Arial/Helvetica.
www.mindspring.com /~dvera_hadden/faq.html   (653 words)

  
 Main - KennethSearight - from SonaUiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Kenneth Searight (born Arthur Kenneth Searight) was the creator of the Sona language.
Searight was born in Kensington, England in December of 1883.
It could be guessed that it was during this extensive travel that Searight developed his interest in linguistics and his familiarity with Middle Eastern and Far Eastern languages and cultures.
s94851334.onlinehome.us /Main/KennethSearight   (313 words)

  
 Sona language - TheBestLinks.com - Artificial language, Agglutinative language, Chinese language, Esperanto, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sona language - TheBestLinks.com - Artificial language, Agglutinative language, Chinese language, Esperanto,...
Sona language, Artificial language, Agglutinative language, Chinese language...
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www.thebestlinks.com /Sona_language.html   (242 words)

  
 sona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Beltana, Joe, and Joe, the three folks who make up the current lineup of SONA, have an interesting combination of influences and musical backgrounds.
There are four demo versions of her songs in mp3 format.
Language Lab - Sona - the Book Sona an auxiliary neutral language by Kenneth Searight LONDON, 1935 Web Version editor: Richard K. Harrison typists: Andrey Rogachov, Shane Sniffen, James...
www.hair-removal-sites.com /hair-removal/sona.html   (168 words)

  
 What is Sõna?
Sõna is an infinitely expandable set of flashcards designed specifically for foreign language study.
In addition, we plan to provide word lists keyed to major language textbooks, in order to provide the tightest possible integration with other study materials.
We will be happy to contact the publisher to see about an arrangement that helps you learn and respects their copyright.
www.mindspring.com /~dvera_hadden/whatis.html   (200 words)

  
 Booklist Gujarati Children's Materials No. 30 - Newark Public Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Gujarati language -- Vocabulary -- Juvenile literature -- English.Vocabulary -- Juvenile literature.
The woman with the pushchair holds the key to Sona's and Claire's dilemma.
For Meena and Lisa it started as a simple night out, having fun with their best friends but it ended in an adventure beyond belief.
www.npl.org /pages/multimac/booklist/no30/gcm.html   (507 words)

  
 Sona - Conlang Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Author seems to consider the language to sound very Japanese.
Like many, Searight sought to create an international auxiliary language less Eurocentric than {list of all euroclones here}.
There's a very minimal lexicon -- Searight mentions Roget's thesaurus -- but unlike similar tiny languages, Sona seems to be complete enough for real usage: 375 words (360 "radicals" plus 15 "particles").
www.langmaker.com /db/mdl_sona.htm   (151 words)

  
 Sona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Non obstante, io debe indicar que, in le opinion del Secretario de Stato, vostre qualificationes peculiar justificarea un application personal per vos al Bureau Central, e ille me ha instruite appropriatemente pro inviar vostre nomine a ille departimento, (juncto con) vostre epistola e le (record personal de servicio).
Sona LED Flashlight With 16 White Bulbs and Sturdy Metal Body
by Sona Karentz Andrews, et al (Paperback - December 1991)
interlingua.encyclopedia.st /Sona   (215 words)

  
 mannurat.com
kabayatanna, ti maysa a kontrobersial ita nga articulo ket daydiay ilokano language wikipedia a pakarikutan ni wikipedian chris sundita, maysa a linguist.
This is sound is found in many Philippine languages like Kinaray-a as well as non-Philippine languages such as Japanese, and Turkish.
sigud ngamin a nakakabit kas sumagmamano la a tidbits daytoy a topiko iti page ti ilokano language a rinugian ken manmantenaren ni linguist christopher sundita.
mannurat.blogspot.com   (10158 words)

  
 Lá ‘le Pádraig sona daoibh go léir
  But I suggest that high, and perhaps highest, in the list, should be the language of our people.
  Like our faith, our language is a fragile, easily lost, and too often neglected treasure.
  I caution strongly against trying to translate without a firm foundation in the language.
www.scoilgaeilge.org /t_na_t/Marta2003.htm   (874 words)

  
 hh1 12web   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ray had, in fact, attempted to talk to Sierra in Ra’sona, the language of the wild quinolans, believing him to be a former wildie.
Not understanding more than a smattering of the language Sierra had mumbled a weak excuse and moved quickly away from him.
Pento Ray had not bothered to speak to him again in Ra’sona or any other language.
www.fortunecity.com /tattooine/aldiss/473/oso.html   (3461 words)

  
 Speech Language Pathology / Speech Therapy Resources
Speech and Language Milestone Chart from the LDOnline, the interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers and children.
Child language development for some can be slow and difficult, causing difficulty in speaking and disordered speech.
They may have difficulties with any or all aspects of speech and language - from moving the muscles which control speech, to the ability to understand or use language at all.
www.herring.org /speech.html   (6803 words)

  
 Flying Omelette's Top 50 Favorite Game Ending Songs Part 2
But once I heard this song, there was just no denying how good it is. It's my second-favorite game song with lyrics right after "Sona Mi Areru Ec Sancitu" from Panzer Dragoon Saga.
Most of the lyrics are sung in Latin, while the rest appear to be a made-up language.
Art thou the holy one?" The WMA file is a little larger than the MP3, but is higher-quality.
www.flyingomelette.com /top50songs2.html   (1729 words)

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