Djogawa Djororx

Prerequisites

• Have internet open; have Excel or Sheets open
• Wiktionary Swadesh List Appendix
• Phonology and Word List
• Dice Rolling
• Sound Changes
• Time Yourself

RULES

1. Choose phonology

   Cannot be website default, must have at least six differences from default

2. Word Pattern (Roll d6)

   1. CV(CV)(N)
   2. CV(CV)
   3. (C)V(CV)
   4. CV(N)CV(N)
   5. (N)CV(N)(CV)
   6. CVN(CV)(N)

3. Generate Words

   Choose to generate 5000 words, filter duplicates, new line each (this will probably create around 1000 words), put on Excel/Sheets. If it cannot generate at least 1000 words, more variables need to be added to phonology. 10-13 additions seems to always be sufficient, but six minimum for the game.

4. At least five phonological changes

5. Top 100/207 from one of Wiktionary’s Swadesh lists, put on Excel/Sheets

6. Categories for Verbs, Nouns, Adjectives, Adverbs are marked using (d6):

   • Prefixes
   • Suffixes
   • Infixes
   • Particles

7. Word Order

   1. SVO
   2. SOV
   3. VOS
   4. OSV
   5. OVS
   6. VSO

8. Morphosyntactic Alignment

   • Nominative/Accusative
   • Ergative/Absolutive

9. Morphology

   1. Synthetic

      Create NOM/ERG, ACC/ABS, DAT, GEN markers according to phonology

   2. Analytic

10. Verb Conjugation

    1. None
    2. Number+Tense
    3. Number
    4. Tense

11. If no tense conjugation, create tense auxiliaries as follows, otherwise skip this step

    1. None
    2. Past+Present+Future
    3. Past+Present

12. Grammatical Number

    1. Singular/Plural
    2. Singular/Dual/Plural
    3. Singular/Paucal/Plural
    4. Singular/Plural/Collective

13. Grammatical Number: Noun-Adjective Agreement

    1. Yes
    2. No

14. Grammatical Number: Subject/Agent-Verb Agreement

    1. Yes
    2. No

15. Articles

    1. None
    2. Definite
    3. Definite/Indefinite
    4. Definite/Indefinite/Demonstrative

16. Aspects

    First, roll a d4 to determine how many aspects to include.
    Next, roll a d6 that many times to find out which forms must be marked (Simple may be unmarked if it is not rolled)

    1. Perfective
    2. Imperfective
    3. Progressive
    4. Habitual
    5. Simple

17. Moods

    First, roll D4 to determine how many moods to include
    Next, roll D6 that many times to find out which forms must be marked (Indicative may be unmarked if it is not rolled)

    1. Conditional
    2. Indicative
    3. Imperative
    4. Interrogative
    5. Inferential

18. Name the Language

    Roll d1000, choose from the word list. If it already has a definition, too bad, justify the weird name culturally

19. Make an Acceptable Translation of

    All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.