Doudouling (version 2022)

An artificial language by Jian Huang
  1. English introduction
  2. Chinese introduction
  3. Doudouling introduction (reflective introduction)

Introduction

Principles: convert Latin words into {Consonant-Semivowel-Voewl-Semivowel-Nasl} {C-S-V-S-N} syllables

Step 1: simplify consonants and consonant clusters

Simplify consonants and consonant clusters to the consonants as below by the rules below.

{b}{p}{m}{f}{v}
{d}{t}{n}{s}{ts}{dz}{j}
{g}{k}{h}{w}{l}

Rules:

Step 2: convert double vowels

Simplify the double vowels by the rules below.

Rules:

Convert vowel {y} to {i}.

Step 3: Convert the consonants

For consonants after the closing nasal, move it to the left and repeat the nasal sound.

Keep the first consonant in a syllable.

Convert the following consonants in a syllable by the rules below.

Consonant Immediately before main vowel {i} Immediately after main vowel {i} Immediately before main vowel {u} Immediately after main vowel {u} Before main vowel After main vowel
{b} / {p} {uuf}{fuu}{eez}{zee}{uuf}{fuu}
{v} / {f} {uuv}{vuu}{eez}{zee}{uuv}{vuu}
{d} / {t} {ooh}{hoo}{iih}{hii}{iih}{hii}
{s} / {ts} / {dz}{oow}{woo}{iij}{jii}{iij}{jii}
{g} / {k} {oov}{voo}{iiz}{zii}{iiz}{zii}
{w} {uuw}{wuu}{eej}{jee}{uuw}{wuu}
{l} {uuh}{huu}{eeh}{hee}{uuh}{huu}

Examples

The first column is Latin word. The second column is the form after moving consonants. The third column is Doudouling word.

Examples:
Latin Moved Doudouling
state stat siihahii
sper sper suufewuu
sport sport suufowuuhi
science stsiesn soowiejiin
photo foto foto
wagon vagon vagon
cent tsetnn tsehiinn
center tsentew tsentewuu
aqu ak azii
aquatic akuatik akuativoo
question kuestsion kuejiitsion
tank taknn taziinn
xerox tsewoks tsewoziiji
chocolate tsokolat tsokolahii
just dzust dzujiihii
adoption adoptsion adofuutsion
train train tuuwain
tract trag tuuwazii
create kweat kuuweahii
glad glad guuhahii
class klas kuuhajii
cause kaus kaujii
daemon daemon daemon
coffee koffei kovuufei
moustache moustats moujiitajii
phoenix foeniks foenivoojii
phoenician foenitsian foenitsian
europe euwop euwofuu
return weturn wetujeen
depart depawt depawuuhii
alt alt ahuuhii
art awt awuuhii
arts arts awuujii
culture kultuw kuheetujee
court kouwt koujeehii
cant katnn kahiinn
simple simple simpuuhe
hom hom hom
autumn autumn autum
environment enviwonmetnn enviwonmehiin
fact fag fazii
experiment eksperimetnn eziijiipewimehiinn
sign sign sivoon
sing signn sivoonn
dogmatic dogmatik doziimativoo
construct kosnntwug kojiinnteejuzii
verb vewb vewuufuu
partner pawtnew pawuuhiinewuu
investment investmetnn invejiihiimehiinn
continue kontinu kontinu
Doudouling doudoulignn doudoulivoonn
data data data
exact eksag eziisazii
slave slav suuhavuu
salv salv sahuuvuu
next nekst neziijiihii

Stress

The stress is at the last non-double vowel.

Sample Passages

For each group, the first line is Doudouling; the second line is Latin roots; and the third line is English meaning.

      Tituuhe : Babehuu Teziijiihii, Genesiwoo, Bibuuhe
      title   : babel   text       , genesis  , bible
      Title   : Babel   Text       , Genesis  , Bible

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      11:1

      Tohii la   muhiinn ejii de un  livoonn  e   de un  pawohuu.
      tot   illa mund    est  de un  ling     et  de un  parol  .
      The whole  earth   was  of one language and of one speech .

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      11:2

      Du  vojajii he  lu  a  la   owientahuu, oziikujee he  ihuu ke   diwookovewuu ha  lu  un
      dur voyage  hab lor ad illa oriental  , occur     hab il   que  discover     hab lor un
      As  they journeyed  east              , it happened,       that they have found      a

      puuhan in la   tewuu de la   Tsinawuu; e   vivuu he  lu  ihoo .
      plan   in illa terr  de illa Shinar  ; et  viv   hab lor id   .
      plain  in the  land  of      Shinar  ; and they lived    there.

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      11:3

      Divoo lu   un   a  un ahuutewuu, "Ven , ni    laziiji a  fezii le  tihuu , e   li  kombujiihii
      dikt  lor  un   ad un alter    , "ven , nostr lax     ad fekt  ill tile  , et  lor combust
      They said  one  to another     , "Come, let's         make         bricks, and burn them

      entiwemehiinn." Hafuu lu  la   tihuu po  la   petewuu, e   utiliwoo lu  la   tawuu po  la   mowuutawuu.
      entire       ." hab   lor illa tile  pro illa petr   , et  utiliz   lor illa tar   pro illa mortar    .
      thoroughly   ." They had       brick for      stone  , and they used    the  tar   for the  mortar    .

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      11:4

      Divoo lu , "Ven , ni    laziijii kojiinnteejuzii po  ni    un ujeefuu, e   un tujeewehii,
      dikt  lor, "ven , nostr lax      construct       pro nostr un urb    , et  un turret    ,
      They said, "Come, let's          build           us        a  city   , and a  tower     ,

      ken   kapihoo awuuwivuu a  la   tsehuu, e   ni    laziijii a  fezii po  ni    un nom ;
      que   capit   arrive    ad illa cele  , et  nostr lax      ad fekt  pro nostr un nom ;
      whose top     reaches   to the  sky   , and let's             make      us    a  name;

      eziijiitsefuu ke  divihoo ti  nu    a  uheetewuu su    la   sujeefajii de tohii la    muhiinn."
      except        que divid   ten nostr ad ulter     super illa surface    de tot   illa  mund   ."
      lest              we be scattered   abroad       on    the  surface    of the   whole earth  ."

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      11:5

      Dzehova dejiitsehiinn a  miwuu la   ujeefuu e   la  tujeewehii, kem   le   infahiinn de le  hom
      Jehowa  descend       ad mir   illa urb     et  la  turret    , que   illa infant    de ill hom
      Yahweh  came down     to see   the  city    and the tower     , which the  children  of     men

      kojiinnteejuzii ha .
      construct       hab.
      had built          .

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      11:6

      Dzehova divoo, "Ahiitentsion, ejii lu  un  popuhee, e   hafuu lu  tohii un  livoonn ;
      Jehowa  dikt , "attention   , est  lor un  popul  , et  hab   lo  tot   un  ling    ;
      Yahweh  said , "Behold      , they are one people , and they have all   one language;

      e   ejii tsi kem  owidzinahii lu  a  fezii. Tsiihefuumm nuhee  , kem   intehiinn lu
      et  est  hic que  originate   lor ad fekt . hic-temp    nul    , que   intend    lor
      and this is  what they begin      to do   . Now         nothing, which they intend

      a  fezii, wesiwoohii ti  va   afuu li  .
      ad fekt , resist     ten vas  ab   lor .
      to do   , will be withheld    from them.

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      11:7

      Ven , ni    laziijii dejiitsehiinn, e   ihoo  konfujii lo    livoonn ,
      Ven , nostr lax      descend      , et  id    confus   lor   ling    ,
      Come, let's          down         , and there confuse  their language,

      ahii ne  pohii lu  kompuuwehehiinn la   pawohuu de un ahuutewuu."
      ad   neg pot   lor comprehend      illa parol   de un alter    ."
      that they may not understand       one another's speech        ."

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      11:8

      Ahii Dzehova li  divihoo    a  uheetewuu de   ihoo  a  la   sujeefajii de tohii la   muhiinn.
      ad   Jehowa  lor divid      ad ulter     de   id    ad illa surface    de tot   illa mund   .
      So   Yahweh  scattered them abroad       from there on the  surface    of all   the  earth  .

      Wejiihii lu  a  kojiinnteejuzii la   ujeefu.
      Rest    lor  ad construct       illa urb   .
      They stopped    building        the  city  .

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      11:9

      Ahii      sa nom         afuupehuu ti  ko  Babehuu, afuu    Dzehova konfujii he  la
      ad        se nom         appel     ten com Babel  , ab      Jehowa  confus   hab illa
      Therefore the name of it was called    as  Babel  , because Yahweh  confused     the

      livoonn  de tohii la   muhiinn, ihoo . De   ihoo , Dzehova li  divihoo    a  uheetewuu
      ling     de tot   illa mund   , id   . De   id   , Jehowa  lor divida     ad ulter
      language of all   the  earth  , there. From there, Yahweh  scattered them abroad

      su    la   sujeefajii de tohii la   muhiinn.
      super illa surface    de tot   illa mund   .
      on    the  surface    of all   the  earth  .

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      Tituhe : Na    Patewuu
      title  : nostr pater
      Title  : Our   Father

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      Na    patewuu in la   tsehu ,
      nostr pater   in illa cel   ,
      Our   fater   in      heaven,

      saziinn ejii ta   nom .
      sanct   est  tu   nom .
      saint   is   your name.

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      Ven  ta   wedzim ,
      ven  tu   regime ,
      Come your kingdom,

      fezii ti  ta   voluhiinn,
      fekt  ten tu   volunt   ,
      done      your will     ,

      ko  in la   tsehuu e   su  tewuu.
      com in illa cel    et  sur terr .
      as  in      heaven and on  earch.

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      Na    pewi-diwoo pan   tu  don  tsoohiwoo.
      nostr per-dies   pan   tu  don  hic-dies.
      Our   everyday   bread you give today   .

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      Pawuudon tu  na    le  debihoo,
      pardon   tu  nostr ill debit  ,
      Forgive  you our       debts  ,

      ko  pawuudon ha  nu    na    le  debitowuu.
      com pardon   hab nostr nostr ill debitor  .
      as  we have forgotten  our       debtors  .

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      E   tu  ne  ni    duzii entewuu tefuummtatsion,
      et  tu  neg nostr duc   entr    temptation    ,
      and you not us    lead  into    temptation    ,

      ofuu ni    libewahii tu eziijiitewuu de malivoon.
      ob   nostr liberat   tu exter        de malign  .
      but  you us liberate    out          of malign  .

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      Amen.
      amen.
      Amen.

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Schema

Alphabet La ahuufabehii
B P M F V
D T N S TS DZ J
G K H W L
A E I O U
B P M F V
D T N S TS DZ J
G K H W L
A E I O U
Phonetics La fonetivoojii
B b [b] b in book P p [p] p in pen M m [m] m in map F f [f] f in fall V v [v] v in vow
D d [d] d in dog T t [t] t in take N n [n] n in name S s [s] s in say TS ts [ts] ts in gets (!) DZ dz [dz] ds in words (!) J j [j] y in yes (!)
G g [g] g in go K k [k] k in kilo H h [h] h in how W w [w] w in wall L l [l] l in low
A a [ɑ] a in yacht E e [ɛ] e in set I i [i] i in machine O o [ɔ] o in bought U u [u] u in flute
AA aa [ɑ] weeker a in yacht EE ee [ɛ] weeker e in set II ii [i] weeker i in machine OO oo [ɔ] weeker o in bought UU uu [u] weeker u in flute
! Note: pronuncations need attension.
Stress La ajiheen
The stress is at the last non-double vowel. La aziitsehiinn ejii in la finahuu non-dupuuhe vovehuu.

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