Slovio language
constructed language created by scientist and linguist Mark Hucko. Slovio is an international auxiliary language created to help Slavic speakers intercommunicate. The grammar of Slovio is similar to Esperanto, but the vocabulary is derived from the most common words from Slavic languages. According to Hucko, Slovio is understandable by more than 400 million people throughout the world without any prior study of the language. The name, Slovio, comes from the pre-Slavic word "slovo" which means "word."
As of February 2004, the vocabulary of Slovio contains about 14,250 words.
Alphabet
Slovio uses, more or less, the Latin alphabet:
- a b c cx d e f g h hh hx i j jx k l m n o p r s sx t u v z zx
The sound and pronunciation of the letters are similar to Esperanto, but note the following differences:
- cx - pronounced like ch in China
- jx - pronounced as a hard g as in jar
- sx - pronounced like sh in hush
- zx - pronounced as the zh sound as in leisure
- h - pronounced either as h in hotel or as kh in Bach (German composer) or in Okhotsk
These are optional letters:
- hh - pronounced as a hard h
- wx - pronounced as shch as in wish-chest
- q - can be used as softener, e. g. the word canyon would be written canqon
- x - prounounced as ks in Texas
The Slovio letters lack any diacritic markings. One would write a c together with a x as a single letter represent the ch sound. This system allows for easy transmission via computer and other communication networks without the need for any special fonts.
Slovio can be also written with Cyrillic letters:
- A a - А а
- B b - Б б
- C c - Ц ц
- Cx cx - Ч ч
- D d - Д д
- E e - Е е
- F f - Ф ф
- G g - Г г
- H h - Х х
- I i - И и
- J j - Й й
- Jx jx - Дж дж
- K k - К к
- L l - Л л
- M m - М м
- N n - Н н
- O o - О о
- P p - П п
- R r - Р р
- S s - С с
- Sx sx - Ш ш
- T t - Т т
- U u - У у
- V v - В в
- X x - Кс кс
- Z z - З з
- Zx zx - Ж ж
Text sample in Slovio
- Slovio es novju mezxunarodju jazika ktor razumijut cxtirsto milion ludis na celoju zemla. Ucxijte Slovio tper!
- Словио ес новйу межународйу йазика ктор разумийут чтирсто милион лудис на целойу земла. Учийте Словио тпер!
- Slovio is a new international language that is understood by 400 million people in the world. Learn Slovio now!
