Aspies For Freedom

I think there needs to be more of a description of the rules it follows, delineating specifically what affixes there are and what they mean.  It would be easier to go through.  

An alphabetized vocabulary list is also needed.  

I like the color names.  

Question--does this intend to be mainly monosyllabic?  I'm alright with that, but phoneme inventory may need to be expanded.  There are only so many combinations you can make with a single set.  

Also, it would help if you explained the spelling conventions.  J is a particularly variable letter across languages, and applying English rules to the pronunciation doesn't help either because these have limited consistency.  S varies in english pronunciation, so do vowel sounds.  So it would help a lot.  

A note to this--I think it's also important to have a 1:1 grapheme-phoneme relationship (what I mean is, one letter or letter combination means the same sound everytime, and there are no other letters or combos that could also be that sound.  I'm counting digraphs as single graphemes for this case).

Other than the presentation, I like it.

Ji emen
Ji = I         emen =(not) sitting
e = not    me = sit    n = -ing

Understand it now?
(it's pronounced eh-mehn)

We did also toy with the idea that the letter 'c' was unnecesary, as both the sounds it makes can be indicated with 'k' and 's'.
What do you think?

As for dividing nouns into sections, here's a few more to consider:
Family members
Ideas (i.e, War, Freedom, Peace, ect.)
Animals
Food

Oh, and about sounds:  I made a list of all the different combinations of two letters(minus c), I'll post it:

Nouns

ab ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az

ea eb ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er es et eu ev ew ex ey ez

ia ib id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is it iu iv iw ix iy iz

oa ob od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on op oq or os ot ou ov ow ox oy oz

ua ub ud ue uf ug uh ui uj uk ul um un uo up uq ur us ut uu uv uw ux uy uz

ya ye yi yo yu

Verbs

ba be bi bo bu by

da de di do du dy

fa fe fi fo fu fy

ga ge gi go gu gy

ha he hi ho hu hy

ja je ji jo ju jy

ka ke ki ko ku ky

la le li lo lu ly

ma me mi mo mu my

na ne ni no nu ny

pa pe pi po pu py

qa qe qi qo qu qy

ra re ri ro ru ry

sa se si so su sy

ta te ti to tu ty

va ve vi vo vu vy

wa we wi wo wu wy

xa xe xi xo xu xy

za ze zi zo zu zy

‘Dark’ cannot be ‘fen’.  ‘Fen’ is ‘ours’.
Similarly, ‘zokn’ cannot be ‘sunny’; it’s ‘sunning’.  We don't yet have a definitive way to turn a noun into an adjective.  I suggets adding -ti (so 'sunny' would be 'zokti')
Dave, I like your haiku, but we need to try to keep the words quick and easy to type (and pronounce; some of your new words are not intuitively obvious to pronounce).  I suggest a few minor changes to make words shorter.  For example, I'm not sure if combining male/female and child to get boy/girl is a good idea.  It appeals, but it does result in a rather long word.  Maybe we should have separate words that mean 'girl' and 'boy'.
I suggest to everyone that, when adding -l to the end of a word, should that word end in a constonent, add -el.  This makes pronounciation easier.
Also, Dave, if 'lurne' is pronounced 'learn' (roughly). then I suggest we drop the 'e'.  It makes me want to say 'learn-ay'.
Are -y endings and -i endings prounounced differently?  Right now I'm prouncing -y endings 'eye' and -i endings 'ee'.  Is this acurate?

Amy:  You say on the autlang page that 'ma' means 'pass by'; taking my que from the poem this is used in, I would call it 'by' not 'pass by' ("I speak Autlang often days go by", not "I speak Autlang often days go pass by").  Actually, I think 'as days go by' would be better than 'often days go by', but it's not my poem, so...
Oh, and I can't get the song to lay on my computor.  It dowwnloads it and then says there's no program that can play it.  Is this another 'windows-only' thing, like AutTV?

Hope no one is offended by this post.  And sorry I haven't been in chat lately, I've been busy....

Amy and I decided that for the next stage in Autlang's development, each person involved should pick a subject, such as a special interest, and write up a list of words (in Autlang & english) pertaining to that subject.  Then post your list here.  I'll check each list for duplicates (both English words we already have & Autlang words that already mean something else); then each list can be copied onto the Autlang webpage.
This way we will have a wide variety of words on a wide variety of subjects, and everyone will be able to talk about their favorite subject!

I have already chosen Fantasy, and Amy picked Food.

ooh! Can I do computer-related?(or is that already taken?)

Once again I'll ask:  the -e on the end- is it pronounced 'ay'?  So father is pronounced ah-tay?  and godfather is pronounced oh-dah-tay?
I have just started working on my list, when I'm done I will post it.  It should be a few more days, I'm kind of busy....   :?    

Nouns=sopz
Verbs=sapz
Words=donz
Some=alt

Alt puc donz:

hardware(generic)=am
hard drive=suc
CPU=tink
chipset=vrom
Card(PCI, AGP, etc)=niv
memory=ag
motherboard=alu
digital=qoye
video=kye
image=kuu
sound=mok
disk=kov
floppy=zik
serial=dup
virtual=uf
interrupt=kup
bus=mox
interface=iot
input=das
output=vas
key=mot
keyboard=mota
mouse(computer peripheral)=mut
printer=ut
scanner=up
camera=ap
Periperal(generic)=hov
universal=ait
power=oop
supply=at
paralell=dap
software(generic)=dop
freeware=dok
shareware=dof
open-source=gok
commercialware=gop
vaporware=fot
malware(generic)=bop
virus=yev
logic bomb=ob
worm=tik
spyware=ab
adware=ub
high=cut
low=yut
fast=aff
slow=vod
dial-up=slu
DSL=mlu`
Cable(internet accsess)=flu
Wi-fi=ai
Satelite(internet accsess)=sai
WiMax=fai
broadband=hik
online=vra
offline=vru
port=vam
router=yot
server=gam
client=kam
network=hoy
connect=vras
disconnect=vrus
hypertext=wet
local=ref
remote=reg
domain=von
directory=mink
file=om
symbolic link/shortcut=fok
data=joos
program=rom
shell=kug
OS=rum
compiler=poy
to compile=po
assembler=rast
to assemble=sat
linker=yoot
to link=kuj
to program=wax
to script=wox
launguage(computer)=ros
markup=bid
bug=das
to debug=udas

The modified list:

hardware(generic)=am
hard drive=suc
chipset=vrom
Card(PCI, AGP, etc)=niv
memory=ag
motherboard=alu
digital=qoye
video=kye
image=kuu
sound=mok
disk=kov
floppy=zik
serial=dup
virtual=uf
interrupt=kup
bus=mox
interface=iot
input=das
output=vas
key=mot
keyboard=mota
mouse(computer peripheral)=mut
printer=ut
scanner=up
camera=ap
Periperal(generic)=hov
universal=ait
power=oop
supply=at
paralell=dap
software(generic)=dop
freeware=dok
shareware=dof
open-source=gok
commercialware=gop
vaporware=fot
malware(generic)=bop
virus=yev
logic bomb=ob
worm=tik
spyware=ab
adware=ub
high=cut
low=yut
fast=aff
slow=vod
dial-up=slu
Cable(internet accsess)=flu
Satelite(internet accsess)=sai
broadband=hik
online=vra
offline=vru
port=vam
router=yot
server=gam
client=kam
network=hoy
connect=vras
disconnect=vrus
hypertext=wet
local=ref
remote=reg
domain=von
directory=mink
file=om
symbolic link/shortcut=fok
data=joos
program=rom
shell=kug
OS=rum
compiler=poy
to compile=po
assembler=rast
to assemble=tu
linker=yoot
to link=kuj
to program=xa
to script=xo
launguage(computer)=ros
markup=bid
bug=das
to debug=uda

An autistic dialect of English that would take some features of Autlang would be easier to learn, and would more easily achieve the goal of a common autistic language.  It should also be (almost) mutually comprehensible with English, so that only a brief explanation would be needed for outsiders and newcomers.  Even though autlang is relatively simple, it does have an autonomous vocabulary which takes work to learn for any language.  

Eventually (edit: once the grammar of Autlang was more fleshed out, that is) we should start a thread for AutEnglish, to discuss which features of Autlang ought be included.  It can be published and distributed concurrently with Autlang.  

Once Autlang is completed and we have communities where Autistics run things, then classes in Autlang can be established, and people speaking a blended dialect of English and Autlang will have a leg up on people whose language conatins not features of Autlang at all.

Please add:

dak- inept smart person (nerd)

Light - haz

saber - dra

(hazdra - Light Saber)

I'd say so.

And theres that little thing about doing business, i'd look a laughing stock i can tell ya -.o

Everyone gets ridicle in life, being shy isn't unique to people with AS.

On thinking about it for a while, I think it might be fun idea.
However, considering my futile attempts at learning French (which is more similar to English) a while back, I don't think I'll try and learn it.
I am learning a bit of sign language though.