Timerio is a
constructed language
A constructed language (shortened to conlang) is a language whose phonology, grammar, orthography, and vocabulary, instead of having developed natural language, naturally, are consciously devised for some purpose, which may include being devise ...
based on numbers. It was presented to public in 1921 by the
Berlin
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architect Tiemer as a pure literary language and should be used for
automated translations.
The idea was, that every concept is assigned by a number. The language shows similarities to the
Dewey Decimal Classification
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by
Melvil Dewey
Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey (December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931) was an American librarian and educator who invented the Dewey Decimal system of library classification. He was a founder of the Lake Placid Club, a chief librarian a ...
.
One of the only known sentences is the number-combination , which means ''I love you''.
Here the stands for ''I'', for ''you (accusative or objective)'' and 80 for ''
olove''. Alternatively, can also be used as a description of ''you (singular, nominative)'' according to some forms. Given the basic concept that equals ''I'', and that the designation starts from that viewpoint onwards, it is a logical alternative to accept as another term for ''you''.
The comparative is shown by , the superlative by . "And" is represented by . A prefix of makes a root an adjective. The genitive takes the suffix , the dative takes . Tenses are shown with an underscore below the number (past) or a macron above (future). The plural takes superscript
2. Numbers when expressed in a numerical form appear inside brackets.
:“” means: “I’ll write three letters”.
:“” means: “The father loved the big coloured letters”.
See also
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Pasigraphy
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Solresol
Solresol (Solfège: G (musical note), Sol-D (musical note), Re-G (musical note), Sol), originally called Langue universelle and then Langue musicale universelle, is a Musical language, musical constructed language devised by François Sudre, beg ...
, a constructed language based around
musical notes
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.
References
Constructed languages
Constructed languages introduced in the 1920s
Translation
1921 introductions
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