English with Epistemic Modality
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English with Epistemic Modality is a conlang created by a conlanger vfaronov in 2013.
Basically, it's just English with additional words:
prould | /prʊd/ | ‘it is generally known’ |
silt | /sɪlt/ | ‘I assume’ |
wint | /wɪnt/ | ‘I observe directly’ |
quane | /kweɪn/ | ‘I was told’ |
rill | /ɹɪl/ | ‘the circumstances are such that I think (but I don't bet)’ |
seught | /seɪt/ | ‘the circumstances are such that I think but I may doubt’ |
sunt | /sʌnt/ | ‘It's true for my mental condition but may be not true for other people’ |
deigh | /deɪ/ | ‘must for the common good’ |
mant | /mænt/ | ‘must for my own good’ |
lunt | /lʌnt/ | ‘must for the benefit of us’ |
goave | /ɡəʊv/ | ‘just a guess, just guessing at random’ |
oigh | /oɪ/ | ‘Well, I don't bet it, think just as you like’ |
Examples
“I am reporting live from Los Angeles where the first real aliens wint be landing right now! You lunt stay with us for this historic event!” |
- (≈ you better stay but less formal)
“Aliens? But aliens prould not exist! This silt be a hoax!” |
Aliens prould not exist. Aliens don't exist, period. |
Aliens rill not exist. Aliens as far as I know don't exist. But I don't know for sure. Maybe they exist. What, does the TV say there are? |
Aliens seught not exist. Well, aliens don't exist, don't they? |
Aliens oigh not exist. Oh those invented one more thing. I don't care of scientists, I don't to hear anything, aliens don't exist. |
“Sylvia wint have been here, around 10 in the morning.” |
“A-and... We’re getting reports from the Alien Welcoming Committee right now... The aliens quane be communicating in Morse code on a military frequency” |
“Pete, frankly, your hairstyle sunt suck.” |
“Abortions deigh not be allowed in a civilized country. God Himself quane say so, for it wint be written in the Holy Book.” |
“Da-ad, what’s this strange light in the sky-y?” — “Uh... dunno honey... goave be a plane.” |
“I’ve reviewed your article and it sunt mostly be okay... but the paragraph on ‘possible extraterrestrial influence’ mant be rewritten.” |
- (≈ if I were you I would rewrite it)