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Language Name	X
Language Author	David J. Peterson
Year Began	2003
Site	X
Broken Link	No
Site Language	English
Site Author	David J. Peterson
Language Type	miscellaneous
Uniqueness	X is a pictograph language. This isn't new. What may be new is the way I borrowed the concept of determinatives from Egyptian Hieroglyphs to create a fully functional derivational system.
Language Sources	Tagalog, Middle Egyptian.
Design Principles	Basically, the idea is that there's only three types of words: Substantives, conjunctions and prepositions. Substantives can be verbs or nouns, depending on how they're used in the sentence (the first substantive will always be a verb, the rest nouns). The function of the focused NP will be marked on the verb (this would be an ideal trigger system), and every other NP's function will be determined by a preposition. As for the glyphs themselves, my main influence is Middle Egyptian, but since this is supposed to be a language that's used today, there are lots of non-Egyptian glyphs (e.g., a telephone, which most Egyptians didn't own back in the days of Ra and Thoth).
Interest Of Others	No.
Dictionary	No
Etymologies	No
Grammar	No
Sample Texts	No
Unique Script	No
Primer	No
Babel Text	No
Submitted By	NA
Date Submitted	Sunday, April 04, 2004
Updated By	David J. Peterson
Date Edited	Friday, June 04, 2004
Description Of Update	Added information.
Date To Headline	Monday, June 07, 2004

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