User:Brant/Duckish language idea

The Duckish language, which is almost exclusively spoken in Duck Island and among the Duckish diaspora around Antarctica, is extremely difficult to understand and learn, and almost 100% of its speakers are native speakers. The Duckish language consists entirely of the word "quack" in different tones, represented by the accent marks, with different prepositions and verbs in the front or back of the word, depending on the sentence. The tones are very subtle, which makes it difficult for a non native speaker to distinguish between the different words and meanings.

Duckish is considered one of the strangest languages in Antarctica, as it utilizes features unheard of in any other language. There was originally no written form of Duckish, as there was no way to interpret the speech of the ducks into words, but a penguin who had managed to learn Duckish after years of studying managed to create a written form with complex letters, punctuation, and tones. However, this version isn't widely accepted in Duck Island, and isn't even recognized nationally, with most ducks preferring to just write "quack" down, which they can somehow understand.

About
Since the Duckish language consists of only the word "quack" pronounced in many different ways, the language consists of many tones to distinguish between words, but also grammatical case, gender, and tense. The amount of tones depends on the dialect of Duckish spoken, but penguin linguists suggest that there are about twenty-five to thirty tones in Duckish, with Standard Duckish having an estimated twenty-seven tones. The Duckish language has five grammatical cases, nominative, accusative, dative, ablative, and genitive, which are all distinguished by the tone of the word.

There are no grammatical genders in Duckish, but there are three grammatical tenses, past, present, and future, which are distinguished by the tone of the syllable "a" that is pronounced after Duckish verbs, except for the present tense, which has no syllable "a" at the end of verbs in that tense. "A" is the only other syllable in Duckish aside from the word "quack", and aside from being used to distinguish tense, is also used as a preposition, with the prepositions being distinguished through tone, sound, and length, and many other uses as well.

Aside from using tone to distinguish between words, cases, and tenses, the Duckish language uses two additional features that aren't used in other languages to distinguish between words and grammar. These two features are sound and length, which are also used to distinguish between different words and grammar features. In written Duckish, sound is demonstrated through capitalization, with a capitalized letter being pronounced louder than a lowercase letter, while length is demonstrated through the punctuation marks ['], [-], [,], and [`], along with vowels being doubled.

Alphabet
The Duckish alphabet is exactly like the English alphabet, with 26 letters, but the rules in Duckish are strange, as the only letters of the English alphabet that can be used in words are Aa, Cc, Kk, Qq, and Uu, while the other letters can only be used in loanwords from other languages or with names or abbreviations for names. Loanwords are rare in Duckish, with new words or words that didn't exist in Duckish before being made by combining words, so usually the only time the other letters of the English alphabet are used is with names and abbreviations for names.

Prepositions
All prepositions in Duckish, like verbs and other related words, all consist of one letter, but are distinguishable by the different accent marks that are used in each one. Capitalization matters as well, as the capitalized form of a letter could mean a completely different preposition, even if the two letters have the same accent mark. As the sentence structure of Duckish is similar to English, prepositions are located in the same part of the sentence as in English sentences, but Duckish prepositions don't have a space before or after a word.

Duckish prepositions also have punctuation marks before or after the preposition, and sometimes both before and after, to distinguish how quickly the preposition should be said and how long before or after a word. This is extremely important, as a different punctuation mark could mean a completely different preposition in Duckish as well. When there is no punctuation mark, the preposition is pronounced as if it's just another syllable in a word. An apostrophe, comma, or dash all signify varying levels of time in a pause before or after a word.

Note: These are not all the prepositions
 * about - Å,â
 * above - ǎ'
 * across - ă`
 * as - â'
 * at - Ã,
 * before - `ĀÄ`
 * behind - å,
 * below - à
 * beside - Ã-ã
 * for - `ā'
 * in - ,ąǍ
 * of - 'Ä-

Vocabulary

 * duck - quack
 * penguin - quąĉk
 * agent - qųãcķ
 * founder - quăċk
 * country - qüåcķ
 * ship - qųąćk

Sample Text
Below are a few sample texts, phrases, or words in English with the Duckish translation below that.
 * "Quackerpingu is a High Penguin. He currently lives in Q City, Moon Island. He is an EPF agent, the founder of the EQF, and a jedi."
 * "QuackerpinguÁ aQúÄck Quąĉk. QuâčkÀ qųàckAQüaçkĬ Q Qüaċķ, Qůåçk Qúäċk. QūąçkÄ aEPF qųãcķ, ǎQuăċk-Ä'ǎEQF, Ą-Á'aQŭāćk."
 * "The Republic of Duck Island"
 * "QŭǍçk'Ä- Quack Quâćk"