Conlangs/IAL.md
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### Core words vs loanwords
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The words are divided into two main categories: core words and loanwords. Core words are words created a priori for the language, they are meant to represent concepts, and while inspired by natural languages, they are not intended to be thought as an actual borrowings. Loan words are words which try to transcribe the original word as close as possible using the available phonology. They are meant as labels for a particular type of thing, and 95% of the time need a core word as a suffix to describe it. **Loanwords should use endonyms instead of English names**. Example use cases for loanwords are:
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- Country names: Poska (Poland), Inlan (England), Nipon (Japan), Xonguwo (China)
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- Language names: Poski (Polish), Inlix (English), Italyano (Italian), Nipongo (Japanese), Xonwen or Kanyu (Chinese)
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- Nationalities: Polaka (Polish), Inlix (Englishman), Italyano (Italian), Niponxin (Japanese), Xonguwoxen (Chinese)
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- Food: Piyelogi (pierogi), Fixenxipis (fish and chips), Niyoki (gnocchi), Suxi (sushi), Xawsi (jiaozi)
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- People names: Matewux (Mateusz), Xon (John), Pawolo (Paolo)
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- Brand and product names: Timbalku (Tymbark), Nesle (Nestle)
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-While for personal or family names everyone should choose the transcription they feel most comfortable with, for other types of loanwords there's an official loanword registry which aims to gather all loanwords.
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+While for personal or family names everyone should choose the transcription they feel most comfortable with, for other types of loanwords there's an official loanword registry which aims to gather all loanwords. One might raise an argument against this approach, as it includes complexity and requires knowledge about the word. However, the aim is to simplify the language, not the way we think about the world, and loanwords should be considered more like learning about stuff, rather than learning the language. This approach allows for the most culturally neutral way of talking about real life entinties
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### Minimal pairs
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