Lingua Sistemfrater

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LINGUA SISTEMFRATER, "Brotherhood language," or simply Frater, was invented in 1957 by Vietnamese linguist Pham Xuan Thai. It was made to be a very easy international language. The vocabulary contains about 1000 word roots. The words have a very broad meaning; for example, the word optik  means both "eye" and "see." Other words can be made by combining the word roots. Opposites are formed with -ne ; for example, fasil  means "easy," fasilne means "difficult." The result is that the language can be learned very quickly. The alphabet has only 18 letters: ABDEFGIJKLMNOPRSTU. Vowels are pronounced as they are in most languages. The only consonant pronounced differently from English is the J; it sounds like the letter Z (a French J should be close enough as well). Grammar is simple as well. Sentence order is subject, verb, object. Words that describe other words come after those words. A dictionary and the 12 rules of grammar can be found at...

The dictionary at the main Frater site has been upgraded.  linguasistemfrater.mozello.com

The following is in English, Esperanto Facila ( uea.facila.org ), Interlingua, and Frater.            TREASURE ISLAND Ef: LA INSULO RIĈAĴOJ ia: LE INSULA TRESOR F: NESIA DOLAMULTI Robert Louis Stevenson THE OLD SEA-DOG AT THE ADMIRAL BENBOW Ef: LA MALJUNA "HUNDO DE LA MARO" ĈE LA "ŜIPARESTRO BENBO" ia: LE CAN VETERE DEL MAR A "COMMANDANTE BENBOW" F: KANI PALEO MARI A "STRATEGO BENBO" I remember him as if it were yesterday, F: Mi rememoras lin, kiel estus hieraŭ,  ia: Io le memora, como si il esserea heri, F: mi memor ili, omo es probable bsera. As he came plodding to the inn door, Ef: kiel li malrapide iris al la pordo de la gastodomo,  ia: como ille venive al porta del albergo, F: intem ili aribe pas a portik de otel, His sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow - Ef: la skatolo poste en portilo-- ia: sua coffro del mar sequente post ille in un carretta del mano - F: konten mari ili, an paso poste ili in organporta - The sab...

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More fun with the Moon alphabet   Dr Moon Page (deafblind.com)

Frater has an alphabet of only eighteen letters. Here's a little experimenting:

1.  In Frater, there is neither article, nor flexion, nor elision, nor affix, nor concord of tense, of mood, of gender, of number. 2.  The noun, the adjective, the verb and the adverb have the same root. 3.  The adjective is always placed after the noun with the exception of the cardinal numbers.  The comparative of equality is translated with JE (as... as); the comparative of superiority with PLUS (more... than); the comparative of inferiority with PLUSNE (less... than).  The superlative of superiority is translated with PLASUNI (the most); the superlative of inferiority with PLASUNINE (the least).  The absolute superlative is translated with TELE (very). 4.  The cardinal numbers are: UNI (1), BI (2), TRI (3), KUADRI (4), KUINTI (5), SES (6), SEP (7), OKTA (8), NONA (9), DEKA (10), SENTI (100), MIL (1000), MILION (1 000 000), MILIAR (1 000 000 000).  The cardinal numbers once placed after the nouns become ordinal numbers.  The multiplicative...