Talikwo, Terrestrial (language)

Lesson 1 - The most accessible - and with the shortest alphabet - international auxiliary language

Talikwo - also named Terrestrial (language) - is an international auxiliary language derived from Esperanto, so it is an Esperantido. In Talikwo the word “talikwo" means "Terrestrial language".

Here’s Talikwo’s alphabet:

Letter	Valid pronunciation
a	a/e
i	i/j
k	k/g
l	l/r
o	o/u
p	p/b
s	s/z
t	t/d
w	w

The phonems of the second column are the ones of the IPA. Each letter of the Talikwo's alphabet has two names, except for “i” and “wo”.

Letter	Name of the letter
a	a/e
i	i
k	ko/go
l	lo/ro
o	o/u
p	po/bo
s	so/zo
t	to/do
w	wo

Sentences in Talikwo never start with upper-case letters. Upper-case letters are only for proper nouns.

Examples of very simple translations:

English	Esperanto	Talikwo
Terrestrial language	Lingvo tera	likwo tala
I love you	Mi amas vin	pi apas tin
The dog is good	La hundo estas bona	la owto astas powa
One	Unu	owo
Egg	Ovo	owo
Man	Viro	wilolo
Son	Filo	wilolo

Accents are always on the penultimate syllab of words, eccept for infinitives and obviously in monosyllabs. Pairs of vowels “ia” and “io” are sometimes diphthongs. In those cases accent is not on the “i” and it is necessary mark the accent on the “a” or on the “o” with  grave accent (“à”, “ò”) or  acute accent (“á”, “ó”).

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