ship's codex · canon-v16
The whole grammar, one page
This is everything. There are no other rules hiding anywhere.
see how simple it is
Watch the language work
Four ideas carry almost all of AUMA. Watch each one move — you'll feel how little there is to memorize.
one · sound
Five vowels. Always the same.
Every letter is pronounced, every time. What you see is what you say.
two · number
Count to 100 with eleven words.
Learn 0–10, then just say the ten and the one. Tens are simply the number joined to des (ten).
three · sentence
One shape. Subject · verb · object.
The order never moves. To ask, negate, or shift time, one small word slots in — nothing else changes.
“you love me”
four · word-building
Grow new words with one ending.
A handful of endings turn any root into a person, a place, a quality. Learn the ending once — it works everywhere.
the reference
Every rule, written out. Nothing below is longer than a paragraph.
the shape
One sentence order — Subject · Verb · Object
Every AUMA sentence keeps the same shape. Nothing conjugates. Nothing agrees. Meaning comes from order and from small markers placed in front of the verb.
mi voli akwa — I want water
number
Counting — eleven words reach one hundred
Learn nula (0) through des (10). Tens are the number joined to des; then add the ones.
time
Tense & aspect markers
Stacking: [past|future] + [perfect|progressive] + verb (e.g. "pasa suda kani" = had already eaten)
asking
Questions
ketu esi merkato? (where is the market?)
voice
Passive
libro esi dona-iva a mi par ami di mi
word-building
Endings that grow new words
Attach an ending to a root and it changes what the word is — a person, a place, a quality. Learn the ending once and it works on every root.
lero · learn → leristo · learner
lero · learn → lerotano · school
forta · strong → fortao · strength
nuba · cloud → nubosa · cloudy
food words removed from the -ao family in v15.
degree
Comparison & duration
mi abi lero auma durante tri semana
sound
Pronunciation — what you see is what you say
a
ah /a/
e
eh /e/
i
ee /i/
o
oh /o/
u
oo /u/
Adjacent vowels are pronounced separately unless a future canon release explicitly marks a diphthong. Example: nau = nah-oo; auma = ah-oo-mah.
drift repair
Deprecated forms — the antibodies
The language versions itself. When a form is retired, it is corrected gently and tracked here.
kira is protected for consciousness/living knowledge
semantic collision repair
avoid collision with voli
body-part collision repair
transparent passive suffix policy
orthography hardening
v13.1 profanity hardening; feka reserved for the hard fuck-equivalent
v15.1 metathesis repair — skirvi was a v13-era transposition of skrivi (the deprecated passive skrivita already attests the skriv- root)
v15 grammar freeze (deja->suda) applied to curriculum in v15.1; deja was still taught on Day 9
v15 grammar freeze (todi/ankora collapse) applied to curriculum in v15.1
v15 grammar freeze (pasuna->pasa) applied to curriculum in v15.1
v15 grammar freeze (na->nau, nu->nau) applied to curriculum in v15.1
v15 grammar freeze (justa->te) applied to curriculum in v15.1
v15 grammar freeze (agon->pasa) applied to curriculum in v15.1
v15.1 function-word dedup — pos (Day 9) already owns this slot
v15.1 confusability repair — siti sat one letter from sita (city) and sisa (six)
the law
Auma exists for unity, clarity, consciousness, humane connection, and teachable simplicity.
- The active canon JSON is the source of truth for the language.
- One written form maps to one stable pronunciation policy; spelling must serve speech.
- No irregular conjugations and no hidden exceptions in core grammar.
- Sacred and protected roots cannot be reassigned by casual community usage.
- Community usage may propose evolution but cannot silently change canon.
- Auma may propose non-canon words only when clearly labeled PROPOSED.
- Lessons must not require future vocabulary before it is introduced.
- Deprecated forms must be corrected gently and tracked as antibodies.
- Every canon change requires a version, rationale, migration note, and compatibility check.
- The language must remain pronounceable, teachable, and usable across cultures.
- Profanity is allowed as honest emotional pressure-release, but Auma must not canonize identity slurs, dehumanizing insults, or hate language.