Tanfun

Tanfun is a constructed language based on Sajem Tan. It is a language designed for communication, and it contains a vocabulary confined to just 90 words, much inspired by Toki Pona.

History
The project was started by Ocean on April 8, 2019. He intended to create a version of Sajem Tan that could easily be learned.

Early in the language's planning stage, Bird suggested that the language should be comprised of 360 words to represent the circumference of a circle and since it is a factor of six. Wind then suggested that there should be 90 words, which is the system that is used today.

A reform to the language was proposed on April 17, 2019 and implemented a day later. The reform removed any duplicate words, and it changed a to i if the original Sajem Tan letter was y.

Words were borrowed from Sajem Tan using a three-step process developed by Ocean:


 * 1) Decide whether the word is common enough to be used by speakers at all.
 * 2) Shorten the word to seven letters if it exceeds that length.
 * 3) Apply these sound changes to the word:
 * {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!Sajem Tan !Tanfun
 * y
 * û
 * ê
 * ö
 * ë
 * š
 * ž
 * c
 * j
 * â
 * ţ
 * ü
 * i
 * a
 * e
 * e
 * e
 * s
 * z
 * s
 * y
 * a
 * s
 * u
 * }

Phrases

 * Xanenfe: Hello, goodbye
 * Masim znek: Good day
 * Masim do?: How are you?
 * Do manfe de: Thank you
 * Lekzis: You're welcome
 * Sut xen de: I don't know

Pronouns
Pronouns are made plural by duplicating them. The 3rd person pronoun du can also be used as a determiner.

Grammar
Sentences in Tanfun are OVS, the same as in Sajem Tan. Examples are shown below.




 * Vet||fasas||de.
 * plant||sense||I
 * colspan=3|"I see a plant." (literally: "I sense a plant.")
 * }
 * colspan=3|"I see a plant." (literally: "I sense a plant.")
 * }




 * Ternen||kigik||do.
 * water||consume||you
 * colspan=3|"You drink water." (literally: "You consume water.")
 * }
 * colspan=3|"You drink water." (literally: "You consume water.")
 * }




 * Sut||xen||de.
 * know||negative||I
 * colspan=3|"I don't know."
 * }
 * colspan=3|"I don't know."
 * }

The word yit ("place") can be used as a preposition.




 * Kesis||yit||gigik||kigik||fenat.
 * Internet||place||food||consume||animal
 * colspan=3|"The animal ate the food on the Internet."
 * }
 * colspan=3|"The animal ate the food on the Internet."
 * }

Word list

 * {|class="wikitable"

!Tanfun !Origin !English
 * dak
 * dak
 * to learn
 * dat
 * dût
 * big, tall
 * de
 * dê
 * I, me
 * degem
 * dëgem
 * to decide, to choose
 * des
 * dec
 * one
 * do
 * do
 * you
 * du
 * du
 * he, she, it, this, that, something
 * fam
 * fam
 * two
 * fasas
 * fûšûc
 * to sense, to appear, to look
 * femekas
 * femekâso
 * to think
 * fenat
 * fenat
 * animal
 * fis
 * fic
 * now, today
 * fmivak
 * fmyvûk
 * to create, to build, to be born
 * gafun
 * gafün
 * blue
 * gigik
 * gygik
 * food
 * gan
 * gûn
 * nine
 * gatin
 * gatin
 * yellow
 * gazin
 * gažyn
 * green
 * gen
 * gön
 * to try, to do, to use
 * get
 * göt
 * to end, to stop, the end
 * gevmuk
 * gevmüksöjem
 * black, dark
 * kigik
 * kygyk
 * to consume
 * kas
 * kûc
 * letter
 * kasfis
 * kacfic
 * past, before
 * kaxik
 * kaxik
 * vehicle, car
 * ke
 * kê
 * and
 * kesis
 * kecyc
 * the Internet
 * ku
 * ku
 * what, who, which (interrogative suffix)
 * kuk
 * kük
 * eight
 * las
 * lac
 * to walk, to run, to move
 * lat
 * lût
 * four
 * lekzis
 * lek zyšenfê
 * you're welcome
 * lik
 * lik
 * yes, okay
 * lnagen
 * lnagen
 * night
 * lnam
 * lnûm
 * gray
 * man
 * mân
 * when
 * manfe
 * manfê
 * to thank, thank you
 * masim
 * mûšim
 * good
 * men
 * mên
 * any
 * nifun
 * nyfün
 * purple
 * namuk
 * original word
 * left
 * naset
 * našöt
 * to like, to love, to enjoy
 * navnis
 * navnyc
 * on, online
 * nun
 * nün
 * friend
 * rik
 * rik
 * five
 * safis
 * safic
 * to come, to go
 * selit
 * celit
 * person, being
 * semek
 * ţemek*
 * idea
 * sen
 * šen
 * six
 * sesek
 * söcek
 * long, length
 * sesik
 * cesik
 * word
 * seyin
 * cejyn
 * sound
 * seyem
 * söjem
 * color
 * sik
 * šik
 * can
 * simat
 * cimût
 * same, equal, to equal
 * sisum
 * cicüm
 * to destroy, to die
 * sit
 * sit
 * to start
 * sizat
 * šizût
 * to remember
 * snam
 * snâm
 * down
 * snem
 * snêm
 * up
 * snimsoy
 * snymsöjem
 * white, light
 * snen
 * šnön
 * maybe, I don't know
 * snifun
 * snifün
 * red
 * snitin
 * snitin
 * orange
 * sno
 * sno
 * time
 * snum
 * snum
 * top
 * sut
 * cüt
 * to understand, to know
 * tamuk
 * original word
 * right (direction)
 * tan
 * tan
 * language, to talk
 * tanrus
 * tanrüc
 * sentence
 * tekezis
 * tekezisët
 * device, computer, phone
 * ternen
 * törnën
 * water, liquid
 * tesim
 * töţim
 * to want, to need, must
 * tim
 * tim
 * zero
 * tisnim
 * tišnim
 * tired
 * vakut
 * vaküt
 * to teach
 * vet
 * vöt
 * plant
 * vun
 * original word
 * here, there
 * vus
 * vüc
 * three
 * xamku
 * xûmku
 * why, how
 * xanenfe
 * xanönfê
 * hello, goodbye
 * xit
 * xyt
 * all, every
 * xitmem
 * xytmömdin
 * world
 * xen
 * xen
 * no, not, never
 * xok
 * xok
 * or
 * xum
 * xüm
 * some, many, much
 * yit
 * jyt
 * place, in, to, at
 * yot
 * jot
 * future, after
 * zat
 * žat
 * seven
 * znek
 * znök
 * day
 * }
 * right (direction)
 * tan
 * tan
 * language, to talk
 * tanrus
 * tanrüc
 * sentence
 * tekezis
 * tekezisët
 * device, computer, phone
 * ternen
 * törnën
 * water, liquid
 * tesim
 * töţim
 * to want, to need, must
 * tim
 * tim
 * zero
 * tisnim
 * tišnim
 * tired
 * vakut
 * vaküt
 * to teach
 * vet
 * vöt
 * plant
 * vun
 * original word
 * here, there
 * vus
 * vüc
 * three
 * xamku
 * xûmku
 * why, how
 * xanenfe
 * xanönfê
 * hello, goodbye
 * xit
 * xyt
 * all, every
 * xitmem
 * xytmömdin
 * world
 * xen
 * xen
 * no, not, never
 * xok
 * xok
 * or
 * xum
 * xüm
 * some, many, much
 * yit
 * jyt
 * place, in, to, at
 * yot
 * jot
 * future, after
 * zat
 * žat
 * seven
 * znek
 * znök
 * day
 * }
 * or
 * xum
 * xüm
 * some, many, much
 * yit
 * jyt
 * place, in, to, at
 * yot
 * jot
 * future, after
 * zat
 * žat
 * seven
 * znek
 * znök
 * day
 * }
 * znek
 * znök
 * day
 * }
 * }

* Removed tyc ("bad") from tycţemek ("bad idea"), archaic form of tyţemek.