AstraLingua 1.2.0

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Astra Lingua

Astra Lingua is a universal alien language invented for Konekomi Castle, a game by studio Waiting For Neko.

Repository Contents

• AstraLingua - A C# library for converting to/from Astra Lingua.
• AstraLinguaCheatSheet - A PDF explaining how Astra Lingua works.
• AstraLinguaDictionary - A JSONH file containing the standard words used in Astra Lingua.

Overview

Astra Lingua is designed as a lingua franca for different alien species to communicate with each other. As such, there are only three sounds.

Since the word for "hello" ("⊢⊢⊩⊩⊪⊪") contains the three sounds in order, it can be used to calibrate between species.

Astra Lingua is based around balanced ternary. There are three digits:

• ⊢ (1)
• ⊩ (0)
• ⊪ (-1 / T)

Each word is encoded as an integer in balanced ternary. For example:

• English: Hello
• Conversion: Hello → 8 → 10T → 110 0TT → ⊢⊢⊩⊩⊪⊪
• Astra Lingua: ⊢⊢⊩⊩⊪⊪

There are two additional symbols for embedding literal numbers:

• [ (used for writing literal numbers, e.g. [⊢⊩⊪[ is 8)
• > (used for writing literal fractions, e.g. [⊢⊩⊪>⊢⊢[ is 8/4 or 2)

The Konekomi, an alien species in the world of Konekomi Castle who helped to create Astra Lingua, have a dialect that includes feeler vibrations to indicate tone:

• – (? / uncertain / question)
• = (. / neutral / expressionless)
• ≡ (! / urgent / emphasis)

The number codes in Astra Lingua can technically be interpreted with any meaning, but standard meanings can be found in the Astra Lingua Dictionary. For example:

• 2 - life (moving object)
• 18 - me (speaker / self)
• 149 - storm (atmospheric disturbance / hazard)

To learn more about Astra Lingua, you can read the cheat sheet or watch the video.

Examples

Some examples attempting to translate English to Astra Lingua:

"Welcome"

• Number Codes: 8 (hello)
• Astra Lingua: ⊢⊢⊩⊩⊪⊪

"Astra Lingua"

• Number Codes: 713 (Astra Lingua)
• Astra Lingua: ⊢⊢⊩⊢⊩⊪⊢⊢⊢⊩⊪⊪

"Who are you?" (Konekomi Dialect)

• Number Codes: 19 (you) 1 (something) 22 (question) ? (uncertain) ? (uncertain)
• Astra Lingua: ⊢⊢⊪⊪⊩⊢⊩⊪⊢⊢⊢⊪⊪⊢⊢––

"Why is the sky blue?"

• Number Codes: 17 (confuse) 627 (daylight) 508 (blue) 22 (question)
• Astra Lingua: ⊢⊢⊪⊪⊩⊪⊢⊢⊩⊢⊪⊪⊢⊢⊪⊩⊪⊩⊢⊢⊪⊢⊩⊢⊢⊪⊢⊩⊪⊢⊢⊢⊪⊪⊢⊢

"3.5"

• Fraction: 7 / 2
• Balanced Ternary Fraction: 1T1 / 1T
• Astra Lingua: [⊢⊪⊢>⊢⊪[

"Three Point Five"

• Number Codes: 26 (one) 28 (minus-one) 26 (one) 13 (division) 26 (one) 28 (minus-one)
• Astra Lingua: ⊢⊢⊩⊪⊩⊪⊢⊢⊩⊪⊩⊢⊢⊢⊩⊪⊩⊪⊢⊢⊢⊩⊪⊢⊢⊢⊩⊪⊩⊪⊢⊢⊩⊪⊩⊢

License

This repository is licensed to you under the MIT license. You can use it freely, but must give attribution.