conways game of life conlang

[hotcrystal0]

Here it is, a regularly updated version of this document:
CPVS phonotactics:

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a1: ship/Sh
a2: longship/Lh
a3: block/Bl
a4: canoe/Cn
b1: longsnake/Ls
b2: verylongsnake/Vs
b3: snake/Sn
b4: eater/Et
c1: carrier/Cr
c2: carrierscarrier/Cc
c3: beehive/Bh
c4: shillelagh/Sl
d1: integral/It
d2: feathereater/Fe
d3: snakescarrier/Sc
d4: quad/Qu

Vocabulary:
CPVS is SVO and adj-noun.

Sh: object
ShSh: still life
ShLh: oscillator
ShBk: spaceship

Lh: color/type of rule
LhSh: red/Super
LhLh: green/Investigator
LhBk: blue/History
LhLs: black
LhVs: gray
LhSn: white
LhCr: cyan
LhCc: purple/pink
LhSh: yellow

Bk: [separator] (obsolete)
BkSh: subject marker (obsolete)
BkLh: refer to new sentence by putting this here and at the end of the sentence place 2 ponds and then the new sentence ahead of it (obsolete)
BkLs: object marker (obsolete)
BkCr: context marker (obsolete)

Cn: definite article (equivalent of "the")

Ls: size
LsLs: big
LsVs: medium/normal (when used with the meaning of "normal" it does not apply to size only)
LsSn: small

Vs:
VsBk: place/website
VsSn: language

Sn:
SnLs: [1st person]
SnVs: [2nd person]
SnSn: [3rd person]

Et:

Cr: CGoL
CrBh: cellular automaton/cellular automata (both singular and plural)

Cc:
CcSh: have (as a verb)
CcBk: be
CcLh: like/enjoy
CcSn: create/find
CcEt: use
CcCr: other

Bh: [plural] (attach it to the end of a word to make it plural)

Sl: [negative]/no/bad (place as a separate word in front of the word being negatived)

It: direction
ItLs: orthogonal
ItCr: diagonal
ItIt: oblique
ItLsSh: forward
ItLsLh: right/east
ItLsBk: backward
ItLsCn: left/west
ItLsFe: up/north
ItLsSc: down/south

Fe: and
FeSh: but

Sc: yes/good

Qu: machine/computer
QuVsSn: code/program

Verb tenses:

All of these are added to the end of the word.

Infinitive: long integral
Past perfect: bipole
Past imperfect: tripole
Present: nothing
Future: beacon

Phrases:

Sh_ShBk: puffer [lit: object spaceship]
ShBk_ShBk: rake [lit: spaceship spaceship]
Lh_Cr: colorized life
LhSh_Cr: LifeSuper
LhLh_Cr: StateInvestigator
LhBk_Cr: LifeHistory
ShBk_ShLh: gun [lit: spaceship oscillator]
LsSn_ShBk: glider [lit: small spaceship]
Cr_VsBk: conwaylife.com [lit: CGoL website]
LsLs_ItIt_ShBk: sir robin [lit: big oblique spaceship]
CcCr_CrBh: other cellular automata
QuVsSn_CcSn_ShBh: search program [lit: program finds objects]

Other things

CPVS has a base-16 (hexadecimal) number system:

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There are two types of spaces, a pond and a 2-cell break (two empty rows between words). A break is used to separate words in a phrase, while a pond is used everywhere else.

Punctuation marks:

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A period is a table, a question mark is a dock, an exclamation mark is a bookend, and a comma is a 3-cell break with a State 3 cell in the middle. After a sentence is ended, put a 2-cell break before starting the next sentence.

To express spaceships, in the aPbHcVd.e format, blocks are used to separate the "terms". As an example, here's Spaghetti monster:

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x = 41, y = 6, rule = LifeHistory
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To express oscillators or still lives, use a 2-cell break, the oscillator/still life in States 3 and 4, and then another 2-cell break. If the oscillator is large, then you can use the aPb.c format instead.

Methods of writing

TNCN (used by Tommyaweosme the most): using the phonotactics chart
Names: using the still life names
Abbreviations (used by me the most): using two-letter abbreviations for the SL names
Actual (Longwriting): actually using CGoL to write it; without turns
Actual (Turnwriting): actually using CGoL to write it; with turns to separate the subject, verb, and object. When turning, a loaf replaces a pond. (direction is →↓←↓→↓←↓)

Example sentences

Do you like gliders? [lit: like [2nd person] glider [plural]?]
TNCN: c2a2 b3b2 b1b3_a1a3c3?
Names: CarrierscarrierLship SnakeVlsnake LsnakeSnake_ShipBlockBeehive?
Abbreviations: CcLh SnVs LsSn_ShBlBh?
Longwriting:

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Turnwriting:

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Yes, I like gliders. [lit: yes, [1st person] like glider [plural].]
TNCN: d3, b3b1 c2a2 b1b3_a1a3c3.
Names: Snakescarrier, SnakeLsnake CarrierscarrierLShip LsnakeSnake_ShipBlockBeehive.
Abbreviations: Sc, SnLs CcLh LsSn_ShBkBh.
Longwriting:

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Turnwriting:

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[hotcrystal0]

Has CPVS pretty much been abandoned by everyone except me?

[tommyaweosme]

you should add quotation marks to reference a specific object and put the object there to literally refer to the object

[hotcrystal0]

you should add quotation marks to reference a specific object and put the object there to literally refer to the object

I don’t want this to look too much like a programming language, so instead, if you want to refer to a specific object, you add a 2-cell break, then that object in States 3 and 4, and another 2-cell break. Note that it counts as one word, so pond spaces are still used.

[tommyaweosme]

turnwriting was originally turn wherever you want however you want to make any shape, or even intricate looping sentences and branching sentences and merging sentences and cool stuff like 2 sentences merging in the middle and cool shapes

[hotcrystal0]

I think it’s finally time to add pronunciation. Since vowels aren’t supposed to be written, the color of an object now determines what vowel follows it: no vowel, /a/, /ɪ/ (or /e/ when long), /i/, /o/, and /u/.

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