emuo24

emuo24 is a minimal logical language built from 24 universal blocks: 13 letters, 10 digits, 1 logic operator. It is not a replacement for natural languages — it is a tool for compact communication, logical reasoning, fast typing, and machine-friendly syntax.

Why

• Saves time and keystrokes — frequent words are 1–2 letters.
• Fits a 13-key phone or laptop layout — fewer keys mean faster typing, fewer misses, and a simpler custom keyboard.
• Saves bytes — text is 3–4× smaller than English.
• Faster reading — short words, no morphology, no exceptions.
• Logical by design — operators s, y, l, k give you formal logic built in.

The 24 blocks

Letters (13): vowels a e i o u y, consonants p t k s m n l.

Digits (10): 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Each digit has a 2-letter code: aa ae ai ao au ay ap at ak as.

Logic (4): s = not (¬), y = and (∧), l = or (∨), k = implies (→).

Reserved codes (23)

Rules (2)

• SVO order — subject, verb, object. Always.
• Max word length = 6 letters.

That's it. No exceptions.

Stress and intonation

Stress is not part of the word — it is a marker of intonation. Words never change form.

In writing, stress may be marked with an acute accent (´) when it is not on the first syllable. In speech, it is carried by intonation.

Properties

• No morphology (no cases, gender, number)
• No prepositions
• No conjunctions (use order or y/l)
• No suffixes
• Words never change form

Style recommendations

emuo24 gives you full freedom to express your thoughts. The recommendations below are not rules — they help readability, but you are free to ignore them.

• Lowercase only. The alphabet has one case. Capitals are not forbidden, but lowercase keeps the text uniform.
• End each complete sentence with a period. This helps the reader, but it is not required. Write however you prefer.
• Use spaces between words. Spaces are the natural separator in writing. In speech, a short pause does the same.

The only thing that matters is: say what you mean. Everything else is style.

Natural vs logical

emuo24 gives the speaker a choice:

• Natural: if rain then umbrella
• Logical: rain k umbrella

Both are valid. Both mean the same. The language does not force logic — it offers it.

The operator k

k is implication (→). It connects two judgments: A k B means "A implies B" / "if A then B" / "A therefore B".

Natural language has many words for this — if…then, means, therefore, so, thus, hence. In emuo24 you can either use those words from the dictionary (natural style), or collapse them all into one k (logical style). One operator replaces five or more conjunctions.

Numbers

Numbers are written digit by digit. A digit and its word share the same code.

Examples:

Pronunciation across languages

Note on the reference sound. emuo24 has its own sound system. Among available TTS voices, Swahili gives the closest approximation — clean vowels, no diphthongs, no silent letters, and y pronounced as /j/. The audio above uses the Swahili voice. It is not an exact model — it is a practical stand-in. Use the tables below to check how each letter should sound in your language.

Every letter of emuo24 sounds the same in every language. The examples below show the same sound in each language. Find your language, read the examples, and you already know how to pronounce every word.

Dictionary

The dictionary is built from word frequency data (wordfreq, top ~50k English words), filtered for stop words, and assigned codes by frequency — most frequent get shortest codes.

Total: 305 293 words.

Roadmap

Done

• ✅ Alphabet, digits, logic operators
• ✅ Rules (SVO, max 6 letters)
• ✅ Dictionary (305 293 words)
• ✅ Translator (Python CLI)
• ✅ Website translator (English ↔ emuo24)
• ✅ GitHub Pages site
• ✅ Unlicense (public domain)

Planned

• ⬜ Anki deck (CSV → .apkg)
• ⬜ Quizlet set (CSV import)
• ⬜ CSV generator from core.json
• ⬜ Browser extension — Firefox (free to publish)
• ⬜ Browser extension — Chrome ($5 one-time dev fee)
• ⬜ Android translator app (Google Play one-time dev fee)
• ⬜ iOS translator app (Apple Developer yearly fee)
• ⬜ Community extension slot
• ⬜ Open Graph image for link previews
• ⬜ Native glyphs (optional, far future)
• ⬜ Custom keyboard (optional, far future)

Contribute

emuo24 welcomes any kind of contribution:

• Ideas — open an issue if you have a suggestion or a remark.
• Extensions — if you want to build an extension we don't have, open an issue or send a pull request.
• Decks — if you build an Anki / Quizlet deck, share the link and we'll add it to the site.
• Translations — if you want to translate the site or README, open an issue.
• Bug reports — open an issue with steps to reproduce.

There is no formal process. Just open an issue and say what you want to do.

Philosophy

The language is not smarter than the speaker. It is a tool. The speaker decides when to think logically and when to speak in words.