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In the ideal universal language the exact phonetic sound combinations of words would actually correspond with exact conceptual meanings. Each consonant and vowel would have a specific elemental meaning and by combining the letters into simple words and then longer more complex words we would represent progresively more and more complex concepts. This idea was known to the ancient Hebrews and others but I believe that the understanding, as a unified whole, has become lost over thousands of years.

The English language, like other modern languages, displays more or less arbitary/random connections between the letters in words and their specific meaning. Similarily the English Alphabet is also a distorted and poor copy of the timeless alphabet which is inherently beautiful and logical.

However I feel that a large database of simple english words based on their phonetics (ie the way they sound) rather than the way they are spelt, cross referenced with their definitions would reveal patterns and clues leading back to a full unified understanding of the connection between the elemental vocal sounds and the elemental concepts.

This is because the Law of Sympathetic Vibration has influenced over time the countless minds which have shaped the language that we have in use today. That is: the intrinsic connections between specific letter combinations and particular meanings are made manifest whenever the complex mass of personal and cultural biases of the contributers are not too strong.

A second reason is that the ancient languages from which our modern languages have "evolved" had a greater understanding of the phonetics/concepts connection. Therefore some of that understanding has been carried forward, all be it largely unseen, into our modern languages.

Thirdly certain conscious masters, enlightened groups and other extraordinary intelligences may have knowingly shaped parts of our language for specific purposes in relation to the universal set of correspondences between phonetics and the elemental matrix of concepts.

In theory then specific connections or at least rough patterns should show up in a large enough well organised database of english words.

If I had the time and technical expertise to set up such a database I would start with simple 1 or 2 phonetic combinations, seperating the consonants along one axis and the vowels along the other. More complex combinations of phonetic consonants and vowels would be organised similarily.

Then we look for sound combinations that share similar meanings according the definitions of conventional dictionaries. For example the consonant combination tr*k has the words track and truck in it which convey similar meanings of transport. Of course the etymology of the words should also be taken into consideration.

When the vowels are changed within particular consonant patterns naturally many of the resulting combinations will not be actual words in english. The ideal database would include all the languages of the Earth but as English has a particularily large vocabulary it should be sufficient to find general patterns.



Table of Basic Phonetic Combinations

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E

e

I

i

A

a

aa

O

o

oo

u

ow

b

bE Bee Be

be

bI Buy By Bye

bi

bA Bay

ba

baa Baa

bO Bo

bo

boo Boo

bu

bow Bow

k

kE Key

ke

kI

ki

kA Bay

ka

kaa Car

kO

ko

koo Coo

ku

kow Cow

d

dE

de

dI Die By Dye

di

dA Day

da

daa

dO

do

doo Do

du

dow

f

fE Fee

fe

fI

fi

fA Fay

fa

faa Far

fO Foe

fo

foo

fu

fow

g

gE

ge

gI Guy

gi

gA Gay

ga

gaa

gO Go Be

go

goo Goo Be

gu

bow Bow

h

hE He

he

hI Hi High

hi

hA Hey Hay

ha Ha

haa

hO Hoe Ho

ho

hoo Who

hu

how How

j

jE

je

jI

ji

jA Jay

ja

jaa Jar

jO Joe

jo

joo Jew

ju

jow

l

lE Lee

le

lI Lie

li

lA Lay

la

laa

lO Low

lo

loo Loo

lu

low

m

mE Me

me

mI My

mi

mA May

ma

maa Ma

mO Mow

mo

moo Moo

mu Mu

mow

n

nE

ne

nI Nigh

ni

nA Neigh

na

baa

nO No

no

noo

nu

now Now

p

pE Pee

pe

pI Pi Pie

pi

pA Pay

pa

paa Par

pO Poe

po

poo Poo

pu

pow Pow

r

rE

re

rI Rye

ri

rA Ray

ra

raa Ra

rO Roe Row

ro

roo Rue

ru

row Row

s

sE See Sea

se

sI Sigh

si

sA Say

sa

saa

sO So

so

soo Sue

su

sow Sow

t

tE Tee Tea

te

tI Tie By Bye

ti

tA

ta

taa Tar

tO Tow Toe

to

too Too Two to

tu

tow

v

vE

ve

vI

vi

vA

va

vaa

vO

vo

voo

vu

vow Vow

w

wE We

we

wI Why

wi

wA Way

wa

waa

wO Woe

wo

woo Woo

wu

wow Wow

y

yE Ye

ye Yeah

yI

yi

yA Yay

ya

yaa Ya

yO Yo

yo

yoo You

yu

yow

z

zE

ze

zI

zi

zA

za

zaa

zO

zo

zoo Zoo

zu

zow

sh

shE She

she

shI Shy

shi

shA

sha

shaa

shO Show

sho

shoo Shoe Shoo

shu

show

ch

chE Chi

che

chI

chi

chA

cha

chaa Char

chO

cho

choo Chew

chu

chow Chow

th

thE Thee

the The

thI Thy

thi

thA They

tha

thaa

thO Though

tho

thoo

thu

thow Thou

The Table above is likely to contain errors and it deals with only very simple combinations and in one language the connections cannot be seen very clearly.

Here is an example of a slightly higher complexity table consonant combination: b*t with each of 12 vowel sounds replacing the star symbol:
Bat, Bet, Bit, Boat, But, Beet, Bait, Bite, Bout, Boot, Bought, Baht
(Baht is a unit of currency in Thailand. The "a" is pronounced as in "father".)

There are many other methods to try and uncover the intrinsic meanings of letter sound combinations. For example one could do a statistical analysis of word meanings based on the starting sounds of words, of which a traditional dictionary would be useful. One could do a similar analysis based on the sound endings of words for which a rhyming dictionary would be useful. A thesaurus would be useful when looking from the viewpoint of the basic concept and analysing the associated words.

Is there a relationship between "opposite" consonant patterns ie c*t and t*c? And what about the more inclusive equivalent groups ie 123, 132, 213, 231, 312 and 321.

There are many possible relationships that could be discovered by isolating particular vocal charateristics and cross referencing them with particular conceptual groups. By encompassing all languages we could shed light on the psychological differences and similarities between cultures.

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