Synara vonk Planeta
A Nonhierarchical International Language for a Shared Planet
Synara vonk Planeta is a designed international language for communication across cultures. Synara taken from greek root means togetherness, that is, togetherness of planet. Every language, whether naturally evolved or intentionally designed, embodies the history, values, and worldview of the society or individual that created it. Complete linguistic neutrality is therefore a myth. Acknowledging this, Synara is intentionally designed as a nonhierarchical language, inspired by Social Ecology, Libertarian Municipalism, and an organic sensibility. These principles are reflected throughout its syntax, style, associative vocabulary, and underlying philosophy. Synara is envisioned as a collaborative project rather than the work of a single individual. Its vocabulary should continue expanding by incorporating roots from Indigenous and underrepresented languages across the globe. If you would like to contribute, suggest words from your language in the comments below, include the source language for each root, and explore suggestions from other contributors. Well-supported and linguistically suitable proposals may become part of Synara's evolving vocabulary.
What is Synara?
Synara Planeta is a designed international language created to facilitate communication across cultures without privileging any civilization, nation, or linguistic tradition. Rather than merely simplifying grammar, Synara reimagines language as a system of reciprocal relations, replacing hierarchical structures with relational ones while remaining easy to learn and suitable for global communication.
Why was it created?
Most international auxiliary languages simplify grammar but inherit the vocabulary, assumptions, and structures of dominant linguistic traditions. Synara was created to explore whether an international language could remain equally accessible while drawing vocabulary from diverse cultures and organizing meaning through reciprocity instead of hierarchy.
What problem does it solve?
Synara addresses two challenges. First, it reduces the complexity that makes many natural languages difficult to learn by using regular grammar, invariant verbs, and consistent word formation. Second, it questions linguistic structures that organize reality through rigid binaries and hierarchical relations, proposing a relational framework in which meaning emerges through participation, reciprocity, and spectra.
How does it think differently?
Instead of organizing sentences around subjects acting upon objects, Synara organizes them around topics and participants. Rather than understanding reality through opposing binaries such as true and false or day and night, it emphasizes spectra in which every element possesses intrinsic worth and gains additional meaning through its relations with others. The language therefore encourages thinking in terms of systems, reciprocity, and interdependence rather than domination and opposition.
Rule 1: Syntax of Synara
Instead of organizing sentences around a subject acting upon an object, Synara organizes them around a topic and its participants. The topic introduces what the sentence is about, while participants are entities that participate in the relation. This reflects Synara's nonhierarchical view that meaning emerges through relations rather than one-way actions between privileged subjects and subordinate objects.
Examples
aama (root: urdu)= mango, pa =present, na= negation, mekun (root: siraiki) = I/me, parwarisho (root: urdu)= nourish
aama pa menkun parwarisho.
mango nourishes me (literal)/i nourish mango.
Hirana (root: Sanskrit) = deer, Simba (root: Swahili) = lion.
Hirana pa simba parwarisho. = deer nourishes lion/ lion nourishes the deer
Negative sentences
aama pa na menkun parwarisho
Question Words
kem aama pa na menkun parwarisho ?= do i eat mango/ does mango nourish me?
konem aama pa parwarisho ? = who eats mango?/ who does mango nourish
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Rule 2: Word Structure
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| Type | Ending | Example | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relations | -o |
parwarisho | roughly: to participate in relation of nourishment |
| Topics | -a |
fruta (add -z for plural) | fruit |
| Adjective | -ee |
rudee | red |
| Adverb | -j |
rapaj | quickly |
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Rule 3: Pronouns
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| English Meaning | Pronoun |
|---|---|
| I / me | mekun |
| We | mekunaz |
| You (sing./pl.) | anata |
| He / she / it / they | hu |
| They | huz (clear plural) |
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Rule 4: Tense Markers and Modal Verbs
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| Tense | Marker | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Present | pa | Present actions or states |
| Past | da | Past actions or states |
| Future | fa | Future actions or states |
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| Meaning | Modal |
|---|---|
| Can | kano |
| Must | debo |
| May | poso |
| Should | sajo |
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Negation is expressed by the particle na, which always follows the tense marker and precedes the subject.
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Rule 5: Comparisons
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| Meaning | Marker | Example |
|---|---|---|
| More | moi | moi rudi (redder) |
| Most | magi | magi rudi (reddest) |
| Less | loi | loi rudi (less red) |
| Least | lagi | lagi rudi (least red) |
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Rule 6: Question Words
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| Meaning | Word |
|---|---|
| Question Marker | kem |
| Who | konem |
| What | kyatem |
| Where | kim |
| When | kadem |
| Why | kafem |
| How | koshem |
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- Kem aama pa menkun parwarisho? = do I eat mango
- Konem aama pa parwarisho? = who eats mango
- Kyatem aama pa ? = what is a mango?
- Kim aama pa ? = where is mango?
- Kadem aama pa menkun parwarisho? = why do I eat mango?/ why does mango nourish me?
- Koshem aama pa parwarisho? = how to eat mango? / how does mango nourish
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Rule 7: Conjunctions
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| Meaning | Conjunction |
|---|---|
| And | atin |
| But | lekin |
| Or | ain |
| Because | sabodan |
| So / Then | kishan |
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Rule 8: Time Words
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| Meaning | Time Word |
|---|---|
| Now | yanzu |
| Later | bad |
| Yesterday | kalh |
| Today | aj |
| Tomorrow | subh |
| Always | kullum |
| Never | neva |
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Rule 9: Prepositions
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| Meaning | Preposition |
|---|---|
| In / Inside | Ki-rotok |
| On / Atop | upark |
| Under | zirk |
| Near / Close to | nazdik |
| From | frok |
| To / Toward | tuwak |
| With (person) | sangak |
| of | vonk |
| by / through | parak |
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Rule 10: Alphabet and Sounds
| Letter | IPA | Description | English Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| a | /ʌ/ | Short open-mid central vowel. | hut, but, cut |
| aa | /ɑː/ | Long open back vowel. | car, bar, far |
| e | /ɛ/ | Short open-mid front vowel. | ben, ten, men |
| ee | /iː/ | Long close front vowel. | mean, teen, seen |
| i | /ɪ/ | Short near-close front vowel. | fit, bit, kit |
| o | /oʊ/ | Long mid back vowel. | go, home, open |
| u | /ʊ/ | Short near-close back vowel. | put, foot, book |
| oo | /uː/ | Long close back vowel. | food, truth, moon |
| ai | /aɪ/ | Diphthong beginning with open "a". | fight, height, light |
| oi | /ɔɪ/ | Diphthong beginning with rounded "o". | boy, toy, joy |
| Letter | IPA | Description | English Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| b | /b/ | Voiced bilabial stop. | big |
| ch | /tʃ/ | Voiceless postalveolar affricate. | church |
| d | /d/ | Voiced alveolar stop. | dog |
| f | /f/ | Voiceless labiodental fricative. | fight |
| g | /ɡ/ | Voiced velar stop. | game |
| h | /h/ | Voiceless glottal fricative. | home |
| j | /dʒ/ | Voiced postalveolar affricate. | joy |
| k | /k/ | Voiceless velar stop. | cat |
| l | /l/ | Voiced lateral approximant. | lime |
| m | /m/ | Voiced bilabial nasal. | man |
| n | /n/ | Voiced alveolar nasal. | no |
| p | /p/ | Voiceless bilabial stop. | spin (p sound) |
| r | /ɾ/ | Single tap or flap. | Spanish pero |
| rr | /r/ | Rolled or trilled r. | Spanish perro |
| s | /s/ | Voiceless alveolar fricative. | set |
| sh | /ʃ/ | Voiceless postalveolar fricative. | ship |
| t | /t/ | Voiceless alveolar stop. | stop (t sound) |
| v | /v/ | Voiced labiodental fricative. | very |
| y | /j/ | Palatal approximant. | yes |
| z | /z/ | Voiced alveolar fricative. | zebra |
Philosophy
Nizaama vonk nikaataz (System of Spectra)
Unlike all other languages that possess clear opposite words and categorize reality into binaries such as day and night, men and women, Synara proceeds from a different linguistic principle. Such binaries suffer from two problems. The first is that they are hierarchical. Day is privileged, while night is defined as derivative, lesser, something that gains meaning from day and is understood as its absence. Likewise, in the binary of truth and lie, the lie is secondary to truth and defined as the absence of truth. Similarly, women, within what Derrida terms a violent hierarchy, are defined in relation to men, derivative of men, and secondary to men. The second problem concerns the perception of reality as black and white while overlooking the diversity of colours. Binaries outcast twilight, evening, dusk, and dawn from the spectrum between day and night; they outcast the spectrum of belief and opinion that also includes truth and falsehood; and they outcast other sexes from the spectrum of sex while constructing a hierarchy of men and women. Synara, rather than employing opposite words or binaries, understands reality as systems of spectra. A spectrum is a disordered collection of entities, each possessing intrinsic worth and relational meaning, where meaning emerges through reciprocal relations rather than through one-sided definition by another entity. Each entity is a process with history and future. For example, a wooden chair today, was part of a tree yesterday.For Example:
| Traditional Binary | Synara Spectrum |
|---|---|
| Day / Night | Dawn → Morning → Noon → Afternoon → Evening → Dusk → Twilight → Night |
| True / False | Falsehood → Error → Uncertainty → Opinion → Evidence → Probability → Truth |
| Enemy / Friend | Enemy → Competitor → Frenemy → Acquintance → Friend → Companion |
| Good / Evil | Harmful → Unjust → Neutral → Beneficial → Compassionate |
| Life / Death | Birth → Growth → Maturity → Aging → Dying → Death → Decomposition → Renewal |
| Here / There | Here → Nearby → Intermediate → Distant → There |
kamusa vonk malaka (vocab of possession)
Com means common
Pers means personal use/owning personally
Us means usufruct, for borrowing and use only
kamusa vonk Tankeeda (vocab of critique)
| Word | Origin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Tashinee | Hausa | Violent, dominating. |
| Maratibo | Urdu | Hierarchy, master-slave relation. |
| Maratibo Tashinee | Urdu + Hausa | Violent hierarchy, hierarchical system. |
| Tashina | Derived | Domination, violence, humiliation, enslavement. |
| Tashino | Derived | To dominate, violate, humiliate, enslave. |
| Ashrafia | Urdu | Dictator/dictatorship/Elite; one who accumulates power. |
| Mateheta | Arabic | Subordinate; one upon whom power is exercised. |
| Marasimee | Urdu | Relational. |
| Indima | Zulu | Role. |
| Indima Marasimee | Zulu + Urdu | Relational role. |
| Masimba | Shona | Power, authority. |
| Manfee | Urdu | Negative. |
| Musbatee | Urdu | Affirmative, positive. |
| Laagapa | Sindhi | Interplay. |
| Kapitala | International | Capitalism/Greed/Hoarding/Social Murder |
| Moi Ashrafia | eng. & greek | (lit. more elites) Representative Democracy/Aristocracy/Oligarchy |
| Ektee Ashrafia | Urdu | (lit. one dictator) Monarchy |
| Purushee Ashrafia | Sanskrit | (lit. male dictatorship) Patriarchy |
| Kolonee Ashrafia | Sanskrit | (lit. colonial dictatorship) colonialism/ colonial master |
| Anarkia | Greek | No dictator/no ruler/ no master |
| Shikshakee Ashrafia | Sanskrit | teacher dictator in teacher-centered teaching |
| Daftaree Ashrafia | Urdu | bureaucrate/boss/office dictator/workplace dictatorship |
Vocabulary Lists
Social Ecology
| Word | Root | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Komorebee Orenda | japanese and Wyandot | Reciprocal World/ Social Ecology |
| Baraza | Swahili | Directly democratic Assembly or Council, |
| Komuna | international | commune |
| Komoreba | Japanese | mutual aid, reciprocity, mutual care |
| Orenda | Wyandot | free nature (social and biological nature), complementarity and mutualism of all beings |
| Kaita | Māori | Guardianship and care for the living world. |
| Pacharee/Pachabee = Orenda | Quechua | Pacharee is social and pachabee is biological and their reciprocity and mutualism is Orenda |
| Minga | Quechua | Work, Contribution and Meaning of Life |
| Pachabo | Quechua | to grow naturally or socialize, plants and humans pachabo. |