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The Kius language - which I call "Kiusese" and is called simply: Letagan (pronounced: lee-ta-gahn, and means "Words") by the Kiuses - is still (and probably will always be) under construction; especially after I decided to scrap the whole thing recently and start over, basing it more off of using verbs as root words instead of the mishmash system I had started back in eighth grade.

Due to the fact that Kiuses share a subconscious telepathic link with all in their species (and to be honest, to make my life easier), there is only one language and alphabet between the eight races. There are however, regional accents and changes in context and pronunciation of various words throughout the world.

Click here to view the latest English to Kiusese glossary
and here for the Kiusese to English words.

Question: Why are these called glossaries and not dictionaries?
Answer: A glossary is a collection of words with the barest minimum of definition; a dictionary provides pronunciations, parts of speech and more extensive definitions - right now all I have for Kiusese is a glossary format.

I do plan on expanding what I have into full-fledged dictionaries in the future, but that's going to take some time and I really just want to get something out there for people to see.

A note on pronouncing Kius words: All letters in a word are pronounced.
“G” always sounds like the “g” in “girl” and “sh” together always sounds as it does in the word “shore”

There are only six vowel sounds in Kiusese and they are:

The short “A” sound as in “mom”
Long “A” like “day” and is represented by “ay”
Long “E” found in “meet”
The long “I” sound as in “by”
Long “O” as in “go”
And the short “U” sound as in “shoe”

Click here if you'd like to learn more about the Kius alphabet...

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