Ancient TodeTode

Alphabet

Letter	Name	Sound
_	Water	/b/
U	Fly	/z/
T	Tree	/p/
V	Rain	/o/
>	Wind	*whistle*
>'	Up	*whistle with ascending pitch*
>,	Down	*whistle with descending pitch*
^	Fire	/r/
R	Bird	/u/
N	Tode	/oo/
O	Machine	/a/

Words

Word	Literal Translation	Definition
_	water	water / home
_T	home (of) tree	ground / soil
__T	home (of) sand	rock / earth
N	tode	tode / I / you / we / they
_N	home (of) todes	pond
_R	home (of) bird	sky / air
^	fire	fire / take / eat / kill
V	rain	rain / give / help / heal
>	wind	go
>'	up	up / good
>,	down	down / bad

Associations

Words can be placed near each other to form statements of association. The order does not matter. The words must be slightly spaced out from each other to distinguish between them. They are written vertically, from bottom to top. Here are some examples:

>' _N (up pond) "The pond is good" "Good pond"

O ^ (machine fire) "The machines attack." "The machines are attackers." "The attackers are machines."

N >' ^ (tode up rain) "The tode helps in a good way." "The good tode helps." "The good helper is a tode." "The helper is a good tode."