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/Shortbread/(language)
Shortbread is a language that is not widely recognized, as only 2 people (as time of writing) are fluent. It is a cool language that was made as a hobby/side project by a middle schooler. It contains many essential features for a language, and has proper grammer.
Subject and Object:
Sm stands for subject marker, and om stands for object marker. Note: the object is optional. In English, you can say ‘I see’ without an object. Uzealo ia ki u hi. Direct translation: See I sm you om. This shows that ‘I’ is the subject (‘I’ is doing the action; seeing) and that ‘you’ is the object (‘you’ is receiving the action; being seen). Therefore, it means: I see you. You can also have a sentence without the object, such as: Uzealo ia ki. Which means ‘I see’
Subject and Object:
Sm stands for subject marker, and om stands for object marker. Note: the object is optional. In English, you can say ‘I see’ without an object. Uzealo ia ki u hi. Direct translation: See I sm you om. This shows that ‘I’ is the subject (‘I’ is doing the action; seeing) and that ‘you’ is the object (‘you’ is receiving the action; being seen). Therefore, it means: I see you. You can also have a sentence without the object, such as: Uzealo ia ki. Which means ‘I see’
Adjectives:
In \shortbread\, adjectives work in a similar way to verbs. If there isn’t the am (adjective marker) pointing toward it, it will function as a different part of speech. The only adjectives in chapter one are floating adjectives where you don’t need the am to form the construction. You simply put them after the noun they modify. Example: Fahe fe. ‘Fe’ is a floating adjective which means that you put it after the noun with no markers after it. This sentence means ‘bad animal’. Adjectives can also be used like nouns without markers if they are used in conjunction with ‘to be’. An example in English would be ‘that is amazing’. The word ‘amazing’ is usually an adjective, but in this sentence it looks like a noun (it is still an adjective due to the unusual properties of the verb ‘to be’). An example in \shortbread\ would be: Fahe aha zu fe. This means ‘that animal is bad’ without directly mentioning a ‘bad animal’
Possession:
In \shortbread\, the possession system is fairly simple (as in there are no exceptions). You simply put the pssr (possessor), then the psse (possessee), then pm (which is the possession marker). ia ongae i Direct translation: I stone pm This shows that ‘I’ is the possessor (‘I’ is the one possessing something) and ‘stone’ is the possessee (‘stone’ is the one being possessed). Therefore, it means: My stone.
Postpositions:
Postpositions are a type of adposition where the phrase comes after the noun it modifies. English doesn’t have this, instead using a different approach called prepositions, which come before the noun. Note: they all have the same meaning, but they just are in different places in the sentence. Examples: Laomole ia ki kesia a su’u. Direct Translation: Work I sm house the in. Therefore, it means: I work in the house.
Articles and Demonstratives:
In \shortbread\, articles and demonstratives come after the noun they modify. In [most] languages, you cannot have both an article and a demonstrative at the same time, and the same applies to \shortbread\. (Also, because of this, I will refer to them collectively as ‘The Demon’) Examples: Ongae aha. Means ‘that stone’. Ongae a. Means ‘the stone’.
Conjunctions:
They are the same as they are in English. Ahi le aha. Direct translation: This and that. That’s the meaning.
Modification:
Modification is a term I may or may not have made up, and it means some sort of modification to the verb, noun, or adjective it modifies. The only one that exists in chapter one is negation, which is made by prefixing the ‘o’ word to different words. Example: Ouzealo ia ki. Literal translation: Not see I sm. Therefore, it means ‘I don’t see’ Here’s a pair of examples: Ia ozu fahe. Ia zu ofahe. These both roughly translate to: I am not an animal. But they are more specific; ‘ia ozu fahe’ means ‘I am not an animal’, whereas ‘ia zu ofahe’ means ‘I am not an animal’.
Like negation Or subjunctive.
The word orders are:
Verb - subject - sm - object - om - indirect object - iom
Pssr - psse - pm
Modifier - noun - the demon - postpositions - adj - pm - markers
If there is a meaningful reason (e.g. emphasis), the word order may be changed so long as the markers are after the same words. Only for the first one, though. For others, the word order is fixed.
Chapter 1 ki - subject marker hi - object marker ía - I, me zu - to be u - you i - possession marker uzéalo - see, sight so’olái - sleep láomole - work fáhe - animal ongáe - rock, stone wóa - good fe - bad le - and o’áfea - please áhi - this áha - that a - the o - no, not sú’u - in
References
editLieblich, Reuben. “Shortbread.” Docs.google.com, edited by Reuben Lieblich, Google, 1 Mar. 2026, docs.google.com/document/d/1XJoryW3_pm6THJvEoywnZvgNxwV5jtHrAA7V8yY7C9M/edit?tab=t.cpw0cvqdoq2a. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026. Great source for shortbread..
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