Eli Stutz

Thanks Pesic! I agree! Kiputi. Pinpin?

Thanks Czarina! I hope so too.

Thanks Chris, or should I say "Kiputi!"

Hi Agentzero, I chose 9 letters based on research that has been done on what sounds are most common to the most people and languages (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoneme and http://web.phonetik.uni-frankfurt.de/upsid_info.html). I also consulted with several linguists on this point. The consensus was that the 9 letters I chose were probably the right ones, with the possible addition of 's'. I debated adding 's', but did not in the end (or yet), since different people/languages tend to say 's' somewhat differently, people with lisps have trouble with it, and in general, I have the (possibly misguided) impression that it is a somewhat negative sound (like if you just say 'ssss' at someone - it sounds like a snake hissing. With just thirty words, 9 sounds should be enough to create words that are different enough from each other to be identifiable. I hope that makes sense. But I might add s at some point if more people feel as you do. Hi Lushlala, Thanks! I was going to call the language Mika, and then discovered its the name of a popular UK singer. I was looking for a name that was short and included some of the 9 sounds in the language. My wife suggested Kipi, and I liked the sound of it. Kipi is meant to be used by anyone anywhere. It can be used by two people who have no common language, or even by people who speak the same language, for fun. It can be used as an alternative for English in cases where one person is a native speaker and the other is not. It puts everyone on equal footing, since Kipi is no one's native language or everyone's (depending on how you look at it) I hope that answers your question. Best, Eli

It's not much more complicated (actually, the idea is for it to be very simple). But you can say a lot more than ugh. How did cave men say "I love you" and "where are you from?".

Hi Atanas, It was me, I admit :). Kipi doesn't have all English words, only 30 words - 17 basic words (like Hello, Thank you and Sorry), and 13 complex words (phrases condensed into one Kipi word, like "Can we be friends?"). I had to choose very carefully which words they would be, and tried to think of a traveler as a common user, so several of the words are common traveler words. Agentzero - it was a challenge to make each word sound different from each other. I had to make some sacrifices along the way. If you have some more suggestions for words that would sound different using the 9 nine letters I'm using, I'm open to ideas. Thanks, Eli

I've invented a universal language called Kipi with just 30 words. It's different than all other languages since it takes only one hour to learn. The idea is that most people in the world don't have focused time to learn a language, and that's why all other universal languages (like Esperanto) have not gained mass adoption. You can only say a few basic things in Kipi, but isn't having a small set of words in common better than no words? What's nice about Kipi compared to English, is that it uses sounds that are most common to world languages, so it's much easier to learn. Words are short, usually 2-syllables each. Some words represent full phrases. The idea is that it also puts both parties on even footing (there is no native speaker vs. non-native speaker - everyone is on common ground). Kipi is now translated into 25 languages and counting. I hope you'll take a look at Kipi and let me know what you think! Kiputi (thank you!) Eli Stutz.