00 - LEKA Index

Tem me lu. Lu me tem.
Community is home. Home is community.

A living language for family and chosen community.

Quick Navigation

• 01-Philosophy
• 02-Phonology
• 03-Writing-Systems
• 04-Grammar
• 05-Suffix-System
• 📖 Master Dictionary
• 07-Examples-and-Phrases
• 12-Open-Questions

Vocabulary by Category

• 👥 People & Relationships
• 🫀 Body & Senses
• 💗 Emotions & States
• 🌿 Nature & Elements
• 🍞 Food & Drink
• ✨ Actions & Verbs
• ⏳ Time & Space
• 🪑 Objects & Tools
• 🔢 Numbers
• 🔤 Letter Names

Living Culture

• 08-Rituals — ceremonies, greetings, transitions
• 09-Songs — chants, melodies, lullabies

Current Status (as of v0.8)

✅ Finalized

• Philosophy & principles
• Phonology (17 sounds, penultimate + compound stress rules)
• Apostrophe-breath rule (s'h, no /sh/ in LEKA)
• Everyday Latin writing system
• Ceremonial script v0.3 (17 glyphs + Crescent Breath)
• Grammar (SVO, particles, full pronoun system, possession)
• Third-person pronouns: eki, ali, eri (proximity-based)
• Possessive suffixes: -me, -tu, -mu, -eki, -ali, -eri
• Click semantics: weight, presence, sacredness (4 tiers of usage)
• Collective possession via click-infix (kasa-mu vs kasa*mu)
• Suffix system (7 productive suffixes)
• Core vocabulary (101 words)
• Numbers 0–10
• Letter names (all 17)
• Word ratification process (project owner verifies)

🌱 In Progress

• Yes (counterpart to no)
• Conjunctions (and, but, or, with, because)
• Numbers above 10, ordinals, fractions
• Version bump cadence
• Rituals
• Songs
• Audio archive

Tags Used in This Vault

• #finalized — locked, in use
• #in-progress — drafted, not yet locked
• #community-coined — added through use, not from initial design
• #deprecated — once used, no longer current (preserved per "never overwrite versions")
• #story — has an origin or cultural significance attached

Version: v0.8 · Updated: 2026-05-17