Sound and writing
Romanized, one symbol per sound, no silent letters, five vowels, twenty consonants, and simple CV/CVC syllables.
Ethra language
Moral and relational distinctions made speakable.
Ethra is the constructed language layer of Ethosism. It makes duty, scope, repair, memory, address, and binding speech grammatically visible instead of leaving them implied.
Quick examples
Ke rah na.
See me.
Na vel dev se.
I choose this duty.
Na mor dev se.
I inherited this duty.
Sentence order
Mostly analytic SVO. Particles carry tense, aspect, mood, scope, register, and moral agency.
Moral agency
Ethra distinguishes capacity, permission, desire, choice, duty, debt, vow, inheritance, entrustment, and repair.
Relational speech
Pronouns and registers make beloved, equal, elder, child, citizen, opponent, sacred address, and collective people visible.
Starter search
Dictionary and corpus examples.
Showing starter entries and examples
ke
moodimperative
Command or plea.
Ke rah na.
sol
intensityreal; deep; truly
Intensifies toward full truth.
Ke sol-rah na.
ga
aspectongoing or habitual action
Marks repeated conduct or continuity.
Lem ga naf bi mar.
vel
moral agencychoose
Personal election of a path or duty.
Na vel dev se.
cel
moral agencyshould; fitting obligation
Normative pressure from truth, wisdom, or right measure.
Na cel tar.
dom
moral agencyowe
Debt or obligation already standing.
Na dom dev.
dov
moral agencyvow
Self-binding speech before witness.
Na dov tar mo mik.
mor
moral agencyinherited duty
Duty carried from ancestors, teachers, or history.
Na mor dev se.
ren
moral agencyrepair what was broken
Links action to restoration.
Na ren tar mak.
so-na
agency scopefor myself
Names self-directed action without universalizing it.
Na val so-na.
rah
attentionsee; recognize
Recognition, not only visual attention.
Ke rah na.
mar
memoryremember
Culture survives by active memory.
Lem ga naf bi mar.
Ke rah na.
starterSee me.
Recognition as a moral act of attention.
Na vel dev se.
moral agencyI choose this duty.
Choice is separated from desire.
Na mor dev se.
moral agencyI inherited this duty.
Obligation received from history.
Na dov tar mo mik.
repairI vow to repair what was broken.
Repair becomes binding speech.
Ke ban mo fer ka dav.
future dutyBuild what the future has already claimed.
The future is treated as a claimant.
Lem ga naf bi mar.
memoryThe people survive by remembering.
Continuity requires active remembrance.
Proposal packet
New terms should enter review with structure.
Concept field
Proposed kind
Domain
Register
Components or root family
English gloss
Ethra candidate
Example sentence
Cultural function
Collision notes
The public form should produce a reviewable packet or GitHub issue. It should not mutate Ethra specs directly.
Source of truth