Englishsuch

Englishsuch is a fictional or experimental constructed language derived from English. It functions as a thought experiment in linguistics and speculative fiction to explore how an English-based system might be streamlined for clarity and learnability. The term is not tied to a single real dialect or standard, and no official community-wide grammar exists.

Its phonology uses a deliberately small, mostly familiar set of sounds and a regular Latin orthography. The vowel inventory is five vowels; consonants are common English ones, with reductions to avoid rare phonemes. Spellings are regularized so that each sound has a single spelling and each spelling a single sound, reducing irregular correspondences. Stress tends to fall on the penultimate syllable.

Grammar emphasizes a mostly SVO word order with minimal inflection. Verbs do not conjugate for person or number; tense and aspect are indicated with auxiliary words. Noun phrases typically follow the order: determiner, numeral if present, adjectives, noun. Adjectives usually precede the noun. There is no grammatical gender, and pronouns are standard. Negation uses not after an auxiliary.

Vocabulary relies primarily on English roots, with affixes and compounding used to create new terms. A simple set of derivational affixes, such as -ish for approximate meaning and -ness for abstract nouns, provides flexibility without heavy irregularity. Word formation favors compounding for new concepts.

Example sentence: "The three large houses stand near the river." This illustrates the typical noun phrase order and the reliance on auxiliary verbs for tense or aspect. In discussion, Englishsuch is presented as a cautionary example of balancing regularity and naturalness.

Usage and status: Englishsuch exists mainly in theoretical discussions, educational demonstrations, and speculative fiction; there is no formal academy or official standard.