Toa is an Earthlike planet where the gods try to guide local people to better things. Hence, Toa has an advanced civilisation, democratic world government and an international language. Sadly though, the people sometimes go their own way. This recently brought them close to environmental disaster.
Letoa phonemes are drawn from natural languages across the planet Toa. A number of sounds are not used in Letoa which might be used in an auxiliary language here on Earth, but cultural factors play a role in designing auxiliary languages on both Toa and Earth. Letoa has eighteen phonemes. Five are vowels and thirteen are consonants. They are arranged in simple syllables. Their canonical sounds are given below along with some common variations licensed by the Letoa Academy. Variations…
Learning some basic terminology that will be widely used throughout the site is important. Toa, as noted, is the name of the planet. The planet is also a mother goddess and the head of a pantheon of six deities. We can add prefixes to the root word Toa. The most important of these are: Le- which means language. Hence, Letoa is the name of the global auxiliary language. Around the world, people use Letoa widely. Ro- this refers to a…
Letoa is the global language of Toa. A fifth of the planet’s population speak it as a first language. The rest learn it as a second language from an early age. For many people, this is the only second language they will learn. The existence of Letoa gives people less incentive to learn other natural languages. It is the main language of business, science, education and planet-wide media. It is present throughout popular culture and high art. In places that…