Emotional Song Pact

Emotional Song Pact (契絆想界詩) is one of the two fictional languages employed in the Surge Concerto series. It is the official language used for communication between humans and Genoms, and thus, is also the language employed when the humans need to use Song Magic alongside a Genom they have synchronized with. Due to this, while the language has enough features to support a normal conversation, no one uses it for anything except for the casting of Song Magic. Additionally, due to its nature of only working for casting magic alongside a Genom, all Song Magic that makes use of it without the support of a Cielnotron or the Surge Concerto Terminal, and thus without the REON-4213 programming language, receives the name of Hymmn.

Writing
The Emotional Song Pact language uses a very complex writing system: while on the surface it only seems to be a substitution cypher for the Latin alphabet like the writing systems for Hymmnos and Ar Ciela, that is only the case for writing loanwords. The words unique to the language itself have a special writing system akin to that of the Korean Hangul: each word is separated in syllables, and the letters that form them are grouped into clusters. During the grouping, the letters can be rotated and change sizes, making it hard for a beginner to understand how to read and write it. Officially, the development staff at Gust Inc. use a special program to write the parts in the Emotional Song Pact font in order to create the letter clusters, but there is no plan at the moment to release it to the public. The letters that form the Emotional Song Pact alphabet in their normal (standalone) forms can be seen in the image below:



There is also two additional punctuation symbols that aren't shown here: one that stands for the equals (=) sign, which is used similarly to a subject marker, and a mark that has the same function as the exclamation mark (!), but neither of them are present in the unofficial font that is available at the moment.

Grammar
All the sentences have the following base structure:

[A] (emotion words) (topic marker) (leading words)

Here are a few examples:

1. I think ahih=mou-i;

2. You've become lighter iyon ahih=kuu-n;

3. This is a pen koh ahih=bou-ran-iz;

4. Die, you bastard! iyon ahih=oh-uii!

5. Tabou and Ruray saved me, so don't let them die!! ih-du syou-chee-n ta-bou nh ru-ray ahih=og-an-ea!

6. I have a tiger that covers its head with a weird mask. ahih=youi mer-du pak-kan tai-gen;

7. Tabou and Ruray saved me, so please don't let them die in a Burst! ih-du syou-chee-n ta-bou nh ru-ray ahih=bi-nei nu og-an-ea!

Emotion Words
They receive this name because they are the part that indicates "a target of particularly strong feelings".

Die, you bastard!

iyon ahih=oh-uii!

Tabou and Ruray saved me, so don't let them die!!

ih-du syou-chee-n ta-bou nh ru-ray ahih=og-an-ea!

The part written in red is the source of the feelings, which also doubles as the power source for the sentence.

While an emotion word can be formed by a single word, such as the pronouns "you", "he", "that"... if you add more feelings to it, its power will increase.

For example, from these two sentences, "Tabou and Ruray saved me" have a much stronger power than "you bastard".

Leading Words
They receive this name because they are the part that "invokes" these feelings. However, in the case of non-Song Magic normal sentences, they become simple predicates.

Die, you bastard!

iyon ahih=oh-uii!

Tabou and Ruray saved me, so don't let them die!!

ih-du syou-chee-n ta-bou nh ru-ray ahih=og-an-ea!

The part written in blue are the Leading Words. However, if the sentence is going to be used for Song Magic, it'll always be in command form. From the example sentences, "Become lighter" is a mere predicate, while "please don't let them die!" will invoke a practical effect. However, the Genom has to respond to the request in order for the effect to be invoked. While the humans can also invoke power by saying words with particularly strong feelings, their energy is so weak that it won't be able to invoke anything.

Rules for the Leading Words
Please, don't let them die!

ahih=og-an-ea!

OO=XX [Source of Feelings (omissible)] = [the feelings themselves] In this example, it's wishing (me)=[Please don't let them die!]. If the feelings source is the same thing as the feelings themselves, they can be safely omitted from the sentence.

Treatment of "Myself"
The treatment the speaker has for him or herself in Emotional Song Pact has a certain particularity. It'll change between these forms depending on the status of synchronization with the Genom:


 * Non-synchronization (ah=Genom and ih=Myself)


 * Synchronization (ahih)


 * Complete Synchronization (ah)


 * One in body and soul (ah)

The word is reduced to one for the levels from Synchronization and upwards to indicate that "me" is capable of recognizing the Genom as a part of him or herself.

Normal Pronouns
There are first, second and third-person pronouns. "Adoration" is used to refer to the Genom.

"Singer" Form
The part previous to the = (equal) in the Leading Words is used to identify the singer. The singer form also has an Union Form that depends on if the Synchronization Form or higher were used during the time of synchronization. There's also the Divine Appeal Form (n), but since that's used for borrowing power directly from the Gods, it rarely has seen use.

Core Words (used in verbs)
There's no distinction between nouns and verbs in Emotional Song Pact, so nouns can be used as verbs. The nouns used in this way receive the name "Core Words". There are also extra words that get appended to them as conjugations, which receive the name of "Usage Words".

So basically: Core Word = Noun + Usage Word

You've become lighter

iyon ahih= kuu-n;

kuu (light) + n (past form)

Die, you bastard!

iyon ahih= oh-uii!

og (die) + uii (now + command form)

That's how it works.

The Usage Words are divided into active and passive, and present-past-future (T-Axis).

Particles
They are used in the same way as in Japanese: after the noun or verb they affect. Example: ih-du = me + (direct object marker)

Question Form
To make a sentence in question form, just add an "iuz (yuzu)" at the beginning:

iuz koh ahih=bou-ran-iz?

Is this a pen ?

Hypothetical Form
To give the sentence this structure: If (Emotion Words) Then (Leading Words), just add an "iaz (yazu)" at the beginning:

iaz ih og-nu-ir ih=iyon-du og-i;

If you don't die, I'll kill you.

Periods
Emotional Song Pact uses ";" (semicolons) as periods.

Song Magic using the Emotional Song Pact
If the sentence is going to be used as Song Magic, then it takes the following form:

Yin Word + Pact Word + Yang Word

Yin Word and Yang Word
Yin Words are the words hidden in the depths of the mind: the feelings (such as "I don't want him to die.") On the other hand, Yang Words are the method itself for manifesting these feelings on the real world (such as "make flowers bloom to protect them from the Bursts")

So the part that actually manifests visible effects is the Yang Words, while the feelings hidden behind these effects are the Yin Words. As both Yin and Yang Words exist each as Emotion Words and Leading Words, here's how they are ordered.

Pact Word
The structure of the Pact Word is divided into Power Source and Hymmne Source:

N few W coa-du

Power Source: written in green, Hymmne Source: written in purple

Power Source: as the name says, it's the source of the power. It's declared by prefacing it with an "N". Hymmne Source: indicates on which mental layer the feelings originate from. It's declared by prefacing it with a "W".

Power Source
They are classified depending on which Wave type they have dominion over and to which of the five elements they are connected.

Hymmne Source
The level of synchronization with the Genom dictates the depth of the mental layer that can be used for originating feelings, as shown below. The levels are divided into superficial (conscious self), middle (conscious but unable to speak) and deep (subconscious self). Being able to always sing in the deepest levels isn't always good, as it's important to use the proper level for the scale of the Song Magic you wish to manifest.

Example Song Magic Sentence
ih du syou-chee-n rya-han-re du due-nr whai iz jang ahih=og-nu-ea N waw ahih W coa-dou ah=a-zi-sa-i fei-feu-ui

Yin Words: Don't let die under any circumstances the gentle people that helped me and gave me food!

Pact Words: Oh great power of "waw", with these feelings born in "coa-du"

Yang Words: Make the hydrangeas grow!

Lexicon
To see all of the currently known lexicon for the language, please head over to the Emotional Song Pact:Lexicon page.