''Flafse Standard''
[[Lesson One: Transliteration and Stack-Based Grammar]] - 2/21/2025 (Updated 2/22/2025)
[[Lesson Two: Suffixes]] - 2/22/2025[[Back to Home Page->Home]]
<<nobr>><<set _options to [ ]>>
<<set _options[0] to ["cd́d̀f́céafc'd̀", "this language", "this song is like sharing", "distribution song is-similar-to this"]>>
<<set _options[1] to ['"fl̋ph́ŋsètmᵹ̈"', '"flafse"', '"singular flafse (the concept of flafse holding high honor), spoken as a statement to a stranger"', '"flafse-high-honor-to-word-and-neutral-honor-to-addressee-statement-to-stranger-singular"']>>
<<set _options[2] to ['"sŕ’kǔn̏k̄seŋ"', '"Skrunk"', '"Skrunk (the concept of Skrunk holding mid-high or neutral honor)"', '"Skrunk-mid-high-or-neutral-honor-to-word-and-neutral-honor-to-addressee"']>>
<<set _options[3] to ['"cd̀"', '"is"']>>
<<set _options[4] to ['"af"', '"is similar to"']>>
<</nobr>>''Flafse Standard''
Flafse Standard, or as the flafse call it, <<storyCycle>>, is the language spoken by approximately 92% of the baseline flafse population. Unlike humans, the flafse do not communicate by pushing air out of their mouth, but rather through combinations of sounds that to humans would be reminiscent of gurgling, slurping, and swishing saliva. Some flafse languages further implement spitting and gulping, but flafse standard does no such thing.
''Flafse Speech''
Neither the English alphabet nor the IPA are capable of properly representing flafse speech using Latin/Latin-adjacent characters, and as such Flafse Standard is transcribed by humans by mapping each sound to a letter, regardless of the fact that the speech sounds nothing like any human language.
Flafse "gurgles" can be made in seven different locations along a flafse's trunk, and these positions, from closest to the head to furthest, are labeled b, c, d, f, g, h, and i. "Slurps" are not location based but rather time-based, being divided into full slurps, half slurps, and quarter slurps, represented by a, e, and o, respectively. "Swishes" are represented through starting position and ending position. xʎy represents a "swish" from trunk position x to trunk position y, with no gurgling. xʎʎy, meanwhile, represents a "swish" from position x to y, with x being gurgled. xʎ’y represents a swish with a gurgle at position y but not at position x, and x'y represents a swish from x to y with both being gurgled.
When a flafse gurgles, swishes, or slurps, it can do so with the trunk muscles pushed apart, pulled together, or relaxed, respectively known as open, closed, and middle state. An open state is indicated with the accent ̀ , a closed state is indicated with the accent ́ , and a middle state is indicated with no accent. For example, take the word ff́, meaning food, the act of eating, or an eater. In this word, the flafse would gurgle at the f position of the trunk twice, once in middle state and once in closed state. In Flafse Standard, two adjacent letters cannot have the same position and state, one or both must be different (thus one will never see the words "ff" or "f́f́" in Flafse Standard).
<center><table cellpadding="5px;" style="width: 75%; text-align: center">
<tr>
<th></th>
<th>b</th>
<th>c</th>
<th>d</th>
<th>f</th>
<th>g</th>
<th>h</th>
<th>i</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Open</th>
<td>b̀</td>
<td>c̀</td>
<td>d̀</td>
<td>f̀</td>
<td>g̀</td>
<td>h̀</td>
<td>ì</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Middle</th>
<td>b</td>
<td>c</td>
<td>d</td>
<td>f</td>
<td>g</td>
<td>h</td>
<td>i</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Closed</th>
<td>b́</td>
<td>ć</td>
<td>d́</td>
<td>f́</td>
<td>ǵ</td>
<td>h́</td>
<td>í</td>
</tr>
</table></center>
A flafse may also gurgle at two or more different positions at once, and these positions may be in different states.<<note "A flafse cannot gurgle in two different states at the same position.">> In the case of gurgling in two positions at once, a new letter is used to indicate the combination, found with the following table:
<center><table cellpadding="5px;" style="width: 75%; text-align: center">
<tr>
<th></th>
<th>b</th>
<th>c</th>
<th>d</th>
<th>f</th>
<th>g</th>
<th>h</th>
<th>i</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>b</th>
<td>b</td>
<td>j</td>
<td>k</td>
<td>l</td>
<td>m</td>
<td>n</td>
<td>p</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>c</th>
<td></td>
<td>c</td>
<td>q</td>
<td>r</td>
<td>s</td>
<td>t</td>
<td>u</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>d</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>d</td>
<td>v</td>
<td>w</td>
<td>x</td>
<td>y</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>f</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>f</td>
<td>z</td>
<td>þ</td>
<td>ᵹ</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>g</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>g</td>
<td>ȝ</td>
<td>ð</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>h</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>h</td>
<td>ʒ</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>i</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>i</td>
</tr>
</table></center>
Of these sounds, Flafse Standard uses the following:
<center><table cellpadding="5px;" style="width: 75%; text-align: center">
<tr>
<th></th>
<th>b</th>
<th>c</th>
<th>d</th>
<th>f</th>
<th>g</th>
<th>h</th>
<th>i</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>b</th>
<td>b</td>
<td>j</td>
<td>k</td>
<td>l</td>
<td>m</td>
<td>n</td>
<td>p</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>c</th>
<td></td>
<td>c</td>
<td>q</td>
<td>r</td>
<td>s</td>
<td>t</td>
<td>u</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>d</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>d</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>f</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>f</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>ᵹ</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>g</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>g</td>
<td>ȝ</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>h</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>h</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>i</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>i</td>
</tr>
</table></center>
To represent the state of each position during a combined gurgle, more accents are used, with the position closest to the head (closest to b) being marked as the "first" position, and the position furthest from the head (closest to i) being marked as the "second" position. If both positions are in middle state, no accent is used. If the first position is middle and the second position is open, ̀ is used. If the first position is middle and the second position is closed, ́ is used. If the first position is open and the second position is middle, ̂ is used. If both positions are open, ̏ is used. If the first position is open and the second position is closed, ̈ is used. If the first position is closed and the second position is middle, ̌ is used. If the first position is closed and the second position is open, ̄ is used. If both positions are closed, ̋ is used.
<center><table cellpadding="5px;" style="width: 75%; text-align: center">
<tr>
<th>1v / 2></th>
<th>Open</th>
<th>Middle</th>
<th>Closed</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Open</th>
<td> ̏ </td>
<td> ̂ </td>
<td> ̈ </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Middle</th>
<td> ̀ </td>
<td>∅</td>
<td> ́ </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Closed</th>
<td> ̄ </td>
<td> ̌ </td>
<td> ̋ </td>
</tr>
</table></center>
To represent combinations of three or four positions, two singular/dual position symbols are placed next to each other, followed by ŋ. For instance, bqŋ represents a combination of b and q, or b, c, and d, while jᵹŋ represents a combination of j and ᵹ, or b, c, f, and i. Combinations of more than four sounds do not occur in Flafse Standard, but there are characters to represent them: whereas ŋ combines the previous two sounds, ɛ combines the previous three sounds, ƕ combines the previous four sounds, ŋ̀ combines the previous five sounds, ɛ̀ combines the previous six sounds, and ƕ̀ combines the previous seven sounds.
This leaves the human-transcribed Flafse Standard alphabet with the following characters:
__//Basic Gurgles//__
bcdfghi
b̀c̀d̀f̀g̀h̀ì
b́ćd́f́ǵh́í
__//Combined Gurgles//__
jklmnpqrstuᵹȝ
j̀k̀l̀m̀ǹp̀q̀r̀s̀t̀ùᵹ̀ȝ̀
j́ḱĺḿńṕq́ŕśt́úᵹ́ȝ́
ĵk̂l̂m̂n̂p̂q̂r̂ŝt̂ûᵹ̂ȝ̂
j̏k̏l̏m̏n̏p̏q̏ȑs̏t̏ȕᵹ̏ȝ̏
j̈k̈l̈m̈n̈p̈q̈r̈s̈ẗüᵹ̈ȝ̈
ǰǩľm̌ňp̌q̌řšťǔᵹ̌ȝ̌
j̄k̄l̄m̄n̄p̄q̄r̄s̄t̄ūᵹ̄ȝ̄
j̋k̋l̋m̋n̋p̋q̋r̋s̋t̋űᵹ̋ȝ̋
__//Slurps//__
aeo
àèò
áéó
__//Swish Characters//__
ʎ ʎʎ ʎ’ ’
__//Combined Gurgle Characters//__
ŋ
''Stack-Based Grammar''
A stack is a collection of elements with a "bottom" and "top", where new elements are added to the top of the stack. This can be pictured through mathematical operations. Take the following stack, for example:
<center>-
+
5
3
36</center>
We start at the bottom, with the numbers, 36, 3, and 5. On top of these is the operation +, which takes the two numbers below, adds them together, and returns it as a new element. Following this operation, the stack looks like this:
<center>-
8 [5+3]
36</center>
We then encounter the operation -, which takes the two numbers below, subtracts them, and returns it as a new element. Following this operation, the stack looks like this:
<center>28 [36-[5+3]]</center>
One can then transfer the concept of stacks to the sentence structure of a language, with the first part of a sentence being the bottom of the stack, and the last part being the top. For instance, a stack-based sentence may appear as something like "me you and", where "and" is an operation that combines the elements below it and returns a new element, that being the concept of "us", or "you and me".
Because elements that are operated on are returned as a single new element, one must be careful of word order: "pink black white and or" means "pink, or, black and white", while "pink black and white or" means "pink and black, or white".
Flafse Standard, which uses a stack-based grammar, has two types of words: content words and operators. Content words act like nouns by default,<<note "But may act as adjectives in certain scenarios.">> while operators may fill the roles of verbs, conjunctions, or comparisons, or may manipulate the stack in ways inapplicable to human language. It is also important to note that while some operators are independent words, many take the form of suffixes, appended to the word which they will go on top of on the stack. For example, take the sentence "Fl̋ph́ŋsètmᵹ̈ sŕ’kǔn̏k̄seŋcd̀.", meaning "Skrunk is a flafse." In this sentence, the content words are <<storyCycle>> and <<storyCycle>>, while the operator is <<storyCycle>>, which takes the two content words below it in the stack and returns the statement "y is x", where x is the lowest of the two content words and y is the highest.<<note "One should take note of the fact that Flafse Standard operators work on content words in what would appear to be a backwards order for an English speaker.">>
Despite comprising what in English would be a multitude of categories, there aren't many operators in Flafse Standard. Flafse languages tend to have little in the way of "verbs", instead relying on comparisons, metaphors, and similes.
<center><table cellpadding="5px;" style="width: 75%; text-align: center">
<tr>
<th>Operator</th>
<th>Placement</th>
<th>Meaning</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-ǩb́r̈</td>
<td>x yǩb́r̈</td>
<td>y uses x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-g</td>
<td>x yg</td>
<td>y and x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-ǵ</td>
<td>x yǵ</td>
<td>y or x (exclusive)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-g̀</td>
<td>x yg̀</td>
<td>y or x (inclusive)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-rs̄</td>
<td>x yrs̄</td>
<td>neither y nor x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-cd̀</td>
<td>x ycd̀</td>
<td>y is x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-h́</td>
<td>x yh́</td>
<td>y has traits of x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-af</td>
<td>x yaf</td>
<td>y is similar to x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-g̀ʎg</td>
<td>x yg̀ʎg</td>
<td>y owns x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-q̈</td>
<td>x yaf zq̈</td>
<td>z is more like x than y is</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-na</td>
<td>x yaf zna</td>
<td>z is less like x than y is</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-fʎh</td>
<td>x yaf zfʎh</td>
<td>z is just as much like x as y is</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-eȝ́</td>
<td>x yeȝ́</td>
<td>y is related to x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-l̄ʎm</td>
<td>x yl̄ʎm</td>
<td>y by means of x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-eȝ́ʎm</td>
<td>x y zeȝ́ʎm</td>
<td>z is related to y through/by means of/by x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-ᵹ̏q̂</td>
<td>x yᵹ̏q̂</td>
<td>y possesses x, but not in the sense of ownership</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-nȝ</td>
<td>x ynȝ</td>
<td>swaps the positions of x and y on the stack</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-ehʎi</td>
<td>xehʎi</td>
<td>marks x to be copied to the top of the stack later by use of ahʎi</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-gȑíq́</td>
<td>xgȑíq́</td>
<td>moves x to the bottom of the stack</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-ľᵹ́m̄</td>
<td>x yľᵹ́m̄</td>
<td>y is from x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-dd̀f́</td>
<td>x ydd̀f́</td>
<td>y is because of x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-t̄j̈h̀</td>
<td>x yt̄j̈h̀</td>
<td>y is for x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-f̀i</td>
<td>xf̀i</td>
<td>clears the stack</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-c'd̀</td>
<td>xc'd̀</td>
<td>this x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-r̈b̀ŋĵ</td>
<td>xr̈b̀ŋĵ</td>
<td>places x on top of the stack, and then reverses the stack, primarily used in poetry</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>-p̂ǔf̀</td>
<td>xp̂ǔf̀</td>
<td>moves the bottom noun in the stack on top of x, primarily used in poetry</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>gʎb</td>
<td>x y z gʎb</td>
<td>takes a string of content words (starting with the lowest content word that is above all preceeding operators), and turns them into adjectives of the first content word in the string<<note "Here, y and z would be adjectives of x.">></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>g</td>
<td>g x y z g</td>
<td>x, y, and z (only used for lists)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ǵ</td>
<td>ǵ x y z ǵ</td>
<td>x, y, or z (exclusive, only used for lists)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>g̀ x y z g̀</td>
<td>g̀</td>
<td>x, y, or z (inclusive, only used for lists)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>rs̄</td>
<td>rs̄ x y z rs̄</td>
<td>neither x, y, nor z (only used for lists)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ǰ</td>
<td>x ǰ</td>
<td>not x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>h̀e & dǵ</td>
<td>h̀e x y z w dǵ</td>
<td>w is to z as y is to x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>d</td>
<td>x y z d</td>
<td>turns the current stack into a single item on the stack</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>fʎʎd</td>
<td>x y z fʎʎd</td>
<td>turns the current stack into a single item on the stack, with the intention of providing further information</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>kí</td>
<td>kí x</td>
<td>duplicates x, without any operator suffixes attached</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>akí</td>
<td>akí x</td>
<td>duplicates x, along with any operator suffixes attached</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>k̈í</td>
<td>k̈í x y</td>
<td>duplicates x, without any operator suffixes attached, and places it on top of y</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ak̈í</td>
<td>ak̈í x y</td>
<td>duplicates x, along with any operator suffixes attached, and places it on top of y</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>kíǰ</td>
<td>x kíǰ</td>
<td>removes x from the stack</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ahʎi</td>
<td>xehʎi y z ahʎi</td>
<td>copies the last word marked with -ehʎi to the top of the stack, and removes the -ehʎi operator from it</td>
</tr>
</table></center>
A grammatical oddity<<note "From a human perspective, at least.">> of Flafse Standard is that the operator <<storyCycle>> is used to indicate location, as in saying "my location is similar to """____"""", rather than directly saying "my location //is// """____"""".
In Flafse Standard, a stack-sentence is considered complete when the stack is reduced to a single element through operators (or starts and ends as a single element), or is cleared, and thus may comprise more or less information than a standard English sentence. The analysis of sentences, as opposed to stack-sentence, in Flafse Standard is a human convenience, and it is best to think more in terms of stack-sentences.<<nobr>>
<<widget "storyCycle">><<if ndef _instance>><<set _instance to 0>><<else>><<set _instance++>><</if>><<if ndef _options>><<set _options to [ ['"options" variable undefined'] ]>><</if>><<cycle "_cycles[_instance]" autoselect>><<optionsfrom _options[_instance]>><</cycle>><</widget>>
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''Suffixes''
The content words of Flafse Standard make extensive use of suffixes. Like in English, every word has a root, which in Flafse Standard is typically the first part of the word. Roots can then be strung together to make the equivalent of a compound noun, with the head noun being the first one. For instance, the root "r̈n̂ʎl̏" refers to the thickened möbius strip shape that celestial bodies in the flafse omega structure take, and the root "k̄bè" refers to light. Together, they form "r̈n̂ʎl̏k̄bè", a word referring to stars. "R̈n̂ʎl̏" is the head content root, as the concept of "light" is being applied onto it.
Due to flafse psychology, the concept of honor is of high importance to many flafse cultures, and this is apparent in Flafse Standard. Every content word must contain an honor suffix, which follows the roots. This suffix is determined by both the level of honor the speaker ascribes to the concept conveyed by the word and the level of honor the speaker ascribes to the addressee. For both categories, honor comes in seven levels: high, mid-high, neutral, mid-low, low, high honor for the dead, and low honor for the dead. This leads to the existence of forty-five<<note "It would be forty-nine, but some grammatical irregularities have resulted in the combination of several honor suffixes.">> different honor suffixes, detailed in the following table:
<center><table cellpadding="5px;" style="width: 75%; text-align: center">
<tr>
<th>Concept v / Addressee ></th>
<th>Dead High</th>
<th>High</th>
<th>Mid-High</th>
<th>Neutral</th>
<th>Mid-Low</th>
<th>Low</th>
<th>Dead Low</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Dead High</th>
<td>-e</td>
<td>-û</td>
<td>-ü</td>
<td>-u</td>
<td>-ū</td>
<td>-ǔ</td>
<td>-ű</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>High</th>
<td>-t̏</td>
<td rowspan="2">-t̂'ŝ</td>
<td>-ẗ</td>
<td>-t</td>
<td>-t̄</td>
<td>-ť</td>
<td>-t̋</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Mid-High</th>
<td>-s̏</td>
<td>-s̈</td>
<td rowspan="2">-seŋ</td>
<td>-s̄</td>
<td>-š</td>
<td>-s̋</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Neutral</th>
<td>-ȑ</td>
<td>-r̂</td>
<td>-r̈</td>
<td>-r̄</td>
<td>-ř</td>
<td>-r̋</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Mid-Low</th>
<td>-q̏</td>
<td>-q̂</td>
<td>-q̈</td>
<td>-q</td>
<td>-q̄</td>
<td>-q̌</td>
<td>-q̋</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Low</th>
<td>-j̏</td>
<td>-ĵ</td>
<td colspan="2">-g̀</td>
<td>-j̄</td>
<td rowspan="2">-ćᵹ̌ŋ</td>
<td>-j̋</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Dead Low</th>
<td>-ᵹ̏</td>
<td>-ᵹ̂</td>
<td>-ᵹ̈</td>
<td>-ᵹ</td>
<td>-ᵹ̄</td>
<td>-ᵹʎʎd́</td>
</tr>
</table></center>
When writing to no-one in particular, neutral honor is typically used for the addressee. When writing to oneself, it depends on one's self-esteem.
It is at this point that the concept of volume-proximity must be introduced, something used in many flafse cultures. In the model of volume-proximity, something "nearby" may be spatially near, temporally recent, soon in the future, currently happening, or very loud, while something "far away" may be spatially distant, far in the past or future, or very quiet. Absolute silence is considered to be nowhere. This is in part a result of the flafse using sound and touch as their primary senses, rather than sight. In Flafse Standard, the honor suffix may be optionally followed by a volume-proximity suffix, which inflects for "distance" and the person that "distance" is relative to. The suffixes are as follows:
<center><table cellpadding="5px;" style="width: 75%; text-align: center">
<tr>
<th></th>
<th>First Person</th>
<th>Second Person</th>
<th>Third Person</th>
<th>Everyone</th>
<th>Someone</th>
<th>No-one</th>
<th>Content Word Below on Stack</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Nearest</th>
<td>-dʎʎᵹ̂ae</td>
<td>-d̀ʎʎᵹ̂aé</td>
<td>-dʎʎᵹ̂àe</td>
<td>-ȝ̋ś</td>
<td>-ȝ́ś</td>
<td>-ȝ̄ś</td>
<td>-dᵹ̂ś</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Near</th>
<td>-dʎʎᵹ̂a</td>
<td>-d̀ʎʎᵹ̂á</td>
<td>-dʎʎᵹ̂à</td>
<td>-ȝ̋ŝ</td>
<td>-ȝ́ŝ</td>
<td>-ȝ̄ŝ</td>
<td>-dᵹ̂ŝ</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Far</th>
<td>-dʎʎᵹ̂e</td>
<td>-d̀ʎʎᵹ̂é</td>
<td>-dʎʎᵹ̂è</td>
<td>-ȝ̋s̈</td>
<td>-ȝ́s̈</td>
<td>-ȝ̄s̈</td>
<td>-dᵹ̂s̈</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Farest</th>
<td>-dʎʎᵹ̂o</td>
<td>-d̀ʎʎᵹ̂ó</td>
<td>-dʎʎᵹ̂ò</td>
<td>-ȝ̋s̀</td>
<td>-ȝ́s̀</td>
<td>-ȝ̄s̀</td>
<td>-dᵹ̂s̀</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Nowhere</th>
<td colspan="6">-ȝ̄s̋</td>
<td>-dᵹ̂s̋</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Somewhere</th>
<td colspan="6">-ȝ̄és</td>
<td>-dᵹ̂s</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Everywhere</th>
<td colspan="6">-ȝ̄š</td>
<td>-dᵹ̂š</td>
</tr>
</table></center>
Following the distance suffix<<note "Or the honor suffix, if no distance suffix is used.">> comes the operator suffixes. Operator suffixes are ordered by use, so the first operator suffix will be applied first, and the last operator suffix will be applied last. When an operator suffix changes the stack, that change must be kept in mind when the next operator suffix is applied.
The first content word in a stack-sentence must always contain a "context" suffix, which follows any operators. Other content words in the stack-sentence may not have context suffixes. The context suffix describes the tone/context of the sentence, and inflects for the relationship the speaker has with the addressee. They are as follows:
<center><table cellpadding="5px;" style="width: 75%; text-align: center">
<tr>
<th></th>
<th>Close Friend / Lover</th>
<th>Family</th>
<th>Friend / Familiar</th>
<th>Known</th>
<th>Stranger</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Statement</th>
<td>-j</td>
<td>-k</td>
<td>-l</td>
<td>-n</td>
<td>-m</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Polite</th>
<td>-ǰé</td>
<td>-ǩ</td>
<td>-ľ</td>
<td>-ň</td>
<td>-m̌</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Joke</th>
<td>-j̀</td>
<td>-k̀</td>
<td>-l̀</td>
<td>-ǹ</td>
<td>-m̀</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Command</th>
<td>-j́ìŋ</td>
<td>-ḱìŋ</td>
<td>-ĺìŋ</td>
<td>-ńìŋ</td>
<td>-ḿìŋ</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Insult</th>
<td>-j́</td>
<td>-ḱ</td>
<td>-ĺ</td>
<td>-ńl</td>
<td>ḿ</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Request</th>
<td>-bʎ'ǰ</td>
<td>-bʎ'ǩ</td>
<td>-bʎ’ľ</td>
<td>-bʎ’ň</td>
<td>-bʎ’m̌</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Question</th>
<td>-j́o</td>
<td>-ḱo</td>
<td>-ĺo</td>
<td>-ńo</td>
<td>-ḿo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Exclamation</th>
<td>-áj̋</td>
<td>-ák̋ćŋ</td>
<td>-ál̋ćŋ</td>
<td>-án̋ćŋ</td>
<td>-ám̋ćŋ</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Promise</th>
<td>-ǰc̀</td>
<td>-ǩc̀</td>
<td>-ľc̀</td>
<td>-ňc̀</td>
<td>-m̌c̀</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Hypothetical</th>
<td>-jȝ̂</td>
<td>-ȝ̂k</td>
<td>-lȝ̂</td>
<td>-nȝ̂</td>
<td>-mȝ̂</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Hypothetical Question</th>
<td>-jȝ̀</td>
<td>-ȝ̀k</td>
<td>-lȝ̀</td>
<td>-nȝ̀</td>
<td>-mȝ̀</td>
</tr>
</table></center>
When writing to no-one in particular, the stranger relationship is most often used.
Finally, words may take on a suffix for number. There are four numbers: zero, singular-dual, paucal, and plural; and two forms: distinct and collective. Zero number means there is none of the content word, singular-dual means there is one or two of the content word, paucal means there's a few of the content word, and plural means there's more than a few of the content word. The lack of a singular/dual distinction can be explained by the two-sided nature of the flafse body-plan, giving way to a unique perspective on duality. The distinct form implies a group of distinct individuals, while the collective form implies a cohesive group. By default, most content words are in the distinct plural number, though most "proper nouns" are in the singular-dual number (zero and singular-dual do not have a distinct-collective distinction). When a content word is in its default state, it does not need to take on a number suffix. The number suffixes are as follows:
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<tr>
<th></th>
<th>Zero</th>
<th>Singular-Dual</th>
<th>Paucal</th>
<th>Plural</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Distinct</th>
<td rowspan="2">-ȝ</td>
<td rowspan="2">-∅ / -ᵹ̈</td>
<td>-oi</td>
<td>-∅ / -òi</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Collective</th>
<td>-er̋</td>
<td>-t̀a</td>
</tr>
</table></center>
When using a numeral to indicate an amount of something, the paucal form is used.
In all, a Flafse Standard word will take the following form:
<center>root(s) honor (distance) (operators) (context) number</center>
For example, the word "fl̋ph́ŋsètd̀ʎʎᵹ̂ámᵹ̈" can be broken down as "fl̋ph́ŋsè", meaning flafse (plural), "-t", giving high honor to the concept of the flafse and neutral honor to the addressee, "-d̀ʎʎᵹ̂á", indicating that the flafse is near (spatially or temporally) or loud to the addressee, "-m", indicating that the stack-sentence is a statement to a stranger, and "-ᵹ̈", indicating that it is a singular flafse.