Timerio

{{Short description|Constructed language based on numbers}}

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Timerio is a constructed language based on numbers. It was presented to public in 1921 by the Berlin architect Tiemer as a pure literary language and should be used for automated translations.{{Citation |last1=Pei |first1=Mario |title=One Language for the World |publisher=Biblo & Tannen Publishers |year=1958 | page=145 f |isbn=9780819602183 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6hV0zzsyxzUC&pg=PA145 }} The idea was, that every concept is assigned by a number. The language shows similarities to the Dewey Decimal Classification by Melvil Dewey.

One of the only known sentences is the number-combination {{lang|art-DE|1-80-17}}, which means I love you.{{Citation |editor=Victor H. Mair |title=Reviews (II) |series=Sino-Platonic Papers |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |year=1989 | page=41 |url=http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp014_chinese_book_reviews.pdf }} Here the {{lang|art-DE|1}} stands for I, {{lang|art-DE|17}} for you (accusative or objective) and 80 for [to] love. Alternatively, {{lang|art-DE|2}} can also be used as a description of you (singular, nominative) according to some forms. Given the basic concept that {{lang|art-DE|1}} equals I, and that the designation starts from that viewpoint onwards, it is a logical alternative to accept {{lang|art-DE|2}} as another term for you.

The comparative is shown by {{lang|art-DE|*}}, the superlative by {{lang|art-DE|**}}. "And" is represented by {{lang|art-DE|+}}. A prefix of {{lang|art-DE|>}} makes a root an adjective. The genitive takes the suffix {{lang|art-DE|II}}, the dative takes {{lang|art-DE|III}}. Tenses are shown with an underscore below the number (past) or a macron above (future). The plural takes superscript ². Numbers when expressed in a numerical form appear inside brackets.

:“{{lang|art-DE|1-3̅0̅-(3)-980²}}” means: “I’ll write three letters”.

:“{{lang|art-DE|6215-8_0-164->1673-980²}}” means: “The father loved the big coloured letters”.