The words English forgot

English has one verb where the cathedrals had twenty.

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How a word is forged

Roots from everywhere,
endings that mean.

A youspeak word is a cross-tradition root joined to a suffix that tells you what kind of thing it names. Learn five endings and the whole lexicon opens.

The flagship seven

The Forgotten Ways to love

Seven verbs of love the cathedrals knew and English flattened into one — each forged from a real ancestor tongue.

The whole vocabulary

The Lexicon

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Flashcards

You're shown the long English sentence — the negative space where a word should be. Recall the youspeak word, then flip.

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What's the one word? — tap to flip
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Test yourself

Do you know them yet?

Read the meaning, pick the word. Build a streak — that's how it sticks.

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Make one yourself

The Forge

Pick a root from a living tongue, pick an ending, and watch a word come into being. (Your forge isn't canon — the cathedral only canonizes at a score of 7.5.)

① A root

② An ending

choose a root and an ending
your forge · not yet canon