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authorNgô Ngọc Đức Huy <huyngo@disroot.org>2022-02-24 21:18:15 +0700
committerNgô Ngọc Đức Huy <huyngo@disroot.org>2022-02-24 21:18:15 +0700
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diff --git a/src/phono.md b/src/phono.md
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--- a/src/phono.md
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@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ There are five tones:
 
 - mid level [33]: a
 - low [21]: à
-- falling [45] or [41]: â
 - high [44]: á
-- rising [324]: ǎ
+- rising [324]: ǎ or â
 
 ## Phonotactics
 
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ All syllables in DianZì follows C(W)V(N)T pattern, where:
 
 /w/ cannot precedes /u/ and /j/ not /i/
 
-There are thus 3910 possible syllables.
+There are thus 3024 possible syllables.
 
 ## Romanization
 
diff --git a/src/pos.md b/src/pos.md
index 30d448b..1be05e1 100644
--- a/src/pos.md
+++ b/src/pos.md
@@ -104,37 +104,116 @@ Note:
 ## Adjective
 ## Classifiers
 
-- human
-  - respectful
-  - derogatory
-  - diminutive
-- animal
-  - four-legged
-  - winged
-- plant
-  - flower
-  - fruit-like (fruit, ball, egg)
-- thing
-  - book-like (dictionary, newspaper)
-  - blade-like (knife, scissor, sword)
-  - street-like (river, stream)
-  - yard-like (pond, lake)
-  - very large (sky, ocean, forest)
-  - house-like
-  - clothes
-- food
-- abstract
-- phenomenon
+- human: ngan
+  - respectful: nga
+  - derogatory: ngǐ
+  - diminutive: ngí
+- animal: man
+  - four-legged: khú
+  - winged: tǐ
+- plant: ci
+  - flower: khje
+  - fruit-like (fruit, ball, egg): khwi
+- thing: kí
+  - book-like (dictionary, newspaper): hin
+  - blade-like (knife, scissor, sword): zé
+  - street-like (river, stream): lwin
+  - yard-like (pond, lake): son
+  - very large (sky, ocean, forest): lon
+  - house-like: ngwo
+  - clothes: bù
+- food: bá
+- abstract: tjen
+- phenomenon: mwan
 
 ## Numerals and Quantifiers
 
 ### Numeral
 
-Biquinary
+DjanZi numerals is biquinary.
+
+To refer to number zero (0), one use the negation particle *khan*.
+
+| Number | DjanZi     |
+|--------|------------|
+| 1      | khì        |
+| 2      | fwo        |
+| 3      | sa         |
+| 4      | bǔ         |
+| 5      | nǎ         |
+| 6      | nǎ khì     |
+| 7      | nǎ fwo     |
+| 8      | nǎ sa      |
+| 9      | nǎ bǔ      |
+| 10     | ljá        |
+| 11     | ljá khì    |
+| 12     | ljá fwo    |
+| 13     | ljá sa     |
+| 14     | ljá bǔ     |
+| 15     | ljá nǎ     |
+| 16     | ljá nǎ khì |
+| 17     | ljá nǎ fwo |
+| 18     | ljá nǎ sa  |
+| 19     | ljá nǎ bǔ  |
+| 20     | fwo lja    |
+| 100    | sǎ         |
+| 1000   | hwèn       |
+| 1048   | hwèn khan sǎ bǔ lja nǎ sa |
+| 10000  | mǎ         |
+
+10000 is a very big number already.  In daily speech this number is synonymous
+with infinity.  The next big word is *cwé*, 1000000000000 (trillion) if you
+really insist.
 
 ### Quantifier
 
+- several, few: ní
+- many: fjè
+- plenty: mǎ mǎ
+- all: khǎ
+
 ## Preposition
+
+- in, at
+- on, above
+- under, below
+- to
+- from
+- with
+- of
+- between
+
+## Conjunction
+
+Conjunctions are words that connects two phrases to form some logical
+connection between them.  Two conjunctions in a pair can switch place. Ones
+inside the parentheses in the below list can be omitted.
+
+- because… so…
+- though… but…
+- (either)… or…
+- (neither)… nor…
+- (both)… and…
+- … in order to…
+
 ## Particles
 ### Modal
+
+- imperative mood:
+- interrogative mood:
+- possibility:
+- acceptability:
+- certainty:
+- uncertainty:
+- admiration:
+- pity:
+
 ### Adverbial
+
+Adverbial particles indicates tenses and aspects.
+
+- future:
+- past:
+- continuous:
+- perfective:
+- perfect:
diff --git a/src/writing.md b/src/writing.md
index eb432df..bcf6061 100644
--- a/src/writing.md
+++ b/src/writing.md
@@ -1 +1,28 @@
 # Writing
+
+DjanZi writing system is logographic. Simple words are purely pictograms, but
+more complex or abstract words are expressed with ideograms and phonograms,
+based on the pictograms, similar to how it's done in Chinese.
+
+## Pictograms
+
+Pictograms are characters representing an object or idea by how it's
+visualized.
+
+## Ideograms
+
+Ideograms are characters composing two or three pictograms to suggest a
+concept, usually hard to visualize.  Each pictogram is called a radical.
+
+The radicals are placed horizontally in ideograms with ratio 1:1, 1:2, or
+1:1:2.
+
+## Phonograms
+
+Phonograms are characters based on its synonyms.  All phonograms are indicated
+with the character (mouth) on the left, with ratio 1:2.
+
+Some phonograms also consists of semantic component.  This semantic component
+occupy the top of the right part of the character (if this semantic component
+has one radical) or the bottom of the character (if this semantic component has
+two or more radicals)