Chapter 24 Source material
Where source material lives
Phi sentences contain Phi. A foreign phrase, source-script name, exact value, formula, identifier, legal clause, medical record, citation, or other unassimilated artifact remains outside the sentence in the surrounding page, interface, or conversation. Phi can point to that artifact, describe it, translate it, question it, or explain its role without pretending that its characters belong to Phi phonology or syntax.
This boundary keeps every Phi writing mode equivalent. A passage written in Tengwar remains wholly renderable as Phi; a source artifact stays in its own script instead of interrupting the mode inside a pair of Phi boundary words.
| Need | Practice |
|---|---|
| A recurring concept Phi should express | Use an existing word, transparent expression, or vocabulary module; coin a complete word when useful. |
| A proper name used within Phi | Use ne plus a listed content word or a bearer-approved Phi-form onym of two, three, or four syllables. |
| An exact source artifact | Present it separately and let the surrounding medium preserve its form. |
| A translation or analysis | Give the source separately, then write an ordinary Phi account whose scope is clear. |
| Verbatim Phi speech | Use sha ... sho; its contents remain grammatical Phi. |
Source record outside Phi: 12 V
mia ha sirami theo.
1SG PROX record read.
The demonstrative identifies the nearby record through shared context. The source characters do not become the object of theo inside Phi syntax; the record as a contextual artifact does.