introductio

Hello/Saluta,
    My nom de guerre is "zHANg"... 3 ways to read/say it:
        1- simply "zzhaaang!" like the onomatopoeia of metal
            striking metal
        2- Chinese-style: "Zhang Han"
        3- Euro-style: "Han Zhang"

    ABOUT MY LINGUA-MANGLING PROJECT "SYNTHRAX":

    I am making up an artistic/experimental conlang - called "Synthrax" -
with a vocabulary based on int'l techno-scientific Greco-Latin roots, various
"untranslatable" concept-words from diverse cultures  & Japanese
sound-mimicking onomatopoeia [hehe, "pika-chu" is a good example]. Synthrax
will be using a "minimalist" syntax structure like Pidgin English & a
"poetic" sub-syntax much like found in classical Chinese poetry &
contemporary cyberpoetics.
    In another words, a language that is transparent (without apparent
meaning) at first, but that gradually an even an educated "lay" reader gains
a recognition of, thus becoming less transparent & full of semantic
opaqueness (meaning(s)) a la the Russian Futurist Viktor Shklovski's idea of
_ ostranenie_: "making strange."
    Also Synthrax is an "expandable Pidgin" due to its
neologistically-friendly "modular" lexemes.

    verry Ruff sketch idea/sample:

     _Synthrax: creati kira-kira poeti lingua mega co kaleido lexi co
koto-koto goto-goto sono pro Industrelectronica Tempora_

     (Yes, I am aware of Glosa/Intergossa... but I think that Glosalists are
a fairly idealistic, overly serious bunch that have not read much/enuff on
linguistics or read Rick Harrison's - IMHO - seminal essay "Farewell to
Auxiliary Languages.")

    I am seeking:

    - various semantic concept-word lists (i.e. basic Chinese, very basic
modern techno-scientific literate terms, etc.) ... small as in 800 to 1,000
words

    - Japanese onomatopoeia words/compounds in the _giongo_
(sound-mimicking) grouping
[there are 2 others: the _giseego_ (voice-mimicking) & _gitaigo_
(mode-mimicking)  - but I am not interested in them]
    The Japanese language has close to 1,000 onomatopoeia words!!! What
riches compared to many other languages' miserly low hundreds!!!   Unfortunate
ly, many dictionaries (& Japanese language students) are oblivious to their
functions, much less existence.


    Thanx
    zHANg