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I read https://medium.com/predict/how-complex-is-dolphins-communication-9b77065e313d Dolphin language seems to be even more complex than that of humans. They can send two messages simultaneously. I once tried to make a conlang like that but it never went far. But it also seems that the names are all...

I'm considering a Chinese-style compounding system because the monosyllabic roots are so short.

To say 'book' you have to compound two nearly synonymous roots 'volume-book'.

Salmoneus wrote: ↑10 Apr 2024 23:04Short version: dolphins appear to introduce themselves by saying their own name when they meet other dolphins.

It could be a possible way to say 'Hello' in a human culture, too.
'Hi, I'm Omzinesý!', though I had met the person zillion times and they well knew who I am.

The newest Dlor word is jäd . It means both '(to be) easy' and '(to be) talented' '(to be) good at something'. If you are good at conversations, you are easy to converse with. S-mon jäd ra na-bosek. DEF-man JÄD COMPL ANTIP-kill 'The man is good at killing.' Jäd ra bosek s-mon. JÄD COMPL kill DEF-man...

Nice that Kobardon is still active!

My mind is wandering. An unnamed lang Vowels (The inventory happens to be like that of Pashto.) i u <i u> e ə o <ai e au> æ ɒ <a o> Diphthongs ei~æi, eu~æu, oi~ɒi, ou~ɒu <ei, eu, oi, ou> (The first component can thus be closed or mid.) The stress always lies on the second syllable. - ə only appears ...

Did I already mention my idea of a Finnic language with this vowel inventory. i ɨ u e o ä Length is contrastive. Starting from Finnish-ish y i u ø e o æ ɑ Short y, ø -> ɨ Long ø: -> ɨ: Long y: -> yi (as in Estonian), put interpreted as /ui/ Long ɑ: in non-initial syllables -> ɨ Genitive -n lengthens...

Creyeditor wrote: ↑11 Apr 2024 17:27 colloquial German zu Fuß 'by foot, directly, without additional tools'.

How grammaticalized it is? Is some movement still needed in semantics?

Body parts are such a big thing in Dlor. I would like to find a new idea, but they really are very useful.

Maybe Dlor does not need a distinct prefix for body parts as instruments and objects.

If the object is the subject's own body part, adding a middlevoice marker is enough.
But if it is the object's body part?

Indo-European and some other languages use prepositions as verb prefixes to code different adverbial functions (lexical affixes which I've been interested in for a while). What other morphemes could develop to lexical affixes and still preserve their original functio? Multi-purpose morphemes are one...

I'm trying to find out a replacement pun in Finnish but those latinisms are not that common. There are some folk etymologies like Kaukasia -> kauk-Aasia 'far Asia' (people often lengthen the a) but no place is named Kaukafrikka. This counts as a replacement pun, I think. Junamaatti is a thing, an au...

It was a joke, but I think it would be a backformation.

I always wonder why unimportant isn't just portant.

"J'aime tellement l'Allemagne que je préfère qu'il y en ait deux!"

'I love Germany so dearly that I hope there will always be two of them.'

I checked Mapudungun, and it seems that it actually does not have secondary stress, but research is difficult cos the language is dying. Basque stressing seems to depend on dialect, but those two apparently do have secondary stress. The data are incomplete as best. Digging deeper could be a good su...

I wanna make a lang with the stress on the second syllable. According to WALS 16 languages of 220 have it. South America: Mapudungun, Aroana Nirth America: Stoney, Dakota, Paiute (Southern), Pomo (Eastern) Europe: Basque (Bidasoa Valley), Basque (Oñati) New Guinea: Tolai, Siroi Australia: Arrernte ...

I'm 4974 days old.
I have sent 0.82 messages per day, 4092 messages, including this one.
How many days I have to send two messages per day to have send one message per day on average?

882 days! Quite much conlanging.

Visions1 wrote: ↑09 Apr 2024 05:57 Maybe reorganize what you have and compile it into a PDF? That would make for not only organization, but the beginnings of a proper ref. grammar.

I do have one but, you know, you don't write it from the beginning to the end. There are many holes too. It's far from publishable.

An unnamed lang Vowels (The inventory happens to be like that of Pashto.) i u <i u> e ə o <ai e au> æ ɒ <a o> Diphthongs ei~æi, eu~æu, oi~ɒi, ou~ɒu <ei, eu, oi, ou> (The first component can thus be closed or mid.) The stress always lies on the second syllable. - ə only appears in unstressed syllable...

Verb morphology This post will not be the final or complete description. Dnor morphology is extremely simple. The root is CV(C) and all but one prefixes are CV-. The Middle voice prefix is just s-. Compounding does not happen and all verbs have thus just one root. The verb template is -4/-3 Middle ...