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by Keenir
26 Mar 2024 02:54
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Random Conworld idea thread
Replies: 486
Views: 179723

Re: Random Conworld idea thread

lurker wrote: 23 Mar 2024 21:12 A genie, witch, demon, fey, or other wish-granting entity offers mortals the ability to poop solid gold, but they must give up their sight in exchange.
well, that mortal would definately have
Spoiler:
really bad hemroids
from that point onwards, assuming they accepted the deal.
by Keenir
21 Mar 2024 22:39
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: would rescuing an endangered language have a similar effect to israeli hebrew?
Replies: 28
Views: 1275

Re: would rescuing an endangered language have a similar effect to israeli hebrew?

Hmm. Say the SVO uses a complicated array of prepositions and relational nouns, and the local cool-speak uses cases suffixes (with suffixaufnahme for good measure) or just subordinate verbs that haven't quite made the leap to adposition, I wouldn't expect the dying SVO to hop aboard to case suffixe...
by Keenir
21 Mar 2024 20:47
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: would rescuing an endangered language have a similar effect to israeli hebrew?
Replies: 28
Views: 1275

Re: would rescuing an endangered language have a similar effect to israeli hebrew?

Hmm. Say the SVO uses a complicated array of prepositions and relational nouns, and the local cool-speak uses cases suffixes (with suffixaufnahme for good measure) or just subordinate verbs that haven't quite made the leap to adposition, I wouldn't expect the dying SVO to hop aboard to case suffixe...
by Keenir
19 Mar 2024 13:04
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum
Replies: 29
Views: 876

Re: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum

I want to attempt another diachronic language, after the failures of Techomonic and Goidheug. I'm not quite sure exactly what I'll do, though. I know that I want to go off of something that's well-reconstructed. maybe diachronic from one of your conlangs? I'm considering Old Chinese, since it's iso...
by Keenir
16 Mar 2024 22:16
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: What did you accomplish today?
Replies: 734
Views: 207174

Re: What did you accomplish today?

Omzinesý wrote: 16 Mar 2024 12:23 My lang Xawook is now Xiwook. I originally wanted it to be Xewook but the phonology does not have /e/.
maybe thats an exonym, or was originally thus?
by Keenir
19 Feb 2024 09:59
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282438

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

So it's three divinities that are equal in what they are made of, but choose to do different functions? One divinity; as three would be polytheism. Hopefully this will be of more help: in most Christian denominations, Jesus is seen as being both human and divine -- but not half of each...rather, 10...
by Keenir
18 Feb 2024 08:31
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282438

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

I was thinking on names in Christianity in general. Again, not a small thing, but I'll give it a try... A lot of what some people treat as divine names in Christianity, are better grasped if you uncapitalise them, whence you can see they are mostly job descriptions, telling what roles that God (and...
by Keenir
17 Feb 2024 23:41
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282438

Re: Why does God need a name?

Say what? I can't think of any Christian denomination, wherein you could say "the holy name of God's Only Begotten Son is Bob, not Jesus" or "...is Richard Nixon" and not be stared at in disbelief until you walk away. I know. I noted that I realized I was wrong what I said about...
by Keenir
17 Feb 2024 23:33
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random ideas: Morphosyntax
Replies: 900
Views: 207260

Re: Random ideas: Morphosyntax

I'm skeptical whether a language would ever have a convention as specific as requiring all nouns to be accompanied by adjectives of material and position in all instances, though. Imagine: "help, a shark is eating my leg!" - "I'm afraid your sentence is ungrammatical child, and so I ...
by Keenir
16 Feb 2024 12:44
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282438

Re: Why does God need a name?

Everything named has a name etc. Judaism, Islam, and Sikhi off the top of my head care a lot about Names - though each in different ways. I tried to illustrate that a little above - though that wasn't my main point. You claimed it, but you haven't illustrated it. In what way is the precise name we ...
by Keenir
16 Feb 2024 12:33
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282438

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Not trying to go full philosophical here, but couldn't you say that a singular entity contrast with other potential but non-existent entities if the same kind? I was thinking of stuff like "There is only one god and his name is X", which implies that any claim that something with name Y i...
by Keenir
14 Feb 2024 21:30
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282438

Re: Why does God need a name?

(I posted this here instead of C&C Quick Questions because I’m asking about RL monotheisms.) In a monotheistic religion, where it’s believed only one god exists at all (rather that only one is served or worshipped, as in monolatry or henotheism), why does such a god need a name? (Especially in ...
by Keenir
12 Feb 2024 10:07
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexicon milestones and discussion of lexicon growth
Replies: 660
Views: 168488

Re: Lexicon milestones and discussion of lexicon growth

a priori in the strong sense languages, measure their success by the smallness of their lexicon... No they don't. oh you are adept at the new use of "a priori" for "with invented lexicon", There is less than no reason to be rude about things. note that I specified "in the s...
by Keenir
30 Jan 2024 05:27
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282438

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Whereas in a syllabary you have to learn all of the hundreds of syllable symbols independently. hundreds? what happened to the use of this? __ | -e | -a | -o | b- | t- | n- | Well, that's still 9 different unrelated symbols to learn. ?? Unrelated? The point of such charts, for languages like Hindi ...
by Keenir
29 Jan 2024 05:48
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282438

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

I'm sorry if my last post sounded aggressive; I'm just frustrated with myself, because after writing hundreds and hundred of words to explain something that to me seems incredibly obvious and originates in about two sentences on wikipedia, evidently I'm still speaking gibberish that nobody can unde...
by Keenir
28 Jan 2024 22:50
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282438

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

I'm sorry if my last post sounded aggressive; I'm just frustrated with myself, because after writing hundreds and hundred of words to explain something that to me seems incredibly obvious and originates in about two sentences on wikipedia, evidently I'm still speaking gibberish that nobody can unde...
by Keenir
28 Jan 2024 11:17
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282438

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

In English, the symbolic representation of the SYLLABLE consists of (at least) TWO PARTS. One part represents the ONSET CONSONANT. The other part represents the VOWEL NUCLEUS. The SYLLABLE-SYMBOL can be "decomposed" into two parts - that is, it can be analysed of consisting of two parts. ...
by Keenir
28 Jan 2024 02:22
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282438

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Okay, replying to this before reading your more recent post. Systematic means having a coherent system. So, for instance, if you have the syllable-symbol BA and add a mark to make it BAN, and you have a syllable-symbol PA and add the same mark to make it PAN, that's a systematic relationship between...
by Keenir
27 Jan 2024 10:10
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282438

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Well, let's get conceptual! I need to be sure I understand... Another is to distinguish different syllables with the same onset but different nuclei in a non-systematic way: Option D. Or, there could be some systematic way in which syllables with the same nucleus are ALSO linked. Okay, when I hear ...
by Keenir
25 Jan 2024 00:03
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282438

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

According to wikipedia: - in an abugida, the consonant symbols must have an unwritten 'inherent vowel'; an explicit vowel diacritic is used when the actual vowel differs from the inherent vowel - in an alphasyllabary, there are symbols for both consonants and vowels (whether or not an inherent vowe...