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by Creyeditor
27 Mar 2024 22:50
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: AMA on Indonesian
Replies: 68
Views: 27062

Re: AMA on Indonesian

TAM in Indonesian part III SYNTAX examples Now that I know my categories, here are some examples. I decided to have a post with some examples but not all possible examples because this post is already very long. The modal adverbs mungkin and pasti can occur in initial position without any context. ...
by Creyeditor
27 Mar 2024 22:17
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1107
Views: 282163

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

I don't think there is an easy asnwer but here are some functions that I know of. 1) The difference between the two arguments of transitive verbs. Happens in English (and probably many other languages). 2) Information structure, so things like topic and focus. Happens in many languages including Eng...
by Creyeditor
27 Mar 2024 20:36
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Play scratchpad
Replies: 2
Views: 89

Re: Play scratchpad

One feature distinguishing Play from nearby languages is that its 1>2 verb marker is a zero morph, and the 2>1 marker is usually a doubling of the vowel. (All verbs have two arguments, whether stated or not.) Thus one can say ti deed; what I am doing to you tii what you are doing to me Tiitīs? What...
by Creyeditor
27 Mar 2024 18:55
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Clothing and Clothing Inspiration for Concultures
Replies: 7
Views: 235

Re: Clothing and Clothing Inspiration for Concultures

Isn't there also a lot of variation on Earth when it comes to clothing (apart from the satus symbol thing)? I was thinking of the variation in Indonesia alone between this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koteka?wprov=sfla1) and this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minangkab ... prov=sfla1).
by Creyeditor
26 Mar 2024 20:21
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: AMA on Indonesian
Replies: 68
Views: 27062

Re: AMA on Indonesian

Thank you for the nice words. I still might add some example sentences in the next post.
by Creyeditor
25 Mar 2024 23:15
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: AMA on Indonesian
Replies: 68
Views: 27062

Re: AMA on Indonesian

TAM in Indonesian part II SYNTAX So, I tried to come up with a consensus classification of the syntactic behavior of Indonesian TAM markers and I soon noticed that there is no consensus. Compare the three following classifications from Wiktionary, KBBI jaring (the official Indonesian dictionary by ...
by Creyeditor
25 Mar 2024 15:13
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Fredauon Fun Facts
Replies: 99
Views: 5304

Re: Fredauon Fun Facts

[...] Do these creatures have any basis in the reality of the setting or are they really just myths? Well, they have a solid basis in *our* reality. The feathered, winged monsters would look like birds of prey/owls and the dry, furred creatures like wild cats. I estimate that said creatures would w...
by Creyeditor
24 Mar 2024 21:51
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Quick Diachronics Challenge
Replies: 1037
Views: 268294

Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge

Here is a revised guess.
Spoiler:
[has.stɐ˥] [hæ.t͡ɬæ˥] [a.taɬ] [es.ttaː] [al.t ʉː] [ad͡ɮ]
[has.stɐ˥ hæ.t͡ɬæ˥] [a.taɬ es.ttaː] [al.t ʉː ad͡ɮ]
[*hæs.t͡ɬæ˥] [*æs.ttaːɬ] [*ad͡ɮ.tʉː]
[*hæs.t͡ɬæ˥ *æs.ttaːɬ *ad͡ɮ.tʉː]
[**hæd͡ɮ.tt͡ɬaː˥ɬ]
Which doesn't share a whole lot of segments with my earlier guess [:D]
by Creyeditor
24 Mar 2024 20:11
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Fredauon Fun Facts
Replies: 99
Views: 5304

Re: Fredauon Fun Facts

I noticed recently that many of the FFFs are not fun at all. I also noticed that fun fact -at least for me- does not mean a fact that is fun but is instead a fixed expression meaning 'a very small bit of information that is neither completely informally nor scientically presented and in itself of li...
by Creyeditor
24 Mar 2024 18:20
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Quick Diachronics Challenge
Replies: 1037
Views: 268294

Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge

My first guess hal.ta
by Creyeditor
24 Mar 2024 16:57
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Fredauon Fun Facts
Replies: 99
Views: 5304

Re: Fredauon Fun Facts

Fredauon Fun Fact #35: Another mythological creature in Fredauon tales is said to have black fur like a bat, a shape like an otter but to be as big as an ostrich. It stalks its human prey at night, at first without any consequences but then it jumps on the human's back and is carried until the huma...
by Creyeditor
24 Mar 2024 13:25
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Language practice thread 2
Replies: 150
Views: 52545

Re: Language practice thread 2

Kalau gitu, bisa tanya ulang: ko memang?
So we can ask again: did you win?
by Creyeditor
24 Mar 2024 12:01
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1107
Views: 282163

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

There are also binary gender systems based on shape (usually sphere-like vs. stick-like) and based on animacy. The thing is, of you have a purely formal system that assigns different genders to very frequently used nouns (which makes sense in terms of frequency) than it is likely that either man and...
by Creyeditor
24 Mar 2024 00:15
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Quick Diachronics Challenge
Replies: 1037
Views: 268294

Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge

This was definitely fun (at least for me). @Arayaz: You are the winner. You can provide a new challenge or say that you don't want to.
by Creyeditor
23 Mar 2024 23:29
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Fredauon Fun Facts
Replies: 99
Views: 5304

Re: Fredauon Fun Facts

Fredauon Fun Fact #34: The religion of Omlueuet-speaking Bólks includes a complex hierarchical pantheon. On the top are several higher deities, followed by creation deities and fertility deities in that order. Lower order include various wrathful and protective spirits, as well as deified ancestors...
by Creyeditor
23 Mar 2024 22:37
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Quick Diachronics Challenge
Replies: 1037
Views: 268294

Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge

It is retrievable, maybe even more than that. But I agree that the closest should win. That's why I said, I don't want to wait much longer before revealing it. So, why spend more time waiting. Here is the solution I had in mind. The protoform was simple: *ma, my favorite syllable. *ma >mba >>ba >>>p...
by Creyeditor
23 Mar 2024 10:50
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Quick Diachronics Challenge
Replies: 1037
Views: 268294

Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge

That's further away
by Creyeditor
22 Mar 2024 21:18
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Quick Diachronics Challenge
Replies: 1037
Views: 268294

Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge

You are very close.
by Creyeditor
22 Mar 2024 20:33
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Quick Diachronics Challenge
Replies: 1037
Views: 268294

Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge

You identified the problem but you need to think outside the box in order to solve it [:P]
by Creyeditor
22 Mar 2024 20:02
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Quick Diachronics Challenge
Replies: 1037
Views: 268294

Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge

One last time: 1. bæ 2. mõ 3. muaŋ 4. pa 5. wa 6. mva 7. mpà: 8. m: a: *mba bæ & pa (*ba) mõ & muaŋ (*mwã) mva & wa (*mwa) mpàà & mmaa (*mbaa) *mwã & mwa (*mwa) *ba & mbaa (*mba) *mwa & mba (*mba) please please please All intermediate forms and groupings are correct (or ...