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- 08 Mar 2018 10:55
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Linguistic purism in conlangs
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6867
Re: Linguistic purism in conlangs
The K'anerhtóh are fiercely nationalistic and will usually refuse to borrow words from other languages. They will do everything they can to create a neologism, whether by metaphor/analogy or compounding. If loan words do occur, they are systematically naturalised so as not to sound foreign. They are...
- 06 Mar 2018 20:10
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: The Conculture/Conpeople Opinions Thread
- Replies: 501
- Views: 181996
Re: The Conculture/Conpeople Opinions Thread
Next: What gesture would your conpeople consider rude/vulgar/offensive? Among the K'anerhtóh, hands are one of those body parts that are better off hidden in mittens/gloves or inside pockets. It is considered uneducated to walk around with your hands exposed. The harsh, icy climate most K'anerhtóh ...
- 05 Mar 2018 20:16
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Conlang Magazine Collab
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6258
Re: Conlang Magazine Collab
I'm interested, count me as a participant. I just have one question. Well, two actually: what are the deadlines, and what happens with late submissions? Not saying I'm planning on being late, but I know how bad I am with deadlines lol.
- 05 Mar 2018 17:48
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Non-pulmonic consonants
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4030
Re: Non-pulmonic consonants
What features do you mean? I didn't have any example in particular in mind; but if I were to give some, I'd say, unusual verb alignments, word orders other than SVO or SOV, consonant harmony, reduplication, genderlects, stuff like that. It's always pleasantly surprising to see any of those pop up i...
- 03 Mar 2018 10:36
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Non-pulmonic consonants
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4030
Re: Non-pulmonic consonants
I have used ejectives too, albeit in just a single conlang so far. I don't like the sound of implosives all that much though, but I'm planning on playing around with them in the future. I believe the reason they are so rare in conlangs is because a majority of conlangers speak languages that do not ...
- 01 Mar 2018 14:47
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Gynzua Roderuara: the Roderan Language
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2740
Re: Gynzua Roderuara: the Roderan Language
Adverbs Adverbs in Roderan are a class of inflectable words. That is to say, they will in most cases agree with the words that they refer to. They are always placed after the word that they qualify. In the case of a verb, the adverb will agree in tense and mood with the verb, taking the same morphe...
- 15 Feb 2018 16:24
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Conlang Conversation Thread [2010–2019]
- Replies: 8666
- Views: 1460815
Re: Conlang Conversation Thread
Sar mıradindan iri sa'ar tal powen tewa akoimapa hin topenloda ın iri. then AN-be_left-PST.PERF 3SG.ANIM for two week in apartment when MASC-find-PST INDEF.SG.ANIM 3SG.ANIM He had been abandoned for two weeks in an apartment when he was found. Pahteir mak, guar peneruor deimegyrenyd dzi cśeaiŋagyre...
- 14 Feb 2018 11:23
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Conlang Conversation Thread [2010–2019]
- Replies: 8666
- Views: 1460815
Re: Conlang Conversation Thread
We wa‘‘ạuru me Eọha-Ma‘ara? /ɥe waʔːau̯ɾu me e̯oɦamaʔaɾa/ PST see 2S Honey-Lemon? Did you see Honey-Lemon? Ui kaahanguị me neạ? /ui kaˈɦaŋu̯i me ne̯a/ FUT welcome 2S 3S Are you going to adopt it/him/her? Nena, iẹ iira ngi, iẹ suula Redeli-Liminil . /nena | i̯e iːɾa ŋi | i̯e suːla ɾeteliliminili/ Al...
- 13 Feb 2018 11:37
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Conlang Conversation Thread [2010–2019]
- Replies: 8666
- Views: 1460815
Re: Conlang Conversation Thread
Śor geneido. Keneir fysour mar, śer gawazar mar.
/ɕor gene̯idə | kene̯ir fysou̯r mar ɕer gawɑzɑr mar/
It's a shame. Black cats are the best looking.
/ɕor gene̯idə | kene̯ir fysou̯r mar ɕer gawɑzɑr mar/
It's a shame. Black cats are the best looking.
- 06 Feb 2018 11:27
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Gynzua Roderuara: the Roderan Language
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2740
Re: Gynzua Roderuara: the Roderan Language
I really like the way the verbs work in general and in particular the deontic, and how you incorporated some cultural stuff into it that's pretty much the opposite of what would seem intuitive (at least to me). The consonant harmony is also cool, not enough conlangs make use of it; it being based o...
- 05 Feb 2018 14:20
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Gynzua Roderuara: the Roderan Language
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2740
Re: Gynzua Roderuara: the Roderan Language
Adjectives Inflection Adjectives agree in gender and number with their nouns. Furthermore, it is common for some accents to also harmonise the consonants with those of the noun, though this is not frequent in formal speech, and hardly ever documented in the written form of the language. Some adject...
- 26 Jan 2018 20:38
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Kiwia o miwii: a personal conlang
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1248
Re: Kiwia o miwii: a personal conlang
Syntax & bits of grammar Kiwia is strongly verb-initial, with a VSO word order. Adjectives and adverbs follow, whereas prepositions are used. As for determiners, some of them precede (the definite article, demonstratives) but others follow (possessives, quantifiers). Kiwian verbs have a peculia...
- 26 Jan 2018 12:16
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Sáhötan'ővan
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5220
Re: Sáhötan'ővan
I really like the concept of having different roots that change depending on the sex of the speaker. Though this begs the question: what about trans people? Are they recognised, and if so, do they have to change their speech?
I'm looking forward to seeing more. I like what I've seen so far :)
I'm looking forward to seeing more. I like what I've seen so far :)
- 20 Jan 2018 17:32
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Kiwia o miwii: a personal conlang
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1248
Kiwia o miwii: a personal conlang
Kiwia is a conlang I did not make as a part of my conworld, or any conworld for that matter. Kiwia is my personal language; I intend to make it as I see fit, and let it represent who I am. As such, I am taking inspiration from several natlangs. I am going to use some of their grammatical features I ...
- 20 Jan 2018 12:18
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: My invented language
- Replies: 66
- Views: 15406
Re: My invented language
You may want to actually present some info about your language in the thread. So far, it seems like the vast majority of info here is from people making guesses about your language, I mean, it wasn't until the second page that we even found out it was a creole! I second this; it would be nice to ac...
- 15 Jan 2018 16:43
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
- Replies: 11605
- Views: 2052655
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Thank you for your replies. I understand better what the problem is. I will experiment with the solutions you have suggested, and I will see which one feels better. Of course, the problem you're having has nothing to do with verbs being a closed class, but with oligosynthesis. Realistically, a langu...
- 15 Jan 2018 12:19
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
- Replies: 11605
- Views: 2052655
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Sounds like you may have gone a bit overboard with the closed class. I feel like something like "to speak" would qualify in even a small inventory of verbs. Maybe. To be fair, there is apparently one natlang that has no more than three verbs, at least according to the Wikipedia article ab...
- 15 Jan 2018 10:05
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
- Replies: 11605
- Views: 2052655
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Hey all. I come to you with a conundrum regarding a new project I want to start working on. I want to begin working on a personal conlang, for my own personal use and not as a part of my conworld. This relieves me of the constraints of naturalism to an extent, but I still want to do things right. I ...
Re: Hala
/i/ and /ɪ/ probably are just free variants at this point. So far they don't distinguish words or anything else. I would personally get rid of that feature. If there is no particular reason for the variation and /i/ is the only vowel to do that, it's safe to assume the two would merge. Or maybe you...
- 10 Jan 2018 19:45
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: The Urxan language
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1920
Re: The Urxan language
I don't think you need the superscript J after the palatals... palatalization is only marked as secondary articulation, because a palatal consonant is palatalized by definition. Some Slavic languages seem to have a distinction even so, but I'm told this is really about the presence or absence of a ...