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by Yačay256
05 Aug 2014 21:23
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: Switch-Reference
Replies: 16
Views: 4197

Re: Switch-Reference

You might want to look up the Karuk Language: I have a bilingual (with English) book of their traditional literature, and the language clearly has a very elaborate and complete system of switch-reference.
by Yačay256
03 Aug 2014 23:58
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Military uniforms of your concountry/ies
Replies: 14
Views: 5070

Re: Military uniforms of your concountry/ies

The Lwimaul People's Army has three primary types of military uniforms, differing primarily in the decoration of their garments: Mess dress; working dress; and battledress. All types may also be used in ceremonial situations. Mess dress is, unlike in Commonwealth countries, semi-casual; on the line ...
by Yačay256
01 Aug 2014 22:15
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Superweapons in Your Conworld / Connation
Replies: 55
Views: 16521

Re: Superweapons in Your Conworld / Connation

The United People's Republic of Lwimaul - located in the Channel Islands of Californa, being a city-state on a near-future Earth - sometime between 2030s to 2060s is when I'm writing about, has similar weaponry to just ahead of cutting edge contemporary military technology. Importantly, space travel...
by Yačay256
31 Jul 2014 22:39
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: The United People's Republic of Lwimaul
Replies: 0
Views: 2389

The United People's Republic of Lwimaul

The United People's Republic of Lwimaul (or the UPRL), more commonly known as Lwimaul, is a recent project I've started to work on for an on-Earth conculture and concountry, inspired largely by the many peeves I had with my recently finished economics class. Anyway, a background is warranted: Lwimau...
by Yačay256
25 Jul 2014 00:46
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Alternative Biochemistry / Astrobiology
Replies: 28
Views: 8707

Re: Alternative Biochemistry / Astrobiology

The total salinity of the ocean, which is over twice the volume of Earth's, is about 476‰. What do you mean by this? do you mean to say that the hypersaline water ocean of Wabvlu is approx. 4.76 times saltier than Terran sea-water? So, we're talking Dead Sea/ Great Salt Lake (lower end) salinity he...
by Yačay256
19 Jul 2014 23:09
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: ideograms for English, German
Replies: 10
Views: 4869

Re: ideograms for English, German

Hi, and welcome to the board! Looks interesting: I'm not sure if you're tying your conscript (and conlang?) to English and German, and if so I would like to know why, given all the irregularities? Why not tie the script to more a grammatically simple and straightforward language, like Indonesian or ...
by Yačay256
18 Jul 2014 19:19
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Alternative Biochemistry / Astrobiology
Replies: 28
Views: 8707

Re: Alternative Biochemistry / Astrobiology

Is the temperature less than on Earth? I mean, for a methane cycle to work (I'm thinking Titan). Also, with a lot of CO (and potentially CO2) the "water" would be slightly more acidic due to presence of carbonic (weak, I kno) and formic acids. How does that affect your creatures' carboxyd...
by Yačay256
15 Jul 2014 23:37
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: How advanced could a non-industrial civilization become?
Replies: 15
Views: 5198

Re: How advanced could a non-industrial civilization become?

I'd just like to add some notes about agricultural productivity and famine in preindustrial civilizations: The Inka (yes, I mention them yet again [;)] ) , as far as I'm aware of, due to their vast storehouse system and efficient agricultural practices, they never had a large-scale famine . Obtainin...
by Yačay256
14 Jul 2014 01:32
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Alternative Biochemistry / Astrobiology
Replies: 28
Views: 8707

Re: Alternative Biochemistry / Astrobiology

I once came up with a conworld, known to its native inhabitants as Wabvlu ([ˈwᴀb̪͡v.ˌlʊ]); this is part of the text: The Ubvali ([ˈu.b̪͡vɐ̥.ˌlɪ]) are a species of sapient beings that inhabit this warm ocean planet called Wabvlu (meaning "The Abode of Peaceful Harmony"). ), known to (the re...
by Yačay256
13 Jul 2014 02:30
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: How advanced could a non-industrial civilization become?
Replies: 15
Views: 5198

Re: How advanced could a non-industrial civilization become?

I'm going to disagree with the majority view here: I think its possible that most, perhaps even all, of what you are talking about could be achieved by pre-industrial civilizations. But to achieve these goals the civilizations culture and priories would need to be quite different from all or almost ...
by Yačay256
11 Jul 2014 22:07
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Indian pseudolinguistics
Replies: 11
Views: 4020

Re: Indian pseudolinguistics

Thakowsaizmu wrote:
sangi39 wrote:The Greek's used to practice slavery, therefore trigonometry must be wrong, right?
Correct. Trigonometry is wrong.
Trigonometry is also not even Greek in origin (even if the Greeks greatly advanced it from its Egyptian and Mesopotamian roots).
by Yačay256
11 Jul 2014 22:05
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Indian pseudolinguistics
Replies: 11
Views: 4020

Re: Indian pseudolinguistics

Also, isn't the "Aryan Invasion" hypothesis still heavily debated amongst linguists, archaeologists and geneticists? Also, how is it impossible for nomadic pastoralists to become invading forces (was that what was being argued?)? The Mongols managed it fairly well once, why would it be im...
by Yačay256
14 Jun 2014 01:39
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: What did you accomplish today? [2011–2019]
Replies: 11462
Views: 1631467

Re: What did you accomplish today?

I have finally got the Myùtri Script done, at long last! [:D]
by Yačay256
05 Jun 2014 22:12
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: Grammatical gender
Replies: 17
Views: 5044

Re: Grammatical gender

I'm working on Sakoaryi ([sakoɒ̯ɹjɪ]), a conlang wherein each nominal must take one of five genders, and these are assigned more or less strictly according to semantics: The rational gender; the animate (including all body parts); the abstract; the concrete (for artificial things that are concrete) ...
by Yačay256
23 May 2014 01:26
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Cooking and dining!
Replies: 22
Views: 9493

Re: Cooking and dining!

The Cooperative People's Republic of Yeatuf (/ˈjəä̯.tɨf/; also as the CPRY for short) is in a slightly alternate Earth's Bismark Archipelago , Yeatuf cuisine thus reflects both my own tastes coupled with what would be available to a developed country in that area. The main staples are bananas (most ...
by Yačay256
18 May 2014 12:35
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Your opinion about a suitable international language
Replies: 53
Views: 9715

Re: Your opinion about a suitable international language

I've come up with the idea of a schematic auxlang with a simple and regular a priori grammar and a small, a posteri vocabulary taken from a specified set of classical languages, one for each major region (very roughly) of the world. My votes for the chosen classical languages are: Arabic for the Mid...
by Yačay256
05 May 2014 19:02
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Multilingual Conculture
Replies: 5
Views: 1575

Re: Multilingual Conculture

The Tariana and East Tukano peoples are probably the best example of a culture with multiple languages without any real social hierarchy (that I'm aware of, at least): Though they're not traditionally literate, they have a system of linguistic exogamy.
by Yačay256
01 May 2014 22:04
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Rights of Aborigines/Autochthones/Indigenes vs Latecomers
Replies: 12
Views: 2823

Re: Rights of Aborigines/Autochthones/Indigenes vs Latecomer

... I like that answer and I'm looking forward to the second half. Thank you! :mrgreen: Since you asked, here is the second half (I almost forgot to ever post it): The Classical Period ended with the unification of all the people of Kwízɽo, under the Mjùtrɩ State, around 4,200 (Earth) years before ...
by Yačay256
29 Apr 2014 18:49
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Rights of Aborigines/Autochthones/Indigenes vs Latecomers
Replies: 12
Views: 2823

Re: Rights of Aborigines/Autochthones/Indigenes vs Latecomer

Interesting. I'll answer this for the extraterrestrial Mjùtrɩ, but in the two, separate, periods when it is most relevant. This post shall deal with the earlier of the periods, the Classical: Classical Mjùtrɩ The Classical Period of Mjùtrɩ lasted from roughly 11.6 to 4.2 ka BP (that's in Earth years...
by Yačay256
25 Apr 2014 00:27
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: The Hihka people
Replies: 9
Views: 2974

Re: The Hihka people

Interesting!

The Hihka people sound somewhat like Ancient Greeks (the hierarchical homosexual relationships), with a heavy influence of Kerala's former Marumakkathayam tradition. The architecture reminds me much of Samoan architecture, as does the communal nature of society.