The CBB

This recently came up elsewhere, and I was shown to not have quite as much knowledge as my confidence afforded. So I pose the question here: in an ergative language, or a language or scenario within a language that places greater importance on the patient, will the patient precede the agent? Will t...

For general tendencies you can look at the Sonority Sequencing Principle and the Syllable Contact Law. Of course exceptions to these make a conlang more 'interesting' in a way. I usually think of onset clusters and coda clusters first, the combination of which give me my medial clusters. Then I exc...

Below = infrared or ultraviolet? “Infra” is related to “inferior” and “infimum”. Infra ~=~ Low Inferior ~=~ Lower than Infimum ~=~ the Lowest “Ultra” is related to “ulterior” and “ultimatum” (or “ultimus”) Ultra ~=~ Beyond Ulterior ~=~ further Beyond Ultimatum ~=~ furthest Beyond; the thing Beyond ...

I like this variation of “the North wind and the Sun”!

@Shemtov: has it been placed in the Hindenburgae genus?

Lansing cangurus is super plu hart, speciali lansing lus in a modus ke lis comme bak.

Isn’t Lansing the state Capitol of Michigan ?

I’m assuming that the “Aisain” in your title, is a tpyo for “Asian”.
But, is it?

Are we translating a sentence paraphrasable as “the North is the only place it snows”?
“It snows [only in the North]”?

Or as “in the North the only form of precipitation is snow”?
“In the North it [only snows]”?
Or “It [only snows] in the North”?

Or maybe each?

äreo wrote: ↑10 Dec 2023 06:33 Yeah, I transcribed that based on the English version for consistency, but my own translation pays homage to the original, which is uyimbube "you are a lion." I edited the OP to clarify.

You apparently know more about this than I do!

I believe that on Solomon Linda’s original recording it was “mbubwe”, not “awimmaway”.

(Not original with me! You can find a version on Reddit.)

Q: How do you say “non-binary” in Spanish?

A: Either “no binario” or “no binaria”, depending on the gender of the person you’re describing or referring to.

So one thing I'm working with for a new project is a play on the triconsonantal roots of Semitic languages, where most verbs (and a lot of other vocab) are derived from a small collection of root consonants, and one (to two) root vowels. For instance pukw means "to write," and can be deri...

…. :con: Ruykkarraber deseguyna "couple" < dese "girl" + guyna "boy" […] guynakubra "boy" + "pal" and desdese "girl" + "girl." Is there any particular reason why the one for two men isn't guynaguyna? …. Or why the one for two wom...

“Speaks this conlang” vs. “cannot speak this conlang”, maybe? ooooh, interesting You (and anyone else on the CBB!) are welcome to take it and run with it. Just don’t hinder others (e.g. me) from doing the same (although it appears I have some difficulty “running” with conlingustic things!). Anyone ...

@Arayaz: I like Ruykkarraber so far! It looks interesting!

Kelisot wrote: ↑29 Nov 2023 16:38 I have not posted yet, but I plan to post Sruqa, a language that's possibly analytic (or fusional) with nature.

I have never heard of a language that is both analytic and fusional.
Are you planning one of each type?
Or you just have not chosen between those types yet?

Uduk has two genders without sematic cores. https://helda.helsinki.fi/items/5ba4f0ec-1c4d-4515-a2ea-200f2e387eb2 But I think a semantic core could be interesting. It should just be something else than sex or animacy. Rational vs non-rational, maybe? ‘Speaks this conlang” vs. “cannot speak this conl...

How much trouble would it be to make this a two-month game from November 1st to December 31st ?
And does anyone like (or dislike!) that idea ?

I am planning to work on another Heartlang in the distant future and succeed this time. Also, another conlang that roughly has the syntax of [Aspect particle] [pronominal/proper noun subject] [Verb] [Adverbs] [Nominal Subject] [Object]. The [Nominal Subject] is supposed to be a common noun, not a p...

I looked up “step-cousin”, and it appears that at least some amateur genealogists have agreed that A step-cousin is any one of the following : A step-parent’s sibling’s child, or A parent’s step-sibling’s child, or A parent’s sibling’s step-child. That seems to be the consensus. There’s less agreeme...