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I think I'll abandon the Algonquian four-way transitivity/gender marking. Animate definite object marker on verbs could be like the definiteness marker on nouns. -' after a vowel -' before a final resonant -a after an obstruent sy' 'does it/him/her/them' sy'n 'to do it/him/her/them' -n could be the ...

The morpheme -ko, I termed Volitional, derives from a word that means (more or less) 'to want'. (I have to think how it affects person paradigms. Are the volitional paradigms more adjective-like?) When it combines with Realis form, it expresses votionality. syko 'willingly does'. When it combines w...

Did I already mention my idea of a Finnic language with this vowel inventory. i ɨ u e o ä Length is contrastive. Starting from Finnish-ish y i u ø e o æ ɑ Short y, ø -> ɨ Long ø: -> ɨ: Long y: -> yi (as in Estonian), put interpreted as /ui/ Long ɑ: in non-initial syllables -> ɨ Genitive -n lengthen...

First very tentative attempt for verb morphology The obligatory (inflectional) suffixes are 1) politeness 2) mood 3) volitionality 4) person They can still change. New members can also still join the paradigms. Now the three first ones, which I'm going to handle now, are bimary. 1) politeness Polite...

Ælfwine wrote: ↑11 May 2024 16:04 Where in the Finn-lands is it spoken, though?

What is spoken?

i i: ɨ ɨ: u u:
e e: o o:
æ: ä ɒ:

I'm (re)making Dlor conjunctions.
Is there a theory/list of some kind of semantic primes of possible conjunctions?

How about crossing marked nominative alignment with split ergativity? Let's say the split is based on animacy. Animate subjects and inanimate objects of transitive verbs would be marked with the direct (?) case. Wece-sung tuba-sung diku. woman-DIR stone-DIR admire. The woman admires the stone. Both...

*b *d *g *p *t *k *s *h *w *j *m *n *k is palatised before front vowels *b *d *g do not contrast with their voiceless counterparts initially and sometimes alternate with them in inflection. They are reflexed as nasals or approximants in all known descendants. *i *u *e *o *a Any vowel can be long ma...

Damn how cruel the critique has been. Why can't people just be quiet if they think someone's project is nonsense.

A lang that tries to be easy but still interesting, some inspiration from the Indonesian language. p t k b d g s h z ɦ m n ŋ l ɹ j w i ɨ u e o ä Syllable structure (C 1 )(C 2 )V(C 3 ) C 1 Any consonant but C 2 C 2 A semivowel ɹ j w C 3 {l n} Allophony and constraints /i/ cannot follow labials. Velar...

I could leap to adjectives for a while when the verbs are ripening. Adjectives agree the gender-number and case of their head. The gender-numbers are Animate (or common), Inanimate (or neuter), and Plural (or collective). The markers of gender-numbers are Anim. -Ø or -k Inanim -t Plural -il This is ...

TBPO wrote: ↑01 May 2024 22:04 I like this Xiwook - it has a good use of agglutination. I'm imptiently waiting for next details.

It's pleasing to hear
The verb takes time.

Now I know - more or less - what categories I want it to have . The next step is its morphology.

I found a blog about Proto-Algonquian https://miidashgeget.wordpress.com/2022 ... ian-verbs/

Something inspired by Finnic languages Stressed syllables (primary stress on the first syllable and secondary stress on every odd syllable) y i ɨ u ø e o æ ɑ (They can also lengthen.) Unstressed syllables (every even) y~u i~ɨ æ~ɑ (Cannot lengthen.) The allophone is chosen based on backness of the pr...

Something inspired by Mongolic. p t tˠ t͡ɕ t͡ʃˠ k b d dˠ d͡ʑ d͡ʒˠ m n nˠ ŋ s sˠ ɕ ʃˠ h~ɣ ɬ ɬˠ l lˠ j Velarization is contrastive before front vowels. Postalveolar-palatal affricates and sibilants also contrast before back vowels. Clusters of two consonants could appear frequently. Maybe Georgian-sty...

Telicity is only marked on transitive verbs. The following table describes the affixes used for different forms. You could be interested in control vs. noncontrol forms in some native American languages. One emphasizes the subject +agentive +volitional but maybe failed One emphasizes the object +co...

thethief3 wrote: ↑28 Apr 2024 08:59 x in free variation with x

Are you once again noting the bug in the page/font that the velar and uvular fricatives look the same with some devices.

Arayaz wrote: ↑25 Apr 2024 18:05

Omzinesý wrote: ↑25 Apr 2024 16:49What could be the semantic difference between (1) and (2)?

It could be a distinction between a permanent and temporary state? Unless you have some other way to express that.

It is a bit strange to code it only in the third person with on explicit subject.

p t k q
k͡x q͡χ
s x~χ h
β j l ɰ
β̰ j̰ l̰ ɰ̰
m n ŋ
m̰ n̰ ŋ̰

i u
ə
ɛ ɑ