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- 27 Jan 2021 03:23
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Forum News discussion/feedback thread
- Replies: 853
- Views: 241682
Re: Forum News discussion/feedback thread
The link in the Name Change thread to the post actually about how to change one’s nick says I am not authorized to read the forum.
- 26 Jan 2021 03:39
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Twin Aster (Linguifex's conworld megathread)
- Replies: 87
- Views: 37644
Re: Twin Aster (Linguifex's conworld megathread)
Wow, these are some badass names. Are all their names like that? [+1] Frequently, yes. Personal names native to CT tend to be nominalized sentences and have a bias towards the grandiose, e.g. Éðenḫuúühé: Éðenḫuúühé éðen ḫuú ü hé drive wind DEF 3 SG 'he rides the wind' The major difference is that p...
- 25 Jan 2021 07:56
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Twin Aster (Linguifex's conworld megathread)
- Replies: 87
- Views: 37644
Re: Twin Aster (Linguifex's conworld megathread)
I was typesetting some stuff set in Twin Aster for a creative exercise given me by my mentor, and I discovered the font's character support is lacking (I really, really like the TT Marxiana family in a two-column setup. It's super neat), so I have decided to redo the romanization of CT (as it's the ...
- 16 Jan 2021 05:51
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
- Replies: 374
- Views: 38076
- 02 Jan 2021 13:25
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: Using PBase to research sound change
- Replies: 5
- Views: 290
Re: Using PBase to research sound change
C 0 in some notations also means at least 0 consonants (maximally 1 is implied usually), i.e. the consonant is optional. That would make sense for the Afar pattern, if I recall the data correctly. Not sure about the specific notation in PBase though. In the Index Diachronica it means “a specific/th...
- 26 Dec 2020 03:39
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
- Replies: 374
- Views: 38076
Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread
I initially thought “The 12 Days of Christmas” (“my true love gave to me”), but then I realized all the verses are like that.Khemehekis wrote: ↑25 Dec 2020 09:09 Guzhiet Navidad!
Here's a holiday quiz for all of you. Which Christmas carol reverses the animacy hierarchy for all the verses except the last?
- 24 Dec 2020 07:18
- Forum: Teach & Share
- Topic: petaQ, tlhIngan Hol yIghojqu'
- Replies: 93
- Views: 46127
Re: petaQ, tlhIngan Hol yIghojqu'
Thank you!
- 24 Dec 2020 05:16
- Forum: Teach & Share
- Topic: petaQ, tlhIngan Hol yIghojqu'
- Replies: 93
- Views: 46127
Re: petaQ, tlhIngan Hol yIghojqu'
What’s the source on these?
- 20 Dec 2020 07:20
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Twin Aster (Linguifex's conworld megathread)
- Replies: 87
- Views: 37644
Re: Twin Aster (Linguifex's conworld megathread)
I actually think I'm going to switch up the last two entries in the planet list…3.2 AU is pretty close to the maximum stable orbital distance around Xi Boo A, per the august Dr. Wik E. Pedia, so I figure it makes sense that maybe nothing got big enough to clear the neighborhood. Also there's evidenc...
- 19 Dec 2020 18:06
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Weird Dream Thread
- Replies: 276
- Views: 76107
Re: Weird Dream Thread
I was back in high school and my parents couldn’t pick me up until 11:00 PM. There was also something about me building an observation tower to look at the Moon, which somehow became me actually visiting it (I remember a huge crater; the Moon was much like its depiction in A Trip to the Moon ). Then...
- 18 Dec 2020 04:28
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Twin Aster (Linguifex's conworld megathread)
- Replies: 87
- Views: 37644
Re: Twin Aster (Linguifex's conworld megathread)
I should probably write some about CT measure words. I want CT to have a rich supply of measure words. These will in some descendants turn into a classifier or noun-class system. Notably they all end in a nasal n which assimilates to a following consonant. This list will probably be expanded later a...
- 13 Dec 2020 02:30
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Twin Aster (Linguifex's conworld megathread)
- Replies: 87
- Views: 37644
Re: Twin Aster (Linguifex's conworld megathread)
Doing some work on calculating certain cycles… One solar day on Ítöð is about 26.12 hours. A year is 253.10 days, or about three-quarters of an Earth year. There is also a variability cycle in the magnitude of Xi Boo A of about 9.31 local days; three of these works out to almost 28 days. I am theref...
- 12 Dec 2020 19:28
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Twin Aster (Linguifex's conworld megathread)
- Replies: 87
- Views: 37644
Re: Twin Aster (Linguifex's conworld megathread)
So Tim Ar is plural. What about the other people names? Are they collectives, or can they be pluralised according to the rules found in this post? They're sort of indeclinable non-verbs. You could say, for instance, áʕe Kán hé 'he is Caber', or you could say taĝkei áłaʕ Kán ü 'the Caber (people) su...
- 12 Dec 2020 17:23
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: What are you listening to/watching?
- Replies: 171
- Views: 6347
- 10 Dec 2020 06:01
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Twin Aster (Linguifex's conworld megathread)
- Replies: 87
- Views: 37644
Re: Twin Aster (Linguifex's conworld megathread)
Plurals in CT operate by one of a few mechanisms. There are three typical methods, depending on the shape of the word: Metathesis , decomposition , and a pluralizing particle . Metathetic plurals only occur with the five cardinal vowels a e i o u (in either tone) and in words beginning with a conson...
- 06 Dec 2020 23:56
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Reverse CBB Lexicon Building
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2065
Re: Reverse CBB Lexicon Building
statue, monument, cairn, monolith, pole, post, marker
Next: ʕéek (an adverb)
- 06 Dec 2020 13:26
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Twin Aster (Linguifex's conworld megathread)
- Replies: 87
- Views: 37644
Re: Linguifex's conworld megathread
EDIT : Ha! Linguifex no longer has the cyclist avatar! Yep, the Pogostick Man from Happy Wheels has been replaced by the word "Caber" in Caber. So that's what your alternate name Pogostick Man means? The cyclist guy with the helmet? Can't say I'm familiar with Happy Wheels . It is a…I guess at its ...
- 06 Dec 2020 13:03
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2020
- Replies: 252
- Views: 12821
Re: Lexember 2020
I completely suck at being timely and consistent with challenges like these. For the language, let's go with CT. Lexember 1: CT tïhki [tɯ̀hkì] ( pl. ituhki [ìdùhkì]) 'tunic, shirt' Lexember 2: CT łámágn [ɬǽmǽɣn̩] 'ocean water' (which is red on Ítöð, as opposed to fresh water, which is blue) Lexember...
- 05 Dec 2020 19:26
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Twin Aster (Linguifex's conworld megathread)
- Replies: 87
- Views: 37644
Re: Linguifex's conworld megathread
This is sort of a housekeeping post, primarily for my own organization but others could use it if they're curious. [*] Taltic (sorry, it's a ZBB link) "The requested topic does not exist." Needs to go to https://www.verduria.org/ instead. Perhaps https://www.verduria.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=605&p=2...
- 03 Dec 2020 04:57
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Twin Aster (Linguifex's conworld megathread)
- Replies: 87
- Views: 37644
Re: Linguifex's conworld megathread
I have been reëvaluating where Ítöð is located. It requires the following: - G-type primary, or reasonably close option - Projected age of at least 2 Gyr, preferably 3 – 6 Gyr - Wide binary or similar system - No currently-detected extrasolar planets that would wreck the habitable zone - < 100 ly di...