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by DV82LECM
28 Mar 2024 07:52
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: River Skasti (new grammar)
Replies: 54
Views: 11288

Re: River Skasti (new grammar)

The partitive /-pi/ -- "some," "each," and fractions (apparently) •the partitive in Skasti is best translated as "part/some of." •with a singular noun, it means "a part of." •with the plural marker /a-/, it means "some of." •with ordinal numbers, it ...
by DV82LECM
23 Mar 2024 08:16
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Field/Lexical Affixes in Your Polysynthetic Conlangs?
Replies: 13
Views: 570

Re: Field/Lexical Affixes in Your Polysynthetic Conlangs?

I will read this paper but, for now, I wanna explain Skasti, a bit. It is intended as polysynthetic but I'm not entirely sure what the difference between synthetic and polysynthetic really is. It allows three prefixal slots and six suffixal in its verbal complex. There is a tendency for heavy collap...
by DV82LECM
10 Mar 2024 05:05
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Does anyone else try and actually speak or pronounce their conlang or is it all on paper?
Replies: 53
Views: 12925

Re: Does anyone else try and actually speak or pronounce their conlang or is it all on paper?

I try to utter what I randomly think can be translated, all the time. I have been starting to bring it up in conversation to people. I enjoy being able to chat about it offline, too. Happy to say, I have even gotten to record myself saying long swathes of it.
by DV82LECM
10 Mar 2024 00:12
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: What CBB Language Am I Looking At?
Replies: 21
Views: 645

Re: What CBB Language Am I Looking At?

River Skasti:

a ą c č d đ e ę ea eą
h ħ i į ie ię k l ł m n ň
o ǫ oa oą p r s š t u ų
uo uǫ w w̌ y y̌ z ž (')
by DV82LECM
08 Mar 2024 09:33
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: River Skasti (new grammar)
Replies: 54
Views: 11288

Re: River Skasti (new grammar)

Skasti Root: •root template: ((C)V(V))(C)CV(V)((C)CV(V)). •clusters cannot begin 3-syllable roots. •stress is trochaic on all sides from the stressed root syllable. •only nouns, verbs, and particles. Root Stress Patterns: CV y̌lų CV́CV máne CVCV́ y̌emóa CV́CVCV éščawù CVCV́CV heščíke CVCVCV́ ìmeňú T...
by DV82LECM
27 Feb 2024 20:03
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: River Skasti (new grammar)
Replies: 54
Views: 11288

Re: Yulá Skásti (new grammar)

Full list of Skasti nominal cases: Nominative: /-∅/ la "the water..." Accusative: /-~/ lą "...the water" Genitive: /-:/ lá'a "belonging to the water" Dative: /-lu/ lálu "to/for the water" Locative: /-ʔu/ lá'u "at/on/inside the water" Andative: /-θi/ ...
by DV82LECM
19 Feb 2024 04:20
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: River Skasti (new grammar)
Replies: 54
Views: 11288

Re: Yulá Skásti (new grammar)

Expansion of Being States: ●though they are complimentary forms, there is a difference between w̌ya and ta : •/bja/ is the internal world; one's Self. •it represents someone's experience of life. •this is said as oneself, inferring to one's agency to state what oneself is. Íeyu wew̌yá. "I am a ...
by DV82LECM
18 Feb 2024 00:45
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: River Skasti (new grammar)
Replies: 54
Views: 11288

Re: Yulá Skásti (new grammar)

Slight grammar update; passive clauses: -ye and passive voice: ●ɒʍ̗əʌɪv̖svɒv̗• Kèdilúhukù [ˌke.zi.ˈlu.hu.ˌku] ke-di-lúhu-ku 3m.3f-TRNS.IMM.PST-see-NEG "He didn't just see her." ●ɒx̖rʍ•ʌ̗ƨ̊xɪv̖svbɪw̗:• Káye ìs'alúhuy̌lǫ̀ [ˈka.je ˌi.s'a.ˈlu.hu.ˌglõ] ka-ye is-ħa-lúhu-ku-tą 3m-PROL 3f.INTRNS.I...
by DV82LECM
16 Feb 2024 08:37
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Replies: 570
Views: 155201

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

Would written geminated /ʔ/ be <">? It would be intuitive but it strikes my eye oddly. Also, fan of them both. Probably yes. Some people use <q> for /ʔ/ but I don't like it either. Do you have some other options? I thought the apostrophe was kinda cool. I don’t think i have ever seen anyone do...
by DV82LECM
16 Feb 2024 06:34
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Replies: 570
Views: 155201

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

Would written geminated /ʔ/ be <">? It would be intuitive but it strikes my eye oddly.

Also, fan of them both.
by DV82LECM
13 Feb 2024 16:17
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: River Skasti (new grammar)
Replies: 54
Views: 11288

Re: Yulá Skásti (new grammar)

I hope it's not a bad thing to continue to update for sake of a few drops of vocabulary. mno [m̩ˈno~ˈmno] "to sleep (make reference to one's sleep)" mnóhlu [m̩ˈnoɬu~ˈmnoɬu] "to dream" mnópą [m̩ˈnopã~ˈmnopã] "to put to sleep" mnópħą [m̩ˈnopxã~ˈmnopxã] "to put onese...
by DV82LECM
13 Feb 2024 08:07
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: How do your languages treat (in)definiteness?
Replies: 28
Views: 1177

Re: How do your languages treat (in)definiteness?

No "the," but Skasti has an indefinite article me- /me/ (one) and a negative sǫ- /θõ~θo/ (no(t any)). These two do not behave like the other number suffixes, where they have become more attributable to some degree of "definiteness." There apparently are 5 degrees of definiteness....
by DV82LECM
12 Feb 2024 02:05
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: River Skasti (new grammar)
Replies: 54
Views: 11288

Re: Yulá Skásti (new grammar)

Family: đǫ [d͡ʒõ] "father" lóre [ˈloɣe] "mother" /*d͡ʒoɴ/ + /*lóɡ͡ɣe/ > /*d͡ʒóɴloɡ͡ɣe/ > /*d͡ʒóɴlɡ͡ɣe/ > /*d͡ʒṍtk͡xe/ > /ˈd͡ʒõtxe/ đǫ́tħe [ˈd͡ʒõtxe] "parents" wémi [ˈwemi] "baby" ňáye [ˈŋaje] "boy/son" áyi [ˈaji] "girl/daughter" ňéayi [ˈŋe̯...
by DV82LECM
11 Feb 2024 05:22
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: River Skasti (new grammar)
Replies: 54
Views: 11288

Re: Yulá Skásti (new grammar)

Expansion of possession: /ˈtxVpã/ "give" /ˈtxVju/ "carry/hold" /ˈtxVji/ "take to" /ˈtxVje/ "bring from" •these conjugate. /ˈtapã/ "make" (cause-to-(statively)-be) Łíw̌ietù'elìdię wew̌yá. [ˈdi.bi̯e.ˌtu.ʔe.ˌli.zi̯ẽ we.ˈbja] "I am DV82LEZM" (T...
by DV82LECM
10 Feb 2024 17:12
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: River Skasti (new grammar)
Replies: 54
Views: 11288

Re: Yulá Skásti (new grammar)

…. Sle [sle] "from where the cold comes/North" Hta [xta] "from where the heat comes/South" •these words derive from roots of the same meaning, each "go up/above," "go down/below," "be cold," "be hot," respectively. …. This part of this lan...
by DV82LECM
09 Feb 2024 01:20
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: River Skasti (new grammar)
Replies: 54
Views: 11288

Re: Yulá Skásti (new grammar)

Astronomical Terminology: Cíy̌la [ˈsigla] "the Sun" Awá [aˈwa] "the Moon" Swéki [ˈsweki] "the Clouds" Mayédea [maˈjeze̯a] "the Earth" Ríšče [ˈɣiʃt͡ʃe] "the Stars" Riškwéki [ɣi'ʃkweki] "the Milky Way/galaxy" Ìląpáskwe [ˌilãˈpaskwe] "the...
by DV82LECM
08 Feb 2024 02:49
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Replies: 570
Views: 155201

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

Ooo, I am loving the love for heterorganics. Gemination is appreciable, but dissimilating consonants make a word sound like more. It's hard to explain.
by DV82LECM
07 Feb 2024 20:26
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Replies: 570
Views: 155201

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

Something a bit more Eurasian (if not European) inspired by some allophony I had been considering for my pseudo-Lakes-Plain inventory above. Starting with an inventory like this: /m n/ /p t k/ /pʰ tʰ kʰ/ /b d g/ /s h/ /l r/ /w j/ The aspirated stops undergo a Siouan-like change where the aspirated ...
by DV82LECM
05 Feb 2024 06:48
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: River Skasti (new grammar)
Replies: 54
Views: 11288

Re: Yulá Skásti (new grammar)

I have been using this page as my board for the language's development over the last year. One of my posts almost has hį́ya edits. I have done a bit with the numbers but no one would ever see it. This is how my numbers work with large values. hni /xni/ 100 hį́ya /ˈhĩja/ 1000 w̌lohį́ya /bloˈhĩja/ 10,...
by DV82LECM
04 Feb 2024 05:29
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Ai 12.0 (still a Lakes Plain language)
Replies: 10
Views: 560

Re: Ai 12.0 (still a Lakes Plain language)

The only further I can see /b t d ɸ s/ going would be the loss of /t/, merging with /s/. At what point would people just be talking static? If there is to be a phonemic bounce-back to a larger inventory, I imagine there could be potentially strange phonemes to derive until a most balanced state, lik...