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- 07 Jan 2016 05:02
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: cultural symbiosis and multilingual cultures?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3986
Re: cultural symbiosis and multilingual cultures?
Sort of? One of my conworlds is based on the Tower of Babylon story. Thanks to ~~magic~~, there are a few lingua francas (including not just the spoken and written language, but the signed and body language of the people who 'recorded' it, as well as cultural symbols and attitudes, and a bizarre nos...
- 17 Nov 2015 08:32
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Cellar door
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4125
Re: Cellar door
YAIAL:
mile sami lohe 'bottom room door'
some siwe sami lohe 'underground room door'
some siwe hisi'ma lohe 'underground building-part door'
I love rhotics, so that phrase is nice. Sounds near the middle of the mouth, alveolars and all that, are pretty.
mile sami lohe 'bottom room door'
some siwe sami lohe 'underground room door'
some siwe hisi'ma lohe 'underground building-part door'
I love rhotics, so that phrase is nice. Sounds near the middle of the mouth, alveolars and all that, are pretty.
- 12 Nov 2015 22:54
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Food in your concultures
- Replies: 57
- Views: 13935
Re: Food in your concultures
Ooh, fun topic. Tradition states that the Woor can eat only because the spirit Hánsah , who made a pact with the first humans to enter Lom, and caused plants to grow, animals to pass, and the waters to raise and recede each season. Small acknowledgemets to her are said before eating; powawa (from pu...
- 12 Nov 2015 10:33
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Gay marriage, polygamy, etc.
- Replies: 105
- Views: 25431
Re: Gay marriage, polygamy, etc.
There are varying degrees of romantic and sexual entanglement in Lom, but no marriage.
Wow, that must be the longest essay I've ever written on any consubject.
Wow, that must be the longest essay I've ever written on any consubject.
- 27 Jul 2015 11:11
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Sum up your conworld with a song
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5234
Re: Sum up your conworld with a song
It's The End Of The World by R.E.M immediately came to me for Tern. It captures the world situation and the conpeople's historical reactions to it preeeetty well.
- 24 Apr 2015 11:29
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Immortality in a conworld
- Replies: 84
- Views: 18806
Re: Immortality in a conworld
There is a small race of long-lived humanoids in my conworld. They age the last few hundred years of their millennial cycles, before going through a couple of decades of a rejuvenation process: their bodies heal up and grow smaller again, and their minds also reset to a degree. Their memories "...
- 18 Apr 2015 21:14
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Gestures in your conlang.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3118
Re: Gestures in your conlang.
In the Archlands, everyone has an ability which basically amounts to making fire, so a lot of gestures are supplemented by a small light. Yes - front-to-back or up-and-down nodding No - side-to-side shaking, without tilting the head. Maybe-yes - learning the head from side to side Maybe-no - shaking...
- 07 Mar 2015 02:42
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Random Conworld idea thread
- Replies: 486
- Views: 179662
Re: Random Conworld idea thread
In one of my conworlds, area A is filled with these equality-minded folks who have traditionally only used spears/pikes/similar, and area-B is filled with a caste-split society, in which the upper classes are trained in the sword. When area B invades A, the superiors order the breaking of every enem...
- 14 Feb 2015 19:32
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Random Conworld idea thread
- Replies: 486
- Views: 179662
Re: Random Conworld idea thread
Destroying rubber duckies. This gave me an idea, actually, for something called Temple Hunting , which would be played in the Middlands during the flooding season. Area: Of varying size; typically from any one flood gate to any other flood gate. Items: Hollow wooden spheres wrapped in thick cloth, ...
- 04 Feb 2015 09:52
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: World Gazette
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2200
Re: World Gazette
RAKAKÍNBBOMMU | Your Central City Daily Life NGÚHALINGA HÓO | 1011 A.T.R. * * * NKIMMO | 5¢ ARÁSALIKÌ SÙU ÁKONRA | CORRUPTION LEVELS IN ARASALI RISE WILDLY Citizens residing in and traveling to the district of Arasali and surrounding areas are reminded to pay proper tribute to bochi local shrines a...
- 04 Feb 2015 08:37
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Debate (Conpeople vs Conpeople)
- Replies: 85
- Views: 28608
Re: Debate (Conpeople vs Conpeople)
I love this idea, I've always wanted to see more people's responses to questions in the other thread. The Tower Middlands support the idea of democracy, but not a completely free one. While it is natural and obvious that those best suited to a task should be the ones to do it, there is no sense in d...
- 25 Nov 2014 06:50
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexicon sculpting [2013–2019]
- Replies: 2345
- Views: 447616
Re: Lexicon sculpting
Doing a bunch for Malomoya. Next: *os ['os] n 2 . woman -ōss- [ oːsː ] terminal infix -woman; female professional doer of X Next: siviths [ˈsɪvɪθs] n. corridor, hallway shofidi [ ˈʃopsɪd ] n. hallway Next: Heuchtäfernkreuße Eskliefeier (pronounced as though it were German) 'ready' aksalava [ ˈaksləv...
- 21 Jul 2014 23:00
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Con-Script Development Centre
- Replies: 1180
- Views: 253822
Re: Con-Script Development Centre
Thoughts on this? http://puu.sh/aligT/09e5b920af.PNG http://puu.sh/alire/02163284d5.PNG Some examples from a translation challenge from the Zeeby: http://puu.sh/aefDP/ecef7cd1a1.png http://puu.sh/aeVlN/bdf2074521.PNG Shchíli-tàshi shìlgani hódo. Lájìlá rúvulu. http://puu.sh/aeZMc/39243dd411.png Nàgó...
- 31 Jan 2014 08:10
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Ordering Coffee
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3907
Re: Ordering Coffee
Nloya: Nakóhìta zinyójínga nláshíso hilyáínga yúísoma lóújo ngóírí. I-coffee/LOC-into 2-packet/DIR-ADJ cream/DIR-ACC 1-dash/DIR-ADJ sugar/DIR-ACC-and I/DIR-NOM desire.want/PRS. Or, if you're in a hurry: Nakóhíta zínga nláshí hínga yúímanshi narírìvi. I-coffee/LOC-into | 2-ADJ cream/DIR | 1-ADJ sugar...
- 10 Nov 2013 11:42
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Conlang tongue twisters
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1216
Re: Conlang tongue twisters
A short Llapuan tongue-twister:
Shishināsha sshīsha issi sisisi.
/ʃiʃinaːʃa ʃːiːʃa isːi sisisi/
If the washbasin and the other thing are holding it.
Shishināsha sshīsha issi sisisi.
/ʃiʃinaːʃa ʃːiːʃa isːi sisisi/
If the washbasin and the other thing are holding it.
- 09 Nov 2013 01:54
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Open Marriages
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4516
Re: Open Marriages
Llapuans probably wouldn't make it past the words "open marriage". They marry strictly for business between clans and love freely else, so the whole situation would be unthinkable. The closest thing they have would be long-term relationships; malizphirai "a long time in love" for...
- 21 Jun 2013 23:40
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: The house over the hill
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3429
Re: The house over the hill
Hakkoche
Nitin kimo (ko) tsoman do nam siyoki.
hill/GEN beyond (COP) house-GEN to[-ACC] 1-NOM go
I went to the house (that is) over the hill.
Tsoman do nam nitin kimos siyoki.
house-GEN to[-ACC] 1-NOM hill/GEN beyond-INST go
I went over the hill to the house.
Nitin kimo (ko) tsoman do nam siyoki.
hill/GEN beyond (COP) house-GEN to[-ACC] 1-NOM go
I went to the house (that is) over the hill.
Tsoman do nam nitin kimos siyoki.
house-GEN to[-ACC] 1-NOM hill/GEN beyond-INST go
I went over the hill to the house.
- 20 Jun 2013 21:08
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: We get drunk by drinking wine.
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8779
Re: We get drunk by drinking wine.
Hakkoche
Wain akkeshis pohatsa (nunam) le .
wain[-ACC] drinking-GINST drunk[-ACC] (1-NOM) become
We get drunk by drinking wine.
Wain akkeshis pohatsa (nunam) le .
wain[-ACC] drinking-GINST drunk[-ACC] (1-NOM) become
We get drunk by drinking wine.
- 20 Jun 2013 02:28
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: At...my...leaves for...
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6513
Re: At...my...leaves for...
Hakkoche
Nanpichekel Tsaasaa(n do) nunan haanaserkom wochiki.
middle-hour-TEMP Tsaasaa(-GEN to[-ACC]) 1-GEN air-boat-NOM flying
At noon, my plane flies to Tsaasaa.
Nanpichekel Tsaasaa(n do) nunan haanaserkom wochiki.
middle-hour-TEMP Tsaasaa(-GEN to[-ACC]) 1-GEN air-boat-NOM flying
At noon, my plane flies to Tsaasaa.
- 13 Oct 2012 21:07
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Recursion
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5951
Re: Recursion
:con: La-Pu Kaani qisibi qisaki qisibi. kaan-i qis-ib-i qis-ak-i qis-ib-i know-do see-I-do see-you-do see-I-do I see you see I see he knows. Slightly more correctly: Kaaniqak qisibiqak qisakiqak qisibi. kaan-i-qa-k qis-ib-i-qa-k qis-ak-i-qa-k qis-ib-i know-do-thing-OBJ see-I-do-thing-OBJ see-you-do-...