The CBB

I'm no expert on the multiverse theory, but if it works like i think it does, then somewhere out in the infinity of universes, there is a culture of people you have described here, speaking languages you have described here. So that means there is no "conlanguage" or "conculture,&quo...

I made a recording of pairs of the syllables of /mi.a.mi/ and /ni.a.ni/, the first set of each consonant is normal, but the second set of each seem velarized. Are they indeed velarized? That's akin to me asking "What have I got in my pocketesses?" Could you upload the recording so we can ...

What are some other ways than using verbs of perception as copulae to convey the same meaning? Of this I mean of the variety: John looks tired. Joan sounds sick. It smells gross. I gather this is really just layering evidentiality over the copula. But I'm curious what else is out there, conlang or ...

This is just a suggestion, an idea of mine. See it as an inspiration: Vowels If you want /ʊ/, you need a tense vs. lax distinction. If you have a tense vs. lax distinction in high vowels, you might want to have it in mid vowels, too. If you want /ɤ/ you need the corresponding rounded variant. You ma...

I tend to velarize all of my l's in english, too, but that's kind of a hypercorrection, because my dialect of German does not have this kind of sound. "Flamenco" is Spanish for "Flemish" :?: :!: :wat: [O.O] I think it's Flemish, flamingo and a word meaning something like gypsy al...

Teddy is right
It is Hoocąk.

Lothar von Trotha wrote:We know from comparative method that PIE had a rich fusional morphology - but how exactly did that morphology come into existence? Did it evolve from something simpler, like an analytic language? If yes, how might it have looked like?

How can we know, that analytic is simpler?

Maybe this will be too easy, but I'll give it a try: Hąą. Nįįšge hanįcara haipį. Hąke hįpįnįnąkšąną. Hoocąk raašra Wiihąga hįįgaire. Woonąǧire Wąąkšik yaakiikarac waa‘ųnąkšąną. Mąą kerepąnąhižąkicųsgunį nąga hižąkicųšgunį waaʹųaje. Nįoxawanįeja haciaje. Jaanįsge hašąnąkwi? Jaagu higaire? Jaagu hirak...

So, if semi-romantic refers to romance languages and infinative refers to infinitive, I think I've got an idea. Since the languages of the Balkan sprachbund seem to avoid infinitives, it is probably a good idea to have a look at the romance languages present there. :ron: Aromanian : Are tā s-yinj. h...

I somehow happened to know a site with bibles in various languages and I thought I remembered it popping up in a few places
Is it my turn now?

And, concerning goods that come from belligerent nations, they could receive all-new taboo nomenclature a la WWI. Hamburger [->] "victory steak" Sauerkraut [->] "victory cabbage" Did people ever actually use those terms, or was that just what the government wanted them to use? I...

Is it really from the bible?
If so, it is Trinitario

Suchst du nach Streit ? [xD] Lookin' for a fight? [...] Diese Person ist sehr unhöflich! This person is very rude! In German there is a difference between a fight as a social conflict and a violent military fight. The social conflict is 'Streit'. 'Gar so' is a very archaic expression, nowadays Peop...

I like that kind of semantic gender assignment

I started to create Ancient Dane, another daughter of Proto-Nautli

:deu: German Ich kann - ohne mich allzu sehr anzustrengen - mir einen Satz angucken, den ich übersetzen will und weiß sofort wie die Struktur des Satzes aussehen soll. Ich kann - ohne mich allzu sehr an<zu>streng-en - mir ein-en Satz anguck-en, den ich übersetz-en will und weiß sofort, wie die Struk...

German
Gähn, gut-e Nacht!
yawn, good-NOM.F.SG night

Gähn, schlaf schön!
yawn, sleep[IMP] beautiful

Gähn, träum was süß-es!
ywan, dream[IMP] what sweet-ACC.N.SG

Yawn, Good Night

What Egerius said reminded me of something one of my linguistic teachers once said: she was always told to not to learn a language she is describing. Nevertheless she learned them, and she claimed it is impossible to describe the pragmatics of a language accurately, if you do not speak the language ...

Is it Niuafo'ou?

I don't know if it has already been mentioned but the Climate Cook Book is a really good resource.