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Nataka nile chakula cha mchina namna ya mmarekani jioni. Nani atataka kuninunulia hicho?
I want to eat American Chinese food tonight. Who wants to buy it for me?

cissexism It's no one's job to hold your hand and explain to you your cisgender privilege. If you really want to understand how and why you are wrong, do some actual research, not arm chair philosophizing. Otherwise, just don't say anything. It does nothing but make you look like an entitled, oppre...

Second, if the Zal-Yed don't have a concept of sexuality more finely differentiated than sexual-vs-asexual, how and why would they tell who is and who isn't "genderqueer"? For that matter, how, or at least why, would they tell who is masculine and who is feminine? Gender identity is separ...

First, there should be some other term or phrase for "gender identity" that doesn't include the word "gender". I disagree. I think everyone should just use "noun class" for grammatical gender. [+1] times like 100! That's exactly what I was going to say and exactly what...

Not gender as in noun class, gender as in gender identity. The Zal-Yed race has five (non-grammatical) genders. For now they will be labelled 1-5. Gender is only marked on first person singular pronouns. This race has three sexes: Abnegator – the sex that produces the sperm Gameter – the sex that pr...

But if they were somehow more difficult than any other possible phonological phenomena they would have been lost a long time ago, because humans are lazy. If they were somehow greatly more difficult to pick up during L1 acquisition as a child, then yes, certainly. The difficulty for adult learners ...

In the same comic book space universe I am working on with my Girlfriend that the Xanh live in, there is another alien race that will be in the story and on the ship (the character isn't fully sketched out yet, but my Girlfriend is working on some concept art). The alien race is called the Zal-Yed, ...

XXXVII wrote:No rhotic vowels? American English and Mandarin are like THE places for those...

Very true.

I know there are websites. Ardalambion for example.

If you want to go the Klingon route, there are actual published books: Klingon for the Galactic Traveler and the Klingon Dictionary, as well as Klingon Hamlet.

Lambuzhao wrote:

eldin raigmore wrote: You can tell the phpBBoard's software that Thakowsaizmu is your "foe",

Really?! I have been so wanting to tell someone that for the longest

Spoiler:

Much to Great Asania {I know you have another moniker now....}

You want to be my foe, Lam?

(Also, your pro-Chinese attitude is getting tiring) Chagen, honestly, fuck off. You mad. I was talking only about your attitude towards the Chinese language. In basically ANY conversation about Natlangs you're there to talk about how AMAZING and simple Chinese is. No, I am not. It is a simple state...

Chagen wrote: (Also, your pro-Chinese attitude is getting tiring)

Chagen, honestly, fuck off.

Xing wrote:Can anything be asked in this thread?

Yes. But that was your one question.

Mamako yumo Steam-ni kwa nini?
Why is your mom on Steam?

Umo Steam-ni kwa nini?
Why are you on steam?

Skyrim si mchezo!
Skyrim is not a game!

Labda Skyrim ni halisi
Maybe Skyrim is real

I agree with XXXVII, I really like your script.

Squall wrote:...but the tones will be the largest problems that the learners will see.

[Citation needed]

If the alien languages are for a book or some such, honestly, most people are going to skim right over it, save for the random relevant word here and there. For example, <Jeddak> means "Emperor". So looking to perfectly romanize an alien language for an English speaking audience isn't like...