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There is a word for "humanoid-like" and "male gender" in my conlang. However, I did not interpret the English word "man" from the initial text to mean that, but rather as "person". The closest word for it here is "creature" in my conlang because hum...

because there isn't a 1-1 way to translate "man" from ic griuskant to irl English. It sounds like you're telling us your conlang doesn't have a way of expressing one of the most universal notions a human might want to express. Does your conlang really have no way of expressing the ideas o...

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Hiding the below under a spoiler as it's out of date. I still have some time today so let's move one step ahead. First, a minor point which isn't a productive process anymore but may be of interest in historical compounds: cluster reinterpretation . Namely, clusters /kp gb ŋm/ got reinterpreted as l...

Proto-Nakarian Phonology Hiding the below under a spoiler as it's out of date. Proto-Nakarian had the common five-vowel system with an additional suprasegmental distinction of breathy voice. Thus, the possible vowel qualities are: /a e i o u/ /a̤ e̤ i̤ o̤ ṳ/ Nothing too exciting. There are no dipht...

Nakarian is my longest running. conlang. I've been working on it on and off since mid 2017, and it's been through some major revisions since. I've never been completely satisfied with it. Right now, I'm in the middle of another major revision, starting with phonology. Things are looking rather promi...

Hsaa Mote is an isolating language with minimal morphology, spoken as a trade language on a tropical archipelago. It's great that you found the time to do a bit of conculturing. Creating a language in a vacuum can have challenges. Plus, you had a reason to get into more specialized vocabulary, like...

brblues wrote: ↑20 Jan 2020 15:19 Should I also still post how I complied with the restraints?

Yes. If you don't, you'll be banned from the CBB forever. ;)

And in all seriousness, I didn't, and I don't think it matters as much as the actual language.

Hsaa Mote I'm sharing what I have so far. Sorry for the messy format but I feared I wouldn't find the time to post it at all otherwise. Hsaa Mote is an isolating language with minimal morphology, spoken as a trade language on a tropical archipelago. It's canonical sentence structure is OVS - with a...

I love speedlangs so I'll participate if I can find the time. If I may make a suggestion: please try to go beyond phonology in the constraints. Some speedlangs focused too much on that, and I find ideas about syntax, pragmatics, and morphology a lot more inspiring than "your language has to ha...

I love speedlangs so I'll participate if I can find the time. If I may make a suggestion: please try to go beyond phonology in the constraints. Some speedlangs focused too much on that, and I find ideas about syntax, pragmatics, and morphology a lot more inspiring than "your language has to hav...

1. The Golden Drake
2. stewed gulldrake in imported spices and figs
3. local Svartenvautian wines
4. live band
5. of course
6. expensive, upscale

In a direct-inverse system, only going by animacy May not be enough. First thing you need to consider is speech act participants: either 1st or 2nd person would count as more salient than the other, and both usually count as more salient than any 3rd person. In 3rd person, you also need some strateg...

Translating is great advice. I'd like to add my approach which might inspire you. I treat the lexicon much the same way I treat phonology or any other part of the language: as an exercise in diachronics. I start from a Proto stage, coining roots for various things, and some derivational affixes. The...

But it's hard to see how a post-accenting affix could be produced by similar means! I'm nowhere close to an expert but being a native speaker of a Slavic language, my intuition is that this might be due to (some? all?) post-accenting morphemes losing their vowel when not final. I wonder what Zekosl...

I love your work on the instrument, Sal. I don't know enough about musical theory to reproduce your process but just enough to get what you're talking about and be amazed you went to all these lengths to produce something realistic

Is it a musical instrument, Sal?

What's in the bathroom? I imagine the train has some basic plumbing so a sink with running water is to be expected. Nothing too fancy though. No bathtub or toilet - rather expect a chamber pot. What's in the restaurant waggon? Think a 19th century Parisian restaurant put on a train, and you won’t b...

Who are Tjenne & Beuz, and what is the latter's business? I don’t know that much about them, I’m afraid. Tjenne is Beuz’ betrothed. They are both from aristocratic families from the northern part of Iver. Beuz’ family has lost much of its influence and they are trying to become relevant again b...

Gestaltist’s recent post in his conworld thread gave me the idea to post about my world from a different perspective. If I’m that inspiring, perhaps I shall increase my posting frequency to twice a year. ;) On a more serious note, I am intrigued by this snippet, and I’d like to know more about this...