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by Davush
04 Jan 2017 00:44
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: New Tonal Conlang idea
Replies: 36
Views: 9171

Re: New Tonal Conlang idea

You haven't given us any indication how your tones work, so it is difficult to comment on it. For example, do the acute and grave accents represent high-level and low-level tones? Or do they represent rises and falls? Or something else? Does the macron only indicate length, or also tone? What exactl...
by Davush
31 Dec 2016 01:34
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: If your conlang were a natlang...
Replies: 94
Views: 12484

Re: If your conlang were a natlang...

Clawgrip, I can see this being some lost-lost Indo-Aryan language with Turkic influence. The /æ/ and /ɑ/ and /ɢ/ remind me of Farsi.

Shemtov, I think you got the Austronesian feel right.

LinguoFranco, this gives me a slightly West-African feel.
by Davush
29 Dec 2016 13:26
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: Introducing irregularity
Replies: 5
Views: 2007

Re: Introducing irregularity

I'd generally agree with Omzinesý on that. One of the easiest ways to introduce morphological irregularity certainly is sound change, and even analogy (as discussed over in the L&N Q&A thread, some Spanish verbs irregularly insert a /g/ in various areas of their paradigms through analogy wi...
by Davush
29 Dec 2016 13:19
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: If your conlang were a natlang...
Replies: 94
Views: 12484

Re: If your conlang were a natlang...

Buonavallese would perfectly fit into the Central Italian dialect continuum. Example: La léngua Buonavallese se puodet cumprèndere si se faula l'Italiano. [la ˈleŋɡwa bu̯onavaˈleːze se ˈpu̯ode cumˈpɾɛndeɾe si se ˈfau̯la litalˈjaːno] Buonavallese can be understood if one speaks Italian. I could unde...
by Davush
29 Dec 2016 00:10
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: What are these verbal forms called?
Replies: 6
Views: 2428

Re: What are these verbal forms called?

Actually, none of these are "verbal" in nature. At least in English, all the "verbal" apparatus in your example sentences are plain-jane present indicative / habitual aspect or infinitive of purpose. 1. 'When' forms in a non-interrogative sense: When X does X... --- this one's a...
by Davush
28 Dec 2016 21:26
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: What are these verbal forms called?
Replies: 6
Views: 2428

What are these verbal forms called?

Hello, I am uncertain about the terminology used for some verb forms. These are: 'When' forms in a non-interrogative sense: When X does X... 'If' forms: If X does X... 'Purposive' forms: In order to do X... (or In order for X to do X) 'Conjunctive' forms: X does X and does X... 'Because' forms: Beca...
by Davush
28 Dec 2016 21:19
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: If your conlang were a natlang...
Replies: 94
Views: 12484

Re: If your conlang were a natlang...

Isfendil's language is hard to place, /βidkɾaʃʃejn/ looks out of place compared to the rest. Overall, I'd say it's giving me a Caucasian vibe because of /q/ and the clusters. It's not quite Semitic enough for me to place it with Arabic/Berber. @Ahzoh, given the IPA, I feel this is less Middle-Easter...
by Davush
28 Dec 2016 19:19
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: If your conlang were a natlang...
Replies: 94
Views: 12484

Re: If your conlang were a natlang...

@Protondonor, I could see this being somehow related to or having been in contact with finno-ugric languages. The lots of long vowels, front rounded vowels and unvoiced plosives give me that feeling.

@abi, I would guess Native American although I'm not too familiar with those languages.
by Davush
28 Dec 2016 18:21
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: If your conlang were a natlang...
Replies: 94
Views: 12484

If your conlang were a natlang...

Similar to the other thread (if natlangs were conlangs), it might be fun to see where your conlang would fit if it were a natural language.

Post a sentence or two in your conlang (preferably with IPA as well), and we can say where we think it would belong if it were spoken on earth.
by Davush
28 Dec 2016 14:49
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: Introducing irregularity
Replies: 5
Views: 2007

Introducing irregularity

Hello, To create a proto-lang, I am starting with a (mostly) regular sketched out language, in that there is not much in the way of morphophonolgical interactions. I was wondering what are some ways to create more complex systems? I realise some languages are quite regular (Turkish, Japanese), but e...
by Davush
24 Dec 2016 22:26
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Verbs in three Omayna languages
Replies: 2
Views: 1291

Verbs in three Omayna languages

Creating multiple daughter languages from a roughly sketched out proto-language is fun. I am aiming to produce results which I like (and not just spat out by sound change appliers), but which are also semi-realistic in their diachronics. Non-Past Verbs in Three Omayna Languages These verb forms have...
by Davush
22 Dec 2016 18:39
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Collaborative (diachronic) conlanging?
Replies: 7
Views: 1860

Re: Collaborative (diachronic) conlanging?

k1234567890y wrote:can I collaborate with you? (: let you develop a language from a proto-lang of mine
I would be interested in this if a few more people join in.

Do you have a link to your proposed proto-language?
by Davush
20 Dec 2016 11:24
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Collaborative (diachronic) conlanging?
Replies: 7
Views: 1860

Re: Collaborative (diachronic) conlanging?

That sounds similar to what I intended, but I was thinking more along the lines of somebody just presents us with a proto-language, and we come up with our own daughter languages based on that. That would mean no voting for features or taking turns, etc.
by Davush
19 Dec 2016 22:20
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: naturalistic Verbs... help!
Replies: 5
Views: 1906

Re: naturalistic Verbs... help!

Postpositions and prepositions are up to you, but there is a tendency for object-verb languages (like Japanese) to use postpositions and verb-object languages to use prepositions (like English). This isn't set in stone though. Some ideas you could consider for a verbal system: -Person. Do you want v...
by Davush
19 Dec 2016 12:35
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Collaborative (diachronic) conlanging?
Replies: 7
Views: 1860

Collaborative (diachronic) conlanging?

Hello, I was wondering if there are any projects like Akana where a protolanguage is given and people create descendant languages. I enjoyed reading about Akana when it was active and seeing how the languages diverged. I would be interested in joining in a similar project if there are any? If not, w...
by Davush
14 Dec 2016 12:20
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Merger of mutually intelligible languages
Replies: 29
Views: 10207

Re: Merger of mutually intelligible languages

Also, unrelated, but to comment on Arabic: I know an Arabic speaker who was raised in the Egyptian school system. She firmly asserts that at least the western asian dialects of Arabic are all mutually intelligable and she equated them with various accents of english to show me how she thought they ...
by Davush
13 Dec 2016 10:58
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: What are Arabic patterns called?
Replies: 6
Views: 1466

Re: What are Arabic patterns called?

I know that Hebrew calls its verbal patterns binyanim and its noun patterns mishkalim. I also have heard the words wazn, wuzun, and awzān before, but cannot remember which part of the verbal process they refer to in Arabic. Also, what do arab grammarians call their noun patterns and is there a dict...
by Davush
07 Dec 2016 21:41
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Translating 'has/have been'
Replies: 25
Views: 5856

Re: Translating 'has/have been'

Therefore: they have just talked to him - the action is finished and happened short ago. they were just talking to him - ditto, but it is in a continuous context. they have been talking to him - they are still talking. they have just been talking to him - I don't know and I'm not a native speaker t...
by Davush
07 Dec 2016 21:31
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: A Paper I wrote on the Sociocultural status of Jewlangs
Replies: 5
Views: 3485

Re: A Paper I wrote on the Sociocultural status of Jewlangs

Thank you for posting this! Very interesting, and I'll make sure to make use of your references. I don't know of any Hebrew grammatical features that were adopted? This may be pushing it a bit, but I think there are several nouns of Slavic origin (usually with the singular ending in -e ) with plura...
by Davush
06 Dec 2016 00:51
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Translating 'has/have been'
Replies: 25
Views: 5856

Re: Translating 'has/have been'

My knowledge of Japanese is very limited, but from what I remember, verbs can combine with ' iru ' to form some aspectual nuances? Please correct me if I'm wrong or if this carried additional nuance. Kare to hanashita : I spoke with him Kare to hanashite-ita : I was speaking/have been speaking with ...