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- 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...
- 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.
Shemtov, I think you got the Austronesian feel right.
LinguoFranco, this gives me a slightly West-African feel.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
@abi, I would guess Native American although I'm not too familiar with those languages.
- 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.
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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 22 Dec 2016 18:39
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Collaborative (diachronic) conlanging?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1860
Re: Collaborative (diachronic) conlanging?
I would be interested in this if a few more people join in.k1234567890y wrote:can I collaborate with you? (: let you develop a language from a proto-lang of mine
Do you have a link to your proposed proto-language?
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...