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This isn't really something I accomplished so much as something I found out, but i just learned that my grandpa and his college roommate created an international auxlang (probably back in the 40s or 50s). I'm really excited to look over the notes he's lending me!

4 Lex 2018 tùma Part of speech: wíwá Eye Kijíra cùtongỳgytútùma. Ki-jír-a cù-tongỳg-ytú-tùma. 2SG-have.INALIEN-GNO 3DU-come.across.well-EVID-eye. Your eyes are beautiful (diminutive). This would generally be said to a kid or someone you know very well. The nací "tongỳg" usually refers to f...

I think some people were talking about the second mention of the restaurant in ring 1. That started with me, and that was one of the things that I thought for a while about. You can't really just say someone turned away in Mýr; they have to turn away from something (because of the fact that preposit...

3 Lexember 2018

Mýr
càtín
Part of speech: nací
to burn, to be on fire

Curùxópàgarìwu tacàtínúxỳmỳpùngỳgi.
Cu-rùx-ó-pàga-rìwu ta-càtín-úxỳ-mỳpùngỳ-gi.
3SG-set.into.effect-SJV-fire-small 4SG-burn-COND-forest-whole.

A small fire can cause the whole forest to burn.

Lexember 2nd

Mýr:
dútar
Part of speech: nací
To study (a topic)

Cúkàbugarúbínùpù mudútari.
Cú-kàbug-a-rúbí-nùpù mu-dútar-i.
3PL-be.spoken-GNO-language-many 1SG-study-EMPH.

I study many languages. (Or the use of many languages)

Mýr: xó Part of speech: xajá (Determiner) the only Mongóxỳna cojòrìdimóxíxó butuxýmababàru Mo-ngóxỳn-a co-jòrìd-i-móxí-xó bu-tuxým-a-babàru 1SG-travel-GNO 3SG-point.the.way-EMPH-road-only 4SG-east.or.west.to-GNO-babàru. "I travel along the only road to babàru [a city]." Or more accurately:...

I'm not surprised, but it's cool that the two rings are so different. I really like the fiery path of ice. I'd be excited for the next one of these, whenever that may be. If it's not too soon, I might have a different conlang ready. loglorn, I think the wagon was a car originally. The car maybe came...

That sounds like a really cool idea that I'd love to see developed further. I wonder if people would try to find people they knew in the previous life. What would the response be to someone who didn't say who they were? Would people automatically assume they were someone awful? There are so many int...

Has anyone created an alien language with sounds that humans can't produce? How would you go about notating these sounds? I had an idea for a language spoken by creatures with rattles on their faces among other things. Any ideas?

More góro stuff - í Góro tend to be mood markers, but í functions in ways that are not traditionally thought of as grammatical mood. Its two main uses are providing contrary evidence and confirming a previous statement. These two functions are not generally differentiated by native speakers, but the...

Torch sent to Iyionaku, but I was ninja'd!

Yeah, I'm from Philly too, and I always found it interesting that we have [ˈwʊ̞ɾɚ] but no other similarly-pronounced words. It's just kind of its own thing.

Jackk wrote: ↑04 Oct 2018 16:05 All done! I've definitely ruined it already
Torch sent to Click and J Reggie.

Torch received! Now I won't feel as bad about ruining it myself

Edit: all translated, but the write-up might take a little while.

Mýr

Kicìcỳtytú mipìnynagídidi. Cakàbugíbírýbímýri.

Ki-cìcỳt-ytú mi-pìnynag-í-didi. Ca-kàbug-íbí-rýbímýri.

2SG-speak-EVID 1SG-understand-but-NEG. 3SG-be.spoken-IMP-Mýr.language

I hear you speaking, but I don't understand. Speak Mýr! (Lit. Mýr must be spoken.)

Person in Mýr I’ve made some changes to the person markers (mínà): m - 1st singular mà - 1st dual exclusive rí - 1st plural exclusive fù - 1st dual inclusive ngí - 1st plural inclusive k - 2nd singular kì - 2nd dual wú - 2nd plural c - 3rd singular cù - 3rd dual cú - 3rd plural t - 4th singular tò -...

Góro: the difference between -a- and -i-: These are the two most commonly used moods, and the distinction between them is a bit complicated. The Góro i is used to mark the emphasis of a statement. This is the point you're trying to get across in a sentence. There can be more than one word in a sente...

I figured out how to use Excel to convert a string of text in Romanized Mýr into Mýr's abugida. This seems to be the fastest way to write in my conscript.

I'm not available the 25th through the 28th.

I'm in with Mýr.

This is done in a number of ways. One is word order, which can get fairly complex but in most cases follows some basic rules. Another is just context. Take the sentence: Cagácaromò tucúpacìjì mingìcíngi bogorapý. Ca-gác-a-romò tu-cúp-a-cìjì mi-ngìcíng-i bo-gor-a-pý. 3SG-ALIEN-GNO-Romò 4SG-leave-GNO-...