Yoketian
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Yoketian
I am pleased to show you my conlang. It is not as well developed as Nolikan. The native name is Yōkettu [jo:'ket:u]
PHONOLOGY
nasals: m n
stops: p t k q ' [ʔ]
aspirated stops: ph th kh qh
affricates: c č [ʦ ʧ]
aspirated affricates: ch čh
fricatives: s š [ʃ] h
approximants: w l y [j]
tap: r [ɾ]
short vowels: a e i o u
long vowels: ā ē ī ō ū
diphthongs: ay aw
Only CV and CVC syllables are permited, but since syllable-initial glottal stop is unwritten, some syllables may look in spelling like they started with a vowel. Long vowels and diphthongs are found only in CV syllables.
/l ɾ/ don't occur in word-initial position, and aspirated sounds and /h/ don't occur in syllable codas.
The penultimate syllable is always stressed.
The phonology is based on a natlang, can you guess which one ?
VERBAL SYSTEM
The verbal system is extremely complex. There are nominative and accusative conjugation prefixes, and suffixes for tenses and moods, allowing to create words like issetho'mulkha 'you used to repetively see me'.
Adjectives are also morphologically verbs, so the same logic is found behind:
pirpa čolte' 'bird sings'
čolte' pirpa 'singing bird'
pirpa ohor 'bird is white'
ohor pirpa 'white bird'.
PHONOLOGY
nasals: m n
stops: p t k q ' [ʔ]
aspirated stops: ph th kh qh
affricates: c č [ʦ ʧ]
aspirated affricates: ch čh
fricatives: s š [ʃ] h
approximants: w l y [j]
tap: r [ɾ]
short vowels: a e i o u
long vowels: ā ē ī ō ū
diphthongs: ay aw
Only CV and CVC syllables are permited, but since syllable-initial glottal stop is unwritten, some syllables may look in spelling like they started with a vowel. Long vowels and diphthongs are found only in CV syllables.
/l ɾ/ don't occur in word-initial position, and aspirated sounds and /h/ don't occur in syllable codas.
The penultimate syllable is always stressed.
The phonology is based on a natlang, can you guess which one ?
VERBAL SYSTEM
The verbal system is extremely complex. There are nominative and accusative conjugation prefixes, and suffixes for tenses and moods, allowing to create words like issetho'mulkha 'you used to repetively see me'.
Adjectives are also morphologically verbs, so the same logic is found behind:
pirpa čolte' 'bird sings'
čolte' pirpa 'singing bird'
pirpa ohor 'bird is white'
ohor pirpa 'white bird'.
Re: Yoketian
I will say Korean?LetoAtreides wrote:I
The phonology is based on a natlang, can you guess which one ?
Anyways, this looks good but why did you make something complex for a conlang?
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Re: Yoketian
You are (geographically) very far from the correct answer.I will say Korean?
I don't understand your question. This is not an auxlang, so it doesn't have to be simple.why did you make something complex for a conlang?
I will also show you the nominal system:
There are three numbers (singular, dual and plural) and three cases (nominative, accusative and oblique). The number suffixes come after case suffixes:
ōthep 'king' (Nom)
ōthepa 'king' (Acc)'
ōthepen 'kings' (Nom)
ōthepan 'kings' (Acc)
The accusative suffix is -a for animate nouns and -u for inanimate nouns.
The verbal prefixes are used with nouns to mark possession. There is a distinction between alienable and inalienable possession: a-chaw 'my dog' (alienable) vs yūhiš < *ye-uhiš 'my heart' (inalienable).
Names of body parts are often used to express spatial relations, so you have to say 'in sth's feet' instead of 'below sth'.
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Re: Yoketian
Quechua?LetoAtreides wrote:You are (geographically) very far from the correct answer.I will say Korean?
そうだ。死んでいる人も勃起することが出来る。
俺はその証だ。
:vgtl:
俺はその証だ。
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Re: Yoketian
So you distinguish CVː from CVʔV how in writing how?Only CV and CVC syllables are permited, but since syllable-initial glottal stop is unwritten, some syllables may look in spelling like they started with a vowel. Long vowels and diphthongs are found only in CV syllables.
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Re: Yoketian
You're close.rickardspaghetti wrote:Quechua?
Two identical vowels separated by an apostrophe mean VʔV, a vowel with macron means Vː.So you distinguish CVː from CVʔV how in writing how?
Re: Yoketian
I forgot about the macrons. It's early.
Re: Yoketian
Lakota?LetoAtreides wrote:You're close.rickardspaghetti wrote:Quechua?
I suck at guessing things...
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Re: Yoketian
Actually, it's Mayan. I only replaced the ejectives with aspirated consonants.
I'm happy that you could not guess it, since it means that Yoketian is not too close to the original.
I'm happy that you could not guess it, since it means that Yoketian is not too close to the original.
Re: Yoketian
I was sure it was based on the Mayan family when I saw the CV?V/CV: distinction; I have a Yucatec Maya grammar-dictionary out from the library now and I immediately recognized the similarity.
¡Mñíĝínxàʋày!
¡[ˈmí.ɲ̟ōj.ˌɣín.ʃà.βä́j]!
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¡[ˈmí.ɲ̟ōj.ˌɣín.ʃà.βä́j]!
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Hello, colleagues!
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Re: Yoketian
Itéšniyaŋ? Hé Lakȟólʼiyapi é he? Wičákȟečhila šni.Arzemju wrote:Lakota?LetoAtreides wrote:You're close.rickardspaghetti wrote:Quechua?
I suck at guessing things...
そうだ。死んでいる人も勃起することが出来る。
俺はその証だ。
:vgtl:
俺はその証だ。
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Re: Yoketian
I don't know what it means, but the he at the end of sentence is a copula in Yoketian:rickardspaghetti wrote:Itéšniyaŋ? Hé Lakȟólʼiyapi é he? Wičákȟečhila šni.
akhōmi pirpa he - sparrow is a bird
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