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[Imralu]

T'iwwikekwisimas ba ŋuŋuwe vuhaž aaz s'iddižim dža Qwiyuhog aunnuhežaŋotän.
t ii=wik-e-kwisimas | ba ŋu~ŋuwe v<uh>až aa=ž | s ii=d-i-ž-im | dža Q<w><iy><uh>og auu=[n+u+h+e+ž+a]-ŋ-o-tän
time DEF.R5=week-LK2-Christmas | very FREQ-again thunderstorm<EXPERIENCE> DEF.R4=1P | place DEF.R5=DEM-PROX-1S-PL | consequently Qog<PRF><EP><EXPERIENCE> NON.RANKED.SENTIENT=[0.5x1+0.5x4+0.5x2+0.5x2+0.5x4+0.5x1]-COLL-LK1-person
In the week of Christmas, we have had a lot of storms around here and seven people have been killed.

Spoiler:

Literally: The Christmas week is the time. We (excl.) again and again and again experience thunderstorms. These ones by me are the location. Seven people consequently meet Qog.

Qwihuwog (or Qwuhog, without the optional epenthetic segment), refers to people who have "met Qog", the god of masculinity, death and destruction. This is the typical way to refer to deaths due to natural disasters, although it can also be used to refer to any death.

T'ittalebokisiŋ važ uquu taz innehaŋoqawaq s'inniiž hežowutleŋ immilimitauheqalum.
t ii=tal-e-bokisiŋ | važ uquu | t-az ii=[n+e+h+a]-ŋ-o-qawaq | s ii=nii=ž | [h+e+ž+o+w+u+tl+e]-ŋ ii=milimitauh-e-qalum
time DEF.R5=day-LK2-Boxing | thunderstorm SPEC.R1 | time-degree DEF.R5=[0.5x1+0.5x2+0.5x2+0.5x1]-COLL-LK1-hour | place DEF.R5=INAL=1S | [0.5x2+0.5x64+0.5x4+0.5x16+0.5x16+0.5x4+0.5x64+0.5x2]-COLL DEF.R5-millimetre-R2-rain
On boxing day, there was a storm that went on for three hours at my place that brought 86 mm of rain.

Spoiler:

Literally: Boxing day is the time. Something (powerful) is a thunderstorm. Three hours is the duration. The millimetres of rain number 86.

Baq illa taz tom iddižos.
ba-q ii=la t-az | tom ää=s ii=d-i-ž-im
extreme-CTVZ DEF.R5=DEF time-degree | reference.point DEF.R5=DEM-PROX-1S-LK1-place
That's a very long time for around here.

Spoiler:

Literally: That duration is extreme. This place is the reference point.

Ŋuŋuwe diyagoŋ uu t'äzzod uu.
ŋu~ŋuwe d<iy>ag-oŋ uu | t ää=z-od uu
FREQ~again large<INCEP>-west DEF.R1 | time SR=locomote-east DEF.R1
It kept expanding to the west as it moved eastwards

Spoiler:

Literally: It (the powerful one) again and again became larger to the west. That it moves to the east is the time.

Wež aaž tsuhaž ižžuŋebaran t'illa važ.
wež aa=ž | ts<uh>až ii=žu-ŋ-o-b<ar>an | t ii=la važ
use.eye DEF.R2=1S | lightning<EXPERIENCE> DEF.R1=four-COLL-LK1-house<AUG> | time DEF.R5=DEF storm
I saw four buildings get hit by lightning in that storm.

Spoiler:

Literally: I use my eyes. Four buildings experience lightning. That thunderstorm is the time.

Wi t'iddiŋoqaš leg aa liyiž iqiggožuweŋoqesemes tak ikkaunisil hem uhuvvažodaž.
wi t ii=d-i-ŋ-o-qaš | leg aa | l<iy>-i-ž ii=[h+o+ž+u+w+e]-ŋ-o-qesemes | tak ii=kaunisil | hem uhuu=važ-o-daž
DEFOC time DEF.R5=DEM-PROX-2+1-LK1-year | receive DEF.R2 | LOC<INCEP>-PROX-1S SPEC.R5=[0.5x2+0.5x16+0.5x4+0.5x4+0.5x16+0.5x2]-COL-LK1-SMS | give DEF.R5=council | topic SPEC.R1=thunderstorm-LK1-dangerous
Out of the 22 SMS alerts about severe storms from the city council that I've received this year, ...

Spoiler:

Literally: Background information: This year is the time. I receive. 22 SMSes arrive at me. The council gives/emits. Dangerous thunderstorms are the topic.

To t'iddiŋowik liyiž innužaŋ
to t ii=d-i-ŋ-o-wik | l<iy>-i-ž ii=[n+u+ž+a]-ŋ
FOC time DEF.R5=DEM-PROX-2+1-LK1-week | LOC<INCEP>-PROX-1S SPEC.R5=[0.5x1+0.5x4+0.5x4+0.5x1]-COL
... five have come this week.

Spoiler:

Literally: The point is: This week is the time. Five arrive at me.

[Visions1]

Kə̃̏ Ki̇̇.
Ill be.
Terrible.

Tńjɔ Xû, Pwì Nȯk Tʰú, Txò Ci Txʰàen Tʰa.
God hear, give lay DEF.FUT, set.up table his.
The gods (or G-d; number is unmarked) hear, they shall give rest, setting up the table of he who passed.
(A traditional expression for a death. The table is a metaphor for food - comfort - and also a funerary altar.)

Pȧk Ŋóa Pʰȍ, Txʰȁə̃ Jə́, Sù Jə́ Wɔ́, Ki̇̇ Tcʰwɛ̂ Nȧ, Xéŋ Sn̏o Sù Jə́ Kwán.
Rainy.winter here now, snowy.winter NEG, hard NEG But. be good Therefore, go.out house hard NEG Because.
We're having a rainy winter here, not a snowy one but still not a difficult one, which is good, since it's not hard to leave the house.

Pʰȁ Jə́ Wɔ́...
Muse NEG But...
You can hardly believe these things can happen...

[Znex]

T'iwwikekwisimas ba ŋuŋuwe vuhaž aaz s'iddižim dža Qwiyuhog aunnuhežaŋotän.
t ii=wik-e-kwisimas | ba ŋu~ŋuwe v<uh>až aa=ž | s ii=d-i-ž-im | dža Q<w><iy><uh>og auu=[n+u+h+e+ž+a]-ŋ-o-tän
time DEF.R5=week-LK2-Christmas | very FREQ-again thunderstorm<EXPERIENCE> DEF.R4=1P | place DEF.R5=DEM-PROX-1S-PL | consequently Qog<PRF><EP><EXPERIENCE> NON.RANKED.SENTIENT=[0.5x1+0.5x4+0.5x2+0.5x2+0.5x4+0.5x1]-COLL-LK1-person
In the week of Christmas, we have had a lot of storms around here and seven people have been killed.
...

Scit, ʒ'ha warn heiren mickle um aullat a sent. Ʒe wen at tha oʒ tha frender aull ar braw.
/scɪt ça wɪn 'çeːrɪn mɪkəl ʊm ɒːlɪt ə sɛnt | jə wɛn ə θa ɒ θə frɛntər ɒːl ar prɒː/
INTJ 1SG=ANT.AUX be.PRS.PART hear-PRS.PART much about all.PRON of_late | 1SG hope SBORD 2SG and 2SG.POSS relative-PL all be.PRS.PL well
S**t, I've been hearing a lot about all that recently. I hope you and your family are all okay.

[Arayaz]

T'iwwikekwisimas ba ŋuŋuwe vuhaž aaz s'iddižim dža Qwiyuhog aunnuhežaŋotän.
t ii=wik-e-kwisimas | ba ŋu~ŋuwe v<uh>až aa=ž | s ii=d-i-ž-im | dža Q<w><iy><uh>og auu=[n+u+h+e+ž+a]-ŋ-o-tän
time DEF.R5=week-LK2-Christmas | very FREQ-again thunderstorm<EXPERIENCE> DEF.R4=1P | place DEF.R5=DEM-PROX-1S-PL | consequently Qog<PRF><EP><EXPERIENCE> NON.RANKED.SENTIENT=[0.5x1+0.5x4+0.5x2+0.5x2+0.5x4+0.5x1]-COLL-LK1-person
In the week of Christmas, we have had a lot of storms around here and seven people have been killed.

In breg serres neden igat.
1sg.1 3sg.nonhuman.4 2sg.FRM.3 cross-2 hope /
I hope you're out of the woods by now.

[Imralu]

In breg serres neden igat.
1sg.1 3sg.nonhuman.4 2sg.FRM.3 cross-2 hope /
I hope you're out of the woods by now.

Ğa kavu t'ihhil ba xed iit nažudzaŋ isselisas.
ğa kavu t ii=hi-l | ba xed ii=t | [n+a+ž+u+dz+a]-ŋ ii=selisas.
AFF but time DEF.R5=CONT-day | very hot DEF.R5=time | [0.5x1+0.5x32+0.5x4+0.5x4+0.5x32+0.5x1]-COLL DEF.R5=celsius
Yes, but today it was 37 degrees celcius.

Gwez idduwogelisoniiž.
g<w>ez ii=d<uw>og-e-lis-o-nii=ž
break(INTR)<PRF> DEF.R5=cold<CAUS>-LK2-air-LK1-INAL=1S
My air conditioner is broken.

Melets aa žeg ätt'iggal ŋuwe liyiž uhuvvaž.
melets aa | žeg ää=t ii=ga-l | ŋuwe l<iy>-i-ž uhuu=važ
happy DEF.R2 | cause SR=time DEF.R5 FUT.INEVIT-day | again LOC<INCEP>-PROX-1S NSPC.R1=thunderstorm
I'm glad that storms are coming back tomorrow.

[lsd]

|Á‰¿ÂVÔ[aaˆÔ[ÎÂ
(something unpleasant and pleasant for another...)
every cloud has a silver lining...

[Imralu]

Yawa t'iqqaš ai hebwa na nabwa todzitlukqesaviŋ.
yawa | t ii=qaš ai he-bwa na na-bwa [t+o+dz+i+tl+u+kq+e+s+a+v+i]-ŋ
hey | time DEF.R5=year LK2 two-set.of.hands one one-set.of.hands [0.5x8+0.5x512+0.5x32+0.5x256+0.5x64+0.5x128+0.5x128+0.5x64+0.5x256+0.5x32+0.5x512+0.5x8]-COLL
Hello from the year 2024.

Dwiyuwagadag aa.
d<w><iy><uw>agadag aa
music<PRF><EP><CAUS> DEF.R2
I've made some music.

[lurker]

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mp rKg GJrJhGHMr sBccDqg         rdrdB?
mp       0 rKg-0      GJ-rJh-GH-Mr            sBc-cDq-g         rdr-dB?
QUESTION 0 opine-AUTH make-throat-ness-3.PROX pass-time-3.INDEF one-tending_to_be?
Do you think conlanging is a lonely hobby?

[lsd]

mp rKg GJrJhGHMr sBccDqg rdrdB?

^±]¢Ct³]±
(you having said thoughts of mine...)
that's what I think

[lurker]

mp rKg GJrJhGHMr sBccDqg rdrdB?

^±]¢Ct³]±
(you having said thoughts of mine...)
that's what I think

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rl rJhMr qL j qgKqMr FB   rDB   rJhMr H  qMqmg qcDr rfDqg   
rl rJh-Mr        qL j   qgKq-Mr       FB   rDB   rJh-Mr        H  qMqm-g        qcDr rfDq-g   
to throat-3.PROX my and yinrih-3.PROX COMP speak throat-3.PROX no human-3.INDEF give interest-3.INDEF 
Nobody's interested in my language and the monkey foxes that speak it.

(IRL, that is. People on this board seem to like it.)

[Visions1]

Ki̇̇ Jə́ Wɔ́, Ki̇̇ Kî CCB Nɛ̇k
Be NEG But, Be 2pl CBB Together
With you guys, it's not.

[conlang-creature]

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rl rJhMr qL j qgKqMr FB   rDB   rJhMr H  qMqmg qcDr rfDqg   
rl rJh-Mr        qL j   qgKq-Mr       FB   rDB   rJh-Mr        H  qMqm-g        qcDr rfDq-g   
to throat-3.PROX my and yinrih-3.PROX COMP speak throat-3.PROX no human-3.INDEF give interest-3.INDEF 
Nobody's interested in my language and the monkey foxes that speak it.

Penso ‘wo. Toswei twijenremabrechno dakwei gho. Tos twi sema prei.
[pɛnso̞ ʔwo̞ to̞swɛi twijɛnɾɛmäbɾɛtʃno̞ däkwɛi dʒo̞ to̞s twi sɛmä pɾɛi]
penso ‘w-o. tos-wei twi-jenre-mabre-chno dak-wei gho. tos twi sema prei.
that sad-m. TOP2-me TOP-“Yinrih”-creature-story from-me hunt[1SG]. TOP2 TOP very like[1SG].
That’s sad. Personally, I’m invested in these “yinrih”. I like them a lot.

[Arayaz]

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rl rJhMr qL j qgKqMr FB   rDB   rJhMr H  qMqmg qcDr rfDqg   
rl rJh-Mr        qL j   qgKq-Mr       FB   rDB   rJh-Mr        H  qMqm-g        qcDr rfDq-g   
to throat-3.PROX my and yinrih-3.PROX COMP speak throat-3.PROX no human-3.INDEF give interest-3.INDEF 
Nobody's interested in my language and the monkey foxes that speak it.

(IRL, that is. People on this board seem to like it.)

Yinrih nuyn andis. Etissasak etiksidegissaskis in serre tar.
I love the yinrih. You're a very creative worldbuilder.

Holy hell those are some long words

[lurker]

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rl rJhMr qL j qgKqMr FB   rDB   rJhMr H  qMqmg qcDr rfDqg   
rl rJh-Mr        qL j   qgKq-Mr       FB   rDB   rJh-Mr        H  qMqm-g        qcDr rfDq-g   
to throat-3.PROX my and yinrih-3.PROX COMP speak throat-3.PROX no human-3.INDEF give interest-3.INDEF 
Nobody's interested in my language and the monkey foxes that speak it.

(IRL, that is. People on this board seem to like it.)

Yinrih nuyn andis. Etissasak etiksidegissaskis in serre tar.
I love the yinrih. You're a very creative worldbuilder.

Holy hell those are some long words

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L    0           sFDr  rfc-Mr     qN
may [The Light]  bless gut-3.PROX your
Bless your gut!
(Thank you)

phew! I didn't have a Commonthroat phrase for "thanks" yet, so thanks also for making me coin one. The yinrih regard the viscera as the (symbolic) seat of emotion in a similar way to how humans regard the heart. Since I already took some inspiration from a Southern American English dialect (using "fixing to" as a prospective aspect construction) I figure I can yoink another well-known Southernism, but somewhat tweaking both the literal and idiomatic meaning. Bless your heart is more an expression of sympathy, but I think it could work as an expression of thanks without stretching too far.

Also thanks for pushing me past 350 morphemes. There are more polymorphemic lexemes but I've so far been concentrating on single morphemes. I need to start thinking of productive affixes.

[Arayaz]

Nggadiri asho dangugu riya riyapavaka.
I made a new language again.

Riya asho asinji itichitichi riya ─ itichi asho mbojiko riya nyarisha.
I made its descendents too ─ then I killed them.

[Arayaz]

karrokikə́x kaxi "Tyuns" ə́xəwəwə́
I joined a community worldbuilding game called Tyuns.

wəɰ eri thəxü ngə eri ə́thəxút
This language is descended from the language that I inherited.

ə́wəxə́xə́myath xá ikarroki a eri ə́wəsó ə́myari ə́thəsó, ə́wətwə́th eri utə́t tá wəwəkə́x
I named my people and their language after me, using existing roots [words made by the people before me].

Areyaxi ə́wəxə́myath xá ikarroki
They are the Areyaxi [those who never burn].

[lurker]

Areyaxi ə́wəxə́myath xá ikarroki
They are the Areyaxi [those who never burn].

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rnL bc rFbBD rp Pq?
rnL bc   rFb-BD                rp-0      Pq-0
not by reason-INTEROGATIVE 0 RFLX-AUTH burn-AUTH?
why don't they burn?

[Arayaz]

Areyaxi ə́wəxə́myath xá ikarroki
They are the Areyaxi [those who never burn].

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rnL bc rFbBD rp Pq?
rnL bc   rFb-BD                rp-0      Pq-0
not by reason-INTEROGATIVE 0 RFLX-AUTH burn-AUTH?
why don't they burn?

enya ə́xəye.
I don't know.

That actually says "I know it the least" or "I know it very little." This language apparently has no negation strategy. They probably just forgot it, and I could likely ask and find out how, but I can't contact them right now, so for now, this is all I have.

[Visions1]

Kwȧi Nȧ, Pe Nə̀.
See Therefore, Try PFTV
They must have tried to burn them.

[Arayaz]

Kwȧi Nȧ, Pe Nə̀.
See Therefore, Try PFTV
They must have tried to burn them.

Southern Areyaxi

əwoka...
Yeah...

nua nangəs?
The question is, who?

ə́tétwəlhya...
I'll think about that...