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by jseamus
18 Jan 2011 00:49
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: IPA, X-SAMPA or Z-SAMPA - Your Input
Replies: 36
Views: 5999

Re: IPA, X-SAMPA or Z-SAMPA - Your Input

<SNIP> E.g. a Greek <ν> looks like a <v>, <ω> like a <w>, etc. At least now, you know that <n>, <ɲ>, <ɳ> and <ŋ> are all slight variations of /n/. <SNIP> I meant replacing, not adding. The Greek v and w looking like the Latin v and w is immaterial; we wouldn't be using the Latin characters. First, ...
by jseamus
10 Jan 2011 07:01
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: An unnamed map
Replies: 46
Views: 10698

Re: An unnamed map

I was trying to encourage you. And how am I a tease? Do you even know what that means?
by jseamus
10 Jan 2011 06:57
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: An unnamed map
Replies: 46
Views: 10698

Re: An unnamed map

KiKi, you go girl!
by jseamus
07 Jan 2011 07:04
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Conworlding Pet Peeves
Replies: 102
Views: 20177

Re: Conworlding Pet Peeves

for example most Asian (in the sense that they're located mainly in Asia, not that they are typically chosen by asians, although that would sort of make sense >.>) religions are non-theistic, which imo is the way to go, you get a decent set of morals (usually) without getting thrown into a fantasy ...
by jseamus
06 Jan 2011 23:41
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Taian
Replies: 171
Views: 21933

Re: Taian

Your use of a word that directly translates as "to shed" in the same manor as contemporary English metaphorical use of "to shed" is a bit conspicuous. Ofcourse, if this isn't a problem for you than it's not a problem. As long as you're achieving your design goals everything is gr...
by jseamus
04 Jan 2011 07:11
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Game
Replies: 120
Views: 15100

Re: Game

Think of it as Z-SAMPA. I actually have no idea what it's supposed to be.
by jseamus
03 Jan 2011 10:23
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Taian
Replies: 171
Views: 21933

Re: Taian

I can tear new orifices if need be. :) A thought: <Tō hēme> as "the blood" is just a little transparently stolen from Ancient Greek. Which is fine if you don't mind folks (like me) noticing this. But if you want your lang to be less obvious in its borrowings, you might need to switch thing...
by jseamus
03 Jan 2011 03:30
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Game
Replies: 120
Views: 15100

Re: Game

rickardspaghetti wrote:* the plural is made by reduplicating the first syllable of the root word. I don't know how to gloss this.
You use a tilde between the stem and the reduplicated element.

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ko~kochtin
PL~squirrel
http://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/resources/ ... -rules.php

@Micamo: Way to make it easy for Krov.
by jseamus
03 Jan 2011 00:18
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Taian
Replies: 171
Views: 21933

Re: Taian

I was thinking about making alignment cases like Ancient Greek, but I decided not to. If you don't have alignment cases, you'll need to show roles in some other way, mostlikely through syntax. This means syntax will have to be more systematic/strict than it otherwise might be. EDIT: Also, please an...
by jseamus
03 Jan 2011 00:11
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Project Idea: Rosetta Stone
Replies: 126
Views: 21128

Re: Project Idea: Rosetta Stone

There's no way you can make a story or philosophical musing of any length without inserting some kind of cultural (or species) bias. If you want to be as neutral as possible, translate the periodic table. This is exactly the problem I was trying to highlight. That and Doctor Who.
by jseamus
03 Jan 2011 00:05
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Taian
Replies: 171
Views: 21933

Re: Taian

@Micamo: Hast thou not been reading the lessons?! @wakeagainstthefall: What Micamo said. Plus: Your language is apparently synthetic. What degree of fusion does it demonstrate? Are the genders randomly assigned or based on the semantic gender of the noun? Are articles clitics, as in English? Do they...
by jseamus
02 Jan 2011 23:53
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1938
Views: 656226

Re: Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

For the geography part:

Creating an Earthlike Planet

Not much dedicated specifically to maps, but the stuff on climate, etc. should help.

For the drawing part:

How to draw nice maps
Making sinusoidal maps
by jseamus
02 Jan 2011 21:43
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Taian
Replies: 171
Views: 21933

Re: Taian

It would be nice if you could run us through the basic nominal morphology, basic verbal morphology, and basic syntax. If you have more than that, feel free to post it.
by jseamus
02 Jan 2011 21:11
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Favorite/Hated... Grammar!
Replies: 86
Views: 12070

Re: Favorite/Hated... Grammar!

By 'gender' I was referring to what Germanic languages use, in that they (seemingly) arbitrarily sort nouns into groups of 'male', 'female', and 'neuter', making it impossible to form a grammatically correct sentence without knowing the genders of the nouns in question. It also makes it easier to p...
by jseamus
02 Jan 2011 20:30
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Taian
Replies: 171
Views: 21933

Re: Taian

@wakeagainstthefall: Phonologically, the only thing that distinguishes this from English is the ach-laut and geminated sonorants. I don't know how interested you are in making your phonology less Englishy, but if you are (interested), you might try reading up on phonetics/phonology and then moving s...
by jseamus
02 Jan 2011 11:43
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: You
Replies: 946
Views: 262523

Re: You

I think there was some confusion. He means this love is requited, unless he has some unusual doctrines indeed.
by jseamus
02 Jan 2011 04:03
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Favorite/Hated... Grammar!
Replies: 86
Views: 12070

Re: Favorite/Hated... Grammar!

I know. Everyone can use some reminding.
by jseamus
01 Jan 2011 18:34
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Favorite/Hated... Grammar!
Replies: 86
Views: 12070

Re: Favorite/Hated... Grammar!

I'm not a big fan of grammatical gender. I'd never use it in a conlang, unless I was trying to fit it into the style or family of a natlang. Noun classes are cool, because they generally tell you something about the noun itself and you can usually tell which noun fits into which class by meaning, i...