The CBB

Just for fun... /p t t͡ʃ k/ <p t c k> /b d d͡ʒ g/ <b d j g> /f s ʃ h/ <f s x h> /v~ʋ ʝ~j/ <v y> /l/ <l> /i e ɑ o u æ ø y/ <i e a o u ä ö ü> Each root has the form CVC. /v j h/ cannot occur in coda; this gives us 15*8*12 = 1440 possible roots, which stands for basic concepts. More complex words may b...

Is there a full grammar and/or dictionary of Europan (or whatever the language is called?)

Kuri taka kiru ke miadelle.
kuri taka kiru ke miadelle
NEG.be man be_born ESS AGENT-thief
[ˈkuːri ˈtaːkɑ ˈkiːru kə mʲiaˈdelːe]

Cases may disappear with time, as they have in many European languages. But I don't think cases are any different that other kinds of inflection in this respect. In fact, it would be strange if languages would forever keep all those inflectional categories it has at a given time.

I try to take the original noun (sometimes it is in different languages, so in one of them) and then transcribe it by pronunciation. Obviously in many cases Atlas will not be able to copy that pronunciation exactly or it might not be easy, so in those cases there might be a difference. Take "A...

Alessio wrote:
Indeed, it didn't go as expected... but it might be the beginning of something... maybe?

What went wrong?

Some more thoughts in the post on nations: As you would expect, country names can take also an -i ending (adjectives): Zi esset al-itsa Barati - He/she was the Indian person. Could you use just the a-suffix to render the meaning 'person from (country)'? Like Vranse 'France' -> Vransa 'Frenchman'? I...

Well having a very small and for most people unknown country as an example does not really invalidate the Atlas. Following your phylosophy you could have added Australia as well for instance, or New Zealand... But still. I fly every day. I am uncapable of saying where every country begins/ends, exc...

Oh, a new post . "As you will be able to see, countries have an -e ending (abstract), in opposition to cities, that have a -u ending (Barsalonu, Novi-Iorku, Moskbu, Tokiu...). This is based on the idea that cities can actually be seen, but countries? can you really see the borders when flying o...

From what I can grasp, its seems as if 'permanent aspect' might – more or less – include stative and habitual events, while 'non-permanent' might include progressive and momentary events. Correct!! Ok, but why would it be more natural (1) to merge ongoing and momentary events, while treating habitu...

Permanent seems a kind of stative aspect, and non-permanent a kind of progressive aspect... dunno if this opposition stative/progressive is so unusual... From what I can grasp, its seems as if 'permanent aspect' might – more or less – include stative and habitual events, while 'non-permanent' might...

I think it is an easy way of dealing with it. The permanent/non-permanent distinction was not taken from any natural language, it was more like an "accident" from reducing aspects from 4 initially to only 2. The permanent/non-permanent distinction makes it easy for the speaker to identify...

You are right. The noun to the left is the modified noun, and to the right the modifier noun. No, no no... It's not that the one nouns is modified, and the other is a modifier. It's that the way in which the modifier modifies the modified is very different in the different examples. Take the follow...

That is an interesting question Xing. - a noun modifies another noun using "de" when they both keep their full meaning. But even if both words 'keep their full meaning', they ways in which the one word is modified by the other may be very different. Compare 1) 'teacher of meteorology' wit...

Are there any (semantic) difference between the following kinds of construction: -A noun modified by another noun -A noun modified by an adjective -A compound of two (or more) roots. Take, for instance, the example oixa de he-tene , 'teacher of meteorology', that appears in the grammar. Would it mak...

Ok, so first of all: -Form nouns out of verbs? same root, different endings. For instance, from root "cit" (eat, food), you have "citu" (food) or "cites" (eat), etc. -Form noun out of adjectives? s ame, you take the root and change the endings. For instance, from "...

I'd like to see more detailed descriptions of which derivational processes there are in the language. How do you: -Form nouns out of verbs? -Form noun out of adjectives? -Form adjectives out of nouns? -Form adjectives out of verbs? -Form verbs out of nouns? -Form verbs out of adjectives? The crucial...

What's worse, I searched the whole dictionary and did't find the word for 'quizzaciously'. Obviously, Atlas will never function as an IAL.

Setting aside the optional dual for a moment, does the plural indicate 'more than one' or 'two or more'? (This can be a somewhat tricky question...) Dual is optional, so plural is +1. There's numbers between 1 and 2, you know--I assume Xing is asking if something like "1.5" takes the sing...

There was a TC about that.