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Have I mentioned I love this language? It's so beautiful and complicated. If I had three wishes, one of them might be to understand this thread ─ or to be able to live up to the standard it sets! [<3] [<3] I promise at least 50% of its complicated-ness is more the consequence of me not explaining p...

Te ta trans atut? Are you trans too, then? Mulas! ma<ul>as that<AFF>.O Indeed! Mrıtmàrlıàx ahà·muluas azà Is·Ṣalılıíha ráa Ṭǔluhùlhàḳǎma Kukàuár Zàı·zmıṭaì. mrı<ıt>m-àr-lı-àx ahà=ma<ul-u>as za<a#a>r̀ ıs=ṣa<lı~lı-í#a>h ráa ṭu<ùlv-ŕ>h-ùl-hà-ḳàm-á kukà<uá>r zar̀+vzmı<ṭaı>r̀ please<3.2>-HYP-PST-CVA in....

Háéni"schoolemail" waekwáé waexaexutwáé; háéniw̌aewaetáé háémyaei lhaexaelháéyae! Today my school email address is being changed to reflect my new name! Talùhùlısaıá! tla<ù>h-ùl-ısa-ı-á fortune<2>-AFF-continue E↥ -DUR-XV Congrats! Is·Aẓàxḳàma kuzaḳ tıǎm raúr Klıàmxaàx lkazata ahà·lakìzaút...

Siá siye vá! Yau séuvistadh ca paiasú. Ca ajhestia, yau hreyaus kempál paiasá ca ceia vo promyadh kahí ckané, yau hreyun estim vo limradh vaió. Hi everyone! I am new here. Actually, I have been a lurker here for a very long time however, I have finally become a real member. [:D] Ḷatumùlǎ! ḷu<atv>m-...

Any update here? Don't want to rush things, but if the torch has grown so long, perhaps it'd be best to only translate a portion of it, or to split the translation between multiple people; it seems like it might have gotten overwhelming (which would be understandable, this is a [delightfully] fiendi...

Oh, this is a neat idea!

Chiming in with Alál:

a á à â ǎ h ı í ì î ǐ k ḳ l ḷ m r s ṣ t ṭ u ú ù û ǔ x z ẓ

:con: Alál Úl·Ímrıḷîṭıṭ·zîṭamàıka xa·haıhrazíma amǐḷaṭà maì ímrıḷíṭí·zıllııumàk. [ùɬ‿ˌímrɨ́d͡ɮíˈtʼɛ̀t͡ʃʼíˌtʼɑ̀mɑ̀jɢ χá‿ˌçàjʝràˈʃímˤ áˈmɛ̀d͡ɮɛ́ˌtʼɑ̀ mˤɛ̀ ˈímrɨ́d͡ɮɨ̀ˌtʼɛ́ʒɨ́ɬɨ́jɤ́ˌmɑ̀q] úl=vŕ-mrı<vḷí>ṭ-ìṭ-zı<îṭa>m-à-ıka xa=ha<ıv>h-ra-zím-a ma<ìḷvŕ>ṭ<a>r̀ ma<aı>r̀ vŕ-mrı<vḷí>ṭ-vŕ-zı<l<lı>ı-u>m-à-k bec...

:con: Alál A bit of ambiguity here - is "it" the glass or the eating-of-glass ? Lots of ways to handle this: Maztalàǔlıṭàaxá ∴ Íxıxazırxàt. /máʃtáˈɬɑ̀òɮíˌtʼɑ̀ʕʁɛ́ ˈíɣɪ́ɣáʒɪ́rxɑ̀t/ ma<azv-tal>r̀-ùl-îṭa-à-á ∴ vŕ-xı~xı<azv>r-x-à-t eat<1-glass>-AFF-be.able.to-CONC-XV.ACT ∴ INV-HAB~harm<1>-ANTI...

It's still in testing, but I do really like this so far. I'm glad you found a solution you like! Thank you! As someone who doesn't know anything about (or has tried to do anything with) tones, this looks really fun. Oh no worries, I don't either. :'D I do study vowel formants and pitch IRL, but I d...

I was writing out a description of the naming system used by the conculture associated with Alál (which I nearly never talk about) for that thread on naming system in the Conworlds forum. ...But it has gotten rather long and grammatically complicated such that I may just turn it into another post on...

:con: Alál Is ur·Ḳazımlıaı lıẓıák mas : Ḷìḳıkáûax xazasa ḳıúṣ. [˹ɪs ɤrˈ˻ŋɐʒɪmɮjɐj ɬɪˈ˹t͡ʃjak mɐs ɪˈ˻t͡ɬeŋɪ˹ga˻wɑχ ˈxɐʒɐz ˹ŋjut͡s] ıs ur=ḳı<azv>m-lı-ı-a lıẓı<ıá>k mas ḷı<ì>ḳ-ká-ú-à-x xa<az-a#a>s ḳı<ıú>ṣ while within=walk.aimlessly<1>-PST-DUR-VOL.ACT forest<OBL> that.OBL fall<4>-down-onto-CONC-ACT hea...

:con: Alál Zıımzíkıríh haıh : Zıumzíkuḳíh ḷaẓu. [˻ɕjɪm˹ɕigɪriç ˻çɐjç ɕɪvm˹ɕigɤŋiç ˻tɬɐdʒv] zı<vım-1vŕkv>r-í-h ha<aı>h zu<vım-1vŕkv>ḳ-í-h ḷu<a#u>ẓ sire<3.4PL-all O >-STAT-VOL.ACT sky<AGT> bear<3.4PL-all O >-STAT-VOL.ACT earth<AGT> The sky sires all; the earth bears all. Translation challenge: 16/100

Alál

Atìktasǔlı atìsìṭraım.
[˹ɐ˻tektɐso˹ɮi ɐ˻tesetʼrɐjm]
ta<ì-ktv>s-ùl-í ta<ì>s-ìṭ-raı-m
exist<4-0s>-AFF-STAT exist<4>-NEG-NOMPAT-STAT
No nonexistent thing exists.

Translation challenge: 15/100

I feel like the "featural palindromes" concept I've been toying with for V4.1 is definitely "extreme" in several ways. tl;dr: (1) All constituents are discontinuous, combining through a process of "looming" with strictly-defined parts of speech, (2) all roots are of som...

Vue quaj çõçõ ? CNJ INTERR.ADJ.M.SG «chonchon» ? But what sort of Earthquake Bird? * Chonchon is not my own invention; props go to Spookylord. I googled and found this on a Speculative Evolution forum on giant Avian creatures of the Neozoic Era~! Also reminds me of preprotospec-evol-deity-at-large ...

Losanni kenoljano aninwaŋka. Losanni pomulano aŋkwalinoŋkan. lOsan-ni kEnOlE-(n)o an=in-Oŋka | lOsan-ni pOmula-(n)o an=kÓ-in-Oŋka-n(a) head-TOP sentence-ERG 1sg=STATIC-have | head-TOP formula-ERG 1sg=NEG-STATIC-have-NEG [lo.'san.ni ke.no.'lʲa.no aŋ.'kʷa.li.noŋ.kan] I understand that. I don't unders...

Aràukuàx x·masaúḳ z·rá láktal x·ḳaẓaṭa Ḷuìmtumraıá. [˹ɐˈ˻rɑvgvɑχ xmɐˈ˹sˤuŋ ʃrɛ ˈɬak˻tɐl ˈxŋɐd͡ʒɐtʼ ˈt͡ɬfem˹dɤmrəja] ru<àv>k-u-à-x xa=mas<aú>ḳ za=rá lákt<a>l xa=ḳaẓ<a#a>ṭ ḷu<ì-mtu>m-ra-ı-á choose<1.4>- DEO-CONC-VOL.ACT BEN =costume< PAT > GEN =this linguistics.department< OBL > BEN =party< OBL > gre...

Oop, timing - just sent the torch to Jackk! I'll send it on to Mándinrùh instead. Apologies again for the delay, all, the timing on this just happened to clash perfectly terribly with a whole host of things.

Update (in a new post so it bumps the thread): I swear I am almost done . I am so sorry this has taken so long - I probably should have asked to switch ordering, since this ended up coinciding perfectly with both midterms and a Halloween radio show thing I'm in, which have eaten every modicum of fre...

Mantilon kennakyo kenosan toixanalon? construct-PPPP language-INSTR speak-place EMPH.PERF-die-PPPP Did this thread die? Zrazraıhùlḳàm! [˹ʃrɐʒrəjˈ˻çoɮɴɑm] zra~zra<ıv>h-ùl-ḳàm HAB ~sway<3>- AFF - FREQ It comes and goes! Aràukuàx x·masaúḳ z·rá láktal x·ḳaẓaṭa Ḷuìmtumraıá. [˹ɐˈ˻rɑvgvɑχ xmɐˈ˹sˤuŋ ʃrɛ ˈɬ...