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by Sequor
09 Feb 2024 05:28
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False cognates
Replies: 902
Views: 325336

Re: False cognates

English juice, French jus 'juice' < Latin iūs 'gravy, sauce, broth'
Spanish jugo 'juice' < Old Spanish xugo < Latin sūcus 'juice'
by Sequor
17 Dec 2023 06:49
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282381

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

I read the Wikipedia article about Hebrew. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language "4-consonant roots also exist and became more frequent in the modern language due to a process of coining verbs from nouns that are themselves constructed from 3-consonant verbs." How does this work...
by Sequor
24 Aug 2023 09:38
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False cognates
Replies: 902
Views: 325336

Re: False cognates

English and
Tagdal ənda 'and, with'
by Sequor
17 Aug 2023 12:58
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Word Order In Natlangs
Replies: 16
Views: 12403

Re: Word Order In Natlangs

[*]In some languages (e.g. German, Yoruba, Latin) , certain words, e.g. German 'aber' but, can occur in a prosodically determined position instead of the word order expected purely on grounds of dependencies or constituent structures. Wait, could you expand on that? [is this a relic of Wackernagel'...
by Sequor
15 Aug 2023 06:31
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: A New IE Origin Theory
Replies: 7
Views: 10017

Re: A New IE Origin Theory

Regarding glottochronology, I thought it was amusing to hear someone recently point out: why was it taken seriously by anyone when languages as exotic as Latin > French vs. Italian disprove it? (Even if we limit "Italian" to the "natural" dialects of Tuscan, the point stands.) It...
by Sequor
15 Aug 2023 05:59
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Keenir's script scratchpad
Replies: 16
Views: 2402

Re: Keenir's script scratchpad

I like how you casually just continued a thread from 2015. Man, I miss clawgrip.

Your 2023 script is much more, uh, esoteric (if I may say) and maybe less practical than your previous conscript...
by Sequor
29 Jul 2023 08:28
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: What is grammar?
Replies: 3
Views: 9281

Re: What is grammar?

Hello! It's been a bit since I posted here. I'm still working on that same lang from a while back, and I've realized something: I don't think I know much about cross-linguistic grammar. Usually, I would lean towards a feature common in, say, an Indo-European language. I'd prefer not to do this, and...
by Sequor
18 Jun 2023 17:33
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Where to post your word pairs [guide]
Replies: 10
Views: 10733

Re: Where to post your word pairs

I thought it was a fun chart [:D] , partly because the issue is pretty minor.
by Sequor
18 Jun 2023 17:04
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False cognates
Replies: 902
Views: 325336

Re: False cognates

Ge'ez ውርዙት wərzut 'youth, adolescence; manhood, maturity' (derived from ወርዘወ warzawa 'to become a young man; to mature; to act with courage')
Latin virtūtem 'courage, heroism; glory; manhood; virtue, moral worth' (derived from vir 'man')
by Sequor
18 Jun 2023 16:49
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282381

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

However, I don't know whether the irregular initial stress is common enough, or sufficiently related to word class, to qualify here. The irregular initial stress on término 'term' is quite odd and not common. And I'd say it exists at all due to it being adapted/adopted from Latin, that is it's a la...
by Sequor
28 May 2023 23:53
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: Conlang documentation
Replies: 20
Views: 14184

Re: Conlang documentation

here the link condemns, as I often do, bilingual lists, which neglect what makes a language what it is, the unique semantic fields... the number of entries does not limit the risk of relex... this type of list encourages you to match an entry in one language with an entry in a conlang, and therefor...
by Sequor
22 May 2023 22:32
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: Conlang documentation
Replies: 20
Views: 14184

Re: Conlang documentation

So how do you all document your languages? Do you etch them into stone walls? Transport your data mentally through hyperspace? If any of you have ideas I like, I might incorporate them into my document ─ this is already version 1.8. This is a place where we all differ, and thus an opportunity to le...
by Sequor
20 May 2023 19:33
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: If natlangs were conlangs
Replies: 150
Views: 109995

Re: If natlangs were conlangs

...That doesn't seem ridiculous to me? Dropping /j/ or /w/ in the context C_V seems pretty normal, especially if it's /j/ after a coronal. Consider Latin battuere > Italian battere, or Middle Chinese 張 pronounced something like *[ʈʂjɐŋ] > Mandarin zhāng [ʈʂɑŋ].
by Sequor
20 May 2023 19:28
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Where and how can I describe and document languages?
Replies: 2
Views: 8237

Re: Where and how can I describe and document languages?

Not sure how it is with universities vs. Christian missionary organizations, but they seem similar in terms of activity, in fact the Christians might be more involved in it even. So you can be a Christian missionary if you don't want to go the university route. [xD] Alternatively, if you live in a w...
by Sequor
29 Apr 2023 17:15
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False cognates
Replies: 902
Views: 325336

Re: False cognates

Azerbaijani qaqaş 'bro, mate'
Persian کاکا kākā 'elder brother, uncle'
Mandarin 哥哥 gēge 'elder brother'

Georgian გოგო gogo 'girl'
Manchu ᡤᡝᡤᡝ gege 'princess'
by Sequor
23 Apr 2023 04:54
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282381

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Are there any natlangs that make distinctions between pronouns for 'speaker + 2 listeners' vs. 'speaker + listener + non-listener'? Like with an extra clusivity distinction? I think some* of the contributors to WALS.info have published one or more articles or books saying so! *(Anna Siewierska, or ...
by Sequor
15 Apr 2023 14:22
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1678
Views: 347437

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

My understanding is though that it's somewhat 'unnatural'/rare that demonstratives and posessive/personal pronouns are somehow related. It's common when it comes to 3rd person pronouns, in the direction of demonstratives becoming 3rd person pronouns (e.g. Latin ipse / ille and the descendants into ...
by Sequor
08 Apr 2023 17:43
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Overcoming the first hurdle
Replies: 13
Views: 875

Re: Overcoming the first hurdle

I wonder if there are people on this forum that overcame this issue, because it seems like a lot of us have this in common. Well, I've been conlanging for 15 years (oof, how time flies by!), and personally I've basically given up on ever making anything longer than a sketch. I'm okay at making a 30...
by Sequor
07 Apr 2023 23:07
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1678
Views: 347437

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Hi, I have a question about a feature in one of my conlangs. This language has two separate genitive cases; one which is used when the possessee is masculine, and one which is used when the possessee is feminine. The thing is, I am almost certain this is ANADEW and I have been looking online for si...
by Sequor
06 Apr 2023 05:34
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282381

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Where do VSO languages usually position short adverbs like soon, again, unfortunately ... ? Is "unfortunately" a short adverb? [:D] For what it's worth, Standard Arabic places "soon" at the end, places its adverbial equivalents of "again" at the end as well (literally ...