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Sanskrit कपि /kapi/ "Monkey" and :isr: קוף /qup/ [kuf] "id." Here, MissTerry explained to me that they were actual cognates: https://cbbforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=317203&hilit=remember+monkeys#p317203 I actually explained in the Unexpected Cognates thread why I think this is ...

Sanskrit कपि /kapi/ "Monkey" and קוף /qup/ [kuf] "id."

David Shulman, an Israeli professor of South Asian studies, in his book about the history of Tamil lit and culture, proposes that :isr: תּוֹכִי /tuki/ "parrot" is related to Old Tamil துகி /tuki/ "Peacock", since in Biblical :isr:, the word meant "Peacock" and is mentio...

continuing: And if a person be stricken with madness, and one of the symptoms is frequenting the cemetery: It shall be suspected that he or she is more then afflicted by spirits that effect the mind, but that his or her sins allowed the wander soul of a dead sinner to enter him or her. Thus, he or s...

Continuing: And when the priests begin their service, they are ton prepare their hearts with faith in my. They shall know whom they are offering these offerings to -THEOS- and meditate on his name throughout the service. They shall say "to THEOS" every time they do an act of service, and s...

Khairete Neos Stefanos! Eulogēmenos ho Theos! More of the Book of Laws: Your days are to begin and end at dawn. And You are to make for yourself a calendar that starts on the Autumnal Equinox, two days before or after. And you alternate the months between 31 and 30 days, except the last two months s...

I've had at least one unintended convergence in the Lonely Galaxy. There is a meme within the Civilization fandom about immortal leaders, basically if you pick to play as George Washington, he'll be leading his American empire from the beginning of recorded history into the space age. I decided to ...

I know that with all the beheadings and lashings this seems harsh. However, they had strict checks and balances on the court, but this was saved for the end of the Book. This placement was explained by a famous theologian and jurist I will call Tim.L.Seb. thusly: "First, Theos lays out every si...

So, I have an altworld, that I'm not actively conlanging in, but I do actively conworld in. It focuses on a civilization known as the Yonotaurians, whose main religion is Mikhonism. I set it up early in the creation process that five is a very holy number in Mikhonism. I then decided that their cale...

More: These are the sacrifices which you are to bring unto me. If a person wishes to gain favor with me, and to strengthen his prayers, he or she shall bring an acceptance offering. It is to be slaughtered upon the altar, and the blood applied to the corners. Its body shall be completely burnt. If a...

I'm writing the Mikhonic Book of Laws. These are the Laws that Theos has set down for Mikhon and his line, and for his people. I, Theos, enter into a covenant with Mikhon and his line, and through them, anyone who wishes to join this covenant. Now, the people have selected Mikhon to be their king, a...

I've decided to let /j/ occur between any consonant and vowel, not just the labials, but it induces the following allophonic changes: /t͡ʃ d͡ʒ ʃ/>[tɕ dʑ ɕ] or [tç dʝ ç] (depending on dialect) and /k g/>[c ɟ]. This is to allow vowel contraction at Morpheme boundries, which works like this: i+a=[ja] i...

Creyeditor wrote: ↑21 Jan 2025 09:05 Isn't this just gender marking and declension classes coinciding?

Yes, but could you clarify your post's main point?

idea for how Noun class system will work: The prefix indicates class, but ergative case is marked by a class-matched extension prefix, which may be something as simple as changing the tone of the prefix. So class Ye/N, Humans: Ye – absolutive singular Iye – ergative singular (with the added vowel to...

Putative romanization that I am happy with : /m n ɲ ŋ/ <m n ny nh> /b ɓ t d t' t͡s d͜z t͡s' t͡ʃ d͡ʒ t͡ʃ' k g k'/ <b b' t c t' c dz c' ch j ch' k g k'> /f s ʃ h/ <f s sh h> /ɾ/ <r> / w l j/ <w l y> /i u e o a/ <I u e o a> /ɴ̩/ <m~n> /˧ ˥/ Shown on /a/ <a á> Note on /ŋ/ as <nh>. I feel justified using...

Yes, the language as a whole is inspired by the so-called Altaic languages, with a lot of influence specifically from Turkic. While most vocabulary is a priori, the numbers are mostly modifications of the Turkic ones.

I like to think about a language's diachronics. I'm thinking that an earlier stage, perhaps the protostage of the family, had a ten vowel system /i ɪ u ʊ e ɛ o ɔ a ɐ/ with +atr harmony, that was lost early, and led to the current five vowel system. There was opposition between palatal stops and post...

Thoughts? What with an ortography? Conlangers usually incorporate romanizations into thier phonetic inventories. I'm not totally sure how I want to romanize this lang. I'm of two minds on a couple of points. /ɴ̩g/ vs. /ŋ/ is one example- perhaps the latter should be <ŋ> or should I go full Swahili ...

I'm thinking of redoing Zeigouŋdeizese, renamed SuSegong, from scratch, but instead of being inspired by Mayan and Austronesian, I want to replace the Austronesian influences by Bantu influence. If I follow through, possible phonetic inventory /m n ɲ ŋ/ /b ɓ t d t' t͡s d͜z t͡s' t͡ʃ d͡ʒ t͡ʃ' k g k'/ ...

Numbers 1-99: 1. Büŗ 2. Çuv 3. Ņü 4. Tör 5 Tauv 6. Jirg 7. Nac 8. Caku 9. Kegen 10. Çöv 11. Büŗäv 12. Çuvav 13. Ņüväv 14. Töräv 15 Tauvav 16. Jirgäv 17. Nacav 18. Cakuvav 19. Kegenäv 20. Çör 21. Büŗçör 22. Çuvçor 23. Ņüçör etc. 30. Ņür 31. Büŗ-a-Ņür 32. Çuv-a-Ņür 33. Ņü-a-Ņür etc. 40. Törär 50 Taur ...