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Thought this was a Fiddler on the Roof reference for a second. As the Good Book says...

Split demonstrative phrases are the norm in Celtic languages as well, although there are distinct demonstrative pronouns for 'this' and 'that'. However the colloquial Welsh has become similar to the German in that the distinct demonstrative pronouns (hwn/hon/hwnnw/honno/hyn/hynnny) are more often re...

This one has probably been done before
air "water" vs. air

Coptic ⲙⲏⲣ (mēr) "desert" vs. French mer "sea" Conversely, Egyptian dšrt "the Egyptian desert" and Pan-Euro desert- (Latinate in origin) are false cognates.

Just wondered how these would be written if in Hebrew (and then in Greek) like the Ten Commandments. :isr: Biblical Hebrew כָּל־הֹלֵך עַל־רַגְלַיִם אֹיֵב הוּא׃ כָּל־הֹלֵך עַל־אַרְבַּע וְאוֹ עַל־כָּנָף רֵעַ הוּא׃ לֹא־תִּלְבַּשׁ חַיָּה שִׂמְלוֹת׃ לֹא־תִּשְׁכַּב חַיָּה בַּמִּטָּה׃ לֹא־תִּשְׁתֶּה חַיָּה...

This sentence makes remarkably little sense in Rireinu culture since all Rireinukave are anatomically female (the males of the species are non-sapient so are tacitly ignored) so the subtext is completely lost. Maybe a more gender-neutral one would be something like "do you have a fever", ...

I keep everything in .txt files for some reason that I've forgotten.

Is it spoken in Patagonia?

/p b t d k g/ <p b t d k g> /θ s ɬ ʃ x/ <th s lh sh h> /t͡s t͡ɬ t͡ʃ/ <ts tl ch> /m n ŋ/ <m n ng> /ɹ l j w/ <r l y w> /r/ <rr> /i u/ <i u> /e ẽ o õ/ <e ę o ǫ> /a ã/ <a ą> Next: /m n ɲ ŋ/ /p t ts tʂ tɕ c k q/ /pʰ tʰ tsʰ tʂʰ tɕʰ cʰ kʰ qʰ/ /p' t' ts' tʂ' tɕ' c' k' q'/ /s ɬ ʂ ɕ x X h/ /r l ɻ λ j w ʁ/ /i ...

:ara: Classical Syriac Matthew 6:9b-13 ܐܲܒ݂ܘܿܢ ܕ݁ܒ݂ܲܫܡܲܝܵܐ ܢܸܬ݂ܩܲܕ݁ܲܫ ܫܡܵܟ݂ ܀ 09 ܬܹ݁ܐܬ݂ܹܐ ܡܲܠܟ݁ܘܿܬ݂ܵܟ݂ ܢܹܗܘܹܐ ܨܸܒ݂ܝܵܢܵܟ݂ ܐܲܝܟ݁ܲܢܵܐ ܕ݁ܒ݂ܲܫܡܲܝܵܐ ܐܵܦ݂ ܒ݁ܲܐܪܥܵܐ ܀ 10 ܗܲܒ݂ ܠܲܢ ܠܲܚܡܵܐ ܕ݁ܣܘܿܢܩܵܢܲܢ ܝܲܘܡܵܢܵܐ ܀ 11 ܘܲܫܒ݂ܘܿܩ ܠܲܢ ܚܲܘܒ݁ܲܝܢ ܐܲܝܟ݁ܲܢܵܐ ܕ݁ܵܐܦ݂ ܚܢܲܢ ܫܒ݂ܲܩܢ ܠܚܲܝܵܒ݂ܲܝܢ ܀ 12 ܘܠܵܐ ܬ݁ܲܥܠܲܢ ܠܢܸܣܝܘܿܢܵܐ ܐܸܠܵܐ...

Updating mine since I've had a few...realisations about myself. 1. Gender: Trans female (not out irl yet) 2. Sexual orientation: Pan demisexual lesbian 3. Handedness: Right 4. Nationality: Australia, NSW 5. Ethnicity you primarily identify with: Anglo-Celtic 6. Neurotype: Autistic/ADHD/PTSD yaayyyy ...

:eng: Do you have a banana in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? :fra: Tu as une banane dans la poche ou tu es juste content de me voir? /t(y) a yn banan dɑ̃ la pɔʃ u t(y) ɛ ʒyst kɔ̃tɑ̃ də mə vwar/ 2SG.NOM have.PRS.2SG INDEF.F.SG banana in DEF.F.SG pocket or 2SG.NOM be.PRS.2SG just happy o...

Is Dene-Yeniseian no longer accepted? Did something happen? I don't know the general opinion, but I haven't found much written on the topic apart from Vajda's tbh. I've read his thesis myself and I can't say I read very compelling evidence. It was rather disappointing how little detail there was ac...

:chn: Manchu https://i.imgur.com/zx1jMdJ.png Bi buraki toron. /pi purakʰi tʰoron/ 1SG.NOM dust dust "I am dust and ashes." https://i.imgur.com/iBvGNjp.png Min i jalin de abka i fejergi arabuha. /min i tʃalin tɜ apqʰa i fɜtʃɜrki arapux̠a/ 1SG.OBL GEN for_the_sake_of DAT sky GEN under make-P...

I imagine you'll want to take inspiration from Scottish Gaelic and Manx since they both developed in areas of Norse influence ( the Hebrides and the Isle of Man were both under Norse control for some time ), but that influence is still somewhat limited by time. Also I always saw Icelandic and Faroes...

Ooh very Pama-Nyungan vibes so far! I can't wait to see what Knox words and grammar look like

as does Cornish (I think Breton too maybe?), and Scottish Gaelic. Irish still generally prefers simplex verbs to periphrasis ( oibrím ); a present progressive construction can be used, but it's not very common AFAIK: tá mé ag obair be.PRS 1SG CONN work.VN This greatly surprises me! I thought the pr...

This is a pretty interesting challenge. One thing that I think is peripheral regarding verbs is the use of a periphrastic construction involving a non-finite verb form to express progressive/continuous aspect in the standard language, in an unmarked way, practically as part of the verb paradigm. Fr...

Salmoneus, I’ve been trying to remember the name of a conlang that was quite prominent on the ZBB many many moons ago, but I’ve been unable to find it. It was modelled on Japanese and had a similar syllable structure (except it allowed CwV syllables iirc). The reason I though to ask if you might re...

Rabbi Simcha Bunam of Pzhysha once said, "Everyone must have two pockets, so that he can reach into one or the other, according to his needs. In his right pocket are to be the words: 'For my sake was the world created', and in his left: 'I am but dust and ashes'." These words refer to a st...