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- 31 Oct 2019 11:05
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Činlim'li Nujmil: Conlang Family
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Tųda Syntax
After a long time of no conlanging, here we go again. Here is a little more on Tųda syntax. More to come, hopefully, soon. Tųda Syntax TP has become left-headed in Tųda. The highest verbal element (either main verb, or auxiliary) head-moves to T, yielding SVO orders in simple sentences. (This is in ...
- 04 Jul 2018 22:43
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Činlim'li Nujmil: Conlang Family
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Maluna to Tųda Changes & Tųda Phonology
Moluna --> Tųda Sound Changes Here are the battery of sound changes. Notation: _ denotes the position of a phoneme + denotes morpheme boundary # denotes phonological word boundary ## denotes phonological phrase boundary Sound Change History: 1) Suffix Allomorphy: Raising across morpheme boundary: *...
- 27 Jun 2018 11:02
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Činlim'li Nujmil: Conlang Family
- Replies: 18
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Historical Picture
Proto-Language Lexicon So, here is some more information about the proto-language, along with the whole current lexicon. Proto-Language: Maluna The proto-lang is called Maluna, [ˈma.lu.na]. It means 'rest'. It is only preserved in liturgical use, and the name comes from a main tenant of the religio...
- 25 Jun 2018 11:25
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Činlim'li Nujmil: Conlang Family
- Replies: 18
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Re: Činlimli Nujmil
This looks like a promising exploration of theory for conlanging. I'm trying to use some historical sound change & analogical change to derive some weird irregularities, but mostly I wanted to toy with the idea of building a conlang from the syntax. 😲 wow 😯! 😎 cool 😎! Thanks! Now, I couldn't fi...
Re: Getic
Clio, what you are doing here is the coolest thing ever. I have nothing intelligent to comment, but I just wanted to express appreciation with your historical linguistics-driven conlanging. I love the concept, mainly because I would do something similar, speculating what an IRL lostlang, specificall...
- 23 Jun 2018 19:00
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Činlim'li Nujmil: Conlang Family
- Replies: 18
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Činlimli Nujmil: Syntax 1
Syntax 1: Clausal Structure So, before I explain it, let me put in a diagram that shows the whole clausal structure: https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1773/42040431815_2789f4e1ed.jpg First, let me explain what each phrase and syntactic head are, and then describe them in Činlimli Nujmil: CP: complemen...
- 22 Jun 2018 23:42
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Činlim'li Nujmil: Conlang Family
- Replies: 18
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Činlimli Nujmil: More Phonological Change
More Sound Change I had high hopes for myself, and sticking with a relatively simple phonology, but you know how it goes. I didn't quite aesthetically like the crushingly overwhelming CVC syllables, so I got nasalization and compensatory lengthening to get rid of CVN syllables and turn them into CV...
- 22 Jun 2018 22:48
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Činlim'li Nujmil: Conlang Family
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5848
Re: Činlimli Nujmil
I've really enjoyed following this thread! I particularly liked the bits of information you've already given about the proto-language's syntax (replete with bibliography no less) and the derived language's prosody. Those are definitely two aspects that don't seem to get much of the limelight in man...
- 21 Jun 2018 21:39
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Činlim'li Nujmil: Conlang Family
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Činlimli Nujmil Phonology
Phonology Phonemes stops: /p t ʧ k/ <p t č k> nasals: /m n ŋ/ <m n ŋ> liquids: /l/ <l> vowels: /i e a o u/ <i e a o u> Allophones stops: [b d ʤ g] <b d j g> (before liquid /l/) fricatives: [f s ʃ x] <f s š h> (word-finally) liquids: [l j ɫ] <l l> (palatalized before front vowels /i e/, velarized el...
- 21 Jun 2018 14:23
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Činlim'li Nujmil: Conlang Family
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Činlimli Nujmil Analogical Changes
Analogical Change Morphology The sound changes shape the morphological system. The Vowel Alternations triggered by high vowels have led to alternations in the same paradigm. I will call stems that ended in /a/ A-stems (ex: *puta-), /i/ I-stems (ex: *kaliti-), and /u/ U-stems (ex: *pupu-). The resul...
- 19 Jun 2018 22:46
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Činlim'li Nujmil: Conlang Family
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Činlimli Nujmil Sound Changes
Sound Changes Raising & Frontness Harmony: Low vowels raise before syllables containing high vowels and match frontness. a --> e / _Ci a --> o / _Co Apocope: Word-final Vowels are deleted. V --> 0 / _# This is quite a common change crosslinguistically, and has a phonetic & phonological moti...
- 19 Jun 2018 19:19
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Činlim'li Nujmil: Conlang Family
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Činlimli Nujmil Proto-Morphology
Proto-Language Morphology Nouns Nouns get suffixes for definiteness + number, and case. The proto-lang has three case-markings: nominative, accusative, and oblique. Oblique serves for locative, dative, genitive, and other meanings. Schema: root - def&num - case indef: -0 def.sg: -li def.pl: -la...
- 19 Jun 2018 18:22
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Činlim'li Nujmil: Conlang Family
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Činlimli Nujmil Proto-Typology & Syntax
Proto-Language Proto-Typology The proto-lang tended to be agglutinative, and suffixing. Now, I'll describe the syntactic headedness . If you don't quite know what that means, it is roughly about the ordering of things within a phrase, and the category of the phrase. The head is a 'lexical item' (ro...
- 19 Jun 2018 17:22
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Činlim'li Nujmil: Conlang Family
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Činlimli Nujmil Proto-Phonology
Proto Language Proto-Phonology: stops | *p *t *k nasals | *m *n *ŋ liquids| *l high V | *i *u low V | *a Syllable: CV Primary stress is word-initial. Secondary stress is the first syllable of each disyllabic foot. See some examples below (each σ represents a syllable, ' is primary stress, " is...
- 19 Jun 2018 16:47
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Činlim'li Nujmil: Conlang Family
- Replies: 18
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Činlim'li Nujmil: Conlang Family
Činlim'li Nujmil "The Words of the Roads" Proto-Language: Maluna Descendant 1: Činlim'li Nujmil Modern Form of Descendant 1: Čiilii'li Nužmil Descendant 2: Tųda Meta-info: This is mostly an attempt at a diachronically derived conlang. First attempt at a diachronic conlang. Also, I'll warn...
- 22 Jan 2014 19:40
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
So... The velum is lowered and the nasal cavity is opened... In a voiceless bilabial fricative, its... certainly interesting.Dezinaa wrote:Yes... is there something about that phoneme that cought your eye?Creyeditor wrote: Do I see a nasalized voiceless bilabial fricative there?
- 21 Jan 2014 11:55
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
- Replies: 11605
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I determined recently that I'd like to have a volitional distinction be a mandatory part of verbs in Shijaam Tu. So far, <jaam> is the ending for verbs in which the subject has control over the action, and <jan> is the ending in which the subject does not have control. So, for instance, <manjaam> m...
- 20 Jan 2014 10:15
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I'll assume you aren't going for realism and refrain from commenting on your consonant inventory. If you change your tone diacritics to fit with Vietnamese, you get horns (hooks? I always forget which is which) and circumflexes that can combine with those diacritics. Otherwise, you're stuck with di...
- 18 Jan 2014 19:51
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I am stuck with orthography, the vowels are quite challenging... This is what I have done until now: Consonants: /p p h b t t h d c c h ɟ ʔ m p m p h m b n t n t h n d ɲ c ɲ c h ɲ ɟ ɴ ʔ f mv fː mvː s mz sː mzː ç ɲʝ çː ɲʝː h ɴ ɹ̺ ŋ ɺ ɥ/ <p ph b t th d k kh g ' mp mph mb nt nth nd nk nkh ngg n' f mf f...
- 18 Jan 2014 19:04
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Corporate Collab-Lang
- Replies: 113
- Views: 17111
Re: Corporate Collab-Lang
Question 13: Will animate nouns (those involving people) decline for Formality? It would be nice for speech to be different when addressing or mentioning kings, royalty or simply powerful people. I guess it would be a necessity to have some special way of conversing about high class because the peo...