The CBB

Minimalistic af! By the name, may I wager that /ɑ/ has an allophone [o] before /ʁ/?

Collective Nouns, / yu -/, and their alignment: •there are collective nouns, like níene "leaves/foliage". •these do not take the plural marker /a-/, and are thought of as singular noun, though can take ordinal numbers. •/ju-/ marks 4p-4p. •collective nouns plural reference pattern: SUBJ: b...

If no one else has said this before in this thread (unless I am wrong about the lore), I will... ::ahem::

"Yinrih are Mankind's best friend!"

(I'll go to the doghouse, now.)

I was wondering if you could actually render some form of audio clip on this site of how some of this sounds. Playing around with Audacity as we speak. I'm messing around with the timing of vowel contours using the envelope tool and generated white noise as a base. Whines would be easy enough to sy...

<FBrcg> /long falling weakening whine, chuff, short low strong whine, short low weak growl/ from FBr (moon, natural satellite) + -c (pertaining to, related to, -y) 1. (Chiefly Welkinstead) a resident of a lunar colony 2. a rural person, a hick, a hillbilly. The cloud cities floating in Welkinstead'...

hecd us en iursunonf wrote: ↑12 Apr 2024 16:21 Wow this is really well thought out! Much interesting :). Sorry if my english isn't good.

Actually, it's quite good. You even used a cheeky phrasing, to boot, like you have always known it.

I expanded the tense slot. /s-/: intransitive immediate past ("just did") /is-/: intransitive hodiernal past ("did yesterday") /es-/: intransitive simple past ("did") /ʃ-/: intransitive immediate future ("be about to do") /iʃ-/: intransitive crastinal future (...

Verbal number marking. There's three relevant prefix slots for core argument marking: An outermost ergative person/gender marker (for transitive verbs), an absolutive person/gender marker and lastly a marker encoding number of both ergative and absolutive. Intransitive ABS Sg -∅- ABS Du -nan- AbS P...

I have been meaning to ask this for a while but wasn't sure if I ever would: has there ever been any attested language that has exhibited a tripartite plural system like I use? I have never seen one. Look here https://books.google.com/books/about/Number.html?id=7jc-pgAFcE0C . Something similar to y...

Knox Adjacent wrote: ↑09 Apr 2024 01:27 Never seen one either, but great minds think alike?

I wager. Did you derive the same?

I have been meaning to ask this for a while but wasn't sure if I ever would: has there ever been any attested language that has exhibited a tripartite plural system like I use? I have never seen one. I still remember the moment the idea solidified. They really derived from the static, coupled nature...

ћit'é [xiˈt'e] "be important/famous/of high favor or worth" w̌lea [ble̯a] "work/labor/do chores" y̌lea [gle̯a] "sing" ékci [ˈeksi] "heart" hyu [(c)çu] "be good" łačí [daˈt͡ʃi] "be loud" đáw̌i [ˈd͡ʒabi] "play" múšče [ˈmuʃt͡ʃe] &quo...

Adverb Serialization: •verb roots can chain serialize. •they arrange in form of: "action-(grammar)-quality-abstract." •grammar still "infixes" to the chain behind the action root. •stress of a word is set on the action root; regardless of stress of any word in the adjective slot;...

Omzinesý wrote: ↑28 Mar 2024 21:25
There is a polypersonal agreement.

Code: Select all

	sg1O	sg2O	3O	pl1O	pl2O
sg1S	-	-ne	-i	-	-yol
sg2S	-ho	-	-la	-se	-	
3S	-lan	-li	-∅	-fa	-kjul
pl1S	-	-	-ta	-	-kar
pl2S	-hon	-	-ti	-hor	-		

If there is no object, the third person object form is used.

Is there no pl3S or pl3O?

The partitive /-pi/ -- "some," "each," and fractions (apparently) •the partitive in Skasti is best translated as "part/some of." •with a singular noun, it means "a part of." •with the plural marker /a-/, it means "some of." •with ordinal numbers, it ...

I will read this paper but, for now, I wanna explain Skasti, a bit. It is intended as polysynthetic but I'm not entirely sure what the difference between synthetic and polysynthetic really is. It allows three prefixal slots and six suffixal in its verbal complex. There is a tendency for heavy collap...

I try to utter what I randomly think can be translated, all the time. I have been starting to bring it up in conversation to people. I enjoy being able to chat about it offline, too. Happy to say, I have even gotten to record myself saying long swathes of it.

River Skasti:

a ą c č d đ e ę ea eą
h ħ i į ie ię k l ł m n ň
o ǫ oa oą p r s š t u ų
uo uǫ w w̌ y y̌ z ž (')

Skasti Root: •root template: ((C)V(V))(C)CV(V)((C)CV(V)). •clusters cannot begin 3-syllable roots. •stress is trochaic on all sides from the stressed root syllable. •only nouns, verbs, and particles. Root Stress Patterns: CV y̌lų CV́CV máne CVCV́ y̌emóa CV́CVCV éščawù CVCV́CV heščíke CVCVCV́ ìmeňú T...

Full list of Skasti nominal cases: Nominative: /-∅/ la "the water (subject)" Accusative: /-~/ lą "the water (object)" Genitive: /-:/ lá'a "belonging to the water" Dative: /-lu/ lálu "to/for the water" Locative: /-ʔu/ lá'u "at/on/inside the water" And...