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by ThatAnalysisGuy
27 Nov 2023 04:01
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Last word you learned in a foreign language
Replies: 116
Views: 112488

Re: Last word you learned in a foreign language

:isl: Icelandic ör "arrow"

I learned that word by searching the etymology of English word arrow. I also learned the Gothic word arhwazna from this.
by ThatAnalysisGuy
02 Sep 2023 18:24
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Proxima Centauri vampires (WARNING: DO NOT POST. WORK IN PROGRESS.)
Replies: 2
Views: 9109

Re: Proxima Centauri vampires (WARNING: DO NOT POST. WORK IN PROGRESS.)

thethief3 wrote: 05 Jun 2023 10:04 Actually tetrachromats don't have night vision they just can see more colours.
I changed it to make more sense. Thank you for pointing that out.

These vampire-like aliens live on the side of Proxima Centauri not affected by stellar wind. What do you think? Make sure to tell me.
by ThatAnalysisGuy
20 May 2023 22:50
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 ...
by ThatAnalysisGuy
20 May 2023 02:23
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Where and how can I describe and document languages?
Replies: 2
Views: 8237

Where and how can I describe and document languages?

Hello. I have been becoming more interested in historical and comparative linguistics lately. Some particular languages/language groups that I would like to study include Germanic, some Algonquian languages (especially Eastern Algonquian and Menominee), some separate dialects of Siouan languages, th...
by ThatAnalysisGuy
15 May 2023 01:37
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Last word you learned in a foreign language
Replies: 116
Views: 112488

Re: Last word you learned in a foreign language

I learned two new words in Esperanto: "sekvinbero," meaning raisin, and "flosglacio," meaning sea ice. I also learned a new noun in German, "Angriff," meaning attack.
by ThatAnalysisGuy
14 Feb 2023 22:48
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Proxima Centauri vampires (WARNING: DO NOT POST. WORK IN PROGRESS.)
Replies: 2
Views: 9109

Proxima Centauri vampires (WARNING: DO NOT POST. WORK IN PROGRESS.)

I am currently in the process of creating a conworld taking place in outer space. The world I created is located in the Alpha Centauri system, specifically the Proxima Centauri system. Hence, I nicknamed the fictional race native here the Proxima Centauri vampires. Some races of Proxima Centauri vam...
by ThatAnalysisGuy
09 Aug 2022 00:55
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: I invented a new wordlist
Replies: 2
Views: 9231

I invented a new wordlist

Hello. Not any earlier than last year, I created a wordlist that I called the GeoLife Wordlist. Like the Swadesh list, a set of basic vocabulary in the first language (usually English) are compared with another language that are least likely to be borrowed from another language/dialect. However, unl...
by ThatAnalysisGuy
13 Nov 2021 01:15
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Prud language (work in progress)
Replies: 3
Views: 753

Re: Prud language (work in progress)

Titus Flavius wrote: 11 Nov 2021 09:48
ThatAnalysisGuy wrote: /p̪ c q/ /b d g/
Each unvoiced consonant is shifted one POA backwards?
Why is /ɛI/ considered a diphthong?
Sorry about that, it was a typo. I meant he diphthong ɛi. Also, the unusual stop shift represents a unique development from an earlier stage of the language.
by ThatAnalysisGuy
11 Nov 2021 03:57
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Prud language (work in progress)
Replies: 3
Views: 753

Prud language (work in progress)

Hello. I just came up with a fictional language called Prud. This language has nominative-absolute alignment, is weakly agglutinative, and has VOS word order. Consonants Voiceless stops /p̪ c q/ Voiced stops: /b d g/ Nasal consonants: /m n ŋ~ɴ / Semivowels/Approximants: /ɹ l j w / Fricatives: /f v s...
by ThatAnalysisGuy
18 Sep 2021 21:02
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: How do you say "bee" and "wasp" in Algic languages?
Replies: 30
Views: 5505

Re: How do you say "bee" and "wasp" in Algic languages?

I'm not sure non-scientists have any way to distinguish bees from wasps. Indeed, bees in a sense ARE wasps - a wasp is any wasp that isn't a bee or an ant or a sawfly. Apparently you can identify wasps by their branched hairs, the bifurcation of the seventh dorsal abdominal plate in females, and by...
by ThatAnalysisGuy
09 Aug 2021 17:49
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: How do you say "bee" and "wasp" in Algic languages?
Replies: 30
Views: 5505

Re: How do you say "bee" and "wasp" in Algic languages?

eldin raigmore wrote: 09 Aug 2021 17:13 Native American languages don’t have native terms for honeybees, because those came here from across the Atlantic.
Some must have terms for other kinds of bees, or more generic terms for bees.
What about wasps?
by ThatAnalysisGuy
09 Aug 2021 17:00
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: How do you say "bee" and "wasp" in Algic languages?
Replies: 30
Views: 5505

How do you say "bee" and "wasp" in Algic languages?

Hello. I recently made my own wordlist, and I included the terms "bee" and "wasp." One group of languages that I am interested in studying are the Algic languages (Algonquian and Yurok). However, I only found the term for "bee" in these languages. Can you name distinct ...
by ThatAnalysisGuy
26 Jul 2021 22:48
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Last word you learned in a foreign language
Replies: 116
Views: 112488

Re: Last word you learned in a foreign language

Today, I learned the Latin noun trabs, which means "timber or beam" along with its Esperanto descendant trabo meaning pole or beam
by ThatAnalysisGuy
10 Jun 2021 18:17
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Esperanto Conversation Thread
Replies: 34
Views: 55266

Re: Esperanto!

Mi praktikas Esperanton por helpi, ke Esperantistoj lernu la lingvon Kotavao. Ĉu vi konas Kotavaon? Mi kreis dulingvan vortaron en Esperanto kaj en Kotavao. Nun, ĉe Jutubo, mi faras videojn en Kotavao kun subtitoloj en Esperanto. Nomo de mia kanalo: Luce Kotavusik Ligilo: https://www.youtube.com/ch...
by ThatAnalysisGuy
26 Apr 2021 03:48
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: What colleges/universities offer documentary linguistics courses?
Replies: 2
Views: 1419

What colleges/universities offer documentary linguistics courses?

I have been looking at colleges for the near future that offer language documentation and revitalization courses. I am interested in studying and attesting various languages across the world, especially Algonquian, Eskimo-Aleut, Oceanic, Ket, Cushitic, and Chadic languages. I currently live in the M...
by ThatAnalysisGuy
27 Mar 2021 00:20
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Last word you learned in a foreign language
Replies: 116
Views: 112488

Re: Last word you learned in a foreign language

There is a phrase that I learned (orsaka) which means "Excuse me" in Faroese
by ThatAnalysisGuy
26 May 2020 23:55
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Last word you learned in a foreign language
Replies: 116
Views: 112488

Re: Last word you learned in a foreign language

I learned the French noun "temps," meaning time or weather. I learned this in the French part of the Esperanto book Fundamento de Esperanto. In Esperanto, the corresponding word for time is "tempo."
by ThatAnalysisGuy
29 Apr 2020 20:59
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Munsee vs Unami
Replies: 1
Views: 1184

Munsee vs Unami

Hello. I have been studying the Eastern Algonquian languages recently. One language that I have focused on is the Munsee Delaware language, which interests me as it only has two speakers left (both living in Ontario). But when I researched this language, I noticed something that perplexed me. I have...
by ThatAnalysisGuy
04 Nov 2019 14:02
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Calculating lexical similarities
Replies: 5
Views: 1907

Calculating lexical similarities

Hello,
I am interested in calculating lexical similarity between languages and dialects. I wonder what type of mathematics (calculus, algebra, etc.) would be used for these calculations.

Did I put this in the right board? Anyways, thanks for reading this.
by ThatAnalysisGuy
07 Mar 2018 03:57
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1317661

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

What are the differences between a fusional and an agglutinative language? Fusional languages encode multiple meanings in grammatical morphemes, -kio could be present tense, imperfect aspect, conditional mood. Agglutinating languages separate these into multiple morphemes. What else characterizes a...