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- 02 Nov 2020 22:41
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What did you accomplish today?
- Replies: 236
- Views: 19324
Re: What did you accomplish today?
Is Mánnìkà tonal? I love how it looks, it's so strange compared to the others.
- 30 Oct 2020 06:16
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: I need help again, this time with a Romlang
- Replies: 12
- Views: 904
Re: I need help again, this time with a Romlang
Wightish would be, because of its distance from other related languages, be one of the most innovative Romance languages, if not the most innovative. That's not quite how it works, though - isolated, peripheral languages are generally more conservative, not more innovative. However, it is of course...
- 29 Oct 2020 13:12
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: I need help again, this time with a Romlang
- Replies: 12
- Views: 904
Re: I need help again, this time with a Romlang
Thank you all for your help. As per usual you are all very knowledgeable and have a lot of resources. I should give a bit of context, though I am happy with all of the resources I have been given. I think the context would help narrow stuff down. Remember the old British Romance Language thread? I d...
- 28 Oct 2020 08:32
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What did you accomplish today?
- Replies: 236
- Views: 19324
Re: What did you accomplish today?
Recently, as in two days ago, Catralian reached 259 words. All are various meanings of wīr. It can mean worm as in the animal, worm as in to squirm, and it can mean struggle as in a fight. I don't remember why I added all these words.
- 28 Oct 2020 08:25
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: I need help again, this time with a Romlang
- Replies: 12
- Views: 904
I need help again, this time with a Romlang
Hi. I presume that you read the title. My main issue is that I don't know where to find sound changes or a Proto-Romance dictionary (assuming Proto-Romance isn't Vulgar Latin, because if it is, then the first issue applies.) I'm aware that Romlangs have a reputation for being something beginners do,...
- 17 Oct 2020 09:22
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Conlang word easter eggs?
- Replies: 91
- Views: 10465
Re: Conlang word easter eggs?
I know I posted this in the discord, but in P.I.P, the word for boring and useless is *āwān₂as₂. The word comes from the Christian youth organization Awanas.
- 09 Oct 2020 12:15
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 400
- Views: 17872
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Why do, in some old documents, Russians call the Tlingits "колюжах" meaning thorns? I'm very confused.
- 07 Oct 2020 11:30
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Reverse CBB Lexicon Building
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2063
Re: Reverse CBB Lexicon Building
Stick
Next, please:
Clārum
A verb of perception
- 07 Oct 2020 07:35
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Canocua (ona:taʔwę): an Iroquoian conlang
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1320
Re: Canocua (ona:taʔwę): an Iroquoian conlang
Take your time, we'll be happy to see what's in store
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- 17 Sep 2020 02:00
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
- Replies: 232
- Views: 15340
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
I’ve been wanting to do a restrictive phonology for a while, and I recently came up with one. It’s inspired by the Lakes-Plain languages of Papua New Guinea. /t tː k kː/ [t d tː k kː ʔ] <d d t g k g> /m n/ [m n ŋ] <m n n> [ɾ] <d> [ʃ h] <d~t g~k> /i iː u uː/ [ɪ i ʊ u] <i ee u oo> /e eː/ [ɛ e] <e ei> ...
- 10 Sep 2020 00:10
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Birthdays!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 885
Birthdays!
This is a thread for birthdays! If you are going to celebrate, are celebrating, or have already celebrated your birthday, post it here!
I just turned 15 yesterday. It feels mostly the same, I’m a little disappointed.
I just turned 15 yesterday. It feels mostly the same, I’m a little disappointed.
- 07 Sep 2020 10:09
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What languages influence your conlangs?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 9277
Re: What languages influence your conlangs?
Catralian takes its aesthetics from Latin, but its grammar is something I came up with myself. The influences on grammar from real-world languages are too many to count.
Kumarian is inspired by Tamil, Sinhala, and Japanese in particular.
Kumarian is inspired by Tamil, Sinhala, and Japanese in particular.
- 06 Sep 2020 07:17
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Kumarian Revisited
- Replies: 4
- Views: 436
Re: Kumarian Revisited
It's the Sinhala writing system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhala_script.
- 05 Sep 2020 14:01
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: You
- Replies: 869
- Views: 155217
- 05 Sep 2020 13:49
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Kumarian Revisited
- Replies: 4
- Views: 436
Re: Kumarian Revisited
PHONOLOGY It should be noted that all Kumarian samples are in Germā's idiolect, and so may not be representative of the rest of the language. Consonant Inventory IPA | Romanization | Sinhala Script /p b t d ʈ ɖ t͡ʃ d͡ʒ k g q~qʰ/ <p b t d ṭ ḍ c j k g q> <ප බ ත ද ට ඩ ච ජ ක ග ඛ> /m n ɳ ŋ/ <m n ṇ ng> <...
- 03 Sep 2020 01:42
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Kumarian Revisited
- Replies: 4
- Views: 436
Re: Kumarian Revisited
Though I am determined to keep the project a-priori, I have thought of an interesting direction I could take this language. I could make it either a descendant of Tamil, or a divergent Dravidian language. The people of Kumari Nadu were supposedly Tamil.
- 01 Sep 2020 14:04
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Kumarian Revisited
- Replies: 4
- Views: 436
Kumarian Revisited
I kind of botched the last attempt at this language, so I'm overhauling it and starting a new thread. It's still the same backstory, but the language is going to be changed to better suit my goals. My goals for Kumarian are: - Look and sound like languages of India (Tamil, Sinhala, Hindi, etc). - In...
- 01 Sep 2020 13:38
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Canocua (ona:taʔwę): an Iroquoian conlang
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1320
Re: Canocua (ona:taʔwę): an Iroquoian conlang
This is a very interesting concept, and I'm excited to see more! Where did you find resources for Proto-Iroquoian?
- 07 Jul 2020 10:30
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: What would be the best approach for an Antarctic 'lang?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6155
Re: What would be the best approach for an Antarctic 'lang?
Thank you for your input! I was already working on the South American scenario, trying to reproduce a Proto-Chon language to work from. I'm thinking now because of your last suggestion, however. What if there was an earlier, smaller people in Tierra del Fuego, who were pushed out of South America by...
- 24 Jun 2020 12:52
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: What would be the best approach for an Antarctic 'lang?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6155
Re: What would be the best approach for an Antarctic 'lang?
Wow, I feel like I was pretty rude in these posts. I've dropped the project for now, but I might pick it back up someday. I thank everyone who contributed to this thread.