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by Lorik
22 Oct 2022 22:42
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Romanization Aesthetics
Replies: 8
Views: 531

Re: Romanization Aesthetics

I would go with "Ngali saen mbü öng shafu". Personally, two of the most important things I look for when romanizing something are making it intuitive for myself to read it (so, for example, I'd never use <ṣ>), and making it easy to type (so I'd definetely not use <æ>, for example).
by Lorik
17 Sep 2022 20:26
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: CBB Conlang Relay XV - RESULTS
Replies: 153
Views: 11514

Re: CBB Conlang Relay XV - A NEW BEGINNING

Torch sent. Sorry for being late!
by Lorik
17 Sep 2022 20:17
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: CBB Conlang Relay XV - RESULTS
Replies: 153
Views: 11514

Re: CBB Conlang Relay XV - A NEW BEGINNING

Speaking of the timeframe: Lorik, it's been four days already. Is everything all right with the torch? Are you facing any issues with the translations? I had a personal problem yesterday, so I barely worked on the torch yesterday. I've finished the torch literally right now and I'll be sending it.
by Lorik
13 Sep 2022 12:17
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: CBB Conlang Relay XV - RESULTS
Replies: 153
Views: 11514

Re: CBB Conlang Relay XV - A NEW BEGINNING

Torch received!
by Lorik
08 Sep 2022 03:35
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: My Language's Romanization
Replies: 10
Views: 757

Re: My Language's Romanization

You could have /x/ as <ch> if you change /ʧ/ to something else, such as <cs>, <tch> or <tsh>, for example.
by Lorik
04 Sep 2022 23:08
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: CBB Conlang Relay XV - RESULTS
Replies: 153
Views: 11514

Re: CBB Conlang Relay XV - A NEW BEGINNING

I'd like to join with Лохдан.
by Lorik
15 Jun 2022 15:45
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1108
Views: 282307

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

Thanks for the detailed explanation, Salmoneus!
by Lorik
15 Jun 2022 12:36
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1108
Views: 282307

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

Salmoneus wrote:He was a-finding cats
Quick question: what does the a- in a-finding mean?
by Lorik
06 Jun 2022 01:09
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: The flight-lang--A concept I'd really like to share
Replies: 6
Views: 679

Re: The flight-lang--A concept I'd really like to share

Well, I don't know if it would help much, but you could make your conpeople not just humans with wings, but humans with many other adaptations for flight, such as hollow bones and the presence of air sacs - that is, cavities other than the lungs that are made for carrying air. This would greatly red...
by Lorik
23 May 2022 17:18
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False cognates
Replies: 902
Views: 325310

Re: False cognates

Are you sure that these aren't true cognates? They could be both from PIE *swopnos , but I don't know. I'd checked Wiktionary before posting and сон comes from *supnós , sono from *swépnos , and sonho from *swópniom . However, I've taken a deeper look now and it seems all of these PIE words come fr...
by Lorik
23 May 2022 12:59
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False cognates
Replies: 902
Views: 325310

Re: False cognates

Not sure if this has already been posted, but:
:rus: сон [son] 'dream', 'sleep'
:bra: sono [ˈsonʊ] 'sleep' and sonho [ˈsoj̃ʊ] 'dream'
by Lorik
12 May 2022 01:31
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlanging Features you Avoid
Replies: 150
Views: 31007

Re: Conlanging Features you Avoid

LinguoFranco wrote: - Fusional morphology and masculine/feminine gender. I have against these things, I just don't think it's that common outside of IE and Afro Asiatic languages.
Literally all of my conlangs have fusional morphology. I guess it's because my native language is fusional.
by Lorik
08 May 2022 03:10
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlanging Features you Avoid
Replies: 150
Views: 31007

Re: Conlanging Features you Avoid

Also, I think I've sometimes seen Spanish "su majestad" 'Your Majesty' with feminine agreement, in spite of a masculine referent, due to the noun majestad being feminine!?? I'm not quite sure though. No idea about Spanish, but I've already seen Portuguese "Vossa Majestade", whic...
by Lorik
07 May 2022 19:03
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlanging Features you Avoid
Replies: 150
Views: 31007

Re: Conlanging Features you Avoid

This is not how linguistic gender works in languages that actually have it. There, gender is simply a division of nouns into two categories, with agreement between the noun and other things (usually adjectives, pronouns, sometimes verbs). This makes it easier to tell which word goes with which. In ...
by Lorik
07 May 2022 12:29
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlanging Features you Avoid
Replies: 150
Views: 31007

Re: Conlanging Features you Avoid

Off the top of my head, I tend to avoid: - Any sounds that I can't easily pronounce, especially glottals; - Sibilants other than [s] and [z]; - Stress-timed languages (the conlang I'm currently working on is stress-timed, but it's the only stress-timed language I've ever made); - The use of any lett...
by Lorik
30 Apr 2022 15:07
Forum: Games
Topic: Guess the Word in Romlangs 2
Replies: 669
Views: 116956

Re: Guess the Word in Romlangs 2

VaptuantaDoi wrote: 30 Apr 2022 14:44
qwed117 wrote: Is it from one of Vulgar Latin *accapō, *accaptō or *accaptiō?, and if so is it from the first?
None of those I'm afraid.
asciō?
by Lorik
24 Apr 2022 18:14
Forum: Translations
Topic: Do you know why love is blind?
Replies: 7
Views: 1461

Re: Do you know why love is blind?

:bra: Portuguese Você sabe por que o amor é cego? Porque a sua mãe te amava mesmo antes de poder te ver. 2SG know.3SG.PRS for what DEF.SG.M love be.3SG.PRS blind | because DEF.SG.F 3SG.POSS.F.SG mother 2SG.OBL love-3SG.PST.IPF even before of be.able.to.INF 2SG.OBL see.INF [voˈse ˈsabi pʊɾ ke w ɐˈmoɾ...
by Lorik
15 Apr 2022 16:23
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: Please delete this thread
Replies: 8
Views: 11554

Re: Conjugating in Miwonša

I've tried to do the exercises. How did I do? (1) Kjunšo kjanjan wancai. (2) Wanca kjanjan kjunšoi. (3) Kjanimišan.* (4) Kjanišimjan.* (5) Kjanimjan wancai. (6) Wanca kjanifimjan. (7) Kjanišan kjunšoi. (8) Kjunšo kjanifišan. (9) Kjunši kjanjan wance. (10) Kjunši kjanjawamjan. (11) Kjanamišan. (12) K...
by Lorik
15 Apr 2022 00:21
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: Please delete this thread
Replies: 8
Views: 11554

Re: Conjugating in Miwonša

Got it now, thank you very much for the detailed explanation!
by Lorik
14 Apr 2022 19:51
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: Please delete this thread
Replies: 8
Views: 11554

Re: Conjugating in Miwonša

"Žweniwa" ("to speak" or "to talk") is a durative action, while "kwonša" (to say) is punctual and telic. You can say something only once and then the action is performed. So what you're saying is that "žweniwa" can only be imperfective and "kwo...