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- 05 Aug 2014 21:23
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: Switch-Reference
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4197
Re: Switch-Reference
You might want to look up the Karuk Language: I have a bilingual (with English) book of their traditional literature, and the language clearly has a very elaborate and complete system of switch-reference.
- 03 Aug 2014 23:58
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Military uniforms of your concountry/ies
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5070
Re: Military uniforms of your concountry/ies
The Lwimaul People's Army has three primary types of military uniforms, differing primarily in the decoration of their garments: Mess dress; working dress; and battledress. All types may also be used in ceremonial situations. Mess dress is, unlike in Commonwealth countries, semi-casual; on the line ...
- 01 Aug 2014 22:15
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Superweapons in Your Conworld / Connation
- Replies: 55
- Views: 16522
Re: Superweapons in Your Conworld / Connation
The United People's Republic of Lwimaul - located in the Channel Islands of Californa, being a city-state on a near-future Earth - sometime between 2030s to 2060s is when I'm writing about, has similar weaponry to just ahead of cutting edge contemporary military technology. Importantly, space travel...
- 31 Jul 2014 22:39
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: The United People's Republic of Lwimaul
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2389
The United People's Republic of Lwimaul
The United People's Republic of Lwimaul (or the UPRL), more commonly known as Lwimaul, is a recent project I've started to work on for an on-Earth conculture and concountry, inspired largely by the many peeves I had with my recently finished economics class. Anyway, a background is warranted: Lwimau...
- 25 Jul 2014 00:46
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Alternative Biochemistry / Astrobiology
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8707
Re: Alternative Biochemistry / Astrobiology
The total salinity of the ocean, which is over twice the volume of Earth's, is about 476‰. What do you mean by this? do you mean to say that the hypersaline water ocean of Wabvlu is approx. 4.76 times saltier than Terran sea-water? So, we're talking Dead Sea/ Great Salt Lake (lower end) salinity he...
- 19 Jul 2014 23:09
- Forum: Teach & Share
- Topic: ideograms for English, German
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4869
Re: ideograms for English, German
Hi, and welcome to the board! Looks interesting: I'm not sure if you're tying your conscript (and conlang?) to English and German, and if so I would like to know why, given all the irregularities? Why not tie the script to more a grammatically simple and straightforward language, like Indonesian or ...
- 18 Jul 2014 19:19
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Alternative Biochemistry / Astrobiology
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8707
Re: Alternative Biochemistry / Astrobiology
Is the temperature less than on Earth? I mean, for a methane cycle to work (I'm thinking Titan). Also, with a lot of CO (and potentially CO2) the "water" would be slightly more acidic due to presence of carbonic (weak, I kno) and formic acids. How does that affect your creatures' carboxyd...
- 15 Jul 2014 23:37
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: How advanced could a non-industrial civilization become?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5198
Re: How advanced could a non-industrial civilization become?
I'd just like to add some notes about agricultural productivity and famine in preindustrial civilizations: The Inka (yes, I mention them yet again [;)] ) , as far as I'm aware of, due to their vast storehouse system and efficient agricultural practices, they never had a large-scale famine . Obtainin...
- 14 Jul 2014 01:32
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Alternative Biochemistry / Astrobiology
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8707
Re: Alternative Biochemistry / Astrobiology
I once came up with a conworld, known to its native inhabitants as Wabvlu ([ˈwᴀb̪͡v.ˌlʊ]); this is part of the text: The Ubvali ([ˈu.b̪͡vɐ̥.ˌlɪ]) are a species of sapient beings that inhabit this warm ocean planet called Wabvlu (meaning "The Abode of Peaceful Harmony"). ), known to (the re...
- 13 Jul 2014 02:30
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: How advanced could a non-industrial civilization become?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5198
Re: How advanced could a non-industrial civilization become?
I'm going to disagree with the majority view here: I think its possible that most, perhaps even all, of what you are talking about could be achieved by pre-industrial civilizations. But to achieve these goals the civilizations culture and priories would need to be quite different from all or almost ...
- 11 Jul 2014 22:07
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Indian pseudolinguistics
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4020
Re: Indian pseudolinguistics
Trigonometry is also not even Greek in origin (even if the Greeks greatly advanced it from its Egyptian and Mesopotamian roots).Thakowsaizmu wrote:Correct. Trigonometry is wrong.sangi39 wrote:The Greek's used to practice slavery, therefore trigonometry must be wrong, right?
- 11 Jul 2014 22:05
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Indian pseudolinguistics
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4020
Re: Indian pseudolinguistics
Also, isn't the "Aryan Invasion" hypothesis still heavily debated amongst linguists, archaeologists and geneticists? Also, how is it impossible for nomadic pastoralists to become invading forces (was that what was being argued?)? The Mongols managed it fairly well once, why would it be im...
- 14 Jun 2014 01:39
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What did you accomplish today? [2011–2019]
- Replies: 11462
- Views: 1631479
Re: What did you accomplish today?
I have finally got the Myùtri Script done, at long last!
- 05 Jun 2014 22:12
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: Grammatical gender
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5044
Re: Grammatical gender
I'm working on Sakoaryi ([sakoɒ̯ɹjɪ]), a conlang wherein each nominal must take one of five genders, and these are assigned more or less strictly according to semantics: The rational gender; the animate (including all body parts); the abstract; the concrete (for artificial things that are concrete) ...
- 23 May 2014 01:26
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Cooking and dining!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9493
Re: Cooking and dining!
The Cooperative People's Republic of Yeatuf (/ˈjəä̯.tɨf/; also as the CPRY for short) is in a slightly alternate Earth's Bismark Archipelago , Yeatuf cuisine thus reflects both my own tastes coupled with what would be available to a developed country in that area. The main staples are bananas (most ...
- 18 May 2014 12:35
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Your opinion about a suitable international language
- Replies: 53
- Views: 9715
Re: Your opinion about a suitable international language
I've come up with the idea of a schematic auxlang with a simple and regular a priori grammar and a small, a posteri vocabulary taken from a specified set of classical languages, one for each major region (very roughly) of the world. My votes for the chosen classical languages are: Arabic for the Mid...
- 05 May 2014 19:02
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Multilingual Conculture
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1575
Re: Multilingual Conculture
The Tariana and East Tukano peoples are probably the best example of a culture with multiple languages without any real social hierarchy (that I'm aware of, at least): Though they're not traditionally literate, they have a system of linguistic exogamy.
- 01 May 2014 22:04
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Rights of Aborigines/Autochthones/Indigenes vs Latecomers
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2823
Re: Rights of Aborigines/Autochthones/Indigenes vs Latecomer
... I like that answer and I'm looking forward to the second half. Thank you! :mrgreen: Since you asked, here is the second half (I almost forgot to ever post it): The Classical Period ended with the unification of all the people of Kwízɽo, under the Mjùtrɩ State, around 4,200 (Earth) years before ...
- 29 Apr 2014 18:49
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Rights of Aborigines/Autochthones/Indigenes vs Latecomers
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2823
Re: Rights of Aborigines/Autochthones/Indigenes vs Latecomer
Interesting. I'll answer this for the extraterrestrial Mjùtrɩ, but in the two, separate, periods when it is most relevant. This post shall deal with the earlier of the periods, the Classical: Classical Mjùtrɩ The Classical Period of Mjùtrɩ lasted from roughly 11.6 to 4.2 ka BP (that's in Earth years...
- 25 Apr 2014 00:27
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: The Hihka people
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2974
Re: The Hihka people
Interesting!
The Hihka people sound somewhat like Ancient Greeks (the hierarchical homosexual relationships), with a heavy influence of Kerala's former Marumakkathayam tradition. The architecture reminds me much of Samoan architecture, as does the communal nature of society.
The Hihka people sound somewhat like Ancient Greeks (the hierarchical homosexual relationships), with a heavy influence of Kerala's former Marumakkathayam tradition. The architecture reminds me much of Samoan architecture, as does the communal nature of society.