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Adpihi's calendar is a lunisolar calendar. It has days, months, and years. Months are either 29 days long or 30 days long. Years are either 12 months long or 13 months long. A 12-month year may be 354 days long (if it has 6 29-day months and 6 30-day months) or 355 days long (if it has 5 29-day mon...

@Sangi39: I worked out a similar (up to a point) lunisolar calendar for my conworlds. Time in that calendar comes in Ages that are 3 Metonic cycles (3*19 = 57 years) long. Unfortunately I can’t find it anymore; or, at least, not quickly! …. The other things you said, that are about other things than...

I have found one or a few natural language(s) with terms for a consanguine relative’s spouse’s consanguine relative’s spouse’s consanguine relative: [/size] Has anyone seen or heard about any natlang or conlang that has (a) kin-term(s) with meaning(s) roughly similar to one or more of: [sibling’s o...

…. In a monotheistic religion, where it’s believed only one god exists at all (rather that only one is served or worshipped, as in monolatry or henotheism), why does such a god need a name? (Especially in the beginning?) …. [/size] …. For example, Elohim and the Four-Letter Name symbolize His Judge...

Reading this thread gives me anxiety about being "linguistic" enough to still make an actual conlang and not be hounded about it. I'm hoping threads like this are rare... I think you will probably be OK. What your conlang actually does, is way more important than what words you use to des...

Khemehekis wrote: ↑30 Mar 2024 03:32 Today I learned a new replacement pun: alief.
https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/alief

Did you ever hear of Alief Texas?

This week I found out tangerines are named after Tangiers!

Some Easter eggs for CBB'ers who've been supportive of me. Not a comprehensive list, and some who have presence on the ZBB have been acknowledged there; if you object, please so state. …. eldin more (eldin raigmore) …. I just now noticed this Easter egg! … BTW I thought several of the other Easter ...

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...

When you find out, I want to know too!

@Accept Knot:
This was fun to read!
And, you have some features of your proposed new conlang, that I’d really like to see developed!
I intend to follow this!
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@Solarius: I also want to see the answer to your question! Thanks for posting it!

When I come up with a new word, I usually try to pronounce it the way my con-speakers would; but I don’t practice it enough.

@VaptuantaDoi:
I really like this so far!
I think (maybe) most first-phonology-posts don’t tell enough detail to be this interesting!

I understand that African-American Vernacular English sometimes(?) drops the copula*, depending on the aspect. Does that count as verb-dropping? In English the copula is a verb. (In several other languages, it’s not a verb.) *(The only example that comes to mind involves telling the addressee where ...

“vampireshark” wrote:Wearable technology! I'll be spinning responsive fibers with liquid crystals (and other things) and look to incorporate them into garments.

Like Rorschach from The Watchmen ?

…. Okay, are you asking "why does a singular entity need a name, beyond simply a word saying what type of entity it is?" ... or are you asking "why do humans give a name(s) to a singular entity, beyond simply a word saying what type of entity it is?" …. Both of those. I think th...

(I posted this here instead of C&C Quick Questions because I’m asking about RL monotheisms.) In a monotheistic religion, where it’s believed only one god exists at all (rather that only one is served or worshipped, as in monolatry or henotheism), why does such a god need a name? (Especially in t...

I have found one or a few natural language(s) with terms for a consanguine relative’s spouse’s consanguine relative’s spouse’s consanguine relative: (for instance [sibling’s or parent’s or child’s] spouse’s [sibling’s or parent’s or child’s] spouse’s [sibling or parent or child]); (or even more spec...

Take the following six examples divided into pairs. The english translations could be the same but in Amarin they would encode for specificity which is whether you well have a specific one in mind. These are demonstratives so are not as often used as articles but can still be used frequently. Also ...

Visions1 wrote: ↑13 Feb 2024 02:54 It's a good idea.
Also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necronym

Thanks! I read it; it’s an interesting resource!