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by Shemtov
25 Dec 2023 05:52
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2023
Replies: 319
Views: 13817

Re: Lexember 2023

Day 24: Weid /we:d/ [weɪð] Noun: 1. Common Knowledge 2. A concept in Zeigouŋdeizese Religion that may be freely rendered as "The Self-Evident Universal Truth and Knowledge". 3. Common sense Day 25: C'u /t͡ʃ'u/ [t͡ʃ'u] Noun 1. Deity 2. Anything divine Day 26: Juluzi /d͡ʒuluθi/ [d͡ʒuluθi] No...
by Shemtov
24 Dec 2023 06:56
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2023
Replies: 319
Views: 13817

Re: Lexember 2023

spanick wrote: 24 Dec 2023 03:17 Lexember 23

Yemya
ba /bɑ/ v. “to speak” from PIE *bʰéh₂ti
So by a posteriori historical derivation, you've created Sheep-Human hybrids as your conpeople? [o.O] [xP] [xP]
by Shemtov
20 Dec 2023 04:28
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2023
Replies: 319
Views: 13817

Re: Lexember 2023

Day 19: Xab'aan /ʐaɓa:n/ [ʐäɓɑ:n] Verb: "To write" Day 20: Ci /t͡ʃi/ [t͡ʃi] Noun: "Grapheme; identifiable part of writing" Note:Hanese borrowing Day 21: Zab'atci /θaɓatt͡ʃi/ [θäɓɐtt͡ʃi] Noun: "Logogram" Day 22: B'eŋxab'atci /ɓɛŋʐaɓatt͡ʃi/ [ɓɛŋʐaɓɐtt͡ʃi] Noun: "Syll...
by Shemtov
18 Dec 2023 18:31
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2023
Replies: 319
Views: 13817

Re: Lexember 2023

Day 17: Zab'ad /θaɓad/ [θaɓað] Noun. "Word" Day 18.. B'eŋxab'ad /ɓɛŋʐaɓad/ [ɓɛŋʐaɓað] Noun. 1. "Syllable" 2. "Rhyme [Linguistic sense] Note: Historically a compound word; B'eŋxa "To split; To Fracture" + Zab'ad "Word"; Thus, "Split Word" or Frac...
by Shemtov
13 Dec 2023 19:50
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Jokes
Replies: 460
Views: 203099

Re: Jokes

NB: The scientific facts presented in the set-up are all true, it is only the punchline that is the joke. Until recently, Biologists have believed that the Blue Whale is the Largest Animal to ever live in the history of Life on Earth. However, Paleontologists have discovered an extinct whale species...
by Shemtov
10 Dec 2023 23:57
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2023
Replies: 319
Views: 13817

Re: Lexember 2023

Day 10: Saso /saso/ [saso:] Noun: Cocoa Day 11: La' /laʔ/ [lɐʔ] Noun. "Chili Pepper" Day 12. Pizpi /piθpi/ [piθpi] Noun. "Tomato" Day 13. Zaaŋ /θa:ŋ/ [θɑ:ŋ] Noun "Coconut" Day 14. Maah /ma:h/ [mä:h] Noun. "Cooked Rice" Day 15. K'ol /k'ol/ [k'ol] Noun. "Ri...
by Shemtov
10 Dec 2023 18:18
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2023
Replies: 319
Views: 13817

Re: Lexember 2023

Day 8 Hono /hono/ [ho:no:] Noun: "Harbor" Note that this is the native term; There is a loanword from Classical Hanese <Koŋ> /Koŋ/ that is used in poetry, religious terminology, and to denote a Major Port City; it is contained in the name of the language, Zei koŋ deizese Are hono and koŋ ...
by Shemtov
03 Dec 2023 23:10
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2023
Replies: 319
Views: 13817

Re: Lexember 2023

Finishing the week, because why not? Day 7 Łayal /ɬajal/ [ɬajal] Noun: "Sail" Day 8 Hono /hono/ [ho:no:] Noun: "Harbor" Note that this is the native term; There is a loanword from Classical Hanese <Koŋ> /Koŋ/ that is used in poetry, religious terminology, and to denote a Major Po...
by Shemtov
03 Dec 2023 21:58
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2023
Replies: 319
Views: 13817

Re: Lexember 2023

Actually let me get the next three days out of the way first: Day 4 Baŋcak /baŋt͡ʃak/ [baŋt͡ʃɐk] Noun: Fishing boat Day 5: Paařok /pa:rok/ [pɑ:rɔk] "Trading ship" Day 6: Peil /pe:l/ [pe:l] Verb: "To sail; to navigate" These last two are related; -ok being from *auq, a variation i...
by Shemtov
03 Dec 2023 21:42
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2023
Replies: 319
Views: 13817

Re: Lexember 2023

Day 3:
Zaahtil
/θa:h.til/
[θɑ:h.til]
Noun
1. Area of study
2. Treatise on definition 1; Especially introductory treatises.
by Shemtov
03 Dec 2023 05:19
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2023
Replies: 319
Views: 13817

Re: Lexember 2023

Zeigouŋdeizese:
Day 1:
B'eŋxa
/ɓeŋʐa/
[ɓeŋʐa]
Verb. "To split; To fracture"

Day 2.
Duhaa
/duha:/
[duha:]
Noun
1. Copy
2. Twin
3. Mythical being that appears like the human it wishes to bless or curse
by Shemtov
03 Dec 2023 05:02
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Replies: 570
Views: 155359

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

So, I've decided that is the Proto-Lang, and I've evolved a Waanic language, Zeigouŋdeizese, which I will work on when I've more fully flesh out gǂàamą́ 3oį-ʔą̀rhokì: Slightly revised inventory: /p b~β ɓ t d~ð t' t͡ʃ d͡ʒ t͡ʃ' k g~ʁ k' ʔ/ <p b b' t d t' c c' j k g k' '> /m n ɲ ŋ/ <m n ñ ŋ> /θ s ɬ ʐ ...
by Shemtov
03 Dec 2023 03:07
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2023
Replies: 319
Views: 13817

Re: Lexember 2023

Would people mind if I would use a conlang that I have not posted anything of the morphosyntax of yet, as that is a WiP?
by Shemtov
03 Dec 2023 03:04
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: gǂàamą́ 3oį-ʔą̀rhokìi
Replies: 8
Views: 1731

Re: gǂàamą́ 3oį-ʔą̀rhokìi

Personal pronouns, 1p and 2p: 1P Sing: Nái 1P Plr: Naħąó 2P Sing: Tá 2P Plr: Tèę Verbs: The canonical shape of verbs is CV(:/V)CV(:/V)CV(:/V). The finite verb comes in three forms: The Imperfective, the Perfective and the Subjunctive. The Imperfective is the "Base Stem" of the verb. Take Y...
by Shemtov
21 Nov 2023 22:59
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Random musings on World of Fuhe concultures
Replies: 6
Views: 1865

Re: Random musings on World of Fuhe concultures

Nice calendar. I was lazy and just said there's exactly X planetary rotations per orbital period and divided the two numbers to get the length of a day. Thanks. I actually created the conceit that my conworld is an alternate version of Earth, with different continents, which means I can use Earth a...
by Shemtov
21 Nov 2023 19:39
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Random musings on World of Fuhe concultures
Replies: 6
Views: 1865

Re: Random musings on World of Fuhe concultures

The World of Fuhe has gone through a major reworking. I had considered creating a Ver 2.0 of this thread, but I want to preserve the evolution of the World in a traceable way.
by Shemtov
16 Nov 2023 05:41
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Replies: 570
Views: 155359

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

@Shemtov : Whence cometh the name “Waanic”? It seems somewhat similar to the name of an Australian Aboriginal language that is unfortunately recently extinct. Located about 4KM off the Northeast coast of Fuhe, Waan (Fuhek: Vaan) is the Newfoundland-sized Island the Waanic languages are native too, ...
by Shemtov
16 Nov 2023 00:25
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Replies: 570
Views: 155359

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

So, I've decided that is the Proto-Lang, and I've evolved a Waanic language, Zeigouŋdeizese, which I will work on when I've more fully flesh out gǂàamą́ 3oį-ʔą̀rhokì: /p b~β ɓ t d~ð t' t͡ʃ d͡ʒ t͡ʃ' k g~ʁ k' ʔ/ <p b b' t d t' c ǰ c' k g k' '> /m n ɲ ŋ/ <m n ñ ŋ> /θ s ɬ ʃ ʒ h/ <z s ł x j h> /r / < ř> ...
by Shemtov
13 Nov 2023 03:40
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Replies: 570
Views: 155359

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

Once I more fully flesh out gǂàamą́ 3oį-ʔą̀rhokìi, I want to redo Waanian, a language that has gone through multiple versions. It is based on Austronesian, but for the new version I want to incorperate Mayan influences, and thus I have produced the following phonology; I may reapropiate this phonolo...
by Shemtov
13 Nov 2023 03:22
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: gǂàamą́ 3oį-ʔą̀rhokìi
Replies: 8
Views: 1731

Re: gǂàamą́ 3oį-ʔą̀rhokìi

UPDATE: I have been having health issues, and then my computer crashed, leaving me with only the back-up notes to this language, which are woefully incomplete compared to what I was actually going to post over the past week. I am reconstructing this language based on the incomplete notes, but am afr...