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- 02 Jun 2021 12:20
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1938
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Re: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I kinda wanna add groups of Jewish people and Romani people in my conworlds, what should I notice when I do this? Is it even ok to do this?
- 23 May 2021 09:00
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Flowering Fields - Snapshots from Rireinu
- Replies: 104
- Views: 37104
Re: Flowering Fields - Snapshots from Rireinu
I also have a group of space faring human conpeople(though they speak an a priori), do you think they might meet Rireinukave? Yes, it is certainly possible. It's a big galaxy, almost anything can happen. There are some Rireinu traders who travel the stars, looking for interesting goods to buy and s...
- 22 May 2021 17:26
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Flowering Fields - Snapshots from Rireinu
- Replies: 104
- Views: 37104
Re: Flowering Fields - Snapshots from Rireinu
I also have a group of space faring human conpeople(though they speak an a priori), do you think they might meet Rireinukave?
- 20 May 2021 16:42
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Flowering Fields - Snapshots from Rireinu
- Replies: 104
- Views: 37104
Re: Flowering Fields - Snapshots from Rireinu
Well done!
Btw, by "human language" you mean "English" or?
Btw, by "human language" you mean "English" or?
- 20 Apr 2021 16:44
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Conlang word easter eggs?
- Replies: 133
- Views: 35931
Re: Conlang word easter eggs?
wow you think this word would trigger him? o.oTitus Flavius wrote: ↑20 Apr 2021 15:09 Cropish ḍōngw [d`V_H:N_w] - brother
because my brother hates the word [d`z`ONg] (it doesn't mean anything)
- 20 Apr 2021 04:41
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Damta: A collaborative world
- Replies: 410
- Views: 143168
Re: Damta: A collaborative world
hello neighbour, welcome
- 20 Apr 2021 04:39
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Conlang word easter eggs?
- Replies: 133
- Views: 35931
Re: Conlang word easter eggs?
Mayato vug "chick(young bird)"
this is an easter egg
this is an easter egg
- 12 Apr 2021 19:57
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Surprising cognates
- Replies: 153
- Views: 106508
Re: Surprising cognates
English orphan and robot
both words are ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos “orphan” or its predecessor *h₃erbʰ “to change or evolve status”
both words are ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos “orphan” or its predecessor *h₃erbʰ “to change or evolve status”
- 10 Apr 2021 17:28
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1110
- Views: 282875
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I just found that the Lithuanian word for "boa" is smauglys , and I suspect that it is a cognate with Proto-Slavic *smokъ "dragon" and Old Norse smjúga "to creep through". Is there information about the etymology of this word? The only thing I've been able to find so f...
- 10 Apr 2021 14:06
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Random Conworld idea thread
- Replies: 486
- Views: 179829
Re: Random Conworld idea thread
I got another random idea: A group of Jews moved to Japan and got a Japanese style name, and their seemingly Japanese names are usually kanji transliterations of the original Jewish name i.e. כוהן (Cohen, a common Jewish surname) becomes 香遠 (pronounced as /ko:.en/). Like the Japanese word for "...
- 10 Apr 2021 13:59
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1110
- Views: 282875
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I just found that the Lithuanian word for "boa" is smauglys, and I suspect that it is a cognate with Proto-Slavic *smokъ "dragon" and Old Norse smjúga "to creep through".
Is there information about the etymology of this word?
Is there information about the etymology of this word?
- 09 Apr 2021 14:18
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False cognates
- Replies: 902
- Views: 325582
Re: False cognates
Another one: English know and Old Chinese 儒 "scholar, Confucianism" (Old Chinese pronounciation, as given by Baxter–Sagart: /*no/) got a wave of false cognates: Chinese 浪 /lɑŋ⁵¹/ "wave" v.s. Icelandic hrönn /r̥œnː/ "wave" Zhengzhang reconstructs the Old Chinese form as ...
- 30 Mar 2021 12:54
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
- Replies: 881
- Views: 275409
Re: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
Sanskrit आर्य (ārya) /ˈɑːɾ.jɐ/ “noble, noble one” v.s. Proto-Finnic orja /ˈorjɑ/ "slave" At least commonly the Finnish term (also found in other Uralic languages) is considered a loanword from Proto-Indo-Iranian, because speakers of Proto-Uralic enslaved speakers of Proto-Indo-Iranian. So...
- 27 Mar 2021 22:13
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
- Replies: 881
- Views: 275409
Re: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
Sanskrit आर्य (ārya) /ˈɑːɾ.jɐ/ “noble, noble one” v.s. Proto-Finnic orja /ˈorjɑ/ "slave"
Also
English friend /fɹɛnd/ v.s. Swedish frände /frɛnˈdɛ/ "relative"
Also
English friend /fɹɛnd/ v.s. Swedish frände /frɛnˈdɛ/ "relative"
- 27 Mar 2021 15:29
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False cognates
- Replies: 902
- Views: 325582
Re: False cognates
got a wave of false cognates:
Manchu boljon "wave" /pɔl.t͡ʃɔn/ v.s. Icelandic bylgja /ˈpɪlca/ "wave"
Chinese 浪 /lɑŋ⁵¹/ "wave" v.s. Icelandic hrönn /r̥œnː/ "wave"
Manchu boljon "wave" /pɔl.t͡ʃɔn/ v.s. Icelandic bylgja /ˈpɪlca/ "wave"
Chinese 浪 /lɑŋ⁵¹/ "wave" v.s. Icelandic hrönn /r̥œnː/ "wave"
- 19 Mar 2021 18:51
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
- Replies: 881
- Views: 275409
Re: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
Old Chinese 俞 "yes" (supposed pronounciation in Old Chinese: /*lo/) v.s. Hebrew לא /lo/ "no"
I found the Hebrew word on Wiktionary lol
I found the Hebrew word on Wiktionary lol
- 10 Mar 2021 21:43
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Random Conworld idea thread
- Replies: 486
- Views: 179829
- 09 Mar 2021 04:40
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False cognates
- Replies: 902
- Views: 325582
Re: False cognates
English Chad (“alpha-male” in internet slang) v.s. Palauan chad “person”
They actually would be pronounced differently.
also Latin sol “sun” v.s. Palauan sils “sun”
They actually would be pronounced differently.
also Latin sol “sun” v.s. Palauan sils “sun”
- 08 Mar 2021 08:48
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Random Conworld idea thread
- Replies: 486
- Views: 179829
Re: Random Conworld idea thread
I got another random idea:
A group of Jews moved to Japan and got a Japanese style name, and their seemingly Japanese names are usually kanji transliterations of the original Jewish name i.e. כוהן (Cohen, a common Jewish surname) becomes 香遠 (pronounced as /ko:.en/).
A group of Jews moved to Japan and got a Japanese style name, and their seemingly Japanese names are usually kanji transliterations of the original Jewish name i.e. כוהן (Cohen, a common Jewish surname) becomes 香遠 (pronounced as /ko:.en/).
- 27 Feb 2021 12:00
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Random Conworld idea thread
- Replies: 486
- Views: 179829
Re: Random Conworld idea thread
I got an idea for a group of entertainment resorts called the Myšov Park , also known as the Mouse park . The Myšov Park is one of the Myšova Zabava Company 's six major business segments and a subsidiary. In 2018, the company's theme parks hosted over 150 million guests, making Myšov Parks the worl...