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My languages usually (not always) have a project name of the form "the [adjective or other modifier] language". Since I already started a lot of conlangs, this is starting to become difficult. Later they get a proper endonym. Some Examples: Endonym - Project Name Omlueuet - the hated langu...

Welche Sprache die Canomannen sprechen werden, interessiert mich schon sehr
Was hälst du von einer Art "Proto-Nord-Ost-Germanisch" (also im Prinzip Proto-Nordisch und Gotisch gemischt, mit vielleicht ein paar Innovationen)?

It's been said that most Semitic languages, and thus triconsonant root languages will recognize 3, 4 and 5 letter roots, but not 2 letter roots. So, despite this, do you think it would be all right that my triconlang primarily recognizes bi- and tri-literal roots but not 4 or 5 letter roots? Beside...

I heard some Inuit languages do something like this, but IIRC it was considered a "copula suffix".

Tidak ada banyak kamus jerman-indonesia
There aren't that many German-Indonesian dictionaries.

Is there a tendency in which order certain affixes appear on verbs/nouns? I was taught e.g, that TAM usually occurs in these orders: MTA-verb or verb-ATM Is there a similar tendency for Case-Number-Definitness-Possession on Nouns? And what about voice-subject.person.number-object.person.number-polar...

Thank you both for your answers, especially the parts about relative tense and tense stacking. And for reminding me, that there is a difference between morphological tense and a possibly expressible tense. I guess that a language that combines relative and absolute tense can be described rather adeq...

I heard there is a model describing tense with the order of three points in time: S, the point in time, when the utterance is made E, the point in time when the event takes place R, the point of time your putting the event in a relation to The three points can be ordered in the following ways (left ...

:ind: Indonesian Saya men-cuci. 1SG TRANS-wash I wash. Saya mandi. 1SG wash_oneself I wash myself. (I clean my body) Saya men-cuci sen-diri. 1SG TRANS-wash one-self I wash myself. (I can do it without help) Dia men-cuci. 3SG TRANS-wash He washes. Dia mandi. 3SG wash_oneself He washes himself. (He cl...

What's the distribution of languages with more than three phonation distinctions on its consonants? Wikipedia suggests many Koisan languages have up to five distinct phonations. Are there others in different areas? Wikipedia also says that Hindi contrasts four phonations (breathy, voiced, voiceless...

Voglio scappare la realità, però non so come... Quero escapar la realidad, pero no sé cómo... I want to escape reality, but I don't know how... Kamu hanya harus menutup kelopak mata. kamu hanya harus meng-tutup kelopak-mata 2SG just must TRANS-close lid-eye You just have to close your eyes.

Hooray, your qualifying exam is over

Okay, das versteh ich

Ich fühle mich gerade ein bisschen dumm... Gibt es einen Zusammenhang zwischen der ersten und der zweiten Zeile?

By request from Micamo, I made these up the other day: http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/ryft37/icoBolivia_zpse6f9ba18.png & http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/ryft37/icoBolivia2_zps4ebe5f70.png as suggestions for the Bolivia flag icon. Who has to approve them? Also, I am displeased wi...

Thakowsaizmu wrote: Nataka nile chakula cha mchina namna ya mmarekani jioni. Nani atataka kuninunulia hicho?
I want to eat American Chinese food tonight. Who wants to buy it for me?

Bukan saya.
I don't.

Woda tete gaokyrmi ucami ka... ti ryn ee ki ngam asaie si ry u! Rikekynma tokasimikda... na u, karadeba masesehida si ry u! ...(Mai sitemi si. Tsirni onda huiumi rikn suko o ynwu ka. Ootso si ka.) I missed you guys so much... and now I actually have the time to be here! I've been rather inactive wi...

Gibt es eigentlich einen semantischen Inhalt bei den Verbendungen "-ern" und "eln", wie in "kleckern" und "rätseln"?
Oder sind das etymologische Gründe?
Hat "-eln" vielleicht etwas mit der Verkleinerungsform "-el" zu tun?

Good one

Is this the moment where I should ask: No, why?
If yes, I did. If not, I didn't.