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kšǐrni, ju pʰaršiní a wálāna. pʰaršší a ánglāna?
[ˈkʃì:rni ju pʰarʃiˈní a ˈwálaːna pʰarˈʃí a ˈáŋgla:na]
sorrow.VER-1SG.PRS NEG speak.1SG-PRS with human.PL-LOC speak.2SG-PRS with english.PL-LOC
Sorry, I don't speak Wala. Do you speak English?

English die , Russian дай ( daj singular imperative form of "give"), and Hebrew די ( daj "enough"). They are all pronounced the same (although the Russian form is pronounced with a dental plosive). How are these false cognates? Although the pronunciations are the same, the meani...

English die, Russian дай (daj singular imperative form of "give"), and Hebrew די (daj "enough"). They are all pronounced the same (although the Russian form is pronounced with a dental plosive).

That's not polysynthetic, that's just plain agglutination.

Yeah, my bad. I keep mixing them up all the time.

I'll probably have some seven or eight cases, but going all fifteen is too much. At a certain point, it seems like like cases and more like postpositions affixed on a stem. ok (: also, do you consider to separate case and number? If by that you mean taking the polysynthetic approach of having a plu...

Unfortunately, my knowledge of morphosyntactics isn't too good, and while it could be a time to polish it up, I don't really feel that alignment, you know? But no, I have to use cases. I already speak a caseless language, and it feels empty. According to your needs, I think the best way is to "...

Why not both? Quite a few languages do that, for instance Greenlandic or Choctaw. It would make the language too polysynthetic for my taste. Not that I don't like polysynthesis, it's just not what I want to do with my language. Another WALS map . Ah, so there you have it. I'm just too Eurocentric f...

you can consider an Ergative-Absolutive case alignment like that of Basque, or have a lot of locative cases like Finnish, or both (: another way: don't do cases, and let the verb agree with both of the subject and the direct object, and use the "pronoun N"(for things like "my/your/ou...

So, go read up on what languages from outside Europe do: I'd recommend starting with Something like Yimas or Nuu-Chah-Nulth, or looking at WALS . Also, please don't bring the whole logic thing up again. There's very little "logic" involved in language at all: There's always more than one ...

keltá yôsasų ʒér âtʰą sâkʰą wîčʰini są́yą. télayī nétʰei swe dáučʰų̄ eurâpēwa. [kelˈtá ˈjó:sasũ d͡ʒér ˈá:tʰã ˈsá:kʰã ˈwí:t͡ʃʰini ˈsã˦jã ˈtélaji: ˈnétʰej tswe ˈdáwt͡ʃʰũ: ewˈrá:pe:wa] begin-1SG.PST work-SUP 1SG-NOM new-ACC tongue-ACC this-GEN day-GEN see-3SG.PRS-PAS 1SG-DAT about much-NEUT.PL-ACC eur...

I started working on a proto-language for a family I wish to create. I'm trying to avoid PIE-ness, but forming creative yet logical verbal and noun paradigms simply stumps me. I just keep seeing that Eurocentrism; take for instance this declension for *ą́ki "snake:" nom.sg. ą́ki acc.sg. ą́...

Ear of the Sphinx wrote:

Konungr wrote:Wołaska

Jem ksiądz księdzu.
[jɛm kʲɕɔn̪t̪͡s̪ ˈkʲɕɛn̪d̪͡z̪u]
be.1SG-PRS king king.PL-GEN
I am the king of kings.

You have just commited a plagiarism. The Polish Language Council will soon hunt you down.

For some reason, I don't really feel threatened by those guys.

Wołaska Wiór cieć. [vʲur t͡ɕet͡ɕ] man eat.3SG-PRS The man eats. Kwiona szywieć sie. [ˈkfʲɔn̪a ˈʂɨvʲet͡ɕ‿ɕɛ] woman see.3SG-PRS REFL The woman is seen. Wiór cieć moć. [vʲur t͡ɕet͡ɕ mɔt͡ɕ] man eat.3SG-PRS food.ACC The man eats the food. Moć szywieć sie kwionanie. mɔt͡ɕ ˈʂɨvʲet͡ɕ‿ɕɛ kfʲɔˈn̪aɲɛ] food se...

That's a great concept. Really looking forward to seeing some texts. It's also more realistic than mine; I just took Proto-Germanic and applied Polish sound changes onto it, basically stealing from Wenedyk.

I've started compiling a proper document detailing Volarian, but all that morphophonology is so annoying to put down in a table.

Wołaska Nie Ożeł drop Rynę, ok Szemorzyk. [ɲɛ ˈɔʐɛw d̪rɔp ˈrɨn̪ɛ̃w ɔk ˈʂɛmɔˌʐɨk] not Ożeł hit.3SG-PST Rune.ACC but Szemorzyk Ożeł didn't hit Runa, Szemorzyk did. Ożeł nie drop Rynę, ok ksie jeju. [ˈɔʐɛw ɲɛ d̪rɔp ˈrɨn̪ɛ̃w ɔk cɕe ˈjeju] Ożeł not hit.3SG-PST Rune.ACC but kiss.3SG-PST 3SG.FEM-ACC Ożeł ...

Wołaska

Lebi z sale minomie!
[ˈlebʲi s̩ ˈs̪ale mʲiˈn̪ɔmʲɛ]
leave.2SG-IMP out sun.DAT 1SG.POSS-DAT
Leave my sun!

Wołaska Jek kon wo Jakub cięrze chysz. [jɛk kɔn̪ vɔ jakup ˈt͡ɕɛ̃wʐɛ xɨʂ] 1SG know.1SG-PRS SUBR jacob build.3SG-PST house.ACC I know that Jack built the house. Jek kon wo to chysz chwodzioro Jakub cięrze. [jɛk kɔn̪ vɔ t̪ɔ xɨʂ xfɔˈd͡ʑɔrɔ jakup ˈt͡ɕɛ̃wʐɛ] 1SG know.1SG-PRS SUBR 3SG.NEUT house which.NEU...

Wołaska

Jem ksiądz księdzu.
[jɛm kʲɕɔn̪t̪͡s̪ ˈkʲɕɛn̪d̪͡z̪u]
be.1SG-PRS king king.PL-GEN
I am the king of kings.

Wołaska Jem cydołądarz. [jɛm ˈt̪͡s̪ɨd̪ɔˌwɔn̪d̪aʂ] be.1SG-PRS germany.AGENT-MASC I am a German (man). Jem cydołądarznia. [jɛm ˈt̪͡s̪ɨd̪ɔwɔn̪d̪ˌaʐɲa] be.1SG-PRS germany.AGENT-FEM I am a German (woman). Jem cydołądzki. [jɛm ˈt̪͡s̪ɨd̪ɔˌwɔn̪t̪͡s̪kʲi] be.1SG-PRS german.MASC I am German (masculine). Jem c...