NB: I have edited the thread title and everything posted in 2022 to reflect some changes I introduced based on Ryukyuan influence. Thus, this is Fuheko Ver 3.1.
Changes: Syllable-intiall NC clusters allowed, some pluralization added.
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- 01 Jan 2023 00:48
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Fuheko Ver 3.1
- Replies: 2
- Views: 397
- 29 Dec 2022 21:00
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Fuheko Ver 3.1
- Replies: 2
- Views: 397
Re: Fuheko Ver 3.1
Personal pronouns come in three speech-levels: Casual, Polite, and Respectful/Deferentiantal. The casual pronouns do not change for gender, and have unique forms in the Nominative, Accusative, Genitive, and Dative. The other cases are formed from the dative: Nominative 1P: Minä 2P Sinä 3P: Hän Accus...
- 22 Dec 2022 22:43
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Fuheko Ver 3.1
- Replies: 2
- Views: 397
Fuheko Ver 3.1
Ok, so I've been very...... promiscuous, for want of a better word, with my conlangs in the past few years. I've wanted to concentrate on my world's flagship Conlang, Fuheko, but I keep running into conlanger's block, so I keep turning to fleshing out other aspects of the world until I got inspired ...
- 14 Dec 2022 04:33
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Surprising cognates
- Replies: 153
- Views: 109132
Re: Surprising cognates
borrowed from Turkic, which is in turned borrowed from Chinese. In the opposite Direction: :vie: thiên /tʰiən/"Heaven [used only in compounds]" :mon: тэнгэр /tʰeŋ.ɡer/ "Sky; Heaven; Weather" PrTurkic *teŋri "Heaven; Tengri >(borrowed via Xiongnu) Old :zho: 撐犁 *ṭhāŋ-rə̄>Late...
Re: Zɛŋhkõgǎŋ
Zɛŋhkõgǎŋ has noun-phrase final case clitics. These are: Nominative: ∅ Accusative: Ã Dative-Lative: La Genitive-Ablative: Ma Locative: Móu To show that these are clitics, I will use an example: Zɛŋcũŋ mha Hnɔ̂nâŋshãcúŋ ma lwaŋ mha shãŋjúŋ la Zɛŋ-cũŋ mha Hnɔ̂nâŋshãcúŋ ma lwaŋ mha shãŋjúŋ la Zeng-vall...
Zɛŋhkõgǎŋ
Zɛŋhkõgǎŋ /zɛ̃˩.kʰo̰˦˥.gã̃˩˧/, is a sister language to my Qíʳ Bȁˀ language complex (AKA Qíʳ Bȁˀ Gàˀⁿ AKA Kyirbatic), and thus a part of the wider Kano-Kyirbatian Family, being of the Kyirbato-Zenkokian branch; Note the family is based on Sino-Tibetan, Kanic being a Chinese equivalent, Kyirbatian bei...
- 10 Nov 2022 05:32
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
- Replies: 579
- Views: 161198
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
An inventory for Zɛŋhkõgǎŋ /zɛ̃˩.kʰo̰˦˥.gã̃˩˧/, a sister language to my Qíʳ Bȁˀ language language complex (AKA Qíʳ Bȁˀ Gàˀⁿ AKA Kyirbatic), and thus a part of the wider Kano-Kyirbatian Family, being of the Kyirbato-Zenkokian branch; Note the family is based on Sino-Tibetan, Kanic being a Chinese equ...
- 04 Oct 2022 06:30
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Yonataoran Religions
- Replies: 42
- Views: 16887
Re: Yonataoran Religions
The Mikhonic Calendar: The Calendar was a solar one, consisting of 365 days, beginning around the Fall Equinox. It was divided into 12 months, of the following length in days: 30 31 30 31 30 30 30 31 30 31 30 30 (31 in Leap Years) The New Year had to be around the Fall Equinox, but was allowed to fa...
- 20 Sep 2022 00:59
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
- Replies: 579
- Views: 161198
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Something I might work on while I get over my conlangingblock on Rïvśɠaàɫ Pòòzbirh. / ᵐ̥b t̪ ⁿd̪ ʈ ⁿɖ c ⁿɟ k ᵑg k͡p ᵐ̥ᵑg͡b/ /m n̪ ɳ ɲ ŋ ŋ͡m/ /ʰn̪ ʰɳ ʰɲ/ /s̪ ʂ ç/ /ɬ/ /l/ /w ʍ ɹ̪ ɻ j / /ǀ ǃ ǂ ǁ/ /ǀʰ ǃʰ ǂʰ/ /ᵑǀ ᵑǃ ᵑǂ/ /ᵑ̊ǀ ᵑ̊ǃ ᵑ̊ǂ/ /ᵑǀʱ ᵑǃʱ ᵑǂʱ/ /ᵑ̊ǀʰ ᵑ̊ǃʰ ᵑ̊ǂʰ/ /i u/ /ɪ ʊ/ /e o/ /ɛ ɔ/ /ɐ/ /a/ /˥ ˧ ˩/
- 15 Sep 2022 20:32
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1133
- Views: 294590
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
How mutually intelligible are Scottish Gaelic and Irish?
- 10 Aug 2022 04:22
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False cognates
- Replies: 910
- Views: 333635
Re: False cognates
Shoshoni /nɨwɨ/ "Shoshoni Person" vs Nahuatl <Nahua> /Nawa/ "Nahua Person". Despite being self-designations for Uto-Aztecan speaking people, that are of the form /nVwV/ these are unrelated. First of all, Shoshoni /ɨ/ corresponds to Nahuan /e/. Second of all, /w/ in Shoshoni can c...
- 27 Jul 2022 00:59
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Rïvśɠaàɫ Pòòzbirh
- Replies: 3
- Views: 661
Re: Rïvśɠaàɫ Pòòzbirh
Nouns, when used as subject or direct object take an Absolute suffix. This suffix depends on whether the noun is of the three animate classes, or of the three inanimate classes. The former takes the suffix -uù if the root is consonant final, -vuù if it ends in a rounded vowel, and rïȉ if it ends in ...
- 22 Jul 2022 23:32
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Rïvśɠaàɫ Pòòzbirh
- Replies: 3
- Views: 661
Re: Rïvśɠaàɫ Pòòzbirh
Verbs are templitic, Following the following order: SUBJECT-OBJECT-(DIRECTIONAL)-ROOT-ASPECT-MOOD-EVIDENTIAL This post will focus on the plain indicative past and present, with visual evidentiality, which has the suffix -(u)raà. The Subject and Object markers distinguish for person, number, and, in ...
- 22 Jul 2022 07:09
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Rïvśɠaàɫ Pòòzbirh
- Replies: 3
- Views: 661
Re: Rïvśɠaàɫ Pòòzbirh
Note that since the language is strongly polysythetic, with the main influences being Uto-Aztecan (especially Hopi and Nahuatl), Athabaskan, and Siouan, I am starting with verbal morphology first, even though I normally present nominal morphology in most of my languages. Verbs have two stems: The Pa...
- 20 Jul 2022 05:42
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Rïvśɠaàɫ Pòòzbirh
- Replies: 3
- Views: 661
Rïvśɠaàɫ Pòòzbirh
Rïvśɠaàɫ Pòòzbirh /ðɨʋʃ.qâ:ɬ pʰù:t͡s.piʐ/ is a Poozbirhic language, spoken by the c. 6,500 people of the Rïvśɠaàɫ tribe in the Interior Desert on the continent where Þāpha Di-B'ār'i is spoken. Poozbirhic is unrelated to Þāpha Di-B'ār'i , the latter being a Thaphaian language. Other Poozbirhic langua...
- 14 Jul 2022 08:16
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
- Replies: 579
- Views: 161198
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
An inventory inspired by Hopi and Navajo mixed. Phonemes in parenthesis indicate I'm not sure if I want them in the language: /p pʰ t̪ t̪ʰ t͡s t͡sʰ (t͡ɬ t͡ɬʰ) ʈ͡ʂ ʈ͡ʂʰ t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ c cʰ k kʰ kʷ kʷʰ q qʰ (qʷ qʷʰ) ʔ/ /m n̪ ɳ ɲ ŋ/ /s ɬ ʂ ʃ x/ /l (ɭ)/ /ʋ ɹ̪ ɻ j w w̃ (ɰ)/ /i e ø ɨ ɵ o a/ /i: e: y: ɨ: ʉ: u: ...
- 14 Jul 2022 05:53
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
- Replies: 579
- Views: 161198
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
An inventory inspired by Hopi and Navajo mixed. Phonemes in parenthesis indicate I'm not sure if I want them in the language: /p pʰ t̪ t̪ʰ t͡s t͡sʰ (t͡ɬ t͡ɬʰ) ʈ͡ʂ ʈ͡ʂʰ t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ c cʰ k kʰ kʷ kʷʰ q qʰ (qʷ qʷʰ) ʔ/ /m n̪ ɳ ɲ ŋ/ /s ɬ ʂ ʃ x/ /l (ɭ)/ /ʋ ɹ̪ ɻ j w w̃ (ɰ)/ /i e ø ɨ ɵ o a/ /i: e: y: ɨ: ʉ: u: a...
- 26 May 2022 01:05
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Þāpha Di-B'ār'i
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1858
Re: Þāpha Di-B'ār'i
The copula is T'oiþ, which has suppletive forms for the past (W'aot'þ-) Negative (M't'aoþ) past Negative (M'aot'þ-) interrogitive (B't'aoth) and past interrogitive (B'aot'þ). Þat'oith r'ob'āl "You are a boy" W'aot'þiÞ r'ob'āl "You were a boy" M'aot'þiÞ r'ob'ā "You were not a...
- 10 May 2022 23:39
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Þāpha Di-B'ār'i
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1858
Re: Þāpha Di-B'ār'i
Prepositional proclitics are placed before a noun in its prepositional form to mark what in other languages would be finer case distinctions. Note that the Genitive proclitic, Di- does not not need the noun to be in the prepositional form. Dative-Lative: ʔil- Locative: ʔāl- Ablative: Mīn- Instrument...
- 09 May 2022 21:57
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Conlanging Features you Avoid
- Replies: 150
- Views: 31124
Re: Conlanging Features you Avoid
Ancient Israeli society recognizing a third social gender was interesting info. I said "Jewish" and not "Israeli" since I'm basing it on texts that date from a span of 100-500 CE, and in that period, many Jews lived in Modern Day Iraq and SE Syria, and were granted semi-autonomo...