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For me, it depends - sometimes I pick up an accent or dialect because it was there that I learnt the language (my French is Parisian and my Catalan is Valencian for this reason) or because of an affinity or preference for that manner of speech (my Spanish being Porteño and my German Viennese due to ...

Na d-twys grefand, cêseilín ðo lechmeinos syrosúot. Naloith, plythín ðo LTT¤ heis LTDDC² ichrúot Na d-twys gref-and, cêseil-ín ðo lech-meinos syros-úot. Naloith, plyth-ín ðo LTT heis LTDDC ichr-úot In SM/here write.PTCP advise.3PL-PRS that word-meaning provide.2PL-SBJV also prefer.3PL-PRS that IPA o...

Helios, I think it might be easier just to represent both /gz/ and /ks/ as gz and ks; and /gʒ/ and /kʃ/ as, for example, gj and ksh. Then allow for dialectal differences, particularly for the latter pair.

:fra: C'est super ! J'aime la langue aussi, j'adore tout les languages Celtic insulaire, particulièrement Irlandais. Où l'utilises-tu ? Non, j'ai juste commencé à l'apprendre la langue. À mon avis, c'est très difficile ! That's awesome! I also like the language, I love all the Insular Celtic langua...

ōxa - /oːʔa/ - 'donkey' xōxa - /ʔoːʔa/ - 'stupid person' Is that really possible, that language contrasts word beginning with vowel and word beginning with glottal stop [O.o] ? It certainly is. Take Hawaiian as an example: ʻaʻa means, amongst others, to challenge or defy, whilst aʻa is a root, a ve...

M'agradaria parlar en català amb tothom! Què anem a discutir?

:fra: Celinceithir, tu-parles Gallois ? Celinceithir, do you speak Welsh? :fra: - Oui, SomeoneSomewhere, je parle gallois. Je regrette que mon gallois n'est pas parfait, mais j'adore la langue et je l'utilise assez régulièrement [:)]. Au cours des années, la langue a été une grande inspiration ! Je...

Pyrthos go d-to g-ceithcelín gimel syrí, Avo ! Cioth sé ethlín ?
ˈpɪʐθɔs gɔ dɔ gɛɪθkɛˈlin gømɛl sɪri, ˈavɔ kjɔθ ʃe jɛθˈlin
look of SM/your SM/craftlanguage old like.1SG-PRS Avo. What 3SG-ACC call.3PL-PRS

I like the look of your conlang, Avo. What's it called?

Tous les langues du monde? [o.O] Je n'aime pas le langues de Chine, en fait je n'aime pas les langues l'Asie orientale. :fra: - En effet, j'aime bien toutes les langues du monde. À mon avis, il n'existe pas de mauvaises langues ; par conséquent, je trouve que chaque mode d'expression est belle. Aya...

I certainly can share something of my own language. I began documenting it on the internet a few months ago (before that, I had stuck to manuscripts!) but there is some information here on phonology, orthography and grammar, and here 's my dictionary; I've uploaded around 3,000 words and counting so...

I'd be definitely happy to help you, Ναθια. I've spoken our family language for 25+ years and my own heartlang for 10 or more, so I may have a few insights into what it's like to learn a family conlang, the positives and setbacks. An important consideration is how different you want to make this lan...

Oh do you have worked out different dialects/accents? [:D] I have indeed :D - some are more different than others, with certain ones just meaning accents and others being fully-fledged dialects with divergent grammar and vocabulary. It's an aspect of world languages that I love and felt I had to in...

Your conpeople have sex using words? That's weirder than asari. I assume you're kidding, but I meant that in the future, I'd upload, for example, a conversation between two people to provide a more usual interchange in the language. P.S. Though the Celinese do say, 'ardoê gyrín, mairís ceonín' (aff...

I shall have to put up a recording of a more regular spoken intercourse, but for the time being here's a poem , translated from Carol Ann Duffy's original , in a North-Eastern, Iferðíc Celinese accent. Cyn rôs hyrèn, cyn caroig saten; Tair gyrí hywel. Molín cyrà na r-ardeg pafair, Đo efrío lairel El...

Celinese
Go ðéðo ceoní né polín, tysoê brochío
Go ðé-ðo ceon-í né pol-ín, tysoê broch-ín
of that-which speak.INF NEG able.3PL-PRS silent-state need.3PL-PRS
"Silence is required of that which cannot be spoken [about]"
gɔ ˈðɛðɔ kɛuˈni ne pɔˈlin ˈtɪsɔˌjɛ bɾɔχiw

sano wrote:nye na nya anyo tsa'o uana sutaye
because 1SG for year six there dwell.PST
Because I lived there for 6 years.

Taisofos neıs né lyroís ?
experience this NEG enjoy.2SG-PST
Did you not enjoy this experience?

Celinese

To one person: ané mairí

An-é mair-í
2SG.ACC love.1SG-PRS

To two or more persons, if that is your thing: anêt mairí

an-êt mair-í
2PL.ACC love.1SG-PRS

Yagia1 wrote:

Azurecat wrote:new year's eve

(or whatever ceremonial your confolks have to mark the beginning of a new year, if any)

da fario dirou talisprédo si préviso!
to new year[OBL] good speed and health!

Celinese: ifaneifos /øvanˈɛɪvɔs/ (lit. young year)

Next word - hopeful (adjective)

Primeramente, ¿qué es una lengua buena? Pensaba que estaba en un foro de amantes de idiomas, ¿cómo se puede odiar un idioma? ¿Por causa de la gente? First, what's a good language? I thought I was in a forum of language lovers, how can someone hate a language? Cause of the people? :ast: - A mi gúste...

They all make a few sensible suggestions, but have their foibles. I'll share my initial feelings on some of them. SR1: - The first proposed reform, of changing all instances of /ɛ/ from ea, ei, eo etc to <e> is imminently sensible and I'd expect to see something similar in any effective orthographic...