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by Parlox
22 Mar 2018 23:19
Forum: Translations
Topic: Appearances can be deceiving
Replies: 7
Views: 2899

Re: Appearances can be deceiving

:con: Bàsupan

Ka laqūn ashunuvotu yīnos.
DEF.MASC true soul-FEM.NOM.SING reveal-PRES.REFL.3RD.SING
Appearances can be deceiving


This sentence directly translates as "The true soul doesn't reveal itself".
by Parlox
22 Mar 2018 16:30
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
Replies: 11605
Views: 2043822

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Theoretically, you could even have prenasalised preaspirated stops, but that's getting kinda ridiculous since AFAIK no language has those (and there are no results on Google for ʰⁿt, ⁿʰt, etc. or "prenasalised preaspirated", etc.) and they'd most likely simply be clusters of /h/ and a pre...
by Parlox
22 Mar 2018 04:25
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
Replies: 11605
Views: 2043822

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

In my conlang Manchi, stops have a five way distinction. Voiceless, voiced, voiceless aspirated, breathy voice stops, and prenasalised stops. How realistic is this, and what should i change?
by Parlox
21 Mar 2018 18:25
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Itasaq- my go at a triconsonantal conlang
Replies: 9
Views: 2298

Re: Itasaq- my go at a triconsonantal conlang

I think quite a lot of people assume tri-consonantal systems must function the same way as in Semitic languages, but I don't see why Carson's idea here can't work. I actually quite like the idea of having strong/weak stems with prefixes being applied to the weak stem. Ok, that makes sense. As an as...
by Parlox
21 Mar 2018 16:58
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Itasaq- my go at a triconsonantal conlang
Replies: 9
Views: 2298

Re: Itasaq- my go at a triconsonantal conlang

What does this "inflected' form do? I should have clarified. The inflected form takes other case prefixes. I just haven't figured out what those will be yet. Let's say genitive is ū-, then to form that you would use the inflected stem form to make ūCāCCa I.E the same word used before would be ...
by Parlox
21 Mar 2018 16:15
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Itasaq- my go at a triconsonantal conlang
Replies: 9
Views: 2298

Re: Itasaq- my go at a triconsonantal conlang

CarsonDaConlanger wrote: 21 Mar 2018 14:52 Most roots are triconsonantal, and nouns have two base forms:
Absolutive: CaCaC
Inflected: CāCCa
What does this "inflected' form do?
by Parlox
21 Mar 2018 03:34
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: What did you accomplish today? [2011–2019]
Replies: 11462
Views: 1631549

Re: What did you accomplish today?

I've completely redone Bàsupan noun forms, and am doing the same with verbs. I've also decided to have adjectives instead of using verbs.
by Parlox
20 Mar 2018 21:09
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: Triconsonantal roots: how?
Replies: 15
Views: 12285

Re: Triconsonantal roots: how?

In addition to what sangi said above, derived word forms can also be repurposed as roots. t-n-p “Computerize” > Untapiva “Hack”. This is repurposed as a quadrilateral root “ t-n-p-b , which can be used to to derive "Hacker”, with Imtunpav being the result. (Usually the -va in "Hack" w...
by Parlox
18 Mar 2018 20:37
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
Replies: 11605
Views: 2043822

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Is word order encoding causativity attested/naturalistic? Even further, what can be encoded by word order(besides voice)?
by Parlox
18 Mar 2018 20:15
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlang Areal Tests
Replies: 25
Views: 8238

Re: Conlang Areal Tests

I put Bàsupan through these tests, and the results I got were a bit interesting. Bàsupan is 9.5% European, 25% Siberian, 10% West African, and 10% east Asian. (According to the points I got, I only did the grammar tests).
by Parlox
17 Mar 2018 23:18
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlang Areal Tests
Replies: 25
Views: 8238

Re: Conlang Areal Tests

alynnidalar wrote: 17 Mar 2018 23:01 Do you mean the ones linked in the first post of this thread?
I didn't notice that, thanks for pointing that out!
by Parlox
17 Mar 2018 22:29
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Crazylang
Replies: 10
Views: 3534

Re: Crazylang

shanoxilt wrote: 11 Mar 2018 06:13
Parlox wrote: 06 Mar 2018 03:54 I've gotten some work done on the verbs, and am working on noun case.
Do elaborate, please.
I plan to, but I want to finalize everything before posting.
by Parlox
17 Mar 2018 22:28
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlang Areal Tests
Replies: 25
Views: 8238

Re: Conlang Areal Tests

Does anyone know where I can find that SAE grammar test? I can't seem to find it.
by Parlox
08 Mar 2018 03:34
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: What did you accomplish today? [2011–2019]
Replies: 11462
Views: 1631549

Re: What did you accomplish today?

I have finally sorted out Bàsupan's TAM system and case marking, which took much longer than it should have, Goɂǎngkθadov's derivational morphology has been worked out(for the most part), i've been experimenting with naming systems in some of my conlangs, and two of my conlangs finally have names.
by Parlox
08 Mar 2018 03:28
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Linguistic purism in conlangs
Replies: 22
Views: 6808

Re: Linguistic purism in conlangs

The Bàsups are accommodating of loanwords, but as they live in a desert only inhabited by them, they don't have many. The Stellars weren't particularly fond of loanwords, and would often derive new words from compounding instead. The Äshollkollvois are particularly against loanwords, having gone thr...
by Parlox
06 Mar 2018 21:21
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: American English Derived Collablang!
Replies: 81
Views: 17263

Re: American English Derived Collablang!

F. All of the above.
by Parlox
06 Mar 2018 20:09
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: American English Derived Collablang!
Replies: 81
Views: 17263

Re: American English Derived Collablang!

American English becomes a separate language.
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Which "American" english?
by Parlox
06 Mar 2018 03:54
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Crazylang
Replies: 10
Views: 3534

Re: Crazylang

I've gotten some work done on the verbs, and am working on noun case.
by Parlox
06 Mar 2018 02:11
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1317705

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

ThatAnalysisGuy wrote: 06 Mar 2018 01:58 What are the differences between a fusional and an agglutinative language?
Fusional languages encode multiple meanings in grammatical morphemes, -kio could be present tense, imperfect aspect, conditional mood. Agglutinating languages separate these into multiple morphemes.