The Language of the Hawks (my first sentence)

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The Language of the Hawks (my first sentence)

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As a celebratory translation challenge for my first fully developed proper sentence in Teskwan, I give you:

Teskwan:
ha tăsko-at tyn kăp-udum
[ha təsʷkʷʰatʰ tʰɨn kʰəpʰud̥um]
ART.NOM.PL.F language-NOM.PL.F ART.GEN.DU.M hawk-GEN.DU.M
"the languages of the hawks"

This can be translated literally or as a metaphor for a kind of acerbic or highfalutin speech, but in the dual case, it is generally understood to be the kinds of language that two paired hawks use together, which takes on the connotation of "inside jokes that married couples or close friends use". As the meaning depends on the usage of case, it is difficult to translate into an equivalent metaphor, but the meaning can be gleaned from context as to be translated literally in a scientific magazine, or metaphorically in a romantic story.

You can provide the gloss, pronunciation and any inspired cultural meaning or details that are not covered here.

If there are no hawks in your conworld, use a similar bird-of-prey, or substitute an equivalent animal from your conworld.
[bɹ̠ˤʷɪs.təɫ]
Nōn quālibet inīqua cupiditāte illectus hōc agō.
[tiː.mɔ.tʉɥs god.lɐf hɑwk]
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Re: The Language of the Hawks (my first sentence)

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Firena arokebs
language.pl hawk.gen-pl
"the languages of the hawks"

Short and boring.

And congratulations to your first sentence! :D
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Kankonian:

tzehimezes na mainives
langoage+PLURAL of hawk+PLURAL
the languages of the hawks
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Squirrels chase koi . . . chase squirrels

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Inyauk: Ikúmatxnabani
/i'kumaʧnabani/
DEF-speech.hawk
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Nolikan: Nokrine čargak
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Agyon:

E Nara Latsila.
e=nar-a lats-il-a
DEF=language-A hawk-USE-A

"The language that the hawks use."

"The anguage that the hawks made", however, takes a different case: latina.
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Conlang ?:
avorarlavig
or
avorar de lavig
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CUE:
Il sé-fetkitsái
The speech-of hawk-plural
The language of the hawks
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Re: The Language of the Hawks (my first sentence)

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Taiwazaiho:

Literal:

kiwau yuu tliingsa
[ˈki.wau̯ juː ˈtɬiːŋ.sa]
hawk GEN language
"(the) language(s) of (the) hawk(s)"

Figurative: (I'll prolly think of a much better expression later)

'e yuu yetliingsa
[ʔe juː jeˈtɬiŋ.sa]
two GEN DIMINUTIVE-language
"little language(s) of two [people]"
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