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by Rodlox
Fri Jan 29, 2016 3:06 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: In search of a conworld
Replies: 5
Views: 2404

Re: In search of a conworld

I haven't posted for a while, but I wanted to find a conworld that I once saw. I'm not sure if I saw it on here or somewhere else, but it was a very cool, detailed conbiology project. I think the planet was supposed to be tilted so its axis always pointed towards the sun. I know that the informatio...
by Rodlox
Fri Jan 29, 2016 3:04 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: tube bo, kije bo & ALL GRAMMAR OF DAMA DIWAN
Replies: 61
Views: 21662

Re: tube bo naja kije bo AND THE WHOLE DAMA DIWAN

ObsequiousNewt wrote:
Dama Diwan wrote:Greek language is going to be extinct and that can be very soon, but the Greek vocabulary will remain internationally.
is that a threat?
I would guess its bullhockey.
by Rodlox
Mon Jun 03, 2013 8:40 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726168

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Kilo hojak thelai ker scaru, galacuini ker fankorado hoj irekan kanta thecak gasc. [ˈki.lo ˈhoʒ.ak ˈθɛ.la.i kɛːɹɾ ˈʃaːɹɾ.u | ga.laˈt͡ʃʷin.i kɛːɹɾ fan.koːɹɾˈa.do hoʒ ˈiɹɾ.ɛ.kan ˈkan.ta ˈθɛ.t͡ʃak gaʃ] with 2SG.POSS line-PL of script | technique-PL of distinct-NOUN 2SG medium OPT use ATT You should tr...
by Rodlox
Mon Jun 03, 2013 2:04 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726168

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Peronyralo Mhidhialo - Google bha: rhemamhoMalaymhidhi: Google bʰa rʰema-mʰo-Malay-mʰidʰi Google say: LOC.at,here,place-nonself-Malay-language,converse Google says this is Malay: Ghatarl Mandarinmha peronyrove wa. gʰat-ɑrl Mandarin-mʰa pero-nyro-(o)ve wa. 1.i-experiencer/TOP Mandarin-SBJ.TOP ongoing...
by Rodlox
Sat May 04, 2013 9:05 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Collaborative Conworld
Replies: 233
Views: 46813

Re: Collaborative Conworld

I would also propose a white A-type star. This necessarily moves the hot Jupiter further out, and lengthens its year. Yes... but here again the colour thingy and the short life of white stars may cause problems. the important thing is that there are people there during the star's lifetime, not how ...
by Rodlox
Sun Mar 17, 2013 12:32 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: How to design a non-European phonology
Replies: 622
Views: 166764

Re: How to design a non-European phonology

Kvan wrote:
Esmelthien wrote:Speaking of non-European, I've been thinking of doing something with voiced whistles. Are those attested?
Pirahã perhaps?
?Isn't Piraha like the NW Caucasian languages - a product of the Random Language Generator.
by Rodlox
Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:12 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Language/writing systems in a telepathic society
Replies: 3
Views: 2024

Re: Language/writing systems in a telepathic society

... thoughts? Several. excellent speculation you've raised. If the former, then the society would fall apart. Everyone's mind would constantly be a mess of thousands to millions of other people talking. Such a society would doubtlessly collapse rapidly, if the people don't go extinct first. picture...
by Rodlox
Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:31 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 783907

Re: Lexicon Building

masako wrote:next: meager; slight; weak
Arimaspean Creole: (wo)waarshihsi / (yu)waarshihsi

lit: I/you-water-shit-is


Next: smitten
by Rodlox
Sun Dec 23, 2012 1:29 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 783907

Re: Lexicon Building

next: to bestow; to confer; to grant wafa hivih si lit., holy give DEF hivih stems from English "give", which pidginization transformed into the word for the object(s) being given; the definate si makes it an action/event once more. the "holy" is from the early missionary period, which brought in t...
by Rodlox
Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:18 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: The Lexicon Building Counselling Service
Replies: 224
Views: 41697

Re: The Lexicon Building Counselling Service

Izambri wrote:What's the best word for "mint" (aromatic herb)?

mirze ['miɾzɐ]
^that one.
mirte ['miɾtɐ]
sounds like a unit of time, or a baby's nickname.
by Rodlox
Mon Nov 19, 2012 7:43 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: The Lexicon Building Counselling Service
Replies: 224
Views: 41697

Re: The Lexicon Building Counselling Service

sratheyo [sɾa.Te.jo], or srathejo [sɾa.Te.yo] ? I really don't get this. <j> is [y] and vice versa? in-universe, it stems from an attempt to reconcile two romanization schemes which were equally old. IRL, its because that's the biggest phonetic difference between the two sibling conlangs...and I do...
by Rodlox
Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:50 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: The Lexicon Building Counselling Service
Replies: 224
Views: 41697

Re: The Lexicon Building Counselling Service

no, just "bercea" and just "arze". If it was the way you said "arze" would just mean red . Green apples become red ones; but when a red apple is picked, there's usually still some green on it. either way, it was just a thought i thought to mention; apologies. if a rationalization is sought - sahara...
by Rodlox
Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:10 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: The Lexicon Building Counselling Service
Replies: 224
Views: 41697

Re: The Lexicon Building Counselling Service

Ean wrote:bercea for green apples and arze for red ones.
bercea and bercea arze?



sratheyo [sɾa.Te.jo], or srathejo [sɾa.Te.yo] ?

derived from the Greek strategos (general), but the meaning is up in the air at the moment.
by Rodlox
Sat Nov 03, 2012 10:58 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 783907

Re: Lexicon Building

abaddamn wrote: Next: Mana (essence of magic)
Arimaspean Creole: Wiliri = willpower
[wil.li.ɾi]


Next: six-sided.
by Rodlox
Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:16 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: How did the Ancients called alcoholic beverages?
Replies: 23
Views: 4498

Re: How did the Ancients called alcoholic beverages?

Kereb wrote:k besides rome
do we know any ancient catch-all terms for booze
well, there's "that which clouds the mind"...but I don't know the Classical Arabic for it.
by Rodlox
Thu Aug 30, 2012 10:34 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The Rosenfelder Challenge
Replies: 173
Views: 26827

Re: The Rosenfelder Challenge

Yes. That is all you did. It is not a big deal. This is a trend. You will have noticed guide books? That they have in the back a wordlist? Of potentially useful words? The word lists in guide books are different. They follow a formula that is designed to help package tourists get through hotels and...
by Rodlox
Thu Aug 30, 2012 10:28 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The Rosenfelder Challenge
Replies: 173
Views: 26827

Re: The Rosenfelder Challenge

"Old news" you say? Is there anything here that someone else hasn't already said? yes there is: SIL called; they'd like their superiority back. Hey, I earn my travel cash, and partly from manual labour - Is the other part legal, or did you just bake cavies throughout your trip? Bourgeois? Well, I n...
by Rodlox
Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:01 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726168

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Izambri wrote:
Ean wrote:
Izambri wrote:Oizhà. Tarnede nas Basc nas Pirineus Rodiscanisos.
Of course, It derivates from Eastern Pyrenean Basque.
Tal qualque.
As does everything.
Even birds? I thought they evolved from theropod dinosaurs, not Basque.
Basque dinosaurs.
by Rodlox
Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:23 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The Rosenfelder Challenge
Replies: 173
Views: 26827

Re: The Rosenfelder Challenge

ashmoonfruit wrote:Also, languages are partly ciphers of each other. Please don't think that I'm overestimating the extent of this, but English 'dog' French 'chien' are pretty much ciphers of each other.
er...no.

(unless you don't know what a cipher is. if you don't know, just say so, its okay if you're honest)
by Rodlox
Sun Aug 26, 2012 11:41 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #94: Face and Politeness)
Replies: 974
Views: 177255

Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #63: Kuot)

brandrinn wrote:So Ollock, when's the next podcast?
Patience.
by Rodlox
Mon Jul 30, 2012 12:14 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: Is the technology of the Ktuvoks like the Iliu one?
Replies: 18
Views: 10454

Re: Is the technology of the Ktuvoks like the Iliu one?

Rainlander wrote:I dunno, they just always seem to do a lot of the typical evil empire things. I mean, has a ktuvok ever tried to talk with a human on the same level? Ever?
And that's what makes them evil? I also try not to talk to my food - does that make me evil?
by Rodlox
Sat Jun 30, 2012 3:29 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: LCK Two
Replies: 121
Views: 22792

Re: LCK Two

Elector Dark wrote:Necromancy is banned under the Imperial Regulatory Act of Wizardry.
the LCK(2) does not fall under the provisions of the necromantic or other portions of the Act.
by Rodlox
Wed Jun 27, 2012 5:00 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 783907

Re: Lexicon Building

treegod wrote:
2-4 wrote:Next word:to coöperate
The first use of "coöperate" like that outside of Wikipedia
I remember seeing it in one of Sir A.C.Doyle's Holmes stories.
by Rodlox
Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:23 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #94: Face and Politeness)
Replies: 974
Views: 177255

Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #56: Growing a Lexicon)

back on topic, this was a fantastic podcast. I will admit that when I heard you guys say you went a little over (2 hours) on the podcast, my first thought was "an hour and a half of lexicon-building, then half an hour of Dothraki? I think we've all won the lottery today." mind, it's very good even a...
by Rodlox
Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:39 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #94: Face and Politeness)
Replies: 974
Views: 177255

Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #56: Growing a Lexicon)

^^Dialup demands forethought and self control to step away from the computer when you realize things are never going to load and that you'll miss your movie date that you planned if you don't get out the door now ... ^as opposed to being on broadband and losing track of the time and missing your mo...