I had no idea that Kebri's flag was what was depicted on the grammar.
My favourite is probably Xurno's; it has a pleasing simplicity to it, just like the flag of Japan.
I suppose that Dhekhnam doesn't have a flag?
Does the saffron on the flags of Ctésifon and Krasnaya represent Caďinas?
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- Mon May 07, 2018 2:23 am
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: Questions about elcari
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6250
Re: Questions about elcari
What about lineages though? Is it taboo to date within your clan or can you get away with it?
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 5:58 am
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: Questions about elcari
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6250
Questions about elcari
I was shocked to realise the other day that the grammar of Elkarîl is over 15 years old! It still feels new somehow. I remember reading that elcari have long relationships but not lifelong - the Count of Years also mentions that they only marry members of a different clan than themselves. So does th...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 5:40 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Relative clauses: cross-linguistic comparison
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13964
Re: Relative clauses: cross-linguistic comparison
Fantastic info! Thank you very much for this.
- Sat Apr 21, 2018 8:59 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Relative clauses: cross-linguistic comparison
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13964
Re: Relative clauses: cross-linguistic comparison
Ergative languages will do relative clauses differently Will they though? Switch reference markers seem universally to mark *subject*, not agent or patient, even in languages that exhibit ergativity. Of course, switch reference is not the only way to form relative clauses. Of course, IME some ergat...
- Sat Apr 21, 2018 5:30 am
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: New Almeopedia
- Replies: 29
- Views: 20548
Re: New Almeopedia
The link in the Dhekhnami grammar to the dhodhnora page on the Almeopedia no longer works.
- Tue Jan 23, 2018 9:53 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Age, Leisure Work and Motivation
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13565
Re: Age, Leisure Work and Motivation
I haven't "finished" a conlang since I started doing this way back in my early teens, but I have had a lot of fun along the way. What is this "finished conlang" thing you're talking about? Do tell. I always thought finishing a conlang was like the proverbial irresistible force proverbially meeting ...
- Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:14 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Latin -ta < Greek της
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3315
Re: Latin -ta < Greek της
In addition, like I said before, Greek borrowings into Latin tend to keep their declension class, because the two have such similar systems. Yeah this is what made me wonder, because I know that even though they are different, there is some level of correspondence between Greek 3rd declension and L...
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 7:25 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Age, Leisure Work and Motivation
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13565
Re: Age, Leisure Work and Motivation
I thought having a baby would mean that I have less time to conlang, but I'm surprised how much I do get time to do (you just have to sit there sometimes!). I haven't played video games in weeks though. Really what's impeding my progress, even more than work or family commitments, is the inability t...
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 2:46 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Terghbaz (Generic Orkish)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5944
Re: Terghbaz (Generic Orkish)
Any more word on this? I was keen to find out how the verbs work.
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 2:04 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Latin -ta < Greek της
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3315
Latin -ta < Greek της
I don't know much Greek. Is there a logical reason why this ending went to the Latin first declension (e.g. nauta etc.) rather than third declension in borrowings?
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:52 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: 16th C Spanish and Nahuatl
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3314
Re: 16th C Spanish and Nahuatl
six?! How many damn distinct coronal fricatives does one language need?!
Anyway, thanks.
Anyway, thanks.
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:19 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: The word "gal".
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5916
Re: The word "gal".
I remember watching one of the Mighty Ducks movies and a girl character getting upset over "you guys", so the feeling extends at least as far as 90s LA. Movie scripts should not be taken as an accurate depiction of actual usage. They should be taken as accurate reflections of what screenwriters are...
Soi ureki
Tróunai ti-ďami im soin urekin. Im tveren urekán: <<So hutorom vule žusir koupi lië. Eluá ila ne meršán.>> Eto lače e << eluá ilu>>. Im panen urekán: Susana er Mihel mizu <<zet nomai.>> Laču mizec <<et nomai>>. Im suesen urekán: So esec i <<elirec>> lače ese <<elire>>, řo <<elirre>>. Erotál so scrif...
- Sun Jan 21, 2018 10:40 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: Cadhinorian Religion
- Replies: 20
- Views: 15409
Re: Cadhinorian Religion
Perhaps it's good that the gods don't see you publish that blasphemy then!
- Sat Jan 20, 2018 11:36 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: The word "gal".
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5916
Re: The word "gal".
I remember watching one of the Mighty Ducks movies and a girl character getting upset over "you guys", so the feeling extends at least as far as 90s LA.
- Sat Jan 20, 2018 10:22 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: 16th C Spanish and Nahuatl
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3314
16th C Spanish and Nahuatl
Reading about Classical Nahuatl, I can mostly understand why the system developed by Spaniards to transcribe it looks the way it does except in one detail: Why did they choose to write the Nahuatl phoneme which I am pretty sure is standard [s] as either <z> or <c>? What was going on with Spanish at ...
- Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:29 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Him and I.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2951
Re: Him and I.
Yeah, a lot of speakers in my experience treat "and I" as the only possible way to include a first person pronoun in this construction. I have definitely heard "him and I" in speech a fair few times.
- Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:55 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: "elder brother" and "elder sister".
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3426
Re: "elder brother" and "elder sister".
I wouldn't say "old fashioned". I would definitely use "older brother" in preference but I wouldn't be especially surprised if someone used the other form.
- Tue Dec 12, 2017 7:57 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Getting rid of grammatical features
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4582
Re: Getting rid of grammatical features
Yeah, special constructions where definiteness is *not* marked is a good place to start - these can be extended by analogy. Also "I became President". It's possible to speak English without using articles at all. If the language had a large influx of new learners whose native language did not make u...
- Thu Dec 07, 2017 8:18 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: New Almeopedia
- Replies: 29
- Views: 20548
Re: New Almeopedia
The "Diversions" and "Tourism" links on the front page seem not to work because I think they are pointing to articles rather than categories.
- Sat Dec 02, 2017 8:34 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Pretistelen
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5971
Re: Pretistelen
This is interesting. It reminds me of some languages I have sketched: vaguely IE, without much in the way of specific influence, but with a more regular morphology. Is it part of a family?
- Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:41 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Terghbaz (Generic Orkish)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5944
Re: Terghbaz (Generic Orkish)
I like this, an "orkish" sounding language was an idea that I played around with for a while without ever getting anywhere. I'm eager to see more.
Rather than Slavic, I would say based on what little vocab we have that it sounds a little bit like Persian - at least the name of the language does!
Rather than Slavic, I would say based on what little vocab we have that it sounds a little bit like Persian - at least the name of the language does!
- Thu Nov 30, 2017 6:14 am
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: New Almeopedia
- Replies: 29
- Views: 20548
Re: New Almeopedia
It does look like the "Sample Wordlist" page stil doesn't have the language box it had on the old version.
- Sun Nov 26, 2017 3:31 am
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: New Almeopedia
- Replies: 29
- Views: 20548
Re: New Almeopedia
It looks like there is an error with the language box that means the words for "big" and "river" are identical in every language. E.g. in the Verdurian article, both are listed as selë. The "Sample wordlist" page appears like it doesn't have the box in it. The map on the "multilingualism" page doesn...