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I like the idea, but I think we'd need samples with translations to be able to make any sort of reasonable guesses about grammar.

my idea I've had for ages: an underspecifying alphabet/abugida [...] So, for instance, if you wanted to spell 'bat', you might rebus it as BIRD-AIR-TERN (for the winged animal, using the 'flying' alphabet), or as BRICK-ANVIL-TRUNK (for a cricket bat, using the 'heavy blunt objects' alphabet). [...]...

Ah it's been too long since I participated in one of these. At the current rate this round seems just as likely to vanish into the aether as the previous one but eh might as well have a go. Name a poet who is not William Shakespeare who died before the Glorious Revolution Chaucer Name a penguin spec...

Couldn't you use a verb like "govern" and extrapolate from there? Even monarchical states tend to have a concept of governing. Just a thought. Oh, I should definitely have a word for the concept, no argument there. I had thought about having a "govern" verb and then a derived noun for "government" ...

"We are sorely in need of support as the government has refused external aid." I hemmed and hawed over how to derive a word for "government" here. In the end, I've thrown in the towel and am instead deferring it until I can think through a holistic set of words for politics. So, bit of a cheat here...

"Power is always dangerous. It attracts the worst. And corrupts the best." Deevi: Téme dekípeime téesi. Téttmuvédetti ráar. Utni téttmudétmu vétorihistmemét. [ˈtsejmɛ ˈdɛkijpɛjmɛ ˈtsejzʲɪ ‖ ˈtsejtɛmˌβɛdɛtstʲɪ ˈraʕə ‖ hʊnʲ ˈtsejtɛmˌdɛtsm̩ ˈβejtɔrɪɣɪssmɛˈmɛt] all-in from-danger-COP.3-in power | all-a...

Aaaaaaaaaaah, too quick for me, Arz. Oh well, looks like I'll just have to do two :) Also, this is an excellent necro, masako! Deevi: They have lived their whole lives by gathering firewood. Damóntemísutéme mánttemu káuskoromukérdenmetáki ime. [ˈdamowntsɛˈmɪs̩ˈtsɛmɛ ˈmaʕntstjɛm̩ ˈkawskɔrɔm̩ˈkɛddm̩mɛ...

Very nice! If there is any thread worth necroing, it's this one. Conlang sound samples are always great, and dubs are even better

Veusi u mant Star Trek onmu re dou, osami su tete tat ti bet tide.
I actually like the new Star Treks, but I haven't seen much of the old ones, so.

While I'm at work I'm able to watch television, so I Netflix. he, mantari me smbc mu deramit i ti ut heh, this reminds me of today's smbc Netflix me deu ti bet? What do you watch on Netflix? Morittere onmu Norway ti meti ti bet i ti deren? Utmu re mu met. Did anyone else see the Norwegian drama "Oc...

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Utmu, utnavi mu, doti trat ti, deu u mot? "Particle" tide?
Say, how is the focus here conveyed in your lang? Through a particle?

Be su, an su meva ti meva te.
Many times over, I would think.

I like to analogize this to how you can intuitively know how to throw a baseball and always hit your target but still be misinformed about the actual physics of projectiles. Language Log has written a lot about this, as well as the idea that people are more aware of the fact that their day-to-day ex...

hedieu v. sneak out; slip away; leave surrepstitiously (from hedi blink + eu leave)

next: critical dissonance (a sharp difference between popular and expert opinion)

Very nice map. I'm curious about the political arrangement. You said Miott is a country, so I'm assuming the red squares are provincial capitals and Arhecasso is the national capital? What kind of government do they have?

Deevi -ki suf. tool (from aki n. tool) -ru suf. concerning the design or implementation of (from teru n. design; structure) seri v. switch; exchange; replace with mori n. path; way mizi n. water aza n. speed miziaza n. (of a liquid) flow => moriseri v. switch ways; change track moriseriki n. 1. (on ...

Deevi

nomu a. dark; obscure
noimui n. shadow (dim. of nomu)
ki suf. pertaining to tools
tes n. time
teski n. clock; watch
noimuiki n. sundial (by analogy with teski, lit. "shadowclock")

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Deevi:

sur v. notice; remark
mi n. life; spirit
oto n. piece or work of art, theatre, music, writing, or other published work

surmi n. 1. attention; publicity; noticeability 2. (of the field in general) advertisement
surmioto n. (of a particular publication) advertisement

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This looks quite neat; definitely planning on finding some time to play around with it

Deren mu re dou, tete avettiis ti kuueki sie dert :=)
I like the second one, but that might just be the jabbering of a savage :=)

Ahu dou, uttest mu, hatto ti utto ti deu si det?
Ah, but is it better for your death to be skinny or fat?

Mi neva tok mi ray yus an. Mi yus Google Docs. I never said I write it manually. I use Google Docs. Dezo, dezo. Dit ti vedet. Ah, I see. My bad. Yu kon bes-6? You count base-6? 6 onmu deu? What is "6"? Ahu, suunema su, dokon mu, 5 ti 10 te ka me mertiki si ni? Oh, you mean you people have numerals ...

Loving the attention to small details in these posts, keep 'em coming :=)

Teila Suifete nanfutai Teyi Futai le yalyakapenannutuu zekite I thought Taylor Swift didn't put her music out on Apple Music... Utvemet ti met. She didn't and then she did. Surmi ti naren te mu meva. It was quite a publicity stunt. Mi a ray (o beta, kompos) di fahs Sajiwan-Inggles diconari. Mi neva...

Mant an me, Taylor Swift ti 1989 onmu, re ni vere ni tememi si ni. I have a love/hate relationship with Taylor Swift's 1989 right now. Utketi u me, deran deran me bet te, Apple Music mu tiiten me met si ti; utdou, mant te mu, vezut su, ane u mataka su vemursti mu mode i det marnen otoveid. I've bee...