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- Sat Nov 23, 2013 9:19 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Idioms, Adages, and Aphorisms
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6852
Re: Idioms, Adages, and Aphorisms
Su: sóndo yu'ŋí [ˈson˦doə˩ jʊ˩ˈŋi˦] to tip the teacup Telling fortunes with or divining solutions from tea dregs is very popular in Su; to tip someone's cup over is a physical way of saying "Fuck you!", and to tip it metaphorically is to cause them problems and screw up their future. Next: birds of ...
- Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:00 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Hey, I made a map
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6311
Re: Hey, I made a map
I like to think of 11/10 as being 10+.cromulant wrote:Rob's work is easily a 12/10. Maybe even a 12.5.maıráí wrote:11/10
- Thu Nov 21, 2013 1:29 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Hey, I made a map
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6311
Re: Hey, I made a map
11/10
- Thu Nov 21, 2013 12:59 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: new 9 phoneme challenge
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7225
Re: new 9 phoneme challenge
p t k n h r j w a /r/ ~ [ar] || /j/ ~ || /w/ ~ <CarC, Car> are slightly longer than <CrC, Cr> /jj/ ~ [ji ij ji] || /ww/ ~ [wu uw uu] IDK /h/ = [z] after /n/ or /r/ /tn/ ~ [nn] /kn/ ~ [ŋŋ] /pn/ ~ [mm] Two genders, three numbers in objects: pp | tt | kk --- masculine singular * p | t | k when not foll...
- Mon Nov 18, 2013 3:00 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
- Replies: 2278
- Views: 512657
Re: Post your conlang's phonology
This is for my current nameless project. Consonants: /n p t k q ʔ h j/ <n p t k c ' h y> Vowels : /i u ɑ ɛ/ <i u a e> I'm working on a lang with similarly small inventory, and am also using <c> for /q/. I like this. I'm probably going to have to fight the urge to start a dialect now. :wink:
- Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:15 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
- Replies: 6633
- Views: 766359
Re: Help your conlang fluency
I meant like the standard group conworld project, but more... compact.Imralu wrote:Ha ci Sealand?
Like Sealand?
- Sat Nov 16, 2013 10:05 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
- Replies: 6633
- Views: 766359
Re: Help your conlang fluency
Hahkhadaba aba aulisa baulsakibaulsi? La ma-sa ma hóunang gi dássıng gı sáı la.
make-island-OBJ-N OBJ-N any-SUB-N want-2-want-do | Q ACC-GEN ACC.S breathe-blue ADJ group-clump ADJ small Q
Would any of you be interested in making a con-island? Just a small group project?
make-island-OBJ-N OBJ-N any-SUB-N want-2-want-do | Q ACC-GEN ACC.S breathe-blue ADJ group-clump ADJ small Q
Would any of you be interested in making a con-island? Just a small group project?
- Thu Nov 14, 2013 1:24 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Messed Up Mythology
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7724
Re: Messed Up Mythology
From my current, flat conworld (relevant: it is an open space between two layers of "stone", i.e. there's a ceiling, and you can touch it): ...the Yellow looked over his latest work and declared it complete. The Red looked over his work and deemed it entertaining but ultimately insufficient, incorre...
- Mon Nov 04, 2013 2:06 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
- Replies: 2278
- Views: 512657
Re: Post your conlang's phonology
Dialect of Something or Another: Because clicks are too scary to implement more fully. <m n ng> m n ŋ <t d k g> ʇʰ~ʗʰ~tʰ (ǀʰ~ǁʰ~tʰ) ʇ̬~ʗ̬~d (ǀ̬~ǁ̬~d) ʔ~kʰ ʀ~g <s h> s~θ ʃ x~h <c cs> ts~tθ~θ tʃ <w r y> ʋ l~ɹ j <duh> l <a i o u> ɑ i o ɯ ɑɑ ii oo ɯɯ ɑi ɑo ɑɯ oy Tones are low <ma> , high <má> , and "cle...
- Sat Nov 02, 2013 5:45 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Suprafixes
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2926
Re: Suprafixes
Two of my current conlangs use them, specifically the tone kind. One does for most grammar, and the other uses them on only a few special particles.
- Sat Nov 02, 2013 12:42 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
- Replies: 6633
- Views: 766359
Re: Help your conlang fluency
Dán dag ngá hou gi shír. Yó sungdáóhoúdákmí.
COP good NOM.P word ADJ short | and every.this.that.yon.piece
Short words are alright. Mixtures, too.
COP good NOM.P word ADJ short | and every.this.that.yon.piece
Short words are alright. Mixtures, too.
- Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:00 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
- Replies: 6633
- Views: 766359
Re: Help your conlang fluency
Ah ae dhif 'werbhrybi, sew dyssi? What if you stutter, or have to cough? It's probably safe to continue unless one has stuttered when a duplicate might be expected (e.g. saying kikitama 'the book' when one meant kitama 'a book'.), or when a word might be mistaken (e.g. tatatama 'the door' instead o...
- Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:54 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
- Replies: 6633
- Views: 766359
Re: Help your conlang fluency
Kiitaakkaatakikiitaakiitaatasakkaannuikitanatokitamakitamatoomakanasasookosonikosonisanuima no. kiitaa-kkaa-ta-ki~kiitaa~kiitaa~ta-sa-kkaa-nnui-kitana-to-kitama~kitama-too-makana-sa-soo-kosoni~kosoni-sa-nuima no INC\write-many-SUB-DEF~NEUT~write~PL/HYP-ADJ-many-NEG-red-OBJ-book~PL-about-village-ADJ...
- Sun Oct 27, 2013 9:16 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: How to design a non-European phonology
- Replies: 622
- Views: 171379
Re: How to design a non-European phonology
For my new toy jokelang: Black is full marks, blue is half, red is none. 1. Absence of any phonemic POA for stops further back than velar [half mark for only one stop-POA behind velar, or for prominent allophonic stops behind velar] 2. Phonemic voicing [half mark if voicing is only part of the disti...
- Sat Oct 26, 2013 11:08 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
- Replies: 6633
- Views: 766359
Re: Help your conlang fluency
Guu ma, kót la ni sa sháoyaamaiching ma sungná mai noushi ma ni lár.
honest ACC return LOC I GEN alone-in.the.dirt-flat-relaxing.for.a.long.time ACC all.you do conversation ACC I see.
Of course everyone's talking about wanking when I come back.
honest ACC return LOC I GEN alone-in.the.dirt-flat-relaxing.for.a.long.time ACC all.you do conversation ACC I see.
Of course everyone's talking about wanking when I come back.
- Thu Jul 25, 2013 5:52 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
- Replies: 2278
- Views: 512657
Re: Post your conlang's phonology
Proto:
m n
t d k g
f v s z x ɣ
l
ts ks
a e i o u
CV(C)
Neo:
m n mː nː
t tː k kː
s sː h hː
l lː
ts ks tsː ksː
a e i o u aː eː iː oː uː
And some front-back harmony.
(C)V(C)
m n
t d k g
f v s z x ɣ
l
ts ks
a e i o u
CV(C)
Neo:
m n mː nː
t tː k kː
s sː h hː
l lː
ts ks tsː ksː
a e i o u aː eː iː oː uː
And some front-back harmony.
(C)V(C)
- Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:25 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Yet Another English Spelling Reform Thread
- Replies: 117
- Views: 25170
Re: Yet Another English Spelling Reform Thread
"Ay-just-ment"? Ew.ol bofosh wrote:like remooving the d from adjustment
- Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:38 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
- Replies: 6633
- Views: 766359
Re: Help your conlang fluency
Potoseya siyoshisakseyam siyoko. Shishi nam settono a!
The verbs are like objects. I don't know what to do with them!
The verbs are like objects. I don't know what to do with them!
- Mon Jul 15, 2013 6:28 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
- Replies: 6633
- Views: 766359
Re: Help your conlang fluency
Summik summi ko. Siyoshisakseyan mona nam hakkokiyapohaki.KathAveara wrote:nkʷɔ þa çɛ sɛjhahu mɒjnɒɸɒs kʰʌnrʌŋʌsŋʌ kʰʌ ançɛtɰʌwŋʌ.
How goes your* conlang creation?
slow-AND slow COP | doing-for-word-GEN among 1-NOM stop-until-stumble
Slowly. I'm stuck on the verbs.
- Mon Jul 15, 2013 6:58 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Wierdest and Most Alien Conlang
- Replies: 47
- Views: 11726
- Fri Jul 12, 2013 11:17 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Kool map game
- Replies: 369
- Views: 99761
Re: Kool map game
http://puu.sh/3Baym.png The country of Paagmiin was founded by nomads and religious refugees, and is in fact still made up of largely the same type of people. It is almost entirely of desert, with the majority of the population living along the coast or around one of four oases. Paagmiin people are...
- Tue Jul 09, 2013 3:57 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Choose your borders.
- Replies: 87
- Views: 21690
Re: Choose your borders.
that is some sweet bro and hella jeff quality shit V BEHOLD HIS HOLINESS KING ANJ! V [salutes] V http://www.thebackalleys.com/dump/files/1401/7340sB_hisholinesskinganj.jpg And I propose that since the maps are all fucked and nobody's following the guidelines anywho, we transfer over boundaries and ...
- Tue Jul 09, 2013 3:04 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Choose your borders.
- Replies: 87
- Views: 21690
Re: Choose your borders.
http://www.thebackalleys.com/dump/files/1401/37Lt6_thisiswar.JPG V V V THE VALM EMPIRE ORIGINATED ON THE HOMELAND. I NEED NOT STATE WHERE THE HOMELAND IS, NEED I? [Touches heart, looks mournfully south.] V WE STARTED SMALL, A STRONG TRIBE, AND THROUGH OUR SUPERIOR WAYS, WE CAME TO CLAIM LARGER AND ...
- Mon Jul 08, 2013 11:47 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Choose your borders.
- Replies: 87
- Views: 21690
Re: Choose your borders.
I forgot to ask, what's this for?
- Sun Jul 07, 2013 11:52 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Choose your borders.
- Replies: 87
- Views: 21690
Re: Choose your borders.
Lol.Nortaneous wrote: