Search found 13 matches

by Quark8
Mon Mar 28, 2016 2:10 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Irulu
Replies: 3
Views: 1992

Re: Irulu

Nouns and Pronouns Nouns At the heart of an Irulu noun is a root of one to five consonants, with the most common being biconsonantal. The root is combined with other consonants of vowels and affixes to convey grammatical meaning. Nouns are no exception. Adjectives agree with the noun in gender and ...
by Quark8
Wed Mar 23, 2016 3:40 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Irulu
Replies: 3
Views: 1992

Re: Irulu

It was not based off Chavakani's thread, and I appreciate the feedback you have given. I believe I should have elaborated the situation of Irulu. It is more of a literary language than a a spoken one, and therefore many of these phonological facts are intermediate forms and are rarely spoken by the ...
by Quark8
Wed Mar 23, 2016 2:39 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Irulu
Replies: 3
Views: 1992

Irulu

After thinking about the first three conlangs I have presented on this forum for my conworld, I have decided to scrap them, at least for this conworld, and replacing them with a modified version of an older project, called Irulu (Irulu - Iruru [i'ɾuɾu]). This will probably be used as a naming langua...
by Quark8
Thu Mar 03, 2016 5:03 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Nice sounding natlangs
Replies: 391
Views: 77382

Re: Nice sounding natlangs

If you don't mind me asking, I'm curious, how'd you get to be so familiar with Malayalam? :) One of my parents speaks it, and in all of my trips to India I quite a while with my relatives that speak it. Despite that, I could not speak a word in Malayalam, despite hearing it everyday, until my fourt...
by Quark8
Thu Mar 03, 2016 9:54 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Nice sounding natlangs
Replies: 391
Views: 77382

Re: Nice sounding natlangs

I doubt I've completely shaken off the Malayalee prejudice yet, though. (Malayalees tend to think Tamil is just bad Malayalam). After spending a few weeks in Tamil Nadu, I learned that most Tamils think of Malayalam as debased Tamil. I personally think them as different languages, but I have a feel...
by Quark8
Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:07 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Nice sounding natlangs
Replies: 391
Views: 77382

Re: Nice sounding natlangs

I'm glad someone likes Malayalam. Maybe I shouldn't be glad they also don't like Tamil so much, but idk. If you are speaking to me, I fear that some personal feelings towards Tamil influenced my decision. Despite this, having heard both languages spoken by native speakers, I have to say that Tamil ...
by Quark8
Wed Mar 02, 2016 6:15 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Nice sounding natlangs
Replies: 391
Views: 77382

Re: Nice sounding natlangs

Likes: Irish Hungarian Old Norse Old English Arabic Indonesian Cree Ancient Greek Classical Latin Malayalam Sanskrit Russian Gothic Tibetan Egyptian Mongolian Nahuatl Dislikes: Spanish French Italian Swedish English Tamil Quechua Hebrew Mandarin Salishan languages I do not necessarily "dislike" thes...
by Quark8
Wed Mar 02, 2016 1:14 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Phonaesthetic archetypes for fantasy races
Replies: 24
Views: 11048

Re: Phonaesthetic archetypes for fantasy races

Zaarin wrote:
Quark8 wrote:Egyptian (minus the laryngeals and making /q/, /g/, /d/, and /z/ unvoiced ejectives)
Some linguists posit that /q g d z/ were ejectives.
Ok. Thank you for telling me.
by Quark8
Tue Mar 01, 2016 1:08 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Phonaesthetic archetypes for fantasy races
Replies: 24
Views: 11048

Re: Phonaesthetic archetypes for fantasy races

It's not something I'm interested in that much, but I thought it might be nice if I put out a few of my ideas about fantasy-lang phonologies. By fantasy-lang I mean a language or languages design for a fantasy race to appear in a fantasy setting. In this post I will be focusing on the three "main" ...
by Quark8
Sun Feb 28, 2016 6:52 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 913197

Re: Lexicon Building

next: root beer The drink is not known to the speakers of my conlangs, but the word can still be formed by compounds. Ithrynian: vrinya torvass /vɹinja torvaz/ - sugar beer Astarian: dalmoss vorne /dɔlmoz vorne/ - sugar beer Rodkogy: j'adm demd bamba /tɕ'adam demed bamba/ - sugar water barley next:...
by Quark8
Sat Feb 27, 2016 10:15 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
Replies: 2278
Views: 569167

Re: Post your conlang's phonology

I am quite new to conlanging, but these are my first three phonologies/phonemic inventories, and input is appreciated and criticism encouraged, especially in regard to naturalness, or too many similarities to a natlang. Not of the phonology is done yet, so the empty spots will be filled. So, here's ...
by Quark8
Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:02 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 913197

Re: Lexicon Building

Bristel wrote: romantic
Ithrynian: míras /mi:ɹas/ - love-like
Astarian: mirní /miɹni:/ - loved, beautiful
Rodkogy: mamewd /mameod/ - intercourse-like, sexual (lit. of or relating to the act of entering and exiting and entering again)

Next: sugar
by Quark8
Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:08 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 913197

Re: Lexicon Building

Chengjiang wrote:
Next: earn
Ithrynian: cíllani - to achieve, to deserve
Istarian: catueltar - to gain, to earn by effort
Rodkogy: q'lxaua - to get

Next: walk