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To be honest, though, I am proud of how I managed to create such seemingly irregular morphology through completely regular means.

In turn, I assume that you posted the entire conjugation of "hulcə" because you really want us to see it. I actually did it because I wanted to see how it would turn out, as I had never done the full conjugation of a verb before. (Even in this case I omitted the nominalizations other than the verba...

next: mountain Kala: https://i.imgur.com/LOiFMcY.png yama - mountain; hill next: stagger; stumble; totter I assume you borrowed this from Japanese, since yama has the same meaning in it and has an almost identical kanji. Early Middle Laqar: hulcə "stagger, stumble" (verbal noun, pfv.), from Proto-L...

C'i jawate lahęmə c'i-re ġayę suk'ə kuyowə əc c'iz šu selą šič'ə k'ęri. DIST.SM make-PART.PASS-SF language.F-3SM DIST.SM=DAT exist.IPFV-3SF allow-3SM say-A:1S-P:3SM and DIST.SF NEG serious however regard-3SF [ˈtsʼi ˈdzawatʰe ˈlahmə ˈtsʼiɾe ˈʁajɛ̃ ˈsukʼə ˈkʰujowə ətsʰ ˈtsʼiz ˈʂu ˈselã ˈʂitʂʼə ˈkʼɛ̃ɾ...

Čirrə ezo šolowə yòq'e de-no bąləyo-re settoše ju wə.
big-SM cat meet.PFV-A:1S-P:3SM if PROX.SM=PAT eat-PFV-1S=DAT afraid.IPFV-1S-SJV CONT EGO
[ˈtʂʰirːə ˈʔezo ˈʂolowə ˈjɔqʼe ˈdeno ˈbãləjoɾe ˈsetʰːoʂe ˈdzu ˈwə]
If I met a mountain lion, I would still be afraid of being eaten.

Čirrə ezo lahę selą k'ęnori šu huyo ju sa.
big.SM cat language.F serious regard-A:1S-P:3SF NEG be_able-1S CONT DED
[ˈtʂʰirːə ˈʔezo ˈlahɛ̃ ˈselã ˈkʼɛ̃noɾi ˈʂu ˈhujo ˈdzu ˈsa]
I still can't take Mountain Lion seriously.

Zzyxwqnp Trqnt Xenxtrunt [tʂɒ̃45 ɕẽ31tʂũ45] > Proto- rəgyam Thóng Sithúng [tʰɔ́ŋ sɪtʰúŋ] Zzyxwqnp Pqn Bbet Xet Lzt [pɒ̃33 ⁿbe45 ɕe55 lə55] > Proto- rəgyam Pong Bé Sé Léu [pɔ̄ŋ bé sé lɘ́] Zzyxwqnp Tqntnaxtzt Tzxnqpfu [tɒ̃45næ̃31tə45 tə42nɒ̃11fu33] > Proto- rəgyam Tanatéu Tiunahu [tanɐtɘ́ tɨnɐhū] Zzyx...

C'i šu selą k'ęnošə.
DIST.SM NEG serious regard-A:1S-SJV-P:3SM
[ˈtsʼi ˈʂu ˈselã ˈkʼɛ̃noʂə]
I wouldn't take that seriously.

Ndenö dinde [ˈdində] > Proto-Laqar dindæ > Old Laqar dində > Early Middle Laqar dędə [ˈdɛ̃də] Ndenö kidde [ˈkidə] > Proto-Laqar kʼidæ > Old Laqar č'idə > Early Middle Laqar č'idə [ˈtʂʼidə] Ndenö dire [ˈdiɹə] > Proto-Laqar diɾæ > Old Laqar dirə > Early Middle Laqar dirə [ˈdiɾə] Ndenö dirde [ˈdiːdə] >...

Next word: traitor Early Middle Laqar: jeme "traitor" (m./f.) — je "betray", from Proto-Laqar *dzæːj — -me agent nominalization, from Proto-Laqar *-mi jemeyet "traitors" (pl. m.) — je "betray", from Proto-Laqar *dzæːj — -me agent nominalization, from Proto-Laqar *-mi — -yet masculine plural, from P...

Kerrą ezawet došecə huwu wə nə? C'ir c'ir riwo nemuri wə nə? big-PM cat.M-PM write-GER able_to-3PM EGO INT DIST.PM DIST.PM claw.F.COLL-3PM use.IPFV-A:3PM-P:3SF EGO INT [ˈkʰerːã ˈʔezawetʰ ˈdoʂetsʰə ˈhuwu ˈwə nə || ˈtsʼiɾ ˈtsʼiɾ ˈɾiwo ˈnemuɾi ˈwə nə] Are mountain lions able to write? Do they use thei...

Vijay wrote:

Znex wrote:Xhee xrrap oogrrr.

Źe tollą gahę kaht'eyet čirrə ezo lahę-re ġawu wə?
INT many-PM long-NMLZ degree.M-PM big-SM cat language.F=DAT exist.IPFV-3PM EGO
[ˈʑe ˈtʰolːã ˈgahɛ̃ ˈkahtʼejetʰ ˈtʂʰirːə ˈʔezo ˈlahɛ̃ɾe ˈʁawu ˈwə]
How many degrees of length does Mountain Lion have?

For me /n/ assimilates to following labials as [m] universally, including across word boundaries. (There's this bridge here in Milwaukee named the Hoan Bridge , and I always thought of it as the Home Bridge as a little kid because the only pronunciation I knew was the one with /n/ assimilated as [m]...

next: to regard as useless; to view as no better than weeds Early Middle Laqar: šò kut rowə-lo k'ęcə "to regard as useless" — šò m. sg. negative determiner, from Proto-Laqar ɕɒ — kut m. "use", from Proto-Laqar *kʰutʰ — rowə-lo "as" —— rowə "way", with 3rd m. sg. possessor, from Proto-Laqar stem *ɾæ...

Nih lilləyo wə.
also wonder.IPFV-1S EGO
[ˈnih ˈlilːəjo ˈwə]
I am also wondering.

linguoboy wrote:

Fooge wrote:Traditionally it is pronounced /krApi/

[citation needed]

I've never heard any other pronunciation of crappie except the one with /æ/--and it's a pretty common thing to fish for in the Upper Midwest.

Same thought here.

I would call it a tin or a tin of cookies, but I might just refer to the whole thing as just cookies.

Alib'iutù càe ẽe ciub'õuk sí.
AGT-make-class many DAT LANG-human DIR
[ʔɐliɓɨtù cæ̀ ʔɛ̰ɛ cɨɓo̰k sí]
Proto-rəgyam has many classifiers.

Laqar c'elləcri šu wəgori.
Laqar align.PFV-GER-3SF NEG know.IPFV-A:1S-P:3SF
[ˈlaqʰaɾ ˈtsʼelːətsʰɾi ˈʂu ˈwəgoɾi]
I don't know what Laqar's alignment is.

Just watched this clip on NCVS and I must say that I can't really nail the accent. The congresswoman's speech especially sounds no different from the broadcaster English to my ears. Is the Rochester girl's (the 2nd speaker) "dancing" an example of NCVS? That's the only one that sounds clearly "wron...

Laqar lahę k'alləri ləwessę. Lahę k'allə ką laqar-re sòxot ġarò.
Laqar language sex-3SF bored-CAUS-3SF language sex two Laqar=DAT only exist.IPFV-3PF
[ˈlaqʰaɾ ˈlahɛ̃ ˈkʼalːəɾi ˈləwesːɛ̃ || ˈlahɛ̃ ˈkʼalːə ˈkʰã ˈlaqʰarːe ˈsɔχotʰ ˈʁaɾɔ]
Laqar gender is boring. Laqar only has two genders.

Dē Graut Bʉr wrote:Kilai pot nanap kib.
You should make both.

Wəgsą śęlə laqar lahę-ča soriyoxò nè.
know-PAT word-PF Laqar language=ALL add.PFV-A:1S-P:3PF FUT
[ˈwəgsã ˈɕɛ̃lə ˈlaqʰaɾ ˈlahɛ̃tʂʰa soˈɾijoχɔ ˈnɛ]
I will add evidentials to a Laqar language.

Čak' ne č'ebuk' duz-no ressęri laqar ne laqar ressęri čak' ne č'ebuk'-k'əl lahę jayę lelləyowə. Tshyak or Proto- rəgyam PROX.SF=PAT influence.PFV-A:3SF-P:3SF Laqar or Laqar influence.PFV-A:3SF-P:3SF Tshyak or Proto- rəgyam =ABL language create-3SF wonder-A:1S-P:3SM [ˈtʂʰakʼ ne ˈtʂʼebukʼ ˈduzno ˈɾes...

Laqar əc čak' əc č'ebuk' belle k'otte-ča latoxò.
Laqar and Tshyak and Proto-rəgyam same-SF world-DEF.SF=ALL put-A:1S-P:3PF
[ˈlaqʰaɾ ətsʰ tʂʰakʼ ətsʰ ˈtʂʼebukʼ ˈbelːe ˈkʼotʰːetʂʰa ˈlatʰoχɔ]
I put Laqar, Tshyak, and Proto-rəgyam in the same world.

At my work I work with quite a few Indian and Chinese individuals, who while often having significant foreign accents (which took me a while to get used to - I had significant trouble understanding many of them at first), are otherwise fluent in Standard English, while at the same time having less f...