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Eddy wrote:

Astraios wrote:If brown was 10, green would be 9 and blue would be 2.

What would be 1 on your list?

I think it's just a scale. On which note, Straio - where would "green outside, hazel inside" rank?
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I have just uploaded new versions of the reference grammar and Pékrif Intro PDFs. The latter now includes the table of ligatures I posted earlier in this thread, and I added information on two new derivational morphemes ( -j in Nominalization and -át in Adjectivization). Please let me know what you ...

Just seen this linked on the ZBB Awards thread, and it's a really nice language - I've cast a couple of votes for it. I particularly like the script, the morphology and (because these things are often overlooked) the sections on lexical domains and dialects. Thank you so much! I'm very honored. Dib...

In case you're unaware, Gomain is the featured conlang in Episode 28 of the Conlangery podcast! I'm thrilled to have Gomain reviewed on the show, and I hope to record some feedback with Ollock for a future episode. Since some of you have kindly voted for the Pékrif for Best Script in this year's ZBB...

Hmm, maybe. What did you have in mind? If it's going to be relatively short, I could play it during our feedback segment. I was thinking no more than 5 minutes or so, but I could keep it down to whatever length you need it to be. I'll have another listen to the episode to choose exactly which comme...

Hmm, maybe. What did you have in mind? If it's going to be relatively short, I could play it during our feedback segment. I was thinking no more than 5 minutes or so, but I could keep it down to whatever length you need it to be. I'll have another listen to the episode to choose exactly which comme...

Soap wrote:to "Yeltsin"

Thread necromancy time!

I'm going to try condensing the meaning of this one to "to pretend to do good in order to obtain a reward". So...

éggáukhthí wúm úshújáirgjǿ (únánẽi óhríkj) - "to give alms to a (disguised) prostitute"

Next idiom: troll (in the Internet sense, noun)

This reminds me -- I really would like someone to do a demographic study of the conlanging community to confirm whether certain groups are overrepresented in the conlanging community: 1) homosexuals (particularly homosexual men) 2) people with autism spectrum disorders 3) atheists I think it would ...

I don't think the author of Gomain is L1 English, mostly due to the Slavic vibe George picked up and the typo of "everjone". I am L1 English, actually. I just happen to also have Asperger's (and, coincidentally, an elementary-school classmate once told me I sounded Russian, despite my not having an...

My conlang, Gomain, and conscript, the Pékrif, aren't 100% new this year, but my latest revision to the latter is. I've also added some things to Gomain and changed how other things work. I have samples of both the 'lang and 'script in this thread , which also contains links to more samples and the ...

Following MONOBA's request for expanded glosses, I've just uploaded a new version of the reference grammar; as usual, it's available via the link in my OP. I've also prepared a new sample text in the Pékrif. You've probably seen part of this sample before, in my sig, but here's a larger version of i...

I think it would be amazingly useful if in your glossing you included a break-down of the Gomain words. I find glossing to be pretty useless without it. Good point. I'll add word breakdowns on a new line in the next revision of the grammar. What did you use for the font? I made the current version ...

Here I am in April of this year:



(I'm the human, not the cat.)

Any comments on the above? I would very much like to hear your thoughts about what I wrote in my previous post. Anyway, I have something special today: a report on irregularities in Gomain! I discuss the classes of irregular verbs in the reference grammar, but until now, I haven't provided any infor...

One morpheme I've been questioning lately is what I've termed the "gerund locative", which forms a noun from a verb with the meaning "place of [verb]ing". To quote from the reference grammar, page 12: In practice, the gerund locative refers to a small area – the exact spot where an action happens. B...

First, let me say that I've been listening to the podcast since the first episode, and I've loved all of it. It's been a highly informative show, and I've really enjoyed broadening my knowledge of typology and different things both natlangs and conlags do. As for intros, if you eventually feature my...

Very cool conlang you have here. Just this second page has been an interesting read; I look forward to what awaits me on page 1. Good job.

Beautiful script, and I love the aesthetic of Gomain. Thanks, Bristel! I've just uploaded a new version of the Gomain Reference Grammar. Here's what's new: Lists of abbreviations, tables, and figures An analysis of falling diphthongs as VC series Revised vowel allophony with examples The Pékrif lig...

I've made a set of new ligatures for the Pékrif: http://www.aanhrush.com/gomain/pekrif4_liga.gif The pairs of letters that each ligature is made from are on the left, followed by the isolated and contextual forms to the right (and finally the romanizations of the ligatures on the far right). What do...

I have just uploaded an image of the Babel text in Gomain: http://www.aanhrush.com/gomain/babel_pekrif4_whtbg.gif Here's a transcription: 1 Ís bákshop án zath mekáuóng ókhwéróith ói ís ówéingá ówójáhá. 2 Ís fúm kheféingŕóng lóm úróish, khekréing óm ózésh stáfle úzath ám Shínár ís khelónjh ras. 3 Ís ...

The PDF is not displaying non-punctuation/non-mathematical symbols for some reason. Do you have a jpg of it up somewhere? I take it you mean the Pékrif-only PDF, right? Your computer is probably substituting a different font for my Pékrif font. Here are screenshots of the two tables of letters: 1 2...

I'm not getting much of a response to this topic at the CBB, so I'm reposting it here. Having recently finished redoing the font for the conscript associated with Gomain, I decided to share not only it with you, but also the whole conlang. I also intend to maintain a changelog of sorts in this threa...

You can listen to a shortish sample of my conlang, Gomain, at the beginning of Conlangery Episode 14. I'm working on a longer sample for this thread. Edit: The promised sample is now online here . Transliterated, it is: Zhólákh, bákái khefénggásnó ówáundeshém naglérá hløvlérá ís ózháundjíshém dhúngk...

Welcome to Conlangery! The podcast about constructed languages and the people who create them. Gomain: ¡Ráshnóiktí óg úChóingkhwéróithét - úkhakpráikhwéiét éháipád zóng úkhwéróithá úchóimbéná ís úkéfá káu khechóing fo! [rɑʃˈnoɪktʰi og uˈt͡ʃoɪŋxwɛˌroɪθɛt - uˈxækpraɪˌxweɪɛt ɛˈhaɪpʰɑd zoŋ uxwɛˈroɪθɑ u...

Bristel wrote:Next one: to have an eye for something (to be good at noticing a particular type of thing)

Mesárvóf ná lóm kéi/ish - "It can't escape from him/her."

Next: extremely common (e.g. "a dime a dozen")