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by So Haleza Grise
Sat Nov 18, 2017 2:59 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: How do polite verbs develop?
Replies: 5
Views: 2613

Re: How do polite verbs develop?

Thank you for all of these! I will see if I can find the book.
by So Haleza Grise
Sat Nov 18, 2017 2:31 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: Some big ol' maps
Replies: 3
Views: 4851

Re: Some big ol' maps

I don't know why, but my favourites out of these are the Kebri ones. Maybe it's just that they are easy to read, I'm not sure.
by So Haleza Grise
Sun Nov 05, 2017 2:39 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: Cadhinorian Religion
Replies: 20
Views: 14630

Re: Cadhinorian Religion

I've noticed that the Practical Course makes a few references to worshipping Enäron, which I think might be incongruous with the description of modern religion. I think there might also need to be some updates to the Lexicon, but I haven't checked in detail for what those might be.
by So Haleza Grise
Sat Nov 04, 2017 1:02 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: How do polite verbs develop?
Replies: 5
Views: 2613

How do polite verbs develop?

I am curious about the development of special "polite" verbs - for example, the situation where the correct choice of the form for "eat" depends on whether I am speaking formally or informally. Obviously there are morphological markers that some languages use to indicate that a verb is being marked ...
by So Haleza Grise
Mon Oct 02, 2017 12:28 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: "Real world" similarities?
Replies: 3
Views: 4826

Re: "Real world" similarities?

Rather than start a new thread, I thought I would put my question about the calendar to the end of this one.

Do the kasteni have a day of the week? If not, does that then mean that every date has either a fixed day of the week, or an incomplete list of possible days?
by So Haleza Grise
Sat Sep 09, 2017 6:04 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Masculine-feminine gender systems beyond IE
Replies: 10
Views: 3666

Re: Masculine-feminine gender systems beyond IE

Some Australian aboriginal langtuages have gender, but I dont know if there are any that have just a binary masculine/feminine gender setup. Kala Lagaw Ya is an example of one. There's lots to say about gender systems in Australian language. Here I'll just note a few things. Many languages have a f...
by So Haleza Grise
Sat Sep 02, 2017 12:46 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: Dhekhnami questions
Replies: 7
Views: 9308

Re: Dhekhnami questions

How are reflexives handled in Dhekhnami (or Munkhâshi)? If they are explained in the grammars I must have missed them.
by So Haleza Grise
Fri Aug 25, 2017 10:46 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Cadhinorian Religion
Replies: 20
Views: 14630

Re: Cadhinorian Religion

I'm really excited about this. It makes the religion/culture more cohesive, and fleshes out some of the details. In particular I like the way Boďneay's character comes through in the stories about Kolleva. I think my favourite illustration is of Išira, who does seem to have something of Margaret Dum...
by So Haleza Grise
Sat Aug 19, 2017 5:49 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Kascii
Replies: 2
Views: 4163

Kascii

Do the Almean moons ever eclipse each other? I assume solar eclipses are not as dramatic as on Earth because Enomai wouldn't be entirely obscured by any of the moons.
by So Haleza Grise
Thu Aug 10, 2017 5:52 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: A quick intro to Classical Music
Replies: 34
Views: 15501

Re: A quick intro to Classical Music

I was kind of hoping this would be a link to Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra :P
by So Haleza Grise
Fri Aug 04, 2017 8:17 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Zompist
Replies: 12
Views: 6914

Re: Zompist

by So Haleza Grise
Sat May 13, 2017 7:07 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Count to ten in your conlangs
Replies: 30
Views: 9960

Re: Count to ten in your conlangs

I just finished Sanendapic's numbers last night, so I thought I would post them here. All numbers take the appropriate nominal class agreement prefix (not shown here). 1 -tigwa 2 -nyedji 3 -d.urre 4 -maldu 5 -ngwantigwa 6 -ngwannyedji 7 -ngwand.urre 8 -djerabang 9 -making temtigwa 10 -making tebnyed...
by So Haleza Grise
Fri Dec 09, 2016 7:18 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Minimizing the noun-verb distinction? [split from Random Thread]
Replies: 67
Views: 20646

Re: Random Thread

You should also, I think, worry about the language development view. How does a child learn these words? Does it learn the verb 'to mother' first, and only later encounter 'a mother'? That seems very unlikely! It's going to learn a word X which refers to its mother. The natural supposition is that ...
by So Haleza Grise
Fri Nov 18, 2016 3:37 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Unusual verbal person-marking systems
Replies: 24
Views: 6798

Re: Unusual verbal person-marking systems

Nachtuil wrote:Does any language conjugate verbs for subject noun class?
Gurr-goni does this (and Russian does in the past tense as well)
by So Haleza Grise
Sat Nov 12, 2016 9:33 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Unusual verbal person-marking systems
Replies: 24
Views: 6798

Re: Unusual verbal person-marking systems

Gurr-goni has a very intricate system of personal marking that's hard to summarise. Basically, the number distinction can be seen as distinguishing between "minimal", "unit-augmented" and "augmented", where "minimal" is the base number, and then you add +1 for unit-augmented, and more than that for ...
by So Haleza Grise
Sat Nov 12, 2016 7:53 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Typology and numbers question
Replies: 4
Views: 2606

Typology and numbers question

I know that there are typological correlations with head-directionality: for example, head-final languages often tend to be dependent-marking and mark case on NPs, whereas head-initial languages can often be head-marking and rely on verb agreement. I remember reading somewhere that number systems ca...
by So Haleza Grise
Thu Nov 03, 2016 7:21 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: New languages
Replies: 11
Views: 10809

Re: New languages

Personally if there's a new Eastern language I'd like to see, it's probably Sarroc. I like the idea of it being close to Verdurian but also separate from it...
by So Haleza Grise
Fri Oct 14, 2016 5:15 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Dhekhnami questions
Replies: 7
Views: 9308

Re: Dhekhnami questions

Po zombeth ghyiruth pwashino?
by So Haleza Grise
Sun Oct 02, 2016 5:50 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Dhekhnami questions
Replies: 7
Views: 9308

Dhekhnami questions

I thought I would start a new thread for these. I wasn't sure if there was a better place for them to go. It's not spelled out explicitly, but based on the examples I assume that plurality is compulsory in Dhekhnami (and Munkhashi), so a phrase like techêdhnadzu kash is the only acceptable form (jus...
by So Haleza Grise
Sat Oct 01, 2016 6:39 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Basic distinctions: No word for "eat"
Replies: 11
Views: 4289

Basic distinctions: No word for "eat"

This is an interesting paper that claims the Maniq language (Austronesian) has no basic verb that translates "to eat"; rather there are several specific verbs depending on the foodstuff being consumed: hãw (eg. rice) kap (eg. animal flesh) lɨk (eg. mangoes) Something that occurs to me is that when ...
by So Haleza Grise
Mon Sep 26, 2016 5:49 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Pama-Nyungan origin hypothesis
Replies: 29
Views: 8171

Re: Pama-Nyungan origin hypothesis

I would say thats a valid lay pronunciation, like e.g. the way my high school textbook taught us to say "ung GOH din deep EM" for Ngo Dinh Diem. I just don't think initial <n>+<y> sequences are illegal in English - should be straightforward enough to put one in there without an epenthetic vowel, I ...
by So Haleza Grise
Sat Sep 24, 2016 3:53 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Pama-Nyungan origin hypothesis
Replies: 29
Views: 8171

Re: Pama-Nyungan origin hypothesis

Cool article. Bit of a shame that their pronunciation guide for "Pama-Nyungan" was wrong though!
by So Haleza Grise
Thu Sep 01, 2016 6:24 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Zero copula outside of present tense
Replies: 11
Views: 4560

Re: Zero copula outside of present tense

Another option would be verbs like "John stand doctor" for animates, or "John sit doctor" for inanimates etc.
by So Haleza Grise
Wed Aug 31, 2016 5:20 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: Minorities in Verduria
Replies: 1
Views: 4348

Minorities in Verduria

We know that pagans and Eledhi coexist in Verduria, but what about other minorities? I imagine in a community-minded culture it would be hard to follow one's own religion in isolation, you would need a social network. Are there any worshippers of Gelálh around? I assume they would have to do so in s...
by So Haleza Grise
Mon Jul 11, 2016 7:31 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Poetic words for "sky" and "sea"
Replies: 33
Views: 9914

Re: Poetic words for "sky" and "sea"

For the sea, there's also the old expression "the main", literally meaning "strength". As in Tennyson, "and the little Revenge herself went down in the island crags / to be lost evermore in the main." This is particularly famous in the fixed expression, "the azure main", a quote from Thomson's "Rul...