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by Turtlehead
Sun Mar 11, 2012 11:58 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Maori
Replies: 102
Views: 18736

Re: Maori

Ka korero koe ki te whanau a ZBB, e Reo.
by Turtlehead
Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:23 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Maori
Replies: 102
Views: 18736

Re: Maori

For the next example we need to know a bit about possessives in Maori, which come in two flavours, A and O marking dominant/subordinate or alienable/inalienable depending who wrote the grammar. Here's what Wiki says from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_language Possessives fall into one of ...
by Turtlehead
Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:05 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Anyone learning rare/endangered languages?
Replies: 65
Views: 10136

Re: Anyone learning rare/endangered languages?

The only thing that can save a language is if it is spoken by a governing class. Most languages are doomed if they aren't the common tongue of a community.
by Turtlehead
Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:16 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Maori
Replies: 102
Views: 18736

Re: Maori

Nice reo.
by Turtlehead
Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:59 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 809441

Re: Lexicon Building

Bah. Ninjaed. The next word will remain the one Christopher gave, then. Uhwrāūphok-hu-wronphoka (Uhwrāūphok for short) lit. - Viscous liquid rock which is thickly black (Thick liquid rock for short) Next - Indigenous Vanga: vąulaimáhj ; to be indigenous ; to be native (broad /ˈvã͡ũla͡imaːhj/, main ...
by Turtlehead
Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:27 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Alahithian
Replies: 71
Views: 15181

Re: Alahithian

Om alahirtel alahith, ûx on alahirt alahith?
by Turtlehead
Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:19 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Endonyms that have intersting connotations in other langs
Replies: 57
Views: 8757

Re: Endonyms that have intersting connotations in other lang

'Ceffyl' in welsh sounds like 'careful' in English.
by Turtlehead
Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:23 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Endonyms that have intersting connotations in other langs
Replies: 57
Views: 8757

Re: Endonyms that have intersting connotations in other lang

Numida meleagris = Fr. pintade de Numidie ; Cat. pintada or gallina de Guinea ; Eng. helmeted guineafowl . Meleagris gallopavo = Fr. dinde ( poule d'Inde . Male: dindon ); Cat. gall dindi , also indió, paó, pioc, titot ; Eng. turkey . What about Gallus gallus and Pavo cristata/P. muticus ? and the ...
by Turtlehead
Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:11 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Endonyms that have intersting connotations in other langs
Replies: 57
Views: 8757

Re: Endonyms that have intersting connotations in other lang

Numida meleagris and Meleagris gallopavo?
by Turtlehead
Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:36 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Endonyms that have intersting connotations in other langs
Replies: 57
Views: 8757

Re: Endonyms that have intersting connotations in other lang

Between Maori and English ate - liver; seat of affections here - string; tie up; leash kite - see; discover, find; recognise mate - danger; dead; death; ill; sickness; in love; suffering me - and; if; with; like; should mine - to gather together more - bare; plain, not decorated; toothless nana - ey...
by Turtlehead
Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:30 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: In search of isolating conlangs
Replies: 158
Views: 41609

Re: In search of isolating conlangs

Try toki pona for inspiration.
by Turtlehead
Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:56 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Your Native Language
Replies: 228
Views: 35804

Re: Your Native Language

Native language: English
Ancestral languages: English, Welsh, possibly dutch
by Turtlehead
Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:30 pm
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: Welsh lessons.
Replies: 158
Views: 111142

Re: Welsh lessons.

Clywedais i gymraeg yn siop ddoe, bydd hi'n siarad a ei phlentyn hi. Wel dw i'n meddwl ei bod hi cymraeg. Dydw i ddim yn ei deall hi cyd. Bydd hi'n pert cyd. Wyt ti'n defnyddio cyfiethydd Gwgl, Turtlehead, neu jyst nag wyt ti'n medru'r iaith o'r gwbl? Dydw i ddim yn defnyddio cyfiethydd Gwgl. Dw i ...
by Turtlehead
Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:06 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Maori
Replies: 102
Views: 18736

Re: Maori

Rodlox wrote:Turtlehead, please, just admit you're wrong. it costs you nothing, and may benefit you.
Sounds like a deal
by Turtlehead
Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:38 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Maori
Replies: 102
Views: 18736

Re: Maori

Reo wrote:
Turtlehead wrote:
Whimemsz wrote:...Scottish Gaelic...
genau
Epic fail
How so?
by Turtlehead
Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:27 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Istion - an Age of Sail Conworld.
Replies: 488
Views: 75045

Re: Istion - an Age of Sail Conworld.

So whose areas are whose?
by Turtlehead
Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:25 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Bottoms up! - Follow the development of a game
Replies: 76
Views: 22150

Re: Bottoms up! - Follow the development of a game

How big is the file?
by Turtlehead
Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:23 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Maori
Replies: 102
Views: 18736

Re: Maori

Whimemsz wrote:...Scottish Gaelic...
genau
by Turtlehead
Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:08 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Istion - an Age of Sail Conworld.
Replies: 488
Views: 75045

Re: Istion - an Age of Sail Conworld.

STATUS REPORT
Rorschach Reported in Dec. 18, 2011
Ollock Map Pending, Early January Report due
Amuere Post Xmas
Torco Pending, No Pressure
Theta New Year?
Turtlehead Active
6 more Pending...
by Turtlehead
Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:02 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Istion - an Age of Sail Conworld.
Replies: 488
Views: 75045

Re: Istion - an Age of Sail Conworld.

By the authority of the High Chairman I declare this conworld not-dead. come on, guys, year's ending and we all have families, jobs, or schools, and other end-of-year responsibilities. Things have been going slowly and that's perfectly okay, not all conworld development needs to go at the speed of ...
by Turtlehead
Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:33 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Maori
Replies: 102
Views: 18736

Re: Maori

What are the effects of the English language on Maori? And the effects of Maori on the English spoken in NZ? Maori to english, bad grammar. English to maori, funny transliterated words. A maori and some Europeans say, ride on a car, I presume this is influenced by the maori linguistic construction ...
by Turtlehead
Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:31 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Maori
Replies: 102
Views: 18736

Re: Maori

What are the effects of the English language on Maori? And the effects of Maori on the English spoken in NZ? This gives some idea of the ongoing effects of English on Māori: http://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10289/3238/Keegan,%20P%20et%20al.pdf;jsessionid=CD0EB0B671B12DCA7981D70...
by Turtlehead
Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:25 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: Almean Megafauna
Replies: 23
Views: 9827

Re: Almean Megafauna

The real pattern is the near total absence of large animals from south america - but a large part of that is simply that the biggest group of seriously big animals are the bovids, and bovids never reached south america (only a few species even reaching north america). When people talk about the big...
by Turtlehead
Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:12 am
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: Welsh lessons.
Replies: 158
Views: 111142

Re: Welsh lessons.

Clywedais i gymraeg yn siop ddoe, bydd hi'n siarad a ei phlentyn hi. Wel dw i'n meddwl ei bod hi cymraeg. Dydw i ddim yn ei deall hi cyd. Bydd hi'n pert cyd.