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HERE is the current revision of the Inyauk grammar.

Some of the information below may be outdated now, but I will keep it here for consistency.
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Hello everyone!

This is my first conlang - Inyauk /'iɲa͡uk/. I have been working on it for over a year now.
I'm not sure if I have any direct goals for Inyauk. I feel it's pretty well rounded now, but I could be very biased. However, any questions, comments or criticisms are appreciated.

Inyauk Grammar:
HERE is the link to the written grammar. It's longish and should have something to interest everyone. I recommend downloading the file so the font doesn't look fucked.

Things that I know are missing:
Relative clauses
Better descriptions for a lot of affixes.

Sample Text:
Yarbáhuat rúnbakuuwair inárkulitsuuniuhan ir nahi-írnaknaximuaya rúnyalana inárkulnainkilax. Nínalasaanaakikiya xúnana ikúnaratxaya nu-ágautbanarkul. Nahí-inanatsinaraahi maránxarana. Nír físana yarxánigat músuuninat, kilmúsuunim i-úlutaf kilmúsuunim isányaaf.I-ínyakim ir rúnyalak kúnaratx ní-aya ah áfaunana inísimax, Mínitiisla Káraimuna Pílatituna Íkirak. Tásur sidiralak itsínaraaya ah ním bírisinaafaaralak ir txím xinu-ápatiirana ágautikat ah. Ip txím mírsualak imúsuuninahi. Pítakax nu-ínyaukim álatabana ní-aya lá-usuunahi wa lásaantunahi. Kínyukusi ním kúnaratxalam iʦínaraaja la apalak inísinikat.

It is not news to many of the Imperial City's inhabitants, that a strange device has been seen all over the city.
Yarbáhuat rúnbakuuwair inárkulitsuuniuxan ir nahi-írnaknaximuaya rúnyalana inárkulnainkilax ah.

It is both quick and nimble, carrying it's rider to all corners of the city.
Nínalasaanaakikiya xúnana ikúnaratxaya nu-ágautbanarkul.

It can only be described as a kind of mechanical horse.
Nahí-inanatsinaraahi maránxarana.

Instead of legs it has two wheels, one on the front and on the back.
Nír físana jarxánigat músuuninat, kilmúsuunim i-úlutaf kilmúsuunim isányaaf.

The person seen riding it is an attendee of the Academy, Mínitiisla Káraimuna Pílatituna Íkirak.
I-ínyakim ir rúnyalak kúnaratx ní-aya ax áfaunana inísimax, Mínitiisla Káraimuna Pílatituna Íkirak.

When asked about the device, he simply said “I wanted to go places faster.
Tásur sidiralak itsínaraaya ax ním bírisinaafaaralak ir txím xinu-ápatiirana ágautikat ah.

So I invented the 'two-wheel.'
Ip txím mírsualak imúsuuninahi.

One day everyone will use it to go farther and faster.
Pítakax nu-ínyaukim álatabana ní-aja lá-usuunahi la lásaantunahi.

After that he jumped back onto the device and sped off toward the Academy center.
Kínyukusi ním kúnaratxalam iʦínaraaja la apalak inísinikat.


Map of Inyauk Territory: There are 5 regions -- Ántsar, Tsínir, Pínyar, Átxakar and Úrukar. The other areas are: iwásan (the plains), i-úsanuug (the mountains), ifálumtsulasi (the dark forest) and isálak (the ocean). You can also see the Inyauk script.



I hope all of that made some kind of sense.

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Amo enure zuri nuek eratjiak kirvajk kam.
Apøpi geŋgenør køgir. Tæktæk po asindæ ninikrir meu nikrindæir.

looks cool; your map has a good clean style to it.

seeing as your vowel letters are all to the right of the line, why don't you just combine them with the consonant letters and have them as a kind of diacritic? (like Arabic, Devanagari, etc) It'd save space, for one, but also it's exceedingly rare to have a 1-1 correspondance between different scripts, and alphabets are rather a minority among the world's languages... Looks like Mongolian, anyway, not bad.

As for the document, there's nothing incredibly unusual about most of the language stuff, but I'm not very good at sifting through it. Your final page with the notes on the culture does sound a bit idealised, though, especially with regards to gender and stuff...

also phonology nitpick: [wi] and [u̯i] aren't as distinct phonetically as you seem to think, and personally i'd still maybe call [wi] and [ja] diphthongs, although maybe rising rather than falling or whatever the terminology is. but whatever, really, this is basically up to you, and your way does work.

also also pickles and tea

Hejsan, Ossicone. Det verkar som du äntligen har bestämt dig för att gå med i ZBB. Ceresz blir nog överlycklig.

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そうだ。死んでいる人も勃起することが出来る。
俺はその証だ。

Thanks.

Heh, I thought about that but I guess I like it the way it is with the vowels separate.



Yeah, my fake people can be a bit idealized.
But hey, I like them.

As far as I'm concerned, their similarity/lack of distinction is what makes it a reasonable result. Of course, plenty of crazy things happen to natlangs too.


I've been watching silently for a while.
Does that mean I make a thread here dedicated to 'svenska och horor' too?

EDIT: Weird smileys... O_o

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Amo enure zuri nuek eratjiak kirvajk kam.
Apøpi geŋgenør køgir. Tæktæk po asindæ ninikrir meu nikrindæir.

I just saw this thread and thought "Another thread for Inyauk?!" but then I realized this was not the CBB.

Welcome Ossicone! I'm Avo on the CBB, if you remember.

Maybe, but there is a thread for practicing fluency in foreign languages. [Link] I go there to practice Lakota. You can practice your Swedish there if you want. If you want to practice Inyauk, there is a thread for that too. [Link]

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そうだ。死んでいる人も勃起することが出来る。
俺はその証だ。

You can never escape Inyauk!

Hello, and I do remember.


I will try and be a serious conlanger here for as long as possible. (I'd estimate one day.)

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Amo enure zuri nuek eratjiak kirvajk kam.
Apøpi geŋgenør køgir. Tæktæk po asindæ ninikrir meu nikrindæir.

The script is VERY nice, though as has been suggested, I think it would look cooler if the vowels were written as diacritics. (Regardless though, it's awesome!)

Welcome to the ZBB Ossicone. I'm afraid we don't really have a "watering hole" like at the CBB though

Also, ! at the script

Tack!


Thanks.
I didn't tell you there was a script?

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Amo enure zuri nuek eratjiak kirvajk kam.
Apøpi geŋgenør køgir. Tæktæk po asindæ ninikrir meu nikrindæir.

Welcome to the ZBB!

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[bɹ̠ˤʷɪs.təɫ]
Nōn quālibet inīquā cupiditāte illectus hoc agō
Yo te pongo en tu lugar...
Taisc mach Daró

Välkommen .

See, I still retain the Haddock avatar here?

@Bristel: Thanks.

@Cereal: I missed Haddock! He embodies all of your virtues: drinking, smoking and pirating. And beard.

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Amo enure zuri nuek eratjiak kirvajk kam.
Apøpi geŋgenør køgir. Tæktæk po asindæ ninikrir meu nikrindæir.

Even with just three vowels and lenght distinction the conlang looks awesome (I'm a man of many vowels)! Oh, the map and script: Great!
P.S.: Welcome to ZBB and have fun conlanging!

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If you can read portuguese and is interested on music news, Music Non-Stop!

Thanks and thanks.
It was kinda hard for me to stick to three vowels at first but I'm glad I did.

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Amo enure zuri nuek eratjiak kirvajk kam.
Apøpi geŋgenør køgir. Tæktæk po asindæ ninikrir meu nikrindæir.

I'll probably the grammar on Friday or so. In the meantime, welcome to the zbb! Out of food though.

I want to see the pretty scripty! I LOVE it!

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I forgot to add my alternative welcoming snack of zucchini and cocoa!

Would love to see more examples of Inyauk.

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[bɹ̠ˤʷɪs.təɫ]
Nōn quālibet inīquā cupiditāte illectus hoc agō
Yo te pongo en tu lugar...
Taisc mach Daró

I'd very much appreciate any comments you have then. : )



Thanks. And what kind of examples? Translations?

Moar script:


And for kicks:

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Amo enure zuri nuek eratjiak kirvajk kam.
Apøpi geŋgenør køgir. Tæktæk po asindæ ninikrir meu nikrindæir.

Preeeeeeeeety! *.*

What's the last one though? And alternative style? And what's it say?

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The vertical script is awesome! I prefer it over the horizontal lines because of the pretty joining lines

Actually it doesn't say anything anymore! That's old pre-revision Inyauk. I'm just too lazy to redo it.

The last one is a different script. But you'll have to wait for that one. : P


Tack!

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Amo enure zuri nuek eratjiak kirvajk kam.
Apøpi geŋgenør køgir. Tæktæk po asindæ ninikrir meu nikrindæir.

If you want some examples for translation, I could find some interesting sentences. (since I asked for examples)

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[bɹ̠ˤʷɪs.təɫ]
Nōn quālibet inīquā cupiditāte illectus hoc agō
Yo te pongo en tu lugar...
Taisc mach Daró

I have plenty translated, but if you're looking for something specific I'd be happy to do some translations you give me.

But for now I'll give you these sentences. I really enjoyed doing these translations at the time.

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Amo enure zuri nuek eratjiak kirvajk kam.
Apøpi geŋgenør køgir. Tæktæk po asindæ ninikrir meu nikrindæir.

Now there's a sentence that could come in handy .