A Short Lexicon of many Conlangs

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A Short Lexicon of many Conlangs

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I'm going to start collecting specific words from many conlangs and store them in a spreadsheet, however I am unsure which words to collect.

I've come up with a small list of words and phrases to translate:

Hello
Goodbye
Pardon/Excuse Me
Help me!
Where is the toilet?

What words and/or phrases does one absolutely need to know if he/she is in a foreign country?
Also, please translate the example phrases and other new phrases into your language, complete with IPA pronunciation.

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Bearlandic:
Hello - Halo [ˈhaːlo]
Goodbye - Hautē [ˈhaʊ̯tɛ]
Pardon/Excuse Me - Qalg mi [ˈkʷaːlx mi]
Help me! - Hellf mi [ˈhɛlːf mi]
Where is the toilet? - Warr iss dē pispott? [ˈʋɑrː ɪsː dɛ ˈpí:spɔtː]

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Re: A Short Lexicon of many Conlangs

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Please add the native name of your conlang as well as the pronunciation. Thank you.

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Re: A Short Lexicon of many Conlangs

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Bʉrnlannts [ˈbœːrnlɑnːts]

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Dē Graut Bʉr wrote: Where is the toilet? - Warr iss dē pispott? [ˈʋɑrː ɪsː dɛ ˈpí:spɔtː]
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Re: A Short Lexicon of many Conlangs

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Alakari ~ Akamálr [akʰɑ:'mɑ:lɹ̩]

Hello ~ Heilr! [helɹ̩]
Goodbye ~ Wéré hwel! ['we:ɹe: 'ʰwɛl]
Pardon/Excuse me ~ Gevé tíðr ðín til mik. ['gɛβe: 'tʰi:ðɹ̩ 'ði:n 'tʰɪl 'mɪk]
Help me! ~ Hyálpé mik! ['ʰjɑ:lpʰe: 'mɪk]
Where is the toilet? ~ Hwar kanam gehlaðá mik? ['ʰwaɹ 'kʰanam gɛ'ʰlaðɑ: 'mɪk]

Edit: Formal hello ~ Weðirí mín (singular speaker)/wár (plural speaker) [wɛ'ðɪɹi: 'mi:n/'wɑ:ɹ]
Edit: Fixed pronunciations.
Edit: Fixed pronunciations again.
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Re: A Short Lexicon of many Conlangs

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sacemd wrote:
Dē Graut Bʉr wrote: Where is the toilet? - Warr iss dē pispott? [ˈʋɑrː ɪsː dɛ ˈpí:spɔtː]
DAT CONLANG
Is that an unlikely Dutch decendant I see there?
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Re: A Short Lexicon of many Conlangs

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Esmelthien wrote:
sacemd wrote:
Dē Graut Bʉr wrote: Where is the toilet? - Warr iss dē pispott? [ˈʋɑrː ɪsː dɛ ˈpí:spɔtː]
DAT CONLANG
Is that an unlikely Dutch decendant I see there?
Nah. Probably a sister language or an alternate history.
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Myonian: Myoniean [Mjɔniːn̩] [MjOni:.n=]
Hello: Guddi [ˈgʊːdːɪː] ["gU:d:I:]
Goodbye: Gudci [ˈgʊːtːsɪ] ["gU:t:sI]
Pardon/Excuse Me: Shoo mi/Shooez mi [ˈʃo mɪː]/[ˈʃoɛz mɪː] ["So mI:]/["SoEz mI:]
Help me!: Sheelp mi/Sheelpez mi [ˈʃeʟp mɪː]/[ˈʃeʟpɛz mɪː] ["SeL\p mI:]/["SeL\pEz mI:]
Where is the toilet?: Hweur ist ði wuu? [ˈʍɛɚ ɪst ðɪ ˈwuː] ["WE@` Ist Dɪ "wu:]

Notes: X-SAMPA may have mistakes, "ez" form of imperatives is used when speaking to multiple people, the form without "ez" is for talking to a single person, "wuu" is not related in any way to "loo", stresses syllables have high tone, unstressed syllables have low tone.
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Re: A Short Lexicon of many Conlangs

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DAE Germaniclangs?
After ordering a pint of his favorite ale, Robert was perplexed when the barmaid replied that the fishmonger was next door. The Great English Vowel Shift had begun.

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Ĩŋguri [ĩŋgɯɾi]
Hello: ẽ [ẽ]
Goodbye: ja [ja]
Excuse me: eẋukjud mi [eqʰɯkʲɯd mi]
Help me!: ẽruṗ mi! [ẽɾɯpʰ mi]
Where is the toilet?: werur zawarum? [weɾɯɾ zawaɾɯm]
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Adúljôžal ônal kol ví éža únah kex yaxlr gmlĥ hôga jô ônal kru ansu frú.
Ansu frú ônal savel zaš gmlĥ a vek Adúljôžal vé jaga čaþ kex.
Ônal zeh. Ônal zeh. Ônal zeh. Ônal zeh. Ônal zeh. Ônal zeh. Ônal zeh.

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Re: A Short Lexicon of many Conlangs

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Thanks to everyone who shared words and phrases from their conlangs.

What other words and/or phrases does one need to know in a foreign country?

"Help me!" and "Where is the toilet?" are important things to know, but what
else would someone say in the case of an emergency or a mere inquiry?

Don't forget to translate those and the already provided examples into your conlang when typing your post.

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Re: A Short Lexicon of many Conlangs

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Alakári continued:

Where is the ... ~ Hwar et ín ... ['ʰwaɹ 'ɛt 'i:n ...]
I would like to buy this/that/... ~ Munam kaupá ðiz/ðan/... ['mʊnam 'kʰaʊpʰɑ: 'ðɪz/'ðan/...]
How much does this/that cost? ~ Hwat worðam valá með ðiz/ðan? ['ʰwat 'wɔɹðam 'valɑ: 'mɛð 'ðɪz/'ðan]

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Re: A Short Lexicon of many Conlangs

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Sacemd wrote:
Esmelthien wrote:
sacemd wrote:
Dē Graut Bʉr wrote: Where is the toilet? - Warr iss dē pispott? [ˈʋɑrː ɪsː dɛ ˈpí:spɔtː]
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Is that an unlikely Dutch decendant I see there?
Nah. Probably a sister language or an alternate history.
It's indeed mostly based on Dutch, but it's spoken in another conworld and thus neither intended to be a descendant nor a sister language.

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Rireinutire:

Hello sopu' [ˈsopuɁ] (meeting face-to-face) hai [ˈhɑi] (on the telephone)
Goodbye sopu' [ˈsopuɁ]
Pardon/Excuse Me ñikakava [ˈŋikɑˌkɑvɑ] (apologising) hai [ˈhɑi] (trying to attract attention)
Help me! apika' [ˈɑpikɑɁ]
Where is the toilet? kuriso yoha yakayo: [ˈkuɹiso ˈyohɑ ˈyɑkɑyo]
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Re: A Short Lexicon of many Conlangs

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I've noticed that most of the question words here seem to start with either w or h (unless I got the sentence order wrong). None of the question words in Modern Ikotan start with w or h, partly because Modern Ikotan does not have w in its alphabet. Most of Modern Ikotan's question words start with s or k, with andie (where) and delo (when) being exceptions.
KathAveara wrote: Where is the...
I would like to buy this/that...
How much does this/that cost?
I'll translate these into Modern Ikotan:
Andie sald...
Okio ni kuran ecie/acea...
Konazo kurald ecie/acea?
Dē Graut Bʉr wrote: Where is the toilet? - Warr iss dē pispott? [ˈʋɑrː ɪsː dɛ ˈpí:spɔtː]
I'm guessing pispott is based off the Dutch word pispot and/or the English word pisspot.

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Where is the ... - Warr iss dē ... [ˈʋɑrː ɪsː dɛ ]
I would like to buy this/that - Ig will kop ditt/dē [ˈix ʋɪlː ˈkoːp dɪtː/dɛ]
How much does this/that cost? - Wass kost ditt/dē? [ʋɑsː ˈkóːst dɪtː/dɛ]
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Dē Graut Bʉr wrote: Where is the toilet? - Warr iss dē pispott? [ˈʋɑrː ɪsː dɛ ˈpí:spɔtː]
I'm guessing pispott is based off the Dutch word pispot and/or the English word pisspot.
Yes, it's based off the Dutch pispot.

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Tarannar wrote:I've noticed that most of the question words here seem to start with either w or h (unless I got the sentence order wrong).
So far, we have 2 Germanic-based languages, maybe 3.

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More Myonian:

Where is the ... : Hweur ist ði ...? [ˈʍɛɚ ɪst ðɪ ...] ["WE@` Ist Dɪ ...]
I would like to buy this/that ...: I wulda ðis/ðet/yan ... biijhen. [ɪ ˈwʊʟdə ðɪs/ðɛt/jən ... ˈbiːʤn̩] [I "wUL\d@ DIs/DEt/j@n ... "bi:dZn_=]
How much does this/that cost?: Hwichrim ceets ðis/ðet/yan? [ˈʍɪʧɹɪm ˈʦʰets ðɪs/ðɛt/jən] ["WItSr\Im "ts_hets DIs/DEt/j@n]
Zain pazitovcor, sio? Sio, tovcor.
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What does your 'yan' mean?

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Ðis = something close to the speaker.
Ðet = something not close to the speaker, but near the listener.
Yan = Something not close to either the speaker or the listener.
Zain pazitovcor, sio? Sio, tovcor.
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Ah, three degrees of distance...

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Zukish: Zünþaomë [ˈzjunθaˌʔomi] ["zjunTa%?omi]
Hello: Ama [ˈʔama] ["?ama]
Goodbye: Zama (Vözeama) [ˈzama (ˈvʊzɛˌʔama)] ["zama ("vUzE%?ama)]
Pardon/Excuse Me: Xälanamöe [ˈçelaˌnamʊˌʔɛ] ["Cela%namU%?E]
Help me!: Xäsayusë [ˈçesaˌjusi] ["Cesa%jusi]
Where is the toilet?: Gebba yimasaþ hurcakamn? [ˈgɛbːa ˈjɪmaˌsaθ ˈhuɹaˌkam] ["gEb:a "jIma%saT "hur\a%kam]
Where is the ... : Ebba/Gebba/Jebba ... hurcakamn? [ˈʔɛbːa/ˈgɛbːa/ˈʤɛbːa ... ˈhuɹaˌkam] ["?Eb:a/"gEb:a/"dZEb:a ... "hur\a%kam]
I would like to buy this/that ...: Mauwanj<DEM>...vwown. [ˈmaːwanʤ<DEM>...vwow] ["ma:wandZ<DEM>...vwow]
How much does this/that cost?: Kwak/Krit/Kwuk mzhrcmecemse'hn? [kwak/kɹɪt/kʊːk ˈm̩zɹ̩ːˌmɛʧɛmˌsɛʔʊː] [kwak/kr\It/kU:k "m_=zr\_=:%mEtSEm%sE?U:]

Notes: Vözeama is a more formal form for goodbye.
Xälanamöe can also mean "I'm sorry"
Ebba = the (neuter)
Gebba = the (masculine)
Jebba = the (feminine)
<DEM> = demonstrative, forms shown below as there are 9 varieties
kavak/gavak/javak [ˈkavak/ˈgavak/ˈʤavak] ["kavak/"gavak/"dZavak] = something close to the speaker.
kazik/gazik/jazik [ˈkazɪk/ˈgazɪk/ˈʤazɪk] ["kazIk/"gazIk/"dZazIk] = something not close to the speaker, but near the listener.
kavuk/gavuk/javuk [ˈkavuk/ˈgavuk/ˈʤavuk] ["kavuk/"gavuk/"dZavuk] = Something not close to either the speaker or the listener.
k forms are neuter, g forms are masculine, j forms are feminine
Kwak/Krit/Kwuk follow the same order as above, but do not inflect for gender.
"Mauwanj<DEM>...vwown." is all one word.
Zain pazitovcor, sio? Sio, tovcor.
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What about these phrases?

Please...
Thank you.
Numbers from one to ten.
What time is it?
Where is the airport/dock? (If your conworld doesn't have one or more of these terms, such as "airport", don't translate this, but please leave a message saying you can't translate this.)
Where is this location?
Do you speak English? (Read the above note.)
My name is...
What's your name?
Where is the hospital? (You know what to do.)
A unique idiom. (Please include literal meaning as well as figurative meaning.)

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More Zukish
Please?: Sümm? [sjumː]
Thank you. Xaaösn. [ˈxaʔaˌʔʊsʊ]
Numbers from one to ten.: di, da, ka, lau, cen, rcë, fak, vag, þö, be [dɪ da ka laː ʧɛn ɹi fak vag θʊ bɛ]
What time is it?: Gebba me huriþamn? [ˈgɛbːa mɛ ˈhuɹɪˌθam]
Where is the airport/dock?: Ebba suychüän/suyhij hurcakamn? [ˈʔɛbːa ˈsujʧjuːˌʔen/ˈsujɪːʤ ˈhuɹaˌkam]
Where is this location?: Gavak yöm hurcakamn? [ˈgavak jʊm ˈhuɹaˌkam]
Where am I?: Ä hurcakamä? [ʔe ˈhuɹaˌkame]
Do you speak English?: A xhïnaomöa Incgliscaomë? [ʔa ˈxaːɪnaˌʔomʊˌʔa ˈɪnglɪˌʃaʔoˌmi]
My name is...: Dziä egucinäþ <xhïn/khe/che>amä ... [ˈʣɪʔe ˈʔɛguˌʧɪneθ <ˈxaːɪn/ˈkɛːʔ/ʧɛːʔ>aˌme ...]
What's your name?: Dzia egucinäþ hymeamöa? [ˈʣɪʔa ˈʔɛguˌʧɪneθ ˈhj̩mɛˌʔame]
Where is the hospital?: Ebba rcensayu hurcakamn? [ˈʔɛbːa ˈɹɛnsaˌju ˈhuɹaˌkam]
A unique idiom.: Khegamahwn gntäam / Chejamahwn jntäam [ˈkɛːgaˌmahw̩ ˈgn̩teˌʔam / ˈʧɛːʤaˌmahw̩ ˈʤn̩teˌʔam] (Lit: To stalk a god/goddess) (Trans: To leave too much/everything to fate)

Notes: the number 6 is a homophone for "house"... I just noticed this.
<xhïn/khe/che>: Which is used depends on if the name is gender neutral, masculine or feminine, in that order.
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