A Short Lexicon of many Conlangs

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Alakárí again.

Please... ~ ..., ev wouðrt. [... 'ɛv 'woðɹ̩t]
Thank you. ~ Ðakam (ðik/iðr). ['ðakʰam ('ðɪk/'ɪðɹ̩)]
Numbers from one to ten. ~ Án, tawei, ðrí, vyór, vim, zek, zyau, áta, níú, tíú ['ɑ:n 'tʰawe 'ðɹi: 'vjo:ɹ 'vɪm 'zɛk 'zjaʊ 'ɑ:tʰa 'ni:u: 'tʰi:u:]
What time is it? ~ Hwé laŋ et ín roðulr ivir (oz)? ['ʰwe: 'laŋ 'ɛt 'i:n ɹɔ'ðʊlɹ̩ 'ɪvɪɹ ('ɔz)]
Where is the dock? ~ Hwar et ín zkipbíðr? ['ʰwaɹ 'ɛt 'i:n skʰɪp'bi:ðɹ̩]
Where is this location? ~ Hwar et ztaðr ðiz? ['ʰwaɹ 'ɛt 'staðɹ̩ 'ðɪz]
Do you speak English? ~ Málrtža iŋgližr/iŋgližmálr? [mɑ:'lɹ̩tʒa ɪŋ'glɪʒɹ̩/ɪŋ'glɪʒmɑ:lɹ̩]
My name is... ~ Erm heitada ... ['ɛɹm he'tʰada ...] or Et namr mín ... ['ɛt 'namɹ̩ 'mi:n ...]
What's your name? ~ Hwat ert heitada? ['ʰwat 'ɛɹt he'tʰada] or Hwat et namr ðín? ['ʰwat 'ɛt 'namɹ̩ 'ði:n]
Where is the hospital? ~ Hwar et ín lakanheimr? ['ʰwaɹ 'ɛt 'i:n lakʰan'hemɹ̩]
A unique idiom. ~ Valébrandr!/Valé á brandr ðín! [vale:'brandɹ̩/'vale: 'ɑ: 'brandɹ̩ 'ði:n] ~ Fuck you! (Worst insult amongst the Alakárí). Lit. Fall on your own sword!

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ita nami ñama rireinutirena:
[ˈitɑ ˈnɑmi ˈŋɑmɑ ˈɹiɹeˌinuˌtiɹenɑ]
And then some more Rireinutire:

Where is the... ... yoha yakayo: [ˈyohɑ ˈyɑkɑyo]
I would like to buy this/that... sikimu/sakimu ... sotata netekahuva: [ˈsikimu / ˈsɑkimu ... ˈsotɑtɑ ˈneteˌkɑhuvɑ]
How much does this/that cost? siki/saki yoraka resikayo: [ˈsiki / ˈsɑki ˈyoɹɑkɑ ˈɹesiˌkɑyo]
Please... rua... [ˈɹuɑ]
Thank you. ute earo: [ˈute ˈeɑɹo]
Numbers from one to ten. ii· kaa· koo· nee· vii· kuu· see· haa· kii· ñuu: [ˈiː ˈkɑː ˈkoː ˈneː ˈviː ˈkuː ˈseː ˈhɑː ˈkiː ˈŋuː]
What time is it? yoki ruru yakayo: [ˈyoki ˈɹuɹu ˈyɑkɑyo]
Where is the airport/dock? vimarate/ruma yoha yakayo: [ˈvimɑˌɹɑte / ˈɹumɑ ˈyohɑ ˈyɑkɑyo]
Where is this location? siki hoso yoha yakayo: [ˈsiki ˈhoso ˈyohɑ ˈyɑkɑyo]
Do you speak English? yo ta yumatirena puukayo: [ˈyo ˈtɑ ˈyumɑˌtiɹenɑ ˈpuːˌkɑyo]
My name is... mano ima ... yakava: [ˈmɑno ˈimɑ ... ˈyɑkɑvɑ]
What's your name? tano ima yoki yakayo: [ˈtɑno ˈimɑ ˈyoki ˈyɑkɑyo]
Where is the hospital? pipihi yoha yakayo: [ˈpipihi ˈyohɑ ˈyɑkɑyo]
A unique idiom: tuvumu ete': [ˈtuvumu ˈeteɁ] Don't be such a wimp! (Lit. Grow some pubes!)

Edit: Added IPA and translation to introduction. Corrected tpyo in vimarate 'airport'.
Edit2: Corrected tyop in [ˈvimɑˌɹɑte], was wrong open vowel.
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Is "ita nami ñama" the native name of your conlang? If so, please add IPA pronunciation.

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Tarannar wrote:Is "ita nami ñama" the native name of your conlang? If so, please add IPA pronunciation.
Sorry, that's just marketing fluff. The language is still Rireinutire. Added both IPA and translation.
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There looks like a typo is the first word of the IPA for 'where is the airport/dock', Prettydragon.

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KathAveara wrote:There looks like a typo is the first word of the IPA for 'where is the airport/dock', Prettydragon.
Thank you for pointing that out! Should be fixed nao.
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So let's talk about the weather!

THE WEATHER : E ARINEO

What weather will we have? : Séco arinéo li avata?
Will it be nice / bad weather?: Né li talo/méo arinéo avata?
Will it be hotter / colder ?: Né li déso risa/gréo avata?
There’s much wind: Comissa gialvo yésa [ko’missɑ ‘jɑlvo 'çesɑ]
The weather is very pleasant: Carismatio arinéo ava
It is sunny: Ličiatima liria nia [li’θiatim’aria nja]
It is starting to rain: Tépidani dičipra [tepi'dani di'θipra]
It was overcast yesterday: Pantisyio procalnisto nie [pɑnti'siçio prokɑl'nisto ‘nijə]
I think we’ll have a thunderstorm: Da étarisio parastro médata
What a heat! : Par’ayacado! [parɑçɑ'kado]
There’s a storm coming: Anafro médata
Did you hear any weather forecast? Né Sio mo arinéi élastou étadissate? [ne sjo mo ari'nej e'lɑstu etadis'satə]

Vayaryio being written almost phonetically, I added IPA phonetic notation only where I found this useful
Affacite iago Vayardyio fidigou accronésara! http://conlang.wikia.com/wiki/Vayardyio

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Hello seDhatayam or seDhyam
Goodbye yeNTatayam or yeNTyam
Pardon/Excuse Me rera hatzisa
Help me! Mam sayadhaso
Where is the... kas ...ke 'sana?
I would like to buy this/that... ahau sanam/tanam pharismi
How much does this/that cost? Ka saala/kas taala kaadas thayasmi?
Please... ...verb~hishvyam
Thank you. ishtayam or ishyam
Numbers from one to ten. laj, vaj, valaj, raj, ralaj, ravaj, ravalaj, yaj, yalaj, yavaj
What time is it? kaNa asana?
Where is the airport/dock? kas tarasu ke 'sana?
Where is this location? ka selana ke 'sana?
Do you speak English? kal Inghlishvit hatzasa
My name is... mava masas... asana
What's your name? kas tava masal asana?
Where is the hospital? ko rakhaalas ke sana?
Talāṃ leya kalakena rāmah, saktalām peha leya bhūmena ca.
See a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower.
Omkāṃs tava sutvantayam pharo, 'naiṃ le' jeś ca.
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour.

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Vaida Mi ha [vái̯.a mí ha]

Hello — temas(o) [témas(o)] / minéiam [minéːjã] / grava [ɡráva]
Goodbye — grava [ɡráva] / (ti) si min [(ti) si mín]
Pardon/Excuse Me — tin ihiu (cin) [tin íʃiu̯ (tʃin)] / ihiusa [iʃíu̯sa]
Help me! — (ti) katiara cin [(ti) kacára tʃin]
Where is the toilet? — jivan ua gus [dʒívan wa ɡús]
Where is the ... — ... gus [ɡús]
I would like to buy this/that/... — ci ha kusuk finis ia / vada [tʃí ha kúsuk fínis ja / vá.a]
How much does this/that cost? — hatid ou min uehi [hátiː ou̯ min wéʃi]
Please... — heves ... [héves]
Thank you. — ci ha ósanso / ósams [tʃí ha óːsanso / óːsãs]
Numbers from one to ten. — teja kopi gana mad fi tik osi men tepi sik [tédʒa kópi ɡána máː fí tík ósi mén tépi sík]
What time is it? — aroh ma min ueha [ároː ma min wéha]
Where is the airport/dock? — vombai ua gus [vómːai̯ wa ɡús]
Where is this location? — shóf / kupur ieha min gus [ʃóːf / kúpur jéha min ɡús]
Do you speak English? — koro ham-e mi English [kóro háme mí éŋːriʃ]
My name is... — tonka ciuo ... [tóŋka tʃíwo]
What's your name? — tennu tonka korouo sadre [ténnu tóŋka kórowo sáːre / sárre] / kusut koroi gou min uehi [kúsut kóroi̯ ɡou̯ min wéʃi]
Where is the hospital? — navojo ua gus [návodʒo wa ɡús]
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Victot li Rhák [ˈvitstot li ʀɑːk]
— also known as Lixarit (Victot) [ˈlix(a)rit (ˈvitstot)] "Common (Speech)"

Hello — fa [fa] "hi, hey" / rasda [ˈrazda] "luck, fortune" / kareshi [ˈkar(e)ʂɨ] "be well"
Goodbye — rasda [ˈrazda] / kareshi [ˈkar(e)ʂɨ]
Pardon/Excuse Me — in increasing order of formality: khanmos [ˈxanmos] / khanimso [ˈxanimso] / lóm khanimso rhó [loːm ˈxanimso ʀoː]
Help me! — thobi-xu [ˈʈobixu]
Where is the toilet? — kastila / thegila (lóm) ót sóqenrhe shóf [ˈkastila / ˈʈɘɡila (loːm) oːt ˈsoːtɬenʀe ʂoːf]
     kastila = "water place", thegila = "shit place"
Where is the ... — ... (lóm) ót sóqenrhe shóf [... (loːm) oːt ˈsoːtɬenʀe ʂoːf]
I would like to buy this/that/... — lóm máshos ósvikso it/vé [loːm ˈmɑːʂos ˈoːsvikso it/veː] / lóm máshos finso it/vé [loːm ˈmɑːʂos ˈfinso it/veː]
How much does this/that cost? — sóqen etéka shel it/vé [ˈsoːtɬen ˈteːka ʂɘl it/veː] / kánónéka tesát sóqen [kɑːnoˈneːka ˈtesɑːt ˈsoːtɬen] ~ [kɑːnoˈneːka tsɑːt ˈsoːtɬen]
Please... — nexái [n̩ˈxɑː.i ~ ŋ̩ˈxɑː.i]
Thank you. — in increasing order of formality: ósnos [ˈoːsnos] / ósanso [ˈoːsanso] / lóm ósanso rhó [loːm ˈoːsanso ʀoː]
Numbers from one to ten. — soka xasa efe eme vana s(a)kála xosi loti megi vesi [ˈsoka ˈxasa ˈefe ˈeme ˈvana ˈskɑːla ˈxosi ˈloti ˈmeɡi ˈvesi]
What time is it? — serh tesát sóqen [seʀ ˈtesɑːt ˈsoːtɬen] ~ [ˈseʀ tsɑːt ˈsoːtɬen] / riti tesát sóqen [ˈriti tsɑːt ˈsoːtɬen]
Where is the airport/dock? — tósif(e) / íkolsif (lóm) ót sóqenrhe shóf [ˈtoːsif(e) / ˈiːkolsif (loːm) oːt ˈsoːtɬenʀe ʂoːf]
     tósif(e) = "airport", íkolsif = "seaport, harbor"
Where is this location? — it (lóm) ót sóqenrhe shóf [it (loːm) oːt ˈsoːtɬenʀe ʂoːf]
Do you speak English? — lórhe nhamas Ingglish [ˈloːʀe ˈɳamas ˈiŋɡliʂ]
My name is... — lóm beshos ... [loːm ˈbeʂos ...]
What's your name? — lóm beshpi sóqen [loːm ˈbeʂpi ˈsoːtɬen]
Where is the hospital? — shachavla (lóm) ót sóqenrhe shóf [ʂatʂavla (loːm) oːt ˈsoːtɬenʀe ʂoːf]
     shachavla = "doctor place"; other words for "hospital", depending on where you are and what exactly you need, are:
     shachav koxila [ˈʂatʂav ˈkoçila] "doctor office"
     tarala [ˈtarala] "healing place"
     sharkhemí [ˈʂarxemiː] "sick house"
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Tarannar wrote: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.
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It's just for fun. I may try to learn the phrases, pronunciation and spelling. Maybe I'll try to learn one or more of these conlangs, depends on what stands out.

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Please... :> [sentence], zuri. ['zuri]

Thank you. :> Thespibhar. [θe'spibʰar]

Numbers from one to ten. :> lan zebhi epir dhizze gry aćci hôtta vyupas sabbhjas [lan zebʰi epir dʰizːe gry atski hɤtːa vɥupas sabʰːjas]

What time is it? :> Çol gojc? [çol gojk] or Gojc dhav? [gojc dʰav]

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.) :> Fer stazaccy tol maøc dhav? [fer stazakːy tol maøk dʰav] (airport) Hû zycarrarprah tol maøc dhav? [hɯ zycararprah dʰav] (dock)

Where is this location? :> Jøg tol maøc dhav? [jøg tol maøk dʰav]

Do you speak English? (Read the above note.) English does not exist in my conworld, but the lingua franca is Pazmat, so I'll use that: Pazti dhav ton? [pazdi dʰav ton]

My name is... :> Yg tol miru os... [yg tol miɾu os]

What's your name? :> Asra tol miru dhav? [aʃra tol miɾu dʰav]

Where is the hospital? (You know what to do.) :> Hû zaddhrah tol maøc dhav? [hɯ zadʰːrah tol maøk dʰav]

A unique idiom. (Please include literal meaning as well as figurative meaning.) :> argos ibi ferusya [argos ibi feɾusɥa] Literally, "To burn water", meaning "To waste time by stubbornly doing something that's both impossible and useless"
Nūdhrēmnāva naraśva, dṛk śraṣrāsit nūdhrēmanīṣṣ iźdatīyyīm woḥīm madhēyyaṣṣi.
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Hello:
Na i dezúarax [najdeˈzu(w)aɾaʒ] (formal, used when speaking to a member of the military/police/government)
He! [he] (informal)
Hui! [huj] (informal)
I uá! [iˈwa] (informal, mostly used by men, literally "It's you!")
Bu! [bu] [bu] (greeting used by men, normally only in the company of other men)
Ba! [ba] (correct reply to "bu" by anyone)

Goodbye:
Buázan i eka lama! [ˈbwazan ˈjeka ˈlama] (forma, used when speaking to a member of the military/police/government)
Eka lama! [ˈeka ˈlama] (formal)
Ka lama! [ka ˈlama] (middle formality)
Lama! [ˈlama] (informal)

Pardon/Excuse me:
Buázan i eka mentsian! [ˈbwazan ˈjeka ˈmentsjan] (formal, used when speaking to a member of the military/police/government)
Eka mentsian! [ˈeka ˈmentsjan] (formal)
Ka mentsian! [ka ˈmentsjan] (middle formality)
Mentsian! [ˈmentsjan] (informal)

Help me!
Buázan i eka uáran! [ˈbwazan ˈjeka ˈwaɾan](formal)
Eka uáran! [ˈeka ˈwaɾan](formal)
Ka uáran! [ka ˈwaɾan] (middle formality)
Uáran! [ˈwaɾan] (informal)

Where is the...
(Iá) ... i zaan? [ja ... i ˈzaːn]
(Iá) ... i niz? [ja ... i niz]

I would like to buy this/that/that...
Na i bo tcama me/ma/mu ... [naj bo ˈtʃama me/ma/mu]

How much does this/that cost?
Me/ma/mu i nivanaz? [me/ma/mu j ˈnivanaz]

Please...
Buázan i eka ... [ˈbwazanˈjeka] (formal, used when speaking to a member of the military/police/government)
Eka [ˈeka] (formal)
Ka [ka] (less formal)

Thank you.
Deuaha buázan. (formal, used when speaking to a member of the military/police/government)
Deuahau! (used with other people)

Numbers from one to ten.
ohu, zuá, pi, lei, van, cin, xan, tai, tai o, tai zuá

What time is it?
Ma nió i za?

Where is the airport? (Loanword)
Epot i zaan?
Epot i niz?

Where is this location? (Pointing on a map)
Me lo i zaan?
Me lo i niz

Do you speak English?
Ha buázan i mui xalia iqlic? (formal, used when speaking to a member of the military/police/government)
Ha uá i mui xalia iqlic? (used with other people?)

My name is...
Xelian i ...

What's your name?

Xelia buázan i za? (formal, used when speaking to a member of the military/police/government)
Xeliau i za?

Where is the hospital?
Tehellum i za?

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