Substantial postings about constructed languages and constructed worlds in general. Good place to mention your own or evaluate someone else's. Put quick questions in C&C Quickies instead.
finlay wrote:The Cyrillic and Greek alphabets are easy to learn, if you know the Latin alphabet.
Yu se, "isi" u saybasay mining. Wen im say saml Japan langwic, ye, yu ray.
Well, "easy" is a relative concept. When compared to for example Japanese, yes, you are right.
a kilīcadă lŏpŭhùtub'ūpò te gonolenedă, hàbyá cu gitegutadă nālolŏfisub'ūbòu te b'ŭngu particle.def.III cyrillic-NOM.III 1-use-3.III-past for conlang-NOM.III | because particle.indef.III noun-write-NOM.III neg-1-have-3.III-non.past for 3.III-not.in.verb
I only used Cyrillic for Zukāf rā-Bazm because I don't have a font for my conlang.
bóukĭ, cu gonōsu.ūlipītīdă lŏfisubòuñòu however | particle.indef.III conscript-NOM.III 1-have-non.past-ind
It does have a conscript, though.
a lingadă lŏwalakub'ubòube "Kobañawei e Cĕpuleită" particle.def.III language-NOM.III 1-call-3.III-non.past.imp "speech-POS.III particle.def.II people-NOM.I"
This language is called "Kobañawei e Cĕpuleită"
Mi a mek proto langwic fi langwic famili dis taym. Im af fonoloji an fonotaktik, an likl sintas. Ova im in mek nof fi ray som dis ples.
I'm currently developing a proto language for a language familiy. It has phonology and phonotactics, and a bit of syntax. But it isn't developed enough to write something here.
jal wrote:Mi a mek proto langwic fi langwic famili dis taym. Im af fonoloji an fonotaktik, an likl sintas. Ova im in mek nof fi ray som dis ples.
I'm currently developing a proto language for a language familiy. It has phonology and phonotactics, and a bit of syntax. But it isn't developed enough to write something here.
JAL
kă. also
me too.
gāp jum dēn? baq lōn. fish want q | alot have
do you want a fish? I have tons.
Mmm, jesqliihk chuseenadochihaven. mmm jesqliih-k chuse-jan-kado-chiha-ven mmm fish-PL 3.SG.ERG>3.SG.ABS-PROG-delicious-be-HAB
Mmm, fish are delicious.
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I generally forget to say, so if it's relevant and I don't mention it--I'm from Southern Michigan and speak Inland North American English. Yes, I have the Northern Cities Vowel Shift; no, I don't have the cot-caught merger; and it is called pop.
We shouldn't cross the river, though. The Greeks[1]have strict border laws, and they will enforce them.
[1]Specifically, the Byzantines or at least the modern variant of them as present in this timeline. Most societies in this timeline refer to Byzantium as either "Rome", "Grecia", or "(the) Greeks". Carpathia's southern border ends along the Danube, and the Byzantine successor state known as the United States of Rome (specifically the state of Balkania) lies on the other side.
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ɫane yuhatsan u kisisoqiya. 1p def-hudson possible fish.verb-fut
We could fish on the hudson river.
. himis, tokis kusesa, ya mayosa yuwaxeks itlasa! clean | safe be.pres | and 3p def-bass.plur have.pres
It's safe, clean, and they have wacca*!
*In my timeline, a species of genetically modified bass were released into the hudson river (in this timeline, it's clean). Since then, they've become a popular food amongst New Yorkers. It didn't have a name until a child said "Wacca," and the name stuck.
YourFace wrote:ɫane yuhatsan u kisisoqiya. 1p def-hudson possible fish.verb-fut
We could fish on the hudson river.
. himis, tokis kusesa, ya mayosa yuwaxeks itlasa! clean | safe be.pres | and 3p def-bass.plur have.pres
It's safe, clean, and they have wacca*!
Álb scaoléatá mé gú nuégh abhárhe ciú Thudsion bhlá, tbím nuégh néfechoatuim en raoltásaí de Lácótá ó de Lheafhiándót áit duim arhaom mib e siúlnn traítne tilandh seónaom led aonoirt batag agmuit. [ɑlb skilʲetɑ mʲe ˈguː neːj avɑr̪ə ˈt͡suː hʌdʃɪn ˈvlɑː ˈt͡ʃviːm neːj ɲefʲəˈk͡xeːtwɪm ən rilˈtɑːsi ðə lɑˈkoːtɑ ˈoː ðə ˈwa͜ɪːʔɑnˌdoːt ɑːt͡ʃ ˈdwɪːm aˈr̪iːm ˈmʲɪːv ə ˈʃuːlŋ ˈtriːt͡ʃɲə t͡ʃɪˈlʲaːnð ˈʃoːnim lʲəð ˈiːnɔrt baˈtaːg ˈaːgmwɪt͡ʃ]
Álb
am
scaoléatá
relieved
mé
1s
gú
that.CNJ
nuégh
NEG
ab(h)ár-
say-
he
PST
ciú
2s
Thudsion
Hudson
bhlá,
Bay
tbím
because
nuégh
NEG
néfe-
would.COND.FUT-
c(h)oatuim
allow-
en
the
raoltás-
government-
aí
PL
de
of
Lácótá
Lakota
ó
or
de
of
Lheafhiándót
Wyandot
áit
ALL
duim
person
arhaom
akin to
mib
VOC.1s
e
to
siúlnn
walk
traítne
through
tilandh
land
seónaom
GEN.3p.neuter_G
led
with
aonoirt
even.surprisingly
batag
stick
agmuit.
wooden
I'm glad you didn't say Hudson Bay, because there's no way in hell the Lakota or Wyandot governments[1]would let someone like me walk through their land with so much as a stick.
Taestiochóm mit cáchtúr e fúsróthóm noicr en bélefr ao Áoslu No, ó coaleghóm ceód loìb-gardaí fre Cárpaitia, ég cósaimrhóm seónn áit móec dhián paitriol-gardaí de teórnaí. [ˈta͜eːʃtɪˌk͡xoːm ˈmɪːt͡ʃ kɑˈk͡xtuːr ə fusˈroːhom ˈnɔːt͡sə̆r ən ˈveːlʲəfə̆r iː ˈɑːslʌ‿nøː oː ˈkeːlʲəˌjoːm ˈt͡soːd lɪv-ˈgaːrdi frʲə kɑrˈpæːt͡ʃjə eːɣ kosæmr̪om ˈʃoːŋ ɑːt͡ʃ ˈmoːt͡s ˈzɑːn ˈpæːt͡ʃrʲɪl-ˈgaːrdi ðə ˈt͡ʃoːrni]
Taestioc-
require-
hóm
FUT
mit
1p
cáchtúr
either
e
to
fúsró-
remain-
thóm
FUT
noicr
near
en
the
bélefr
river.mouth
ao
in
Áoslu
Oslo
No,
New
ó
or
coaleg-
hire-
hóm
FUT
ceód
some
loìb-
body-
garda-
guard-
í
PL
fre
from
Cárpaitia,
Carpathia
ég
and
cósaimr-
protect-
hóm
FUT
seónn
3p.neuter_G
áit
ALL
móec
VOC.1p
dhián
ABL
paitriol-
patrol-
garda-
guard-
í
PL
de
of
teórna-
border-
í.
PL
We'll need to either stay near the river's mouth at New Oslo or hire some Carpathian bodyguards who'll protect us from border patrol.
[1]In this timeline, North America has mostly been freed from European colonial powers such as Niórua, Spáinn, Fionlain and Éire (Niórua still holds Áoslu No/New York City, Rógelan No/New Brunswick+Nova Scotia, and Haida Gwaii, while Alaska is its own nation ruled by former Spáinnis colonists), replaced with governments built around the most successful Native American peoples: the Cherokee, Sioux (Lakota) and Huron (Wyandot), along with the Fox (Meskwaki) ruling over Shikakwa (Chicago) as a sort of neutral center between the three empires. While the Cherokee Nation is relatively liberal and allows other native peoples and descendants of European colonists to live amongst them with little trouble, the Sioux and Huron Nations have less flattering views of peoples of European descent; the Spáinnis (who held much of Huron's modern lands in Eastern Canada) were more than willing to commit genocide to gain land, while Éire (who held much of Sioux's lands in Western and Central Canada) instead set up penal colonies to send natives to. Now that the nations are independent and sovereign, they took it upon themselves to kick the Europeans out of their borders, and tourism from Europe in the two nations is very strictly regulated (the fact that Huron's government has been aggressively fascist since 1907 probably hasn't helped its case).
If they're just larger than normal, we could grab some of those big worms they bred in Jolof[1].
[1]The modern variant of the Jolof Empire, populated by the Wolof people. In our timeline, the empire fizzled out in 1549 and its territory today is occupied by Senegal and Mauritania. In this timeline, the empire not only survived, but also westernized (à la Russia under Catherine) at some point in the 18th century thanks to neighboring Mali who in turn westernized in the 16th century thanks to its proximity with the Neo-Egyptian Empire (the predecessor of the modern Three Holy Kingdoms). Jolof became known in the 19th century for discovering genetics, and in the 20th century the nation was responsible for a large number of studies pertaining to biological augmentation and genetic engineering.
who here has watched "too many cooks?"
Cháid sígbe ios? What's that?
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yudereŋz yuwaxeqs lupesa! def-worm.pl def-bass.pl love.pres
Wacca love worms!
len yunuyok anqe ɫane hutal kisisesa. on def-new.york side 1p ensure.that fish.verb-pres
Let's make sure we fish on the New York side, though.
kisisoŋus len yuhatsan yunutasi ko kisisesa. fish.verb-noun on def-hudson.river def-new.jersey neg fish.verb-pres
New Jersey doesn't like it when you fish on their side of the river.
Oss wass dúl ji oss "sonn-dag"? Zyt dē a sgillighyt oss a dag oss sonnlygess enn dy ji "sonn-dag" ossnamē? What do you mean by "sun-day"? Is there a difference between a day with sunshine and what you call "sun-day"?
Ny allen de daier faen da Son scynd, an er send nyne nuwer, send verhaeladen dem Synhaerem Ra.
Not all days when the sun shines, and there are no clouds, are consecrated to the Sunlord Rah.
Thry wrote:Ny allen de daier faen da Son scynd, an er send nyne nuwer, send verhaeladen dem Synhaerem Ra.
Not all days when the sun shines, and there are no clouds, are consecrated to the Sunlord Rah.
Wee. yes
yes, that is true.
Eenliskwa, Saturn is seeskar niskes eemar am Sateer-deeg een. similar-adverb | Saturn be visible not always on Saturday plural
Similarly, Saturn isn't always visible on Saturdays.
