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.
din wrote:Inhas scar a. O ir mair î rasi ô rodon noth. /ˈinhɪs ˈskaɾa | ʊˈiɹ mɛaɹ ɪj ɾɛɕə oʊ ˈɾoðʊn noθ/ cold-breath be.in-3s 1s. ADV already be-3s this year CLAS ORD-two occasion I have a cold. It's the second one this year already.
Dad eihi ina yomeu gau heimed, wan noneon deidyo elde PROPERTY.PST illness GEN-1s bad-more ago week but.then EXPERIENCE-nat.sg stay now
[dad əihi ɨna yɔmɛʉ gaʉ həimɛd wan nɔnɜːn dəidjɔ ɛldɛ] My cold was worse a week ago, but it's lingering now
Yunu in les fil specal. Sem olda yeh, pwaya yeh mi sta af kol wen Septemba, an im wil gwan op Epwil. Mi les muf som wohm lan...
Y'all shouldn't feel special. Like every year, last year I started having a cold in September, and it'll last until April. I should move to a warm country...
Tab aeiougrrr caan ach Grrowrrr grrarrr grrr grrek beste grrarrr. then human can ascend mountain.lion.cub cave CONJ live other house
Then you can come here and live in a different house.
Man adagarema tladtraphas mas a samdendam mal. I-DAT AOR-lose-3PL:P-1SG:A reckon-machine I-GEN and music.band-OBJ I-PRT
'I have lost my computer and my band.'
Ibreta am tladtraphas a adagama am samdendam. AOR-break-3SG:P the:I reckon-machine and AOR-leave-3SG:P-1SG:A the:C-OBJ music.band-OBJ
'The computer broke and I left the band.'
Adagama am samdendam mar né achvarsa gedi. AOR-leave-3SG:P-1SG:A the:C.OBJ music.band because not AOR-work-3SG:A good-INS
'I left the band because it did not work well.'
...brought to you by the Weeping Elf Tha cvastam émi cvastam santham amal phelsa. -- Friedrich Schiller ESTAR-3SG:P human-OBJ only human-OBJ true-OBJ REL-LOC play-3SG:A
ɡɑ̄ dɨ̤ ŋɑ́ kʰɔ̄ kɨhɨ̄m hí ʔɛ́k cʰɑ̄ mīn mɑ̀ tʰɨ̰ŋ ɡɑ̄ sí. PROX.S CLASS equal thing ORD-one REL 1S PAST.PFV say INST language PROX.S DIR This is the first thing I have said in this language.
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Bat grrakerrr yahaam grrowl bat grrowl, ux ke baad beste grrakerrr grrowl beste-beste. one animal here speak one speech that.OBL GEN after other animal speak other-other
One creature here says something, and then the next says something else entirely.
ʔɛ́k mɔ̀ɔ tʰɨ̰ŋ tɛ̰ɛ mæ̀ lɛ̰ lǣ ʔɛ́k jí glɑ́ jè tʰɨ̰ŋ hɨ̄m tæ̀ məsæ̰ŋ ɾæ̀ lɛ̰ lǣ ɡɑ̄ tæ̀ kɐɾɑ̰i nɨ̄ ʔɛ́k. 1S create language new DIR COND COMP 1S NEG like MANNER language one CLASS APASS-become or COND COMP PROX.S CLASS CAUS-bored INV 1S I create new languages if I don't like how a language turns out or if it bores me.
nɛ́ ʔɛ́k cʰɑ̄ mɔ̀ɔ tʰɨ̰ŋ ɡɑ̄ mæ̀ ʔɔ̤m lǣ ʔɛ́k cʰɑ̄ blɑ́ mɔ̀ɔ tʰɨ̰ŋ hɨ̄m tæ̀ məgì ʔɛ̰ɛ cɨhɛ̀ɛn. however 1S PAST create language PROX.S EGO reason COMP 1S PAST want create language one CLASS APASS-under DAT LANG-enemy However I created this language because I wanted to create a substratum language for Tshyak-family languages.
Wowgrrr meow mek grrowl. Wowgrrr grrux grrowl grrr grrowl grrr aeiougrrr ki Wowgrrr mek grrowl. adult.male.mountain.lion NEG make language adult.male.mountain.lion just speak CONJ speak PREP human that adult.male.mountain.lion make language
I don't make conlangs. I just speak Mountain Lion and tell humans I made one.
Imralu wrote:Diswa ini langwiji minayomeka mikiijaita nana. This is a language I'm making up as I write it.
Nem nageinor inmu nu oi yaden ahmahmeudod? POL-ID meaning GEN-MED RF SBJ HAB-2s record-abst.sg
[nɛm nagəinɔr ɨnmʉ nʉ ɔi jadɛn axmx̩mɛʉdɔd] Does that mean you're recording it?
Moinen hod ene diheun irnirnimdu onallumen hodod yamegau? or.SBJ(ACT)-2s make word RS.COM considering-no CMP-REL.ACT.PST-2s make-abst.sg already
[mɔinɛn hɔd ɛnɛ dɨhɛʉn ɯɾnɾ̩nɨmdʉ ɔnalːʉmɛn hɔdɔd jamɛgaʉ] Or making words without considering what you have already made?
Ini Swahili idiyolekisikalaiza kwa Ingilishi kwa umolesi. Migomemba mawadi, bati mikifogeti mawadi masamu, noiwobia purobulemu. Nominoiteka kwa ushiriki tu! It's English-lexicalised Swahili, more or less. I'll remember the words, but if I forget some words, it won't be a problem. I'm not taking it too seriously!
Ux men Pappangrrowrrr grrarrr aeiougrrr grrowl bi hai. Grrowrrr? "Ingi" meow Pappangrrowrrr grrarrr aeiougrrr grrowl? that.OBL in tiger cave human language also is tag.Q "ini" not tiger cave human language
There's some Indonesian* in there, too, right? Isn't ini Indonesian?
*Pappangrrowrrr grrarrr aeiougrrr grrowl can mean any human language spoken in areas where tigers live.
Vijay wrote:Ux men Pappangrrowrrr grrarrr aeiougrrr grrowl bi hai. Grrowrrr? "Ingi" meow Pappangrrowrrr grrarrr aeiougrrr grrowl? that.OBL in tiger cave human language also is tag.Q "ini" not tiger cave human language
There's some Indonesian* in there, too, right? Isn't ini Indonesian?
Noino. Mijechenji girama lirubiti. Wadi ini ini vidiswa: Nah. I've changed the grammar a little bit. The word "ini" is like this:
Ekombandega eloŋgazubwe konagwe ebambozuga bobozundo awajabule afupwado mbekedo.
[e.ko.ᵐbɐ .ˈⁿde.gɐ e.lo.ᵑgɐ.ˈzu.bʷe ko.nɐ.ˈgʷe e.bɐ.ᵐbo.zu.gɐ bo.bo.ˈzu.ⁿdo ɐ.wɐ.d͡ʒɐ.ˈbu.le ɐ.fu.ˈpʷɐ.do ᵐbe.ˈke.do]
e-komba-nde-ga e-loŋga-zu-bwe kona-gwe eba-mbo-zu-ga bobo-zu-ndo awa-jabu-le a-fu-pwa-do mbeke-do
1-try-NEC-1S.IV 1-carry_away-NEG-INF.NOM.I reason-LOC.IV 1.3-have_available-NEG-1S.IV flow-NEG-INF.ACC.III 3.3-make-INF.GEN.I 3-ALL-speak-INF.ACC.I new-ACC.I
“I must try to not get carried away, because I have too little time to create a whole new language”
