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.
Śəpu źe ʔam bluw ʔò sətè lúy bluw ʔò goy na wi śəpu yó li lúy bluw ʔò sətè myúʔ rətśuŋ ʔəgriw.
Śəpu
take.IPFV
źe
DIR
ʔam
1
bluw
word
ʔò
VN
sətè
do.IPFV
lúy
become.IPFV
bluw
word
ʔò
VN
goy
be.IPFV
na
REL
wi
can
śəpu
take.IPFV
yó
3.S
li
ERG.S
lúy
become.IPFV
bluw
word
ʔò
VN
sətè
do.IPFV
myúʔ
use.IPFV
rətśuŋ
form
ʔəgriw.
result
[ɕəpɯ ʑe ʔam blɯw ʔʌ sətɛ luj blɯw ʔʌ gɤj na wi ɕəpɯ jo li luj blɯw ʔʌ sətɛ mjuʔ ɻətɕɯŋ ʔəgɻiw]
I am converting dynamic verbs into stative verbs that can be converted into dynamic verbs with resultatives.
Pslotanga ne ne ii uneamag θo ii ea Sestmag. Pslarṅå ne ne iźuñmå θiźźa Śśmå.
[psɬəɾˈŋa nɪ n ˈiʑʊɲmɒ ˈt̪ɪʑʑə ˈɕɕmɒ]
I'm writing up the verbal morphology of Sestmag.
Saru, aldo, tana toke'pakasda ye "dear" de "yories"... yes perasda ni dalar. so this.INAN unless MASC-mean-PST 3.SG.MASC dear as beloved 2.SG.MASC eater of people
Well, unless he meant "dear" as in "beloved"... you cannibal.
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.
Middle Laeh Tshyak traditional orthography: Krohak ra yo rkyuhra raen la mtu ra ha yo ndrukar kthae myaeh na tsha yo la tsiy n'grya?
Middle Laeh Tshyak "grammarian" orthography: Khórhák ra yo rcúhrá raen la ntú ra há yo ndzrukár tâe myàe na tshâ yo la tshíy n'grae?
Middle Laeh Tshyak transcription: [kʰó˞ːhɑ́ʔ ɻàː jòː ɻ̩cúːɻ̥á ɻɛ̀ɴ làː ntúː ɻàː háː jòː ɳdʐùːká˞ tɛ́ːə mjɛ̀ːə nàː tsʰɐ́ː jòː làː tsʰíj ŋgɻɛ̀ː]
If he met his beloved in the forest, do you think that he would hunt them?
Middle Tshyak traditional orthography: May khur lyum tha 'rung klan rgyok tshyaek tsham may.
Middle Tshyak "grammarian" orthography: May khúu lyuim thá rúng kyán crok tsyháek tshám may.
Middle Tshyak transcription: [māj kʰúː ʎȳm tʰá ɻúŋ kján cɻǒk̚ tɕʰɛ́k̚ tsʰám māj]
I need to develop my Tshyak family languages some more.
Nalỹpïlỹpï niska käïdy akä.
[nalə̃ˈpi̤lə̃pi̤ ˈniska ˈka̤i̤də aˈa̤]
n=anopʰi~nopʰi nitʰka kʰaite akʰa
1=love~PROG be.beautiful be.young woman
"I am in love with a beautiful girl."
Nopf dydadölã elỹ.
[nopf dəˈdado̤lã ˈelə̃]
n=opʰ hnetatʰo=na e=ne [TBD, we've not specified any rules for me=and=you etc.]
1=want join=3 LOC=1
"I want to marry her"
(I'm not entirely sure about the validity of a loose locative pronoun after the verb phrase, but the alternative - having three clitics in a row - seems unwieldly.)
Pubrǔkŋa na nǒk rkyǎn ka rǐkyátsú na rkǒkkyǎn ʔtiewsyáʔám groŋśeʔám.
Pu-
RECIP-
brǔk
related_to
-ŋa
-NEG
na
REL
nǒk
many
rkyǎn
language_variety
ka
3.PL
rǐkyá
place.DEF
-tsú
-INE
na
REL
rkǒk
family
-kyǎn
-language_variety
ʔtiew
work_on.IPFV
-syá
-DUB
-ʔám
-1
groŋ
decide.PFV
-śe
-DIR
-ʔám.
-1
[pūbɻǔk̚ŋā nā nǒk̚ ɻəcǎn kā ɻǐcátsú nā ɻəkǒk̚cǎn ʔətiə̄wsʲáʔám gɻōŋɕēʔám]
I decided I would work on a language family instead of many unrelated languages.
Əktemal ǧəzŋəčərdə ŋzəterdvərəkɨm. Kivətləŋči. ək-temə-al ǧəz-ŋəčə-ərdə ŋzət-erdə-vərək-ɨm. kiv-t-ləŋči 1SG-speak-SUB purpose.focus-try-language 1SG.POSS-language-new-OBL.SG. NEG-CL(II)-easy. I'm trying to speak my new language. It's not easy.
Ŋzəterdə tətəxči čəzhəŋgə. Tətəxči ətvə Bzəčqeterde. ŋzət-erdə tət-əxči t-səz-həŋgə. tət-əxči t-və Bzəčqi-et-erdə 1SG.POSS-language CL(II).POSS-name CL(II)-exist-obviously. CL(II).POSS-name CL(II)-be Bzəčqi-CL(II)-language. My language of course also has a name. It's called Bzəčqi.