Languages you'd like to see

dhok · Post by **dhok** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:31 pm

This is by no means official, but I'm wondering what Almean languages you all want to see most.

Personally, I'm going for Obenzayet, Nanese, and Beic. in that order.

Drydic · Post by **Drydic** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:39 pm

Munkhâši and Demoši. One of the Qarau dialects would be awesome to see as well, then we'd have representatives from all the major eastern Erelaic families save Somoyi-Methelyi.

Neek · Post by **Neek** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:47 pm

Sarroc.

It's been eating away at me, seeing it there.

dhok · Post by **dhok** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:49 pm

Drydic Guy wrote:Munkhâši and Demoši. One of the Qarau dialects would be awesome to see as well, then we'd have representatives from all the major eastern Erelaic families save Somoyi-Methelyi.

That, and Murtany and Mgunikpe.
Also-taking a look at the language map of Erelae-am I the only person to notice a group of people who speak Interior Vipodoh that has miraculously transplanted itself to Pronel and Bozan?

Drydic · Post by **Drydic** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:15 pm

dhokarena56 wrote:
Drydic Guy wrote:Munkhâši and Demoši. One of the Qarau dialects would be awesome to see as well, then we'd have representatives from all the major eastern Erelaic families save Somoyi-Methelyi.
That, and Murtany and Mgunikpe.
Also-taking a look at the language map of Erelae-am I the only person to notice a group of people who speak Interior Vipodoh that has miraculously transplanted itself to Pronel and Bozan?

There's a difference in the color; what you're seeing is Cuoli/Cuolese, last living descendant of Wede:i.

Yiuel Raumbesrairc · Post by **Yiuel Raumbesrairc** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:17 pm

Cheiyu.

And whatever the Tei speak.

Go SouthLib!

eodrakken · Post by **eodrakken** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:26 pm

I'd be interested to see an icëlani language in more depth than what's in the Almeopedia, though perhaps it would be challenging to describe in text if so much of it is suprasegmental. Though the similarities to animal communication are noted, the existence of multiple languages suggests there's more to it than instinct. Do distant communities of icëlani have mutually unintelligible speech? Are the differences akin to differing dialects observed in some birds? These are questions that interest me, anyway!

the duke of nuke · Post by **the duke of nuke** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:09 am

Demoshi - its morphology sounds amazing. Plus it's the language for evil invocations.
After that, I'd say Sarroc, Tžuro and the Western languages.

vec · Post by **vec** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:36 am

Chia-Sha.

Gremlins · Post by **Gremlins** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:50 am

Zomp does good syntax - it'd be nice to see him do an isolating language, and of the ones we know a bit about I think either Uyse? or Omeguese would be the most interesting.

Yiuel Raumbesrairc · Post by **Yiuel Raumbesrairc** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:20 am

Gremlins wrote:Zomp does good syntax - it'd be nice to see him do an isolating language, and of the ones we know a bit about I think either Uyse? or Omeguese would be the most interesting.

I'm pretty sure we'll get both Uyse? and Bé.

Arzena · Post by **Arzena** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:40 pm

I would like to see Tžuro.

dunomapuka · Post by **dunomapuka** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:38 pm

Uyseʔ - it reminds me of reconstructed Old Chinese.

Gremlins · Post by **Gremlins** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:22 am

boy #12 wrote:Uyseʔ - it reminds me of reconstructed Old Chinese.

Nah, Old Chinese was much scarier than Uyseʔ

I think Lé looks more like a Chinese language, given that it's apparently SVO, tonal, and head-final. Omeguese looks, specifically, more like Mandarin, what with the way it makes compound words and the whole 'word salad' effect.

Mornche Geddick · Post by **Mornche Geddick** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:13 am

I would like to see Sarroc, Lufaša, Demoshi and Qurau.

rotting bones · Post by **rotting bones** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:04 pm

Well, it would be nice to see more sample texts.

Yiuel Raumbesrairc · Post by **Yiuel Raumbesrairc** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:35 pm

rotting ham wrote:Well, it would be nice to see more sample texts.

We can write some ourselves. I did that for my Oykumene article on Almeopedia.

rotting bones · Post by **rotting bones** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:41 am

Okay, how about Ṭeôši then? I've always been a fan of Nyay... I mean the adversarial method. Or is it too similar to Xurnese?

Yiuel Raumbesrairc · Post by **Yiuel Raumbesrairc** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:54 am

rotting ham wrote:Okay, how about Ṭeôši then? I've always been a fan of Nyay... I mean the adversarial method. Or is it too similar to Xurnese?

I suppose it to be very similar to Xurnese. Pretty much the level of difference between French and Italian. Teosi seems to be simply Xurnese heavily influenced by Skourene.

Arzena · Post by **Arzena** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 3:41 am

I have another one: Trêng from Tellinor

rotting bones · Post by **rotting bones** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:54 am

How about -- if such a thing is even possible -- a course in Old Skourene? (for those of us who like puzzles but cheat in the hard ones)

Drydic · Post by **Drydic** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:27 am

rotting ham wrote:How about -- if such a thing is even possible -- a course in Old Skourene? (for those of us who like puzzles but cheat in the hard ones)

Figure it out yourself, and put it up for critique. It's not like you'll drown or anything.

rotting bones · Post by **rotting bones** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:14 am

Drydic Guy wrote:Figure it out yourself, and put it up for critique. It's not like you'll drown or anything.

Sure, I'll try. Expect to hear from me in a few years' time.

PS. Besides, only zompist knows about the nitty gritty details of Almean culture. Just look at the Verdurian course. There's no way I could come up with something like this for classical Skouras from both linguistic and social perspectives. I will try, though.

Post by **zompist** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:28 pm

Hoping to head off any touchy situations... I really discourage anyone making up information about Almea. This board exists in part to encourage you all creating your own worlds.

However, I don't mind at all when people use the languages— e.g. Nick's Verdurian LJ. If you wanted to create Old Skourene lessons, that'd be cool. And of course feel free to ask grammatical questions or request new words.

Dewrad · Post by **Dewrad** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:09 pm

/me notes quietly that Zompist doesn't commit to which language will be next.