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- 09 May 2024 09:05
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexicon milestones and discussion of lexicon growth
- Replies: 681
- Views: 175269
Re: Lexicon milestones and discussion of lexicon growth
Well, it finally happened. and one night it did. You know what this means? that you're immensely creative, yes. It means Kankonian now has MORE words than Classical Yiklamu! good and cool news! Kankonian can surpass Mmavvii too if I really want it too. Just give it some more time. you can do it.
- 06 May 2024 03:56
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: peto - a new minimalistic language which is a reform of puna
- Replies: 104
- Views: 10974
Re: peto - a new minimalistic language which is a reform of
The art is not in not making mistakes - the art is in learning from them. The fact that your minimalistic conlang cannot be used in everyday conversations means that something is clearly wrong. Or it just means that there are some things it can't discuss - it happens with any specialized lexicon IRL.
- 03 May 2024 07:18
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: The partner of the benefactive is...?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 456
The partner of the benefactive is...?
The wiki confirmed my belief that the benefactive is what one uses when one gives something...but I couldn't find what the name was for the one recieving that something. (for now, in my notes, I'm just calling it Recipient ) I looked at the Leipzig Rules page, but either I didn't see it, or I didn't...
- 01 May 2024 05:52
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum
- Replies: 129
- Views: 6649
Re: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum
I'm in a bit of a dilemma right now. I realized that Ruykkarraber's name is invalid ─ it should be Ruykkarrasber. Maybe its an exonym - what their neighbors call the language and its speakers...and-or, its a name for archiving purposes, rather than the name it'll have in whatever material gets publ...
- 01 May 2024 03:15
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum
- Replies: 129
- Views: 6649
Re: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum
I'm in a bit of a dilemma right now. I realized that Ruykkarraber's name is invalid ─ it should be Ruykkarrasber. Maybe its an exonym - what their neighbors call the language and its speakers...and-or, its a name for archiving purposes, rather than the name it'll have in whatever material gets publ...
- 29 Apr 2024 10:23
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Play scratchpad
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1537
Re: Play scratchpad
I am very much enjoying reading this thread, though I have not finished reading it, but I shall and I am fully confident the rest will be as enjoyable and thought-provoking as what I've read thus far. kudos on the great work! Because all Play verbs MUST have two arguments (stated or unstated; usuall...
- 07 Apr 2024 10:12
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1944
- Views: 670755
Re: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I think a meat-only society would be pretty good for a sea-dwelling species. Using coral to slowly build things, for example (though it doesn't sound so viable.) depends on how often they need to build new structures, as opposed to continuing the use of a structure that may or may not be slowly exp...
- 06 Apr 2024 08:24
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1944
- Views: 670755
Re: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I had this idea for an anti-vegan society, i.e. they only use animal products, mostly because I thought it was funny. But then I looked at the way that Inuit people live and thought it might be possible. But even Inuits eat berries and almost certainly have medicinal uses for plants and fungi. Is t...
- 26 Mar 2024 02:54
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Random Conworld idea thread
- Replies: 493
- Views: 186351
- 21 Mar 2024 22:39
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: would rescuing an endangered language have a similar effect to israeli hebrew?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2153
Re: would rescuing an endangered language have a similar effect to israeli hebrew?
Hmm. Say the SVO uses a complicated array of prepositions and relational nouns, and the local cool-speak uses cases suffixes (with suffixaufnahme for good measure) or just subordinate verbs that haven't quite made the leap to adposition, I wouldn't expect the dying SVO to hop aboard to case suffixe...
- 21 Mar 2024 20:47
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: would rescuing an endangered language have a similar effect to israeli hebrew?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2153
Re: would rescuing an endangered language have a similar effect to israeli hebrew?
Hmm. Say the SVO uses a complicated array of prepositions and relational nouns, and the local cool-speak uses cases suffixes (with suffixaufnahme for good measure) or just subordinate verbs that haven't quite made the leap to adposition, I wouldn't expect the dying SVO to hop aboard to case suffixe...
- 19 Mar 2024 13:04
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum
- Replies: 129
- Views: 6649
Re: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum
I want to attempt another diachronic language, after the failures of Techomonic and Goidheug. I'm not quite sure exactly what I'll do, though. I know that I want to go off of something that's well-reconstructed. maybe diachronic from one of your conlangs? I'm considering Old Chinese, since it's iso...
- 16 Mar 2024 22:16
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What did you accomplish today?
- Replies: 770
- Views: 221092
- 19 Feb 2024 09:59
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1137
- Views: 299973
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
So it's three divinities that are equal in what they are made of, but choose to do different functions? One divinity; as three would be polytheism. Hopefully this will be of more help: in most Christian denominations, Jesus is seen as being both human and divine -- but not half of each...rather, 10...
- 18 Feb 2024 08:31
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1137
- Views: 299973
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I was thinking on names in Christianity in general. Again, not a small thing, but I'll give it a try... A lot of what some people treat as divine names in Christianity, are better grasped if you uncapitalise them, whence you can see they are mostly job descriptions, telling what roles that God (and...
- 17 Feb 2024 23:41
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1137
- Views: 299973
Re: Why does God need a name?
Say what? I can't think of any Christian denomination, wherein you could say "the holy name of God's Only Begotten Son is Bob, not Jesus" or "...is Richard Nixon" and not be stared at in disbelief until you walk away. I know. I noted that I realized I was wrong what I said about...
- 17 Feb 2024 23:33
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random ideas: Morphosyntax
- Replies: 911
- Views: 216188
Re: Random ideas: Morphosyntax
I'm skeptical whether a language would ever have a convention as specific as requiring all nouns to be accompanied by adjectives of material and position in all instances, though. Imagine: "help, a shark is eating my leg!" - "I'm afraid your sentence is ungrammatical child, and so I ...
- 16 Feb 2024 12:44
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1137
- Views: 299973
Re: Why does God need a name?
Everything named has a name etc. Judaism, Islam, and Sikhi off the top of my head care a lot about Names - though each in different ways. I tried to illustrate that a little above - though that wasn't my main point. You claimed it, but you haven't illustrated it. In what way is the precise name we ...
- 16 Feb 2024 12:33
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1137
- Views: 299973
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Not trying to go full philosophical here, but couldn't you say that a singular entity contrast with other potential but non-existent entities if the same kind? I was thinking of stuff like "There is only one god and his name is X", which implies that any claim that something with name Y i...
- 14 Feb 2024 21:30
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1137
- Views: 299973
Re: Why does God need a name?
(I posted this here instead of C&C Quick Questions because I’m asking about RL monotheisms.) In a monotheistic religion, where it’s believed only one god exists at all (rather that only one is served or worshipped, as in monolatry or henotheism), why does such a god need a name? (Especially in ...