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- 15 May 2024 18:42
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Today I learned ...
- Replies: 124
- Views: 104225
Re: Today I learned ...
TIL that the phrase "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" is actually only the first part of a quote by Oscar Wilde: "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness ." For what it's worth, I actually disagree with that second part. Every...
- 28 Mar 2024 17:58
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Clothing and Clothing Inspiration for Concultures
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1394
Re: Clothing and Clothing Inspiration for Concultures
Isn't there also a lot of variation on Earth when it comes to clothing (apart from the satus symbol thing)? I'm not sure who this is specifically responding to, but I don't think anyone implied that Earth clothing is lacking in variation. I certainly didn't intend to imply that with my original pos...
- 27 Mar 2024 04:49
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Clothing and Clothing Inspiration for Concultures
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1394
Re: Clothing and Clothing Inspiration for Concultures
Yinrih don't wear clothes. No eros also means no modesty, and having fur obviates the need for sun and cold protection. They do wear protective gear like armor or rain coats. Aside from that, they make heavy use of pockets to make up for their inability to hold objects while walking. Backpacks, poc...
- 26 Mar 2024 01:38
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Clothing and Clothing Inspiration for Concultures
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1394
Clothing and Clothing Inspiration for Concultures
I'm working on a fantasy space story. Without getting too deep into things, plants and plant based fibers are the most resistant materials against the negative effects of the aether throughout the universe, but there's little or no danger of depressurization. So the cheapest option for space uniform...
- 18 Feb 2024 19:20
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1801
- Views: 380051
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Thanks, I thought there were languages doing something similar, I just couldn't think of any.
- 18 Feb 2024 04:57
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1801
- Views: 380051
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Could an argument be made for including /t/ as a possible coda but not any other stops by saying that the language has a preference for coronal consonants in general? It's for a non-human language but they are fairly humanoid, so I'd like to keep details and reasoning for why things are how they are...
- 23 Jan 2024 03:01
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Go and find him!
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10032
Re: Go and find him!
Go and find him!
Old Nyango (no official Japanese based writing system yet)
(kare wo) saŋash yuche.
kare wo saŋash yuche
3PS OBJ find.INF go.IMP
Old Nyango (no official Japanese based writing system yet)
(kare wo) saŋash yuche.
kare wo saŋash yuche
3PS OBJ find.INF go.IMP
- 03 Jan 2024 19:12
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What did you accomplish today?
- Replies: 779
- Views: 225368
- 23 Dec 2023 22:30
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1801
- Views: 380051
- 19 Dec 2023 16:47
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: CBB Reconstruction Relay 2024 (Signups continuing)
- Replies: 87
- Views: 8618
Re: CBB Reconstruction Relay 2024 (First one as far as i know)
I can try my hand at it. Probably would help me get more comfortable with sound changes.
- 17 Dec 2023 17:33
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1801
- Views: 380051
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
When I make conlangs that have clusters, I just kinda go with what sounds good or derive them from a proto-lang using the tips above so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but I've mostly been focusing on my Japanlang for cats, so I'm not sure how much help that is.
- 08 Dec 2023 01:55
- Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
- Topic: Last word you learned in a foreign language
- Replies: 119
- Views: 118556
Re: Last word you learned in a foreign language
( パンの )耳 - heel (of bread) lit: bread ears
- 29 Nov 2023 17:52
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1801
- Views: 380051
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Oblong countable objects vs non-oblong non-countable objects Is this intended as a joke? Or, that could actually be a valid gender system.. different shape classes. Japanese (in part) makes use of different counters for different shaped things. Not specifically a gender system but maybe it could be...
- 27 Nov 2023 17:09
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Anybody else working on conlangs with non-human phonologies?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1347
Re: Anybody else working on conlangs with non-human phonologies?
I'm considering whether and how I'd make Nyango less human in phonology. It's based on Old Japanese and in universe develops alongside the Japanese language, however, it is spoken by cat youkai, some of which can transform to look/sound/act human and others who can't. So I figure some of the allopho...
- 24 Nov 2023 16:32
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Which conlangs are you working on and/or still plan to work on?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1809
Re: Which conlangs are you working on and/or still plan to work on?
I have my cat language, Nyango, which is derived from Old Japanese and affected by Japanese at various stages, but is mostly pretty conservative in some ways and innovative in a few unique areas. I haven't quite gotten the balance of innovation and conservation that I like just yet.
- 17 Nov 2023 17:57
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: What are the Benefits of Conlang ?? (on a practical and personal level)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1767
Re: What are the Benefits of Conlang ?? (on a practical and personal level)
I've been focusing on a conlang alt history relative of Japanese. It's forced me to use and look up more Japanese than I might otherwise use in my day to day life. (I don't have many people to speak with and I've had a hard time finding more realistic media that I enjoy.) I've also learned the histo...
- 28 Sep 2023 04:19
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1801
- Views: 380051
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Yes, (one way of analysing) word tone, I know, but I still don't understand what your actual question is. Maybe you could give some examples? Say there's the word /ni.kaː.ta/, and it has a falling tone on the second syllable, thus the second mora has the high tone. Would the first syllable then als...
- 19 Sep 2023 16:46
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: How would one form roots?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10008
Re: How would one form roots?
Different people have different ways of going about it. Since you're basing your language on existing languages, you could look up how their roots are shaped. As an example that I know more about, Japanese on its face is a mostly (C)V language, but can have long vowels, a syllabic nasal or a lengthe...
- 18 Sep 2023 21:25
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1152
- Views: 307275
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I google translated 'I love you' into Japanese and it gave 愛してます。 Aishitemasu. It apparently just means 'love'. Is there some politeness thing or something that hints thats 'I love you' instead of, say, 'He loves her'? Japanese often doesn't use pronouns as it's kind of expected to be obvious from ...
- 18 Sep 2023 18:00
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: What comes to you when you hear "wizzhub". Generally is it something bad?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10801
Re: What comes to you when you hear "wizzhub". Generally is it something bad?
Honestly, I first thought of wizards. Like a bunch of bearded folk in pointy hats doing magic.