The CBB

The character next to "bright" looks exactly like my character in Daas for "fire". What a coincidence! Great minds think alike. Daas seems to be a traditional oral language with a logographic writing system, correct? Commonpaw is a purely written language. It uses size, position...

(So this is an RP now?)

Satisfied with my display, I stop.

I want to, but I don't know if Daas actually has enough grammar and stuff done in it. (I might end up making stuff up as I go, which seems to be the only way Daas actually progresses) That's how all my languages start out, and honestly only Commonthroat has gotten beyond that phase. Once a foundati...

Kesshin wrote: ↑09 May 2024 17:19 but also you probably won't be able to. You're human

"pffft, not with that attitude."

I try harder.

"Thank you. So ─" I pause, furrowing my brow in thought "─ if I wanted to say 'that rock is green,' could I say sKGqp slnrp?" "You've almost got it. Sticking that grunt at the end makes the word sound more like a noun, so you wouldn't use it on <slnr>. It would be <sKGqp sl...

Try to use Ko

Kesshin wrote: ↑09 May 2024 15:53 That includes kinetic energy, so if you push against it, it'll push back. Hard.

Reminds me of the retribution field generator from this story.

"Hmmm," I say. "Could I say slnrGH to say 'that is green?' If so, could I say rnL slnrGH to mean 'that is not green?'" He pauses, assuming a canine sitting stance. He reaches up with a rear leg as a dog would to scratch its ear. He cocks his head to the side and tugs gently at h...

How do you say:

1. The man sees the tree.

2. The tree is seen by the man.

3. The tree is seen.

I feel like things will end badly for me either way, but I'll assume the stranger is telling the truth and avoid touching the crystal again.

How was your trip? <HMLHG!> He coils his tail around his ears, like a sire trying to shield his pup from foul language. "You didn't learn that word from me," he jokes. "It's not the router itself, mind. I've hopped between colonies before. You don't feel a thing going from one zero-G...

Trailsend wrote: ↑09 May 2024 08:04 How do you say:

1. What is that?

2. That is a rock.

3. That is not a rock.

1. <BD MLp?>

2. <sKGqp.>

3. <rnL sKGqp.>

thethief3 wrote: ↑09 May 2024 04:20 What's your favourite colour?

<slnrGHMr>

He slaps the palm of his right rear paw against the grass.

This is my attempt at Trailsend's Analysis swap game. Just for fun, I'll borrow Kesshin's "choose your own adventure" style of lore from this thread to give some context to the game. Here is the thread for Commonthroat, and here is the thread for the Lonely Galaxy setting. You may want to ...

I'd certainly like to try. I had a similar idea where people would try to produce meaningful utterances in other people's conlangs in order to help you understand where you need to shore up grammatical explanations etc, but this seems both more doable and more fun.

TBPO wrote: ↑27 Apr 2024 08:22 I have an idea for a visual conlang, where sentences are images. Do it make sense?

Like this?

I imagine whether healers can enter childermoot is culture dependent based on emphasis on their role as previous shamans and de-emphasis of that role. Think of it like IRL hospitals. Many are religiously affiliated, and (at least in the past) were staffed by nuns. There are also nurses or doctors w...

rf! /chuff, short high strong whine/ Verb to chuff, utter a chuff consonant Interjection Hi, hello (sometimes written <rr>) Chuffing is the yinrih equivalent to a smile or saying hello to a familiar person, or an unfamiliar stranger if they're not formally introducing themselves with the customary i...

Visions1 wrote: ↑05 May 2024 07:24 ᚪᚻ, ᛁ ᛋᛖᛖ ᛁᚩᚢ ᚪᚱᛖ ᚪ ᛘᚪᚾ ᚩᚠ ᚳᚢᛚᛏᚢᚱᛖ ᚪᛋ ᚹᛖᛚᛚ. ᛁ ᛞᛁᛞ ᚦᚪᛏ ᚩᚾᚳᛖ ᚪᛚᛋᚩ, ᚩᛒᛚᛁᚷᚪᛏᚩᚱᛁ×
https://www.omniglot.com/writing/futhorc.htm

Oh Omniglot! That was one of my old online stomping grounds back in high school.

Parrots are awesome too. I have the sapient species known as the parrotpeople on the planet Psittacotia in the Lehola Galaxy ("parrotperson" and "Psittacotia" both being LIE exonyms, obviously). I also have the detrom, who are sapient otters. I'm also a fan of parrots. I don't h...