The CBB

I've decided to give another artlang a try, this time not oligosynthetic. This is partially because I don't want to deal with the problems with Daas right now, and also due to the fact that one of my conspecies is now confirmed to NOT speak Daas. However, I do want the languages to be related partia...

Arayaz wrote: ↑16 May 2024 23:05 Is that not two morphemes? Isn't Daas a language where every segment (consonant or vowel) means something?

Oh wait you're right-

Ao meaning "white hot lava" in Daas

"Why was that woman's reaction so casual? Y'all were freaking out about this ko business earlier." "She's a god. She has other things to care about." Pancake pulls a book, and speaks into it. "Sen'ko pagi wo?" The book returns to the shelf, then the books all fly out, ...

All you people making first conlangs that are actually kind of language-like Could not be me My first language is... actually Daas! I think it works okayishly, it's not horribly unnaturalistic. Grammar has been coming along without too many hitches. The amount of glottal stops is crazy though. I mi...

Imma have a look around. The Library seems to shift as you look around. Pancake grabs your arm. "Don't even think about it. You'll get lost." As he speaks, a tall woman with blue grey hair and a white dress walks...? no, floats, into the aisle. "Oh, hello again Pancake, Ai. Who's thi...

I'm Too Lazy To Describe The Way To The Library And Anyway Nothing Important Would Happen So: The Library You find yourself in a huge library with books on every shelf, some with ancient, worn covers, while others have brand new, sparkling covers. Some seem to be still warm from the printing press!...

lurker wrote: ↑15 May 2024 13:46 While still suspicious, I decide not to press the issue. Anyway, If I truly have such power, it may mean I have a fighting chance if things go south.

"Are we gonna go to the library, or..."

"I know what the word incident means, you said 'another incident', as in something specific. I want to know what that specific incident was. I also don't like the way you said that word." [I'm assuming the capital <I> in Incident indicates some meaningful change in intonation or something...

I'm the first human in who knows how long to do this 'ko' stuff "No, everyone knows how to use it, it's just that humans can't no matter how hard they try . There's too many surpressed emotions that block the channels!" Pancake explains, if a little angrily. Ai looks at Pancake. "Wai...

Ai and Pancake continue arguing for a while, until turning to you. "Look, so-" "Well, you-" Pancake takes precedent. "Okay, so. You are apparently the only human to do this in thousands of years, and by all accounts you are not special in any way. " Ai nods. "We'll...

I have an idea: the conworld which is identical to our world except of the mysterious disease that turns humans into dragons. Does it make sense? Dragon Infection? Well, with science, this is probably not possible, but with The Power of Fantasy, readers probably won't care. I think i've read a book...

Kesshin wrote: ↑24 Apr 2024 14:53 As of right now, the romanization of both /r/ and /ɹ/ is just (r)
But the pronunciation is based on the location of the nearest vowel, with a vowel after taking precedent.
ra = /rɑ/
ar = /ɑɹ/

This romanization is kind of illogical so i've decided to change this.
When /r/, ŕ.
When /ɹ/, r.

I've noticed that, in a way, almost every word in Daas could be a noun, and inversely, almost every noun can be a verb. I say almost because in some cases there would be no reason to ever use a word outside of it's verb form, as it's meaning is strange, like Fue above. Explaining Why Fue Isn't a Wor...

might be that Owisshak and Fawi come from different protowords but converged semantically, so comparing them might not actually glean anything... their only similarity is "wi" as the second syllable, which leads me to this conclusion note that "fawi" is the same word as in "...

Owisshak khaþ ota place(nonpossessive)? go lets? or maybe lets go? Fawi khaþ ota might be that Owisshak and Fawi come from different protowords but converged semantically, so comparing them might not actually glean anything... their only similarity is "wi" as the second syllable, which le...

Flavia wrote: ↑13 May 2024 00:09 let's maybe move on to the village and talk with people there)

Danté points to the villiage.
"How would you say Let's go there?"

This is something new in Daas I added to avoid excessively long /ɑ::/ and /ɛ::/ Vowel Repetition Due to Affixes: Two a’s: the second “a” becomes “e”. Two e’s: second “e” becomes “a” Isn't this technically vowel harmony? No. I'd call it vocalic dissimilation; vowel harmony is a process of vocalic a ...

This is something new in Daas I added to avoid excessively long /ɑ::/ and /ɛ::/
Vowel Repetition Due to Affixes:
Two a’s: the second “a” becomes “e”.
Two e’s: second “e” becomes “a”
Isn't this technically vowel harmony?

New Tense:
az (word)-a: present progressive
root: Ke’ja, to be easy

It az Ke’jae = It’s getting easier.

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Vowel Dissimilation Due to Affixes:
Two a’s: the second “a” becomes “e”.
Two e’s: second “e” becomes “a” Two u's: the second becomes "o"