What did you accomplish today? [2011–2019]
- DesEsseintes
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I have, after years of resisting it, fallen in love with clicks, and now they are all I can think about.
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Working on 3D writing simplification and normalization...
not enough finalized...
not enough finalized...
- Frislander
- mayan
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Re: What did you accomplish today?
They're so cute aren't they! They're like the group of sounds even non-linguists enjoy hearing about, they're that good!DesEsseintes wrote:I have, after years of resisting it, fallen in love with clicks, and now they are all I can think about.
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just for fun: Miriam Makeba Qongqothwane
Re: What did you accomplish today?
Added more creatures to the list of Vrkhazhian mythological beings:
http://conworkshop.info/view_article.ph ... e00674571e
http://conworkshop.info/view_article.ph ... e00674571e
Re: What did you accomplish today?
I accomplished this today (now with sound!):
Sċieldan mé sċẹal stæf in mínre hand / fram sċytum and sċẹaðum mid þæs stánes strengðe.
[ˈʃɪʏ̯ɫdɑn meː ˈʃæl | ˈstæf ɪn ˌmiːnɹə ˈhɑnd ‖ fɹɑm ˈʃʏtʊm ɑnd ˈʃæðʊm | mɪd ðæs ˈstɑːnəs ˌstrɛŋɡðə]
“The staff in my hand shall protect me from shootings* and criminals with the strength of a stone.”
*shootings = referring to a bow
It's a spell composed in alliterative verse.
I think I overdid it... Yep, I overdid it.
Sċieldan mé sċẹal stæf in mínre hand / fram sċytum and sċẹaðum mid þæs stánes strengðe.
[ˈʃɪʏ̯ɫdɑn meː ˈʃæl | ˈstæf ɪn ˌmiːnɹə ˈhɑnd ‖ fɹɑm ˈʃʏtʊm ɑnd ˈʃæðʊm | mɪd ðæs ˈstɑːnəs ˌstrɛŋɡðə]
“The staff in my hand shall protect me from shootings* and criminals with the strength of a stone.”
*shootings = referring to a bow
It's a spell composed in alliterative verse.
I think I overdid it... Yep, I overdid it.
Last edited by Egerius on 18 Feb 2017 00:03, edited 1 time in total.
Languages of Rodentèrra: Buonavallese, Saselvan Argemontese; Wīlandisċ Taulkeisch; More on the road.
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Conlang embryo of TELES: Proto-Avesto-Umbric ~> Proto-Umbric
New blog: http://argentiusbonavalensis.tumblr.com
Re: What did you accomplish today?
I did a temporal change in Caelians orthography (temporal means, I let it for a week or so and then decide if I'll keep it)
Normally y/j + i is impossible because the former is depalatalized and is therefore not written. However, wy is a letter that is not a palatal sound [ʋ]. I therefore decided that the <y> is retained as an exception, and the i is implied with an acute accent.
So old wyildaz (he plays) -> wýldaz
I've been working at Caelian for two and a half years now and this is the very first time I stumbled about it; if it's so rare it might not be worth another diacritic. But maybe I will exceed this principle to all y-palatals.
Normally y/j + i is impossible because the former is depalatalized and is therefore not written. However, wy is a letter that is not a palatal sound [ʋ]. I therefore decided that the <y> is retained as an exception, and the i is implied with an acute accent.
So old wyildaz (he plays) -> wýldaz
I've been working at Caelian for two and a half years now and this is the very first time I stumbled about it; if it's so rare it might not be worth another diacritic. But maybe I will exceed this principle to all y-palatals.
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- alynnidalar
- greek
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Re: What did you accomplish today?
Overdoing or not overdoing, the result is lovely and I would very much like to hear a recording of it. :PEgerius wrote:Sċieldan mé sċẹal stæf in mínre hand / fram sċytum and sċẹaðum mid þæs stánes strengðe.
[ˈʃɪʏ̯ɫdɑn meː ˈʃæl | ˈstæf ɪn ˌmiːnɹə ˈhɑnd ‖ fɹɑm ˈʃʏtʊm ɑnd ˈʃɑðʊm | mɪd ðæs ˈstɑːnəs ˌstrɛŋɡðə]
“The staff in my hand shall protect me from shootings* and criminals with the strength of a stone.”
Re: What did you accomplish today?
Decided to finally try and make a language family. Made some basic Proto-grammar and some sound changes into two ("attested") old languages of a branch. Stole a bunch of sound changes from Iranian, though.
*ɲcʷix "tail" > *ərtʃux > arʃux, ərəsux
*ɟusl "snow" > *dʒusər > duhar, zusər
*maʕs’u "sand" > *ma:sʰu > ma:h, ma:su
*moħɲa "sister" > *ma:xna > ma:ʃna, ma:ŋxa
*s’eħja "hunter" > sʰa:xja > tsa:ʃa, sa:ŋxa
*ɟawt’ja ʃixʷidi gestotas ktatrʲam "the priest wrote the king a letter" > *dʒawtʃʰa ʃixudi gestotas ksatram > duʃa ʃixud dʒestas xʃatsam; zautʃa ʃxud dʒeʃtas xʃaθram
*ɲcʷix "tail" > *ərtʃux > arʃux, ərəsux
*ɟusl "snow" > *dʒusər > duhar, zusər
*maʕs’u "sand" > *ma:sʰu > ma:h, ma:su
*moħɲa "sister" > *ma:xna > ma:ʃna, ma:ŋxa
*s’eħja "hunter" > sʰa:xja > tsa:ʃa, sa:ŋxa
*ɟawt’ja ʃixʷidi gestotas ktatrʲam "the priest wrote the king a letter" > *dʒawtʃʰa ʃixudi gestotas ksatram > duʃa ʃixud dʒestas xʃatsam; zautʃa ʃxud dʒeʃtas xʃaθram
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I completely revised Caelian's conjugation system and added some crazy (but always plausible) assimilation rules.
Below is a revised verb table of the verb *b-rn-j (to go). Grey forms are only used in writing, while black forms are written and spoken. (Due to the complexity, foreign students of Caelian only learn those forms two years later than the rest.)
Below is a revised verb table of the verb *b-rn-j (to go). Grey forms are only used in writing, while black forms are written and spoken. (Due to the complexity, foreign students of Caelian only learn those forms two years later than the rest.)
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I don't really see how those forms are all that complex. The system is incredibly regular, with the first vowel corresponding to the subject and the second to the object.
At kveldi skal dag lęyfa,
Konu es bręnnd es,
Mæki es ręyndr es,
Męy es gefin es,
Ís es yfir kømr,
Ǫl es drukkit es.
Konu es bręnnd es,
Mæki es ręyndr es,
Męy es gefin es,
Ís es yfir kømr,
Ǫl es drukkit es.
Re: What did you accomplish today?
Should be COL. Thanks for asking.loglorn wrote:What are the those CL? Seems to be number but i can't tell what it is.
Indeed it is, and you can tell the right form relatively fast. This was what I actually changed, but you possible cannot tell from a plain view on one verb. For example, nVn > dVn, VirC > VrC and Vij > Vi, what yields as 1COLIN>2COL burdënäj instead of the regularly expected *buirnënäij (në is a - maybe redundant - infix for COL>COL). Out of this form, a non-experienced speaker might get problems to guess the right root: *b-rn-j.Adarain wrote:I don't really see how those forms are all that complex. The system is incredibly regular, with the first vowel corresponding to the subject and the second to the object.
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- WeepingElf
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Re: What did you accomplish today?
Why do you use an intransitive verb to demonstrate a transitive paradigm?
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I was wondering too. I assume it's actually a transitive verb meaning "go to", but if so, that should really be explained. In Australian English "to go someone" means either to have sex with them or to fight them ... maybe only in the conditional, like "I'd go 'im."WeepingElf wrote:Why do you use an intransitive verb to demonstrate a transitive paradigm?
Glossing Abbreviations: COMP = comparative, C = complementiser, ACS / ICS = accessible / inaccessible, GDV = gerundive, SPEC / NSPC = specific / non-specific, AG = agent, E = entity (person, animal, thing)
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Curious polysemy though.Imralu wrote:I was wondering too. I assume it's actually a transitive verb meaning "go to", but if so, that should really be explained. In Australian English "to go someone" means either to have sex with them or to fight them ... maybe only in the conditional, like "I'd go 'im."WeepingElf wrote:Why do you use an intransitive verb to demonstrate a transitive paradigm?
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Nah, verbs are always conjugated after one object, if there is one. So if there is no accusative object (because the verb is intransitive), it can be flected after another case, like allative ("I come to you"), illative ("I come into the house") etc. Sorry, should have explained that directly.Imralu wrote:I was wondering too. I assume it's actually a transitive verb meaning "go to", but if so, that should really be explained. In Australian English "to go someone" means either to have sex with them or to fight them ... maybe only in the conditional, like "I'd go 'im."WeepingElf wrote:Why do you use an intransitive verb to demonstrate a transitive paradigm?
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I gave thought to Vtayn evidentials/perspectives, again.
kol-i
understand-PRS
'understands'
kol-d-r-i
understand-Ø-EGO-PRS
'understands (and I know it because I'm the authority of his understanding'
kol-d-l-i
understand-Ø-SENSORY-PRS
'understands (I saw it)'
The evidential/perspective markers are not "obligatory" but they are used to start a new discourse with maybe new kinds of evidential authorities.
Reportative (second hand knowledge) is an auxiliary. At least I don't have a good morpheme for the slot.
kol-i
understand-PRS
'understands'
kol-d-r-i
understand-Ø-EGO-PRS
'understands (and I know it because I'm the authority of his understanding'
kol-d-l-i
understand-Ø-SENSORY-PRS
'understands (I saw it)'
The evidential/perspective markers are not "obligatory" but they are used to start a new discourse with maybe new kinds of evidential authorities.
Reportative (second hand knowledge) is an auxiliary. At least I don't have a good morpheme for the slot.
My meta-thread: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5760
Re: What did you accomplish today?
Yélian
I added prepositional pronouns that can appear if there is an inanimate object with a preposition. Without a preposition the inverse voice would have been used. The prepositional pronouns follow the pattern preposition + demonstrative pronoun "vat" (if the preposition ends on a consonant, <v> ist elided).
fecun + vat -> fécunat (with it)
can + vat -> canat (for it)
pun + vat -> puvat (in it)
cu + vat -> cuvat (at it)
If this occurs, the prepositional pronoun always precedes the clause. Example:
Fécunat cimegpinat.
Fecun-vat ci-meg-pin-at
with=DEM NEG-PERM-play-JUS.3SG
He must not play with it.
I added prepositional pronouns that can appear if there is an inanimate object with a preposition. Without a preposition the inverse voice would have been used. The prepositional pronouns follow the pattern preposition + demonstrative pronoun "vat" (if the preposition ends on a consonant, <v> ist elided).
fecun + vat -> fécunat (with it)
can + vat -> canat (for it)
pun + vat -> puvat (in it)
cu + vat -> cuvat (at it)
If this occurs, the prepositional pronoun always precedes the clause. Example:
Fécunat cimegpinat.
Fecun-vat ci-meg-pin-at
with=DEM NEG-PERM-play-JUS.3SG
He must not play with it.
Wipe the glass. This is the usual way to start, even in the days, day and night, only a happy one.