Person, language, speaker, country

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Re: Person, language, speaker, country

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:con: Ätara

Person:
äwara
(äwa "person, someone" + -ra "demonstrative")

Language:
ätara
(äta "thing, something" + -ra "demonstrative")

Speaker:
zimbakämek
(ziñ "speak" + -bak "good" + -mek "human nominaliser")

Country:
anken bankä
(anken "land" + ban- "Inclusive" + kä "inalienable")
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:con: Mayato MKII

Mata, Mayato / Matayato, Mayatoyeng, Matatsen
I prefer to not be referred to with masculine pronouns and nouns such as “he/him/his”.
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Image Vrkhazhian
Person: yatvṛḵažu, yatvṛḵažaẏku
Language: ʾešd yatvṛḵažaẇ
Speaker: šuddu yatvṛḵažaẏku, šadkad ʾešdal yatvṛḵažaẇ, šadkadešdalitvṛḵažaẇ
Country: yatvṛḵažu
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Re: Person, language, speaker, country

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:con: Deyryck

Person: ikis
Language: dèyrik
Speaker: dèyrikéis
Country: ikyèrséra
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:con: Sharan

Person: šar
Language: šarža, šaran atom (essive, genitive)
Speaker: ihtril šar, ihtal šarža (the former is used for natives, while the latter is for foreigners)
Country: Šarkur, Šara (the former is lit. Shar land)
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Re: Person, language, speaker, country

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Vålkakil

Person: Vållkih / Вwлькыь
Language: Vålkakil / Вwлкакiл
Speaker: Vålkakidli(h) / Вwлкакiдлi(ь)
Country: Vålkia / Вwлкыя (In Soviet times called: Vålkarussia / Вwлкаруссiя)
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:con: Aya, Lairäts, Lairätslit, Ayanoz

:con: Laniszūnibi, Qaniszūnibiye, Laniszūnibiyebi, Qessebifodhi
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Roguel:
Person - Roguel (in its original sense, wanderer or lit. "one who floats")
Language - Rogueldumar
Speaker - Roguel, or Roguellerep (Roguel-speaker)
Country - Roguelextan (Roguelia; lit. Roguel-land)

Amwrga: (nothing more than a sketchlang)
Person - Amwrga, pl. Kamwrga
Language - Ko'kjaa Mwrga
Speaker - Amwrga
Country - Qermbat (lit. "southern shore", the country where it is an official language);
Lostlang plans: Oghur Turkic, Gallaecian Celtic, Palaeo-Balkanic
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Re: Person, language, speaker, country

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Lozkazmat

Lozkazmane, Lozkazmat, Lozkazmat möjar, Nozközour’ Lozkazman.
[lɤzkazmane, lɤzkazmat, lɤzkazmat mojaɹ̥, nɤzkozɵ̞ɹ lɤzkazman]
Lozkazmani, Lozkazmat, Lozkazmat speaker, country Lozkazman
Person, language, speaker, country (Lozkazmani, Lozkazmat, Lozkazmat speaker, Lozkazman)
:con: Gândölansch (Gondolan)Feongkrwe (Feongrkean)Tamhanddön (Tamanthon)Θανηλοξαμαψⱶ (Thanelotic)Yônjcerth (Yaponese)Ba̧supan (Basupan)Mùthoķán (Mothaucian) :con:
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Re: Person, language, speaker, country

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Ikāezin

Aezin -> Person (Race of Zin)
Ikāezin -> Language/language speaker (Tongue of the Race of Zin/Speaker of Ika)
Ark-Tavāmir -> Country (Ark-Empire)
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Re: Person, language, speaker, country

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Image Ӯсцӣ (Onschen)

Person:
Џаринӯсцагеі ("inhabitant of the land of our words") / Џареі ("a Jar", an exonym)

Language:
Ӯсце ("language") / Инӯсцао ("our words")

Speaker:
Инӯсцанше ("speaker of our words")

Country:
Инӯсцаго ("land of our words")
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Re: Person, language, speaker, country

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:con: griuskant (without the conscript)

X, griuskant, griuskante, X
/X, 'griuskant, 'griuskantə, X/
X, griuskant language, griuskant speaker, X

Griuskant is a language, not a country, therefore, it also has no nationality. It is a language that is used in many countries in the conworld.
Image conlang summary | Image griushkoent thread
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Re: Person, language, speaker, country

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:con: Hala

Person - Hala, Halari sansi, halari hati ['ħala, ħa'lari 'sansi, ħa'lari 'ħati] - 'sansi' and 'hati' are synonyms for 'person'
Language - Hala, Halari sozdo ['ħala, ħa'lari 'sozɟo] - '-ri' indicates an adjective made from a noun, with 'sozdo' meaning 'language'
Country - Halazy, Halari (sa)hepe ['ħalazj, ħa'lari (sa)'hepe] - '-zy' indicates a place, almost always as large as a country; 'hepe' is 'nation', while adding 'sa' (great) makes it 'empire'
Speaker - Halari sozdoriot [ħa'lari soz'ɟoriot] - a '-riot' is someone who does something, in this case a 'languager'
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Re: Person, language, speaker, country

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Nakarian

Person: Manaqaȝ (Nakarian man), Nyaqaȝ (Nakarian woman or child)
Language: Thiínaqaȝ
Country: Vyomaqaȝ
Speaker: naqaȝẹthạ̀ạ
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Re: Person, language, speaker, country

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:con: Yélian

Person:

1. Yélian [ˈʃeːlɪ̯ɐn] (member of the Yélian people regardless of citizenship)
2. Yélianor [ˈʃeːlɪ̯ɐnɔ̈d̟] (citizen of the Kingdom of Shelliania)
3. Despanyélian [ˌdespɐnˈʃeːlɪ̯ɐn] (Yélian-speaking citizen of the United Provinces)

Language: Yélian [ˈʃeːlɪ̯ɐn]

Country:

1. Yéliania [ˈʃeːlɪ̯ɐnɪ̯a] - Shelliania (all areas where Yélian is the dominant language, albeit often synonymous to the Kingdom of Shelliania)
2. Braveyélian [ˈbraːʋəˌʃeːlɪ̯ɐn] - the Kingdom of Shelliania
3. Porcenia [pɔ̈ɾˈkeːnɪ̯ɐ] - The United Provinces

Speaker:

Yélian [ˈʃeːlɪ̯ɐn]
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Re: Person, language, speaker, country

Post by spanick »

Person: Wedder
Language: Weddisch
Speaker: Wedder, Wedschspeker
Country: Weddisch isn’t spoken in just one country, so I’ve given the Weddisch names for the two countries it is spoken in.
da Nedderlann - the Netherlands
Dódschlann - Germany

Weddisch is spoken primarily on the coast along the Wadden Sea, which is “det Wedsea.” Informally, the term for this Weddisch speaking coastal area is “det Wed” but there is not and has never been a single political entity encompassing the entire Weddisch ethno-linguistic group.
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