Language samples
This is a list of language samples I wrote up for a thread in the Facebook group "Constructed languages". The task was proposed as a small game: "From all your conlangs, pick one word to represent the language and describe it!". I came up with the following list:
From Arl Borok'ti
| A verb:
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| liurimanantûrakug
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| /ˈlju.ɾi.mä.nän.ˌtuː.ɾä.kug/
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| le-luro-î-mana-n-dûr-ag-ug
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| AKT1-silence-POS-light-AKT2-3P-PRET.perf
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| "they have darkened"
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| A noun:
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| yrk’udor
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| /ˈɪɾ.kʼu.doɾ/
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| yrk’u-dor
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| earth-tower
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| "mountain, peak"
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| Something idiomatic: an idiom, kind of an adverb too!
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| “nôktulartanbanôr”
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| /ˈnoːk.tu.laɾ.ˌtan.ba.noːɾ/
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| no-oktulo-artan-ba-nôr
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| MOV-big-knife-ENTIT-during
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| “in the swing of a sword” -> "in the blink of an eye"
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From Ʒōnqi
| A verb:
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| ðōmqōiren
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| /ˈðoːm.qoː.i.ɾen/
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| ðōme-qōir-en
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| breath-to.tell-ABSTRACT.INF
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| "to breathe-tell" -> "to sing"
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| A noun:
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| ōrrerī
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| /ˈoː.re.ɾiː/
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| ōrre-rī
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| bone-FEM.COL
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| "carcass"
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| Something idiomatic: a kenning now used in common speech
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| riqelōn
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| /ˈri.qe.loːn/
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| riqe-lōn
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| knife-beverage
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| "blood"
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From Zi-Mēχθilim
| A verb:
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| iluθrunzienlekatar
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| /ˈi.lu.tʰɾun.ʦie̯n.ˌle.kɑ.tɑɾ/
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| i-lu-θrun-zi-en-lek-atar
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| HORT-CLI-to.say-ADHORT-INCH-CAUS-PRES.IND
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| "let's talk!"
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| A noun:
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| eχθili
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| /ˈekʰ.tʰi.li/
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| enki-θil-i
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| stone+LOC.CL.III-i
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| "at a stone" -> "on firm ground"
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| "island"
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From Șekām
| A verb:
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| ûrîtreș
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| /ˈuːɾi.tɾeʃ/
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| ûr-trș< īCCeC>
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| TELIC-hard-CAUS
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| "to harden"
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| A noun:
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| mizrîn
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| /ˈmiz.ɾiːn/
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| mzr< CiCCīn>
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| to.be.dead<place.of>
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| "cematary"
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From Āzriai
| A verb:
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| monnespartogese
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| /mo.nes.päɾ.ˈto.ge.se/
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| mora-nese-fara-toke-gese
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| to.see-ATEN.ANIM-CONT.ANIM-ITER.ANIM-1PL.PRES.SUBJ
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| "we would still be glancing repeatedly"
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| A noun:
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| āzriznōi
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| /ˈäː.θɾiθ.noi̯/
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| āzri-zna-oi
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| word-ADJ-NOM.SG.ANIM
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| "a loquacious one"
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| Something idiomatic:
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| māfzeri
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| /ˈmaːf.θe.ɾi/
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| ma-afzeri
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| COL-horse
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| "mount"
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From Śūmi
| A verb:
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| rēŋginæsgǫ?
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| /ˈre̞ːŋ.gi.nɛs.gø/
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| rēŋginæ-s-gǫ
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| to.play-2S-Q
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| "do you play?"
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| A noun:
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| nepəjoneŋ
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| /ˈne.pə.jo.neŋ/
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| horse-Ø
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| horse-NOM.SG
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| "a/the horse"
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From Untitled 1
| A verb:
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| տղատիմտխախալ
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| /ˈt̪ɣɑ.t̪im.t̪χɑ.χɑl/
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| t̪-ɣ-t̪mt̪< ɑCiCC>-χ-ɑ-χɑl
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| 3s.M.ERG.I-3s.M.ABS-to.hit< PRES.IND>-3s.M.ERG.II-CONT-ITER-IND.II
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| "he is hitting him repeatedly"
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From ɪɴʀᴜ̂ᴢ·ᴠᴀⅹ·ᴠᴀᴛᴜ̂ᴍ
| A verb:
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| rakne ro vota natnaxûzri tal nene
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| /ˈrɐk.nɘ ˈro ˈvo.tɐ nɐ.ˈxuːʐ ˈtʰɐl ˈnɘ.nɘ/
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| rakne ro vota nat-{naxûz}-ri tal nene
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| PRET.PERF.UNC PRET.PERF NEG-{to.settle} Q SRP
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| "could not have had been about to have settled? (is a surprise to me)"
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| A noun:
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| dalaztûm
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| /dɐ.lɐz.ˈtʰuːmⁿ/
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| dal-azt=ûm
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| COL-water=CLI.NOM
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| "the water"
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| Something idiomatic:
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| azuvaxunûr
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| /ʔɐ.zu.vɐ.hu.ˈnuːɾ/
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| azûm-vax-xûnûr
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| river-GEN-hammer
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| "hammer of the river" -> "rapids"
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From Ɯ
| A verb:
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| anaramĕnkram
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| /a.na.ɾa.ˈmøn.kɾam/
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| aC₂ara-møn-hram
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| PER.PROG.ANIM-to.fly-1S.MAS.N.PRES
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| "I was flying"
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| A noun:
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| alāšax
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| /ˈa.laː.ʃax/
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| ala-aš-Vx
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| to.perceive-TOOL-DEF.SINGULATIVE
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| "the pair of glasses"
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| Something idiomatic:
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| alahuš
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| /ˈa.la.hɯʃ/
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| ala-huš
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| to.perceive-to.burn
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| "to glare"
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From N°16
| A verb:
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| orogθiliad
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| /o̞.ˈɾo̞g.θï.lïɐ̯d/
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| ∅-oro-goθ-ili-ad
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| REALIS-to.see-NEG-CLI.INV-PAST.STATV.ACT
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| "to not have seen"
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| A noun:
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| gwen
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| /ˈgʷen/
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| gwen-Ø
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| water-NOM
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| "water"
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