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Jotadiego
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Otharveth, arhê ideëm përòn me shij falthann
(Bînth-ther lyhg ma arheadh i todavî cedh beir-beir ma) |
(Otharveth, arhê ideëm përòn me shij falthann) |
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:The Triband Common Language (TCL) is the ''lingua franca'' of the Triband world; nearly all Triband individuals are fluent in TCL (as well as in some other local language). TCL's phonology (''chromology'', maybe?) uses a series of signal patterns that are common across natural Triband languages (so it would be a succesful good designed auxlang, further showing that Tribands and humans couldn't be more different 😋). More specifically, TCL uses the three 'channels' independently, with four phoneme types: sustained intensity (from 1, lowest, to 5, higher; other languages may use up to 9), continuous raising or falling (three intensities for each), abrupt raise or abrupt fall (two intensities for each) and pulses (two variants: either one pulse or several shorter pulses); with each phoneme having the same duration (which is slightly more common than the opposite in other Triband languages). I'm afraid that TCL grammar isn't as innovative as its 'phonology', it's grammar isn't far enough of what you could find in human languages (other Triband languages may be more innovative in grammar). | :The Triband Common Language (TCL) is the ''lingua franca'' of the Triband world; nearly all Triband individuals are fluent in TCL (as well as in some other local language). TCL's phonology (''chromology'', maybe?) uses a series of signal patterns that are common across natural Triband languages (so it would be a succesful good designed auxlang, further showing that Tribands and humans couldn't be more different 😋). More specifically, TCL uses the three 'channels' independently, with four phoneme types: sustained intensity (from 1, lowest, to 5, higher; other languages may use up to 9), continuous raising or falling (three intensities for each), abrupt raise or abrupt fall (two intensities for each) and pulses (two variants: either one pulse or several shorter pulses); with each phoneme having the same duration (which is slightly more common than the opposite in other Triband languages). I'm afraid that TCL grammar isn't as innovative as its 'phonology', it's grammar isn't far enough of what you could find in human languages (other Triband languages may be more innovative in grammar). | ||
:Constructed scripts: Triband Native Script (a cuneiform like alphabetic script used natively by the species), various Human transcriptions (including an ASCII transcription and ''RGB mapping'', that is, rendering the three simultaneous Triband signals as rgb colours in a graph). | :Constructed scripts: Triband Native Script (a cuneiform like alphabetic script used natively by the species), various Human transcriptions (including an ASCII transcription and ''RGB mapping'', that is, rendering the three simultaneous Triband signals as rgb colours in a graph). | ||
===Seven=== | |||
''Seven'' is a group of ''meta-conlangs''; conlangs based on another conlangs of mine. All the ''Seven'' languages (except for ''Sivnäit'') share their phonology and phonotactics (they feature an inventory of seven vowels which are the source for their names). Vocabulary and grammar, however, are borrowed from randomly chosen conlangs (there is a bias towards a 4-gender system, though). So far, the following four ''Seven'' conlangs have been constructed (they may or may not end up being actually seven): | |||
*'''[[Seven Wan]]''' | |||
:Based on other conlangs of mine | |||
:Seven Wan (whose native name is ''Seufën'', from Dongh ''seufan'', 7) is the first conlang of my ''Seven'' project. Its grammar and vocabulary are taken from random conlangs. | |||
:Constructed scripts: Sipë (alphabetic) | |||
*'''[[Seven Ni]]''' | |||
:Based on other conlangs of mine | |||
:Seven Ni (whose native name is ''Si'', from Seldon ''si'', 7) is the second conlang of my ''Seven'' project. Much like ''Seven Wan'', its grammar and vocabulary are taken from random conlangs. | |||
:Constructed scripts: Ka (alphabetic) | |||
*'''[[Seven Tris]]''' | |||
:Based on natural languages | |||
:Seven Tris (whose native name is ''Sas'', from Temne ''-sas'', 3) is the third conlang of my ''Seven'' project. Unlike other conlangs from this group, ''Sas'' is based on natural languages; each word and grammar feature is picked randomly from one of the [http://www.linguasphere.info/lcontao/fichier-pdf.html 100 zones in Linguasphere] classification. | |||
:Constructed scripts: Faspas (alphabetic) | |||
*'''[[Seven Kan]]''' | |||
:Based on my ''a priori'' conlangs | |||
:Seven Kan (whose native name is ''Sun'', from Hudoima ''sún'', 4) is the fourth conlang of my ''Seven'' project. Much like ''Seven Wan'' and ''Seven Ni'' its grammar and vocabulary are taken from random conlangs of mine, though this time it is restricted to ''a priori'' conlangs. | |||
:Constructed scripts: Ka (alphabetic) | |||
*'''[[Sivnäit]]''' | |||
:Based on other conlangs of mine | |||
:Sivnäit is a relex of Lisnäit with roots derived from other conlangs I've made. Much like Lisnäit, it is based on triconsonantal roots. | |||
:Constructed scripts: Sikäitt (alphabetic, also used for Lisnäit) | |||
===Other ''a priori'' conlangs=== | ===Other ''a priori'' conlangs=== | ||
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:The conlang I now call ''Ypak'' was once an overhauled version of ''Lapaky'' but, other than still being rather complicated and having a rather challenging phonology (and sharing their script) it hasn't got much to do with that other one (unfortunately, I've changed my mind way too many times about which conlang should have each name, resulting in confusing notes where I'm often at a loss about which conlangs I'm actually talking about). Ypak has some bits of logic embedded, a phrase like 'my eyes' would be translated as ''y ha′ my ′a'', literally 'that are_eyes me belongs' ('that are_eyes' is interpreted as 'something which is eyes, those eyes'; then 'those_eyes me belongs' is interpreted as 'those eyes that belong to me', 'my eyes'). | :The conlang I now call ''Ypak'' was once an overhauled version of ''Lapaky'' but, other than still being rather complicated and having a rather challenging phonology (and sharing their script) it hasn't got much to do with that other one (unfortunately, I've changed my mind way too many times about which conlang should have each name, resulting in confusing notes where I'm often at a loss about which conlangs I'm actually talking about). Ypak has some bits of logic embedded, a phrase like 'my eyes' would be translated as ''y ha′ my ′a'', literally 'that are_eyes me belongs' ('that are_eyes' is interpreted as 'something which is eyes, those eyes'; then 'those_eyes me belongs' is interpreted as 'those eyes that belong to me', 'my eyes'). | ||
:Constructed scripts: Lapaky script (alphabetic-ish) | :Constructed scripts: Lapaky script (alphabetic-ish) | ||
*'''[[Koshee]]''' | |||
:''A priori'' | |||
:A conlang that incorporates several mathematical notions (such as quantifiers as used in predicate logic). The most interesting thing about Koshee lies in its numeration which is based on prime factors; for example 2015 (5×13×31) would be ''hiwohɛi'', from ''hi'', 5, ''hwo'', 13 and ''hɛi'', 31 (this is optional, however, as speakers may chose to use more conventional numeration systems such as decimal ''hosoihoithoithi'' among others). | |||
:Constructed scripts: None (Latin alphabet is used instead) | |||
*'''[[Keniyar]]''' | |||
:''A priori'' | |||
:Keniyar is an agglutinative conlang which allows for plenty of derivations which are exploited in 'High Keniyar', a register which favours figurative language: metaphors, allegories and circumlocutions. Its name evokes Old Norse ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenning kenningar]''. | |||
:Constructed scripts: Hévil (alphabetic, also used in Zissiten) | |||
*'''[[Netaza]]''' | |||
:''A priori'' | |||
:Netaza has 16 nominal classes which indicate size (from class 1, marked with the ''i-'' and ''je-'' prefixes, for seed-like sizes to class 16 used for mountains, oceans or the sky). Netaza marked the first time I used a computer script to randomly create lexical roots. | |||
:Constructed scripts: Nekewa (alphabetic, also used in Mkewa) | |||
*'''[[Ekkah]]''' | |||
:''A priori'' | |||
:There exist a number of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Average_European similarities in Western European languages]; Ekkah intends to be as dissimilar to those languages as possible. For instance, Ekkah's phonology incorporates uvulars, ejectives, no voicing contrasts while its grammar is ergative, has no articles, incorporates reduplication and distinguishes alienable and inalienable possessives as well as clusivity. | |||
:Constructed scripts: Nottase (combination of logographic and alphabetical) | |||
===Other ''a posteriori'' conlangs=== | ===Other ''a posteriori'' conlangs=== | ||
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:A conlang based on Proto-Indoeuropean (on its own branch). Nouns are declined for two numbers (singular/plural) and four cases (NOM/ACC/GEN/DAT). Nisan preserves PIE three-way distinction of *ḱ (ḱm̥tóm >''cencu'' /ˈcencʏ/, one hundred), *k (*kh₂en- > ''kana'' /ˈkana/, to sing) and *kʷ (though this one was re-analysed as *kw, *kʷékʷlos > *kwolkul > *kwulkur > ''kuukur'' /ˈkuːkʊɻ/, cart). | :A conlang based on Proto-Indoeuropean (on its own branch). Nouns are declined for two numbers (singular/plural) and four cases (NOM/ACC/GEN/DAT). Nisan preserves PIE three-way distinction of *ḱ (ḱm̥tóm >''cencu'' /ˈcencʏ/, one hundred), *k (*kh₂en- > ''kana'' /ˈkana/, to sing) and *kʷ (though this one was re-analysed as *kw, *kʷékʷlos > *kwolkul > *kwulkur > ''kuukur'' /ˈkuːkʊɻ/, cart). | ||
:Constructed scripts: Nisan (alphabet) | :Constructed scripts: Nisan (alphabet) | ||
*'''[[Evefian]]''' | |||
:''A posteriori'', Indoeuropean, Alkalic | |||
:Evefian was part of a collaborative project from 2013-2014, ''"the Language Family Relay"'', that has since fell in 'permanent hiatus' (I really suck at running that kind of things, sorry). An Indoeuropean conlang, it descends from ''Meadic'', a conlang by [[User:Ceige]] which was in turn based on Jack Stibium's (ΙΣ) ''Alkalic'' (a conlang in an Indoeuropean branch of its own). There are two main Evefian dialects: Eastern Evefian (with vowel and consonantal harmony) and Western Evefian (with vowel harmony, reduced vowels and nasal harmony). | |||
:Constructed scripts: None (Latin or Cyrillic alphabet are used instead) | |||
====Uralic==== | |||
I've also worked in a few Uralic conlangs, in a ''con''-branch I call ''Orelyscian'' (after ''Oretian'' and ''Lyscian'', two representative conlangs of the major Orelyscian sub-branches). | |||
*'''[[Proto-Orelyscian]]''' | |||
:''A posteriori'', Uralic (with an Indoeuropean substratum) | |||
:Proto-Orelyscian descends from Proto-Uralic (thus being distantly related to languages like Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian and Khanty) though it also incorporates Indoeuropean words (for instance, ''ŝenĝyxä'', 'foreign language' (similar to the Basque concept of ''erdara''), can be traced to PIE ''*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s'', tongue). There exist two Orelyscian dialects: Eastern Orelyscian and Western Orelyscian; the former being the source of the Eastern or Oreto-Salchatian branch whereas the latter is ancestral to the Western or Lysco-Shingian branch. | |||
:Constructed scripts: None (Latin alphabet is used instead) | |||
*'''[[Proto-Orelyscian]]''' | |||
:''A posteriori'', Uralic (with an Indoeuropean substratum), Orelyscian | |||
:Proto-Orelyscian descends from Proto-Uralic (thus being distantly related to languages like Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian and Khanty) though it also incorporates Indoeuropean words (for instance, ''ŝenĝyxä'', 'foreign language' (similar to the Basque concept of ''erdara''), can be traced to PIE ''*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s'', tongue). There exist two Orelyscian dialects: Eastern Orelyscian and Western Orelyscian; the former being the source of the Eastern or Oreto-Salchatian branch whereas the latter is ancestral to the Western or Lysco-Shingian branch. | |||
:Constructed scripts: None (Latin alphabet is used instead) | |||
*'''[[Shingian]]''' | |||
:''A posteriori'', Uralic, Orelyscian, Lysco-Shingian | |||
:Shingian belongs to the Western sub-branch of Orelyscian, a family of Uralic conlangs. Shingian bears some Persian influences. | |||
:Constructed scripts: Parzig (alphabetic, closely based on Pahlavi script) | |||
*'''[[Kasaa-Shinj]]''' | |||
:''A posteriori'', Uralic, Orelyscian, Lysco-Shingian | |||
:Kasaa-Shinj descends from Shingian, a Western Orelyscian language. It tends to be more analytic than other conlangs in its family and it incorporates several borrowings from Arabic. | |||
:Constructed scripts: None (Arabic script is used instead) | |||
*'''[[Lyscian]]''' | |||
:''A posteriori'', Uralic, Orelyscian, Lysco-Shingian | |||
:Lyscian (unrelated to the historical ''Lycian'' language) is a Western Orelyscian conlang with an Ancient Greek substratum. | |||
:Constructed scripts: Lyscian alphabet (closely based on the Greek alphabet). | |||
*'''[[Other]]''' | |||
*'''[[Yamako]]''' | |||
:''A posteriori'', Japonic | |||
:A conlang which is closely related to Japanese but with Germanic-ish sound changes. | |||
:Constructed scripts: None (Katakana and occasionally Han characters (Kanji) are used instead) | |||
===Languages to be=== | ===Languages to be=== | ||