User:Nicolasstraccia

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:

liurimanantûrakug

/ˈlju.ɾi.mä.nän.ˌtuː.ɾä.kug/

le-luro-î-mana-n-dûr-ag-ug

AKT1-silence-POS-light-AKT2-3P-PRET.perf

"they have darkened"

A noun:

yrk’udor

/ˈɪɾ.kʼu.doɾ/

yrk’u-dor

earth-tower

"mountain, peak"

Something idiomatic: an idiom, kind of an adverb too!

“nôktulartanbanôr”

/ˈnoːk.tu.laɾ.ˌtan.ba.noːɾ/

no-oktulo-artan-ba-nôr

MOV-big-knife-ENTIT-during

“in the swing of a sword” -> "in the blink of an eye"

From Ʒōnqi

A verb:

ðōmqōiren

/ˈðoːm.qoː.i.ɾen/

ðōme-qōir-en

breath-to.tell-ABSTRACT.INF

"to breathe-tell" -> "to sing"

A noun:

ōrrerī

/ˈoː.re.ɾiː/

ōrre-rī

bone-FEM.COL

"carcass"

Something idiomatic: a kenning now used in common speech

riqelōn

/ˈri.qe.loːn/

riqe-lōn

knife-beverage

"blood"

From Zi-Mēχθilim

A verb:

iluθrunzienlekatar

/ˈi.lu.tʰɾun.ʦie̯n.ˌle.kɑ.tɑɾ/

i-lu-θrun-zi-en-lek-atar

HORT-CLI-to.say-ADHORT-INCH-CAUS-PRES.IND

"let's talk!"

A noun:

eχθili

/ˈekʰ.tʰi.li/

enki-θil-i

stone+LOC.CL.III-i

"at a stone" -> "on firm ground"

"island"

From Șekām

A verb:

ûrîtreș

/ˈuːɾi.tɾeʃ/

ûr-trș< īCCeC>

TELIC-hard-CAUS

"to harden"

A noun:

mizrîn

/ˈmiz.ɾiːn/

mzr< CiCCīn>

to.be.dead<place.of>

"cematary"

From Āzriai

A verb:

monnespartogese

/mo.nes.päɾ.ˈto.ge.se/

mora-nese-fara-toke-gese

to.see-ATEN.ANIM-CONT.ANIM-ITER.ANIM-1PL.PRES.SUBJ

"we would still be glancing repeatedly"

A noun:

āzriznōi

/ˈäː.θɾiθ.noi̯/

āzri-zna-oi

word-ADJ-NOM.SG.ANIM

"a loquacious one"

Something idiomatic:

māfzeri

/ˈmaːf.θe.ɾi/

ma-afzeri

COL-horse

"mount"

the rest

From Śūmi

A verb:

rēŋginæsgǫ?

/ˈre̞ːŋ.gi.nɛs.gø/

rēŋginæ-s-gǫ

to.play-2S-Q

"do you play?"

A noun:

nepəjoneŋ

/ˈne.pə.jo.neŋ/

horse-Ø

horse-NOM.SG

"a/the horse"

From Untitled 1

A verb:

տղատիմտխախալ

/ˈt̪ɣɑ.t̪im.t̪χɑ.χɑl/

t̪-ɣ-t̪mt̪< ɑCiCC>-χ-ɑ-χɑl

3s.M.ERG.I-3s.M.ABS-to.hit< PRES.IND>-3s.M.ERG.II-CONT-ITER-IND.II

"he is hitting him repeatedly"

From INRÛZ'VAX'VATÛM

A verb:

rakne ro vota natnaxûzri tal nene

/ˈrɐk.nɘ ˈro ˈvo.tɐ nɐ.ˈxuːʐ ˈtʰɐl ˈnɘ.nɘ/

rakne ro vota nat-{naxûz}-ri tal nene

PRET.PERF.UNC PRET.PERF NEG-{to.settle} Q SRP

"could not have had been about to have settled? (is a surprise to me)"

A noun:

dalaztûm

/dɐ.lɐz.ˈtʰuːmⁿ/

dal-azt=ûm

COL-water=CLI.NOM

"the water"

Something idiomatic:

azuvaxunûr

/ʔɐ.zu.vɐ.hu.ˈnuːɾ/

azûm-vax-xûnûr

river-GEN-hammer

"hammer of the river" -> "rapids"

From Untitled 2

A verb:

anaramĕnkram

/a.na.ɾa.ˈmøn.kɾam/

aC₂ara-møn-hram

PER.PROG.ANIM-to.fly-1S.MAS.N.PRES

"I was flying"

A noun:

alāšax

/ˈa.laː.ʃax/

ala-aš-Vx

to.perceive-TOOL-DEF.SINGULATIVE

"the pair of glasses"

Something idiomatic:

alahuš

/ˈa.la.hɯʃ/

ala-huš

to.perceive-to.burn

"to glare"

From Untitled 3

A verb:

morogθiliad

/mo.ˈɾog.θi.liad/

m-or=o-goθ-ili-ad

REALIS-to.see=CLI-NEG-CLI.INV-PAST.STAT.ACT

"to not have seen"

A noun:

gwen

/ˈgʷen/

gwen-Ø

water-NOM

"water" |}