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:''the truth hides beneath the words.''
:''the truth hides beneath the words.''
*'''[[Omonkwi]]'''
*'''[[Omonkwi]]'''
:Omonkwi started as an early attempt to capture the sounds I liked from mesoamerican indigenous languages via a poorly pronounced (by my high-school teacher) version of deity names in the [[w:Popol Vuh|Popol Vuh]]. Names such as Vucub Caquix, Cabrakán, Zipacná and Chilmamat. It can be viewed as a weird kind of homage, trying to create a language out respect for it but not having the materials to know more about it, something common before the rise of the internet as we know it.
:Omonkwi started as an early attempt to capture the sounds I liked from mesoamerican indigenous languages via a poorly pronounced (by my high-school teacher) version of deity names in the [[w:Popol Vuh|Popol Vuh]]. Names such as ''Vucub Caquix, Cabrakán, Zipacná'' and ''Chilmamat''. It can be viewed as a weird kind of homage, trying to create a language out respect for it but not having the materials to know more about it, something common before the rise of the internet as we know it.
::Sample:
::Sample:
:'''ipāgnat šival gōkwili'''
:'''ipāgnat šival gōkwili'''
:''Mountains (are) the jaws of the Earth.''
:''Mountains (are) the jaws of the Earth.''
*'''[[Českoen]]'''
*'''[[Českoen]]'''
:Českoen is more of a semi-spooflang, in the sense that it was created with a whole history behind it. It was supposed to be very simple and analytic, but with a tradition that claimed it was indeed quite complex and a "school" trying to revive awareness of its complexity, I had fun parodying notions of "better languages" or "complex = good". In its backstory the Ezgizo Ezgeskoinama fought the Azgizu for control over the teaching of the language. The idea was a language that sounded pretty much like [[w:Huttese|Jabba the Hutt's Huttese]] but with minimal class prefixes for noun and adjective, singular and plural.
:Českoen is more of a semi-spooflang, in the sense that it was created with a whole history behind it. It was supposed to be very simple and analytic, but with a tradition that claimed it was indeed quite complex and a "school" trying to revive awareness of its complexity, I had fun parodying notions of "better languages" or "complex = good". In its backstory the ''Ezgizo Ezgeskoinama'' school fought the ''Azgizu'' school for control over the teaching of the language. The idea was a language that sounded pretty much like [[w:Huttese|Jabba the Hutt's Huttese]] but with minimal class prefixes for noun and adjective, singular and plural.
::Sample:
::Sample:
:'''anta-čoga haska m’ onzo'''
:'''anta-čoga haska m’ onzo'''
:''There seem to be spider-webs.''
:''There seem to be spider-webs.''
*'''[[Kamatarna]]'''
*'''[[Kamatarna]]'''
:This language was sparked by a mention in Tolkien's The Monsters and the Critics about how he overheard a man deciding he would "mark the accusative with a prefix", so I ran with the idea. The language is pretty CVCV and marks cases with prefixes rather than suffixes.
:This language was sparked by a mention in Tolkien's ''The Monsters and the Critics'' about how he overheard a man deciding he would "mark the accusative with a prefix", so I ran with the idea. The language is pretty CVCV and marks cases with prefixes rather than suffixes.
::Sample:
::Sample:
:'''Kima dūma plo-kamatar?'''
:'''Kima dūma plo-kamatar?'''
:''Who comes to our lands?''
:''Who comes to our lands?''
*'''[[Shellud]]'''
*'''[[Shellud]]'''
:An attempt to create a "dark language" whatever that may be. It draws some inspiration from Tolkien's Black Speech, but also from Akkadian. It also uses triliteral roots and declensional cases.
:An attempt to create a "dark language" whatever that may be. It draws some inspiration from Tolkien's [[w:Black Speech|Black Speech]], but also from [[w:Akkadian|Akkadian]]. It also uses triliteral roots and declensional cases.
::Sample:
::Sample:
:'''dalluk-at ašpathûz'''
:'''dalluk-at ašpathûz'''
:''I will show you darkness.''
:''I will show you darkness.''
*'''[[Tulvan]]'''
*'''[[Tulvan]]'''
:Tulvan is an attempt at a more futuristic language, supposedly more evolved historically "Tulvan" comes from the word "tulv" 'mind', and the Tulvans enjoy pointing that out, although it is heavily implied the name may come from a region that used to be called Tuluan or Tuluanna, a word of unknown origin or meaning to the people in the setting. I wanted to test the idea that modern languages start trying to differentiate terms more and more over minutia.
:Tulvan is an attempt at a more futuristic language, supposedly more evolved historically "Tulvan" comes from the word "tulv" 'mind', and the Tulvans enjoy pointing that out, although it is heavily implied the name may come from a region that used to be called ''Tuluan'' or ''Tuluanna'', a word of unknown origin or meaning to the people in the setting. I wanted to test the idea that modern languages start trying to differentiate terms more and more over minutia.
::Sample:
::Sample:
:'''tulv kwam, kik ëv kem'''
:'''tulv kwam, kik ëv kem'''
:''I think, therefore I am.''
:''I think, therefore I am.''
*'''[[Kareyku]]'''
*'''[[Kareyku]]'''
:Kareyku is a case-heavy language with 11 cases and 6 evidentials. Here I was trying a new concept using more evidentials than verb-heavy morphology and being influenced from Japanese and Quechua, among others. It also uses some particles not unlike Chinese. Mostly the idea was to create a language where a lot of meaning could be conveyed as shortly as possible and using suffixes that convey a who-to-who relationship rather than personal suffixes.
:Kareyku is a case-heavy language with 11 cases and 6 evidentials. Here I was trying a new concept using more evidentials than verb-heavy morphology and being influenced from [[w:Japanese language|Japanese]] and [[w:Quechua language|Quechua]], among others. It also uses some particles not unlike [[w:Chinese language|Chinese]]. Mostly the idea was to create a language where a lot of meaning could be conveyed as shortly as possible and using suffixes that convey a who-to-who relationship rather than personal suffixes.
::Sample:
::Sample:
:'''qappakas pilelcha'''
:'''qappakas pilelcha'''
:''Of course I'm eating fish!''
:''Of course I'm eating fish!''

Revision as of 00:47, 25 October 2015

Welcome to Nicomega's user page on Linguifex!

Hello, I'm Nicomega, creating languages since 1999. First inspirations at that time came from learning English, French and some notions of Greek terminology and Latin (very vague). I'm more into a priori naturalistic languages, but I've dabbled in a posteriori too, often trying to create divergent and hard to categorize romlangs et alia, and of course, some experiments too!

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Languages

Alanûz is a language inspired in Semitic languages and triliteral roots but completely a priori. It doesn't strictly follow a Semitic grammar though.
Sample:
hakelī qaviram lē-zīr
the truth hides beneath the words.
Omonkwi started as an early attempt to capture the sounds I liked from mesoamerican indigenous languages via a poorly pronounced (by my high-school teacher) version of deity names in the Popol Vuh. Names such as Vucub Caquix, Cabrakán, Zipacná and Chilmamat. It can be viewed as a weird kind of homage, trying to create a language out respect for it but not having the materials to know more about it, something common before the rise of the internet as we know it.
Sample:
ipāgnat šival gōkwili
Mountains (are) the jaws of the Earth.
Českoen is more of a semi-spooflang, in the sense that it was created with a whole history behind it. It was supposed to be very simple and analytic, but with a tradition that claimed it was indeed quite complex and a "school" trying to revive awareness of its complexity, I had fun parodying notions of "better languages" or "complex = good". In its backstory the Ezgizo Ezgeskoinama school fought the Azgizu school for control over the teaching of the language. The idea was a language that sounded pretty much like Jabba the Hutt's Huttese but with minimal class prefixes for noun and adjective, singular and plural.
Sample:
anta-čoga haska m’ onzo
There seem to be spider-webs.
This language was sparked by a mention in Tolkien's The Monsters and the Critics about how he overheard a man deciding he would "mark the accusative with a prefix", so I ran with the idea. The language is pretty CVCV and marks cases with prefixes rather than suffixes.
Sample:
Kima dūma plo-kamatar?
Who comes to our lands?
An attempt to create a "dark language" whatever that may be. It draws some inspiration from Tolkien's Black Speech, but also from Akkadian. It also uses triliteral roots and declensional cases.
Sample:
dalluk-at ašpathûz
I will show you darkness.
Tulvan is an attempt at a more futuristic language, supposedly more evolved historically "Tulvan" comes from the word "tulv" 'mind', and the Tulvans enjoy pointing that out, although it is heavily implied the name may come from a region that used to be called Tuluan or Tuluanna, a word of unknown origin or meaning to the people in the setting. I wanted to test the idea that modern languages start trying to differentiate terms more and more over minutia.
Sample:
tulv kwam, kik ëv kem
I think, therefore I am.
Kareyku is a case-heavy language with 11 cases and 6 evidentials. Here I was trying a new concept using more evidentials than verb-heavy morphology and being influenced from Japanese and Quechua, among others. It also uses some particles not unlike Chinese. Mostly the idea was to create a language where a lot of meaning could be conveyed as shortly as possible and using suffixes that convey a who-to-who relationship rather than personal suffixes.
Sample:
qappakas pilelcha
Of course I'm eating fish!