God I love that we have a court astrologer scandal. This whips. Great country
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God I love that we have a court astrologer scandal. This whips. Great country
Translation recommendations? I am looking for more informal writing/speech to translate (silly and mad recommendations encouraged) #conlang #conlanging #conlangs #langsky #translation
⟨k’èhlahá⟩ "vowel" ← ⟨k’è⟩ "hear" + ⟨hlahá⟩ "to open"
⟨k’èwá⟩ "consonant" ← ⟨k’è⟩ "hear" + ⟨wá⟩ "to close" ⟨k’èwá-fâ⟩ "nasal" ← ⟨fâ⟩ "nose" ⟨k’èwá-sè⟩ "plosive" ← ⟨sè⟩ "stop" ⟨k’èwá-hí⟩ "fricative" ← ⟨hí⟩ "to press" ⟨k’èwá-fìşu⟩ "approximant" ← ⟨fìşu⟩ "to flow" ⟨k’èwá-zuzu⟩ "trill" ← ⟨zuzu⟩ "to vibrate"
The names for tones: ⟨nkèşáķá⟩ – n.IV inan. height; pitch, tone ← ⟨nkè⟩ "high" + ⟨şáķá⟩ "low" a – ⟨nkèşáķá-hùmì⟩ "mid tone" (lit. "tone-average") á – ⟨nkèşáķá-ķú⟩ "rising tone" (lit. "tone-rise") â – ⟨nkèşáķá-nka⟩ "falling tone" (lit. "tone-fall") à – ⟨nkèşáķá-qù⟩ "low tone" (lit. "tone-under")
The 27 letters: ⟨ķuyâcutí⟩ – n.IV inan. alphabet A ⟨ca⟩ C ⟨lísè⟩ "glottal stop" ← ⟨lí⟩ "to speak" + ⟨sè⟩ "to stop" E ⟨ce⟩ F ⟨fe⟩ G ⟨ge⟩ H ⟨he⟩ I ⟨ci⟩ K ⟨ke⟩ K' ⟨k'e⟩ Ķ ⟨ķe⟩ Ķ' ⟨ķ'e⟩ L ⟨le⟩ M ⟨me⟩ N ⟨ne⟩ Ņ ⟨ņe⟩ Q ⟨qe⟩ Q' ⟨q'e⟩ R ⟨re⟩ S ⟨se⟩ Ş ⟨şe⟩ T ⟨te⟩ T' ⟨t'e⟩ U ⟨cu⟩ V ⟨ve⟩ W ⟨we⟩ Y ⟨ye⟩ Z ⟨ze⟩
⟨ķuyâ⟩ – n.V inan. letter, character, symbol – Líķáşi ķá-gù ķuyâ yinkucukwé – Likashi is written with 27 letters* *Digraphs are not treated as sinlge letters, except ejectives, where the apostrophe is a diacritic. Vowels with tone marks are not considered unique. #conlang #conlangs #conlanging
Going to make some linguistic vocabulary for Likashi so I can describe it with itself
I suppose the most sensible explanation is that it is just an acquired skill that I never really noticed acquiring
Otherwise, they don't care (is it just a particular feature of my autism that I care?), or they are using it intentionally (I have seen many good instances where bad scansion has been used for comic effect &c.; otherwise, it is in poor taste, or I am not intelligent/cultured enough to get it)
Something that I find jarring/confusing is when people who have spoken English for their entire lives can't seem to immediately be able to tell that lyrics don't scan (usually when rewriting lyrics of an existing song). (+)
Might just borrow قهوة as qáhwa or something
Note to self: make an abbreviation for "coffee" in Likashi because rtík’ûnkwa is long
How might taking one's time be expressed in a non-bad sense?
An updated description of gender in Likashi. #conlang #conlangs #conlanging
After no conlang posts in over a month (!) here’s a new post for a new language! It’s a “cursed” musical conlang, involving harmonies strange enough that they’re basically unplayable on any instrument. As far as I know, anyway. www.tumblr.com/levunalangs/...
Because overheard talk can sound sort of indistinct like animal noises what if we call it something like Chirp or Chatter or something like that. Just an idea
How about we create a space where anyone can join in on overheard conversations: maybe it would be easier digitally
Yifázêt’etîní Tà ciwâ Ví ciwâ Rzâmévávi, Táví şuntà wu, ye tí, ye rùņurùņu: gìkwutê gìkwu şavá. Camíne.
Fáşe ķi lè nkukwi: huhu ķaķa şavék’é, hwésùnitê nkuye. Huhu kwi şafáşáķá têwetê yit’álát’ù, rzâvaqèrzâvaqè şaķú. Huhu mahe lhut’i şankufinù: huhu yìhú şaceķe tú şaşiquhla. Ķi Yíráli hutùvítê yifá nkíséntà yişekwa: táví vûzìvûzìmá ķélagurùņu Varáhá ciwâ vutê rùņurùņu. (+)
Canticle of Mary in Likashi: Hwéqa Ķùkwi yiķáķa: cùt’íkwîwe rzâqa Ķùkwi rétéraqa ķéķú. Şuşu yişe tú nkwetùvítê şáķá. Zêşe, ye tívafu: qafámé ciwâ vu lhumévávi yiméqa. Şuşu qafávè ķi kwi: t’imè rémétê mévávi. Yikùfítê suķitù suķi nkunkísé, ye ciwâ vûzìritì. (+) #conlang #conlangs #conlanging
You dont know how happy I am that gb4e exists
ADHD
![[...] And yet in this wild ranging of the mind, a man may oft-times perceive the way of it, and the dependance of one thought upon another. For in a Discourse of our present civill warre, what could seem more impertinent, than to ask (as one did) what was the value of a Roman Penny? Yet the Cohærence to me was manifest enough. For the Thought of the warre, introduced the Thought of the delivering up the King to his Enemies; The Thought of that brought in the Thought of the delivering up of Christ; and that again the Thought of the 30 pence, which was the price of that treason: and thence easily followed that malicious question; and all this in a moment of time; for Thought is quick.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:saiur7cooa4crzy6ss3camgv/bafkreiczahfn7f3x5ox7alvjdz44rblzs7a5nmb4yk35o7tx7tov4sjdcu@jpeg "Click to view full size")
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_... ? (Leviathan, Part I Chapter 2)
![[...] There be also other Imaginations that rise in men, (though waking) from the great impression made in sense: As from gazing upon the Sun, the impression leaves an image of the Sun before our eyes a long time after; and from being long and vehemently attent upon Geometricall Figures, a man shall in the dark, (though awake) have the Images of Lines, and Angles before his eyes: which kind of Fancy hath no particular name; as being a thing that doth not commonly fall into mens discourse.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:saiur7cooa4crzy6ss3camgv/bafkreihi6wiz73tigsshp6cyeu4acehx3zk2w6f7jhgutgzzcllh3xufea@jpeg "Click to view full size")
Camus? (I've never read Camus)
2022 as year 0
@varduplazostitis.bsky.social mi pelha mwapwesta, isev Sin?
being monolingual really seems to have devastating consequences on the ability to think about languages
World's least appealing offer
Listening to french opera again after a long time and all the schwas jumpscared me #opera
The first reply: "Learn Sanskrit. If you succeed, you will be able to take on anything life throws at you. If you fail, then death is preferable to a life without Sanskrit."
Why did they make this more addictive than crack
Impressive really. There are definitely Desertic conspiracy theorists saying it was all planned in advance
What did they do to Mme Weil's name 😖
What was the Curse of the Royal Family??
society if we had less Odyssey discourse and more Enūma Eliš discourse
For further information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomic www.nomic.net
I am on a Discord server that is hosting a Nomic game, let me know if you would be interested in joining
I am on a Discord server that is hosting a Nomic game, let me know if you would be interested in joining
Surely this can only be more of a reason to do it in English?
Opera about Jordan Peterson's life with Jordan Peterson played by a countertenor
calling libgen the "pirated-books database" is funny like it's true but it's weirdly alarmist cause gun to my head I won't even spend one of my livers on a 13 page paper talking about conditionals.
Faithfulness is not always the end goal of a translation
In addition to Hangul, I've heard that the Igbo diasporic script known as Ndebe is somewhat featural, and that the Ditama tsa Dinoko script invented for Southern Bantu languages is ultra featural: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditema_...
I think Jesus Christ Is My N was actually satire though
I am beefing with 19th century French people now since they wrote this
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id,_ego... check this page out for a few truly unhinged diagrams
In different clongs? That game was (and still is) great btw
I can agree with the general point but I think the analogy is quite weak
In what way do you think this article is useful?
Unfortunately the race is much longer than 0-miles
I have had lucid dreams where I just focused on the sky and it always ends up looking really incredible
It seems like maybe dissimilation or analogy with words suffixed with -etic with but I am curious about what academics think and when/where this was first recorded
Does anyone have any information on the origins of the pronunciation of the English word "Semitic" (&c.) with the second vowel as /ɛ/? #langsky #english #semitic #language #soundchange #pronunciation
Does Gen Z actually drink significantly less than other generations?
I hope to be one of them in the near future
What's the pronunciation of 1 in wo1na?
Thank you this was easy to read in his voice
Looks great as always. Could you break it down glyph by glyph?
Roughly /'wʊmən/ and /'wɪmɪn/ (South England)
Source?
the Northern Cities Vowel Shift
I think the exact circumstance was a Dutch speaker explicitly asking whether overmorrow was a word in English and my happening to know that it is
Non-native English speakers wanting a word for overmorrow
So do not fear it entering your lexicon :)
I and some of my friends use overmorrow with enough frequency that it doesn't sound archaic anymore
weird thing is that the sense of "drink cigarettes" is licit in Early Modern English. Is there a reason for like the frequent drink~smoke collocations. Is it just a "CONSUME (through mouth) [-SOLID]" thing.
Syntax testing day 27 Likashi Cak’úmí nķe menkí lili şaci? cak’úmí nķe ∅-me-nkí li~li şa-ci-∅ robin Q 3.SG-Q-sing\IPFV PL~raindrop 3.PL-in-3.SG Does the robin sing in the rain? Notes: ⟨cak’úmí⟩ "robin" < ⟨cak’ú⟩ "chest" + ⟨mí⟩ "blood; red" #conlang #conlangs #syntax #langsky
Some Cicero (!) and Aristotle in Gəʿəz: ይቤሉ ፡ ቆቆሮስ ፡ ወአርስጣጣሊስ ፡ እስመ ፡ ነፍስሰ ፡ ሀላዊት ፡ ይእቲ ፡ ወኢትትዌለጥ ። yəbelu : Qoqoros : wä-ʾArəsṭaṭalis : ʾəsmä : näfsə-ssä : hallawit : yəʾəti : wä-ʾi-tətwelläṭ :: "Cicero and Aristotle said: The soul is an unchangeable substance."
Œ?
Very fun etymologies. What is the background behind this conlang?
Very interesting! What materials do they typically use for clothing? (more precisely, which garments are made of what?) What is the role of making clothes in society?
What's the transliteration/gloss/translation?
I had a #dream that I was working on getting Vàlà Nîķí (piece of #music I made in my #conlang Likashi) performed with the musical director of a show I'm in. He criticized the piece, however as he is such a lovely person in real life, the criticism was all completely fair and constructively given.
That is fascinating, what is your background?
How do you pronounce paw and pa?
yk it's weird that 'see' is not one of the most basic verbs because some languages have 'perceive+eye' compound features for it. (cf. Gumuz)
Far too true, and the degree has killed all hunger that existed to be an academic
I'm interested!!
You could, or you could explain it in text if that's easier
Ooo fun, do you have a drawing or something of the relations between all the languages?
How many languages are you going to translate this into?
There's probably some drama theory that can be relevant to this question
It sort of depends on what kind of comlang you want to make and to what degree it is a posteriori: a naturalistic lang based on an alternative history/future? a conlang inspired by natlangs you like and want to experiment with? a posteriori vocabulary but freely inspired grammar? hope this helps 😊
And yes the English translation should be equally bad
Die Schöpfung except it's just the most up-to-date scientific account of how the universe formed #music #haydn
You are not!
To be honest I expected it to be like one of those (association) football things where it goes on for ages, and so getting spammed with the Super Bowl for just 1 day was a bit underwhelming
When Ğ and Ņ (&c.) are read out, are they pronounced differently to G and N? Are they sort of thought of as the same letter or are they distinct?
Asking as if I know lol
I had an idea in my mind of roughly the size and morphology of the bird, did a bit of research on actual birds roughly fitting my needs, and synthesized
"I saw that p"?
We get an empty set if it's the set of even numbers (i.e. A or B or C), or here is where you can use use sleight of hand to make a false argument that you can get even numbers summing to odd numbers
So A, B, C are all equal to the set of even numbers, and A * B is the set of all pairs of numbers whose sum is not even. As you haven't given a set from which its members are drawn, we don't actually know where to get the elements of the set from ...
Lol how did you do it?
Has it ended already? I don't see much about it now
Nuh uh
I guess for example if you are defining a field where the additive identity is 1 then that could make sense