Speak in Your Conlang Thread
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? Travis B. posts: 603
, Crystallogen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Māts ha sman mīlnšan êytʼan krā ġakʼ sandnâpʼan mīlnšan smêferyit.
[maːts hɐ smã miːlnʃã eːjtʼã kraː ʁakʼ sãdnɐːpʼã miːlnʃã smeːfeʑit]
Māt1S.EMPH-s-ERG haEMPH sam=NEG=aexist-m-3PI milnaexplain-INST-n-PI-∅-ABS êytʼadd-m-ADV krāCOM ġkʼtoo sam=NEG=dn-through-qsee-b-able-m-3PI milnaexplain-INST-n-PI-∅-ABS sam=NEG=y-1S>3PI-âfalike-ryi-DED-t.-1S>3PI
I personally do not like glosses that are too opaque, much the less no glosses at all.

Wuntral noxwun hablyemeyt yīnrelyitut âferyit.
[wõtrɐl nɔχʷɔ̃ hɐbʎemejt jẽːreʎitut ɐːfeʑit]
ʷuntrpeople-∅-SA-l-GEN noxwulanguage-n-PI-∅-ABS hablfunction-y-IPFV-m-3PI-ey-MAN-t-SI-∅-ABS ʸīnrunderstand-lyi-able-t-1S>3SI-ʷu-NOM_GEN-t-SI-∅-ABS âfalike-ryi-DED-t.-1S>3SI
I like to be able to understand how people's languages work.
? masako posts: 206
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quoting Travis B.:
I like to be able to understand how people's languages work.

ma na
Me as well.

ehe
but...

ihalo nya kalamyalo mek nya kalamyalo onyoto
This discussion (thread) is for talking in conlangs, not so much learning about them.
? Travis B. posts: 603
, Crystallogen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Mīlšan khrā ôsun seyšrəptut mīlšan krā ôsun seyšrəptut xnyi êytʼan armsryi.
[miːlʃã kʰraː oːsõ sejʃrɨptut miːlʃã kraː oːsõ sejʃrɨptut χɲi eːjtʼã ɐrmsʑi]
Writing sentences without glosses is also harder than writing sentences with glosses.
? masako posts: 206
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quoting Travis B.:
Writing sentences without glosses is also harder than writing sentences with glosses.

na nkatak
I disagree.
? Travis B. posts: 603
, Crystallogen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Êyőwto ga mīlnth ēbīntut dâsyʼőw.
[eːjœːwto ɡɐ miːlntʰ ɛːbẽːtut dɐːtsʲʼœːw]
That means that I have to keep a gloss in my head.
? masako posts: 206
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uatla eta nya onyo ke kalamya tayo yotene
That should help you learn your conlang!
? Travis B. posts: 603
, Crystallogen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Tʼowth ta gyedyöwmâth po sryē sʼošrəptnat yüwt smeyrkʼlyitut êytʼan dâsyʼőw.
[tʼowtʰ tɐ dʑedʲøwmɐːtʰ po sʑɛː tsʼoʃrɨptnɐt jywt smejrkʼʎitut eːjtʼã dɐːtsʲʼœːw]
That also means that I cannot rely upon things I have written before except by memory or decipherment.
? Travis B. posts: 603
, Crystallogen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Ra yirġan krā ye noxwut ūtʼtut dâsʼqūšlyitʼ.
[rɐ jirʁã kraː je nɔχʷot uːtʼtut dɐːtsʼqoːʃʎitʼ]
But yes, it could help me learn my language.
? masako posts: 206
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quoting Travis B.:
That also means that I cannot rely upon things I have written before except by memory or decipherment.

ya totla
Exactly!
? Travis B. posts: 603
, Crystallogen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Gyedyöwmâth yēlan tʼman za rablyen tʼman wôkamətal za dōrmətal gye yilowt owt po yermsryi.
[dʑedʲøwmɐːtʰ jɛːlã tʼmã zɐ rɐbʎɛ̃ tʼmã woːkɐmɨtɐl zɐ dɔːrmɨtɐl dʑe jilowt owt po jermsʑi]
Decipherment is made more difficult by there being plenty of elisions and assimilations of vowels and consonants.
? masako posts: 206
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kya onyo
Study!
? Hallow XIII Primordial Crab
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, 巴塞尔之侯
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Nɔɔ fɛɛho ɣù arìk iʔdòzòŋgì bòɽgà xą̀ą̀ fee t̪uuga ʔiibàʑʔ dų̀ɽ meetɕaɽgi iʔkaʈ vì?
nɔɔthat fɛɛhomeaning ɣùof arìkvisible iʔ-3S-dòzòŋcarry_out-gì-NMLZ bòɽbe.without-gà-CONV xą̀ą̀how feeFUT t̪uuhear-ga-CONV ʔii-3S>3S-bàʑʔtake_up dų̀ɽperson mee-2S-tɕaɽsay-gi-NMLZ iʔ-3S-kaʈform Q
If you don't gloss it, how are you supposed to understand the structure of what you say?
? Travis B. posts: 603
, Crystallogen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Hallows ašrəptnyit nyēyt yīnrelyütuts ca âfotut yīnar.
[hɐlows ɐʃrɨptɲit ɲɛːjt jẽːreʎytuts ʕa ɐːfotut jiːnɐr]
HallowHallow-∅-SA-s-ERG a-3SA>3'SI-šrəptwrite-n-PERF-∅-3SA>3'SI-ʸi-NREL-t-SI-∅-ABS n=3SI=ʸi-CAUS-aexist-∅-3SI-ey-MAN-t-SI-∅-ABS ʸīnrunderstand-lyi-can-t-1S>3SI-ʷu-NOM_GEN-t-SI-s-ABL cabecause âfalike-t-1S>3SI-ʷu-NOM_GEN-t-SI ʸīnrunderstand-∅.-IMP.2S>3SI
See, I like what Hallow has written because I can understand how it is structured.
? masako posts: 206
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semye tamapa ehe kuama na'etla heyak
Glossing can be good but I don't always find it necessary.
? Izambri Left of the middle
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, Duke, the Findible League
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Ardri tup, allès na dasc aune, èm mercedany se mintrelamne naucante. Mercedi se trisanye noie a doms.
I'm working again my Dwarvish protolanguage after so many years. I work my conworld and conlangs in waves.
? kusuri posts: 37
, Possibly the Bosonest Boson to ever be a Boson in CO, USA, EARTH, MWAY, UNIV ever.
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Pin mo kin si pan fiu pau la pin, ran sin pai, ta pin mo sau pia tai si lon hui wau.
1 NOM work ACC system word make GEN 1, time span little, and 1 NOM hold manner stop ACC thing many 3
I work on my conlangs for a little bit, and then I abandon them.
? Foolster41 posts: 7
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is daesila. kethas daesila chiusie
i-s da-esila. kethas da-esila chi-usi-e
PRES-V SUBJ-1m. write SUBJ-1 OBJ-part-thing
Me too. I write little bits.
? Travis B. posts: 603
, Crystallogen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Sʼut krā plyi yeyêpet noxwunal gye syēnt yêpöwt.
[tsʼut kraː pʎi jejeːpet nɔχʷonɐl dʑe sʲæ̃ːt jeːpøwt]
one-ʷu-NOM-t-SI-∅-ABS krāCOM plyiafter:DYN y-1S>3PI-yêpwork_on-y-IPFV-t-1S>3PI noxwulanguage-n-PI-l-GEN gyePART syēnrange-t-SI-∅-ABS yêpwork_on-y-IPFV-ow-WIT-t.-1S>3SI
I work on a variety of languages one by one.
? Travis B. posts: 603
, Crystallogen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Smâfat noxwun yełāḥeytut ḥe âfat noxwunan wôwrn yêyöwt.
[smɐːfɐt nɔχʷɔ̃ jeɬaːħɛjtut ħɛ ɐːfɐt nɔχʷonã woːwrn jeːjøwt]
Sam=NEG=âfalike-t-1S>3SI noxwulanguage-n-PI-∅-ABS y-1S>3PI-łāḥadiscard-y-IPFV-t-1S>3PI-ʷu-NOM-t-SI-∅-ABS ḥewhile âfalike-t-1S>3SI noxwulanguage-n-PI-m-DAT khaBEN wo-from-wocome-r-ARG-n-PI-∅-ABS y-1S>3PI-ʸi-CAUS-aexist-y-IPFV-ow-WIT-t.-1S>3PI
I tend to create descendants of languages I like while I tend to discard languages I don't like.
? Travis B. posts: 603
, Crystallogen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Ḥāqʼ santūxp yüwt câna sʼêqyöwt kha phišyöw.
Câna ḥāqʼ tasʼowrətho kha sma yüwt wow.
Qʼāb. Qʼāb. Qʼāb. Qʼāb. Qʼāb. Qʼāb. Qʼāb.


[ħaːqʼ sãtoːχp jywt ʕaːnɐ tsʼeːkʲøwt kʰɐ pʰiɕøw ‖
ʕaːnɐ ħaːqʼ tɐtsʼowrɨtʰo kʰɐ smɐ jywt wow ‖
qʼaːb ‖ qʼaːb ‖ qʼaːb ‖ qʼaːb ‖ qʼaːb ‖ qʼaːb ‖ qʼaːb]