Yo, so, I just put on this movie and then couldn't figure out what language they're speaking. Well, apparently it's a #conlang called Tola based on #Basque. I think that's pretty cool and makes sense considering the context.
A language for fairies with modals/verbal markers that indicate whether the speaker was flying and/or how they're flying; quickly, hovering, fluttering, downward, etc.
This week I became aware of toki pona, a very minimalistic, small, simple (120 words) conlang that's been around since 2001 and is apparently pretty popular (as such things go). https://tokipona.org/
Hello fellow linguists and conlangers. I would like to verify that the spelling for Humata, Hūxta, Huvaršta is accurately represented in Avestan in the image. Thank you!
Recently, I've been playing around with tense, aspect, and mood in my conlang, Hip'alŭk' [çiˈɸalʊkʰ]. A lot of this will probably change completely as it has in the past, but here's what I currently have....
I find that translating this is a great way to come up with new bits of grammar & vocabulary when conlanging, so I decided to try translating the Lord's Prayer in my unnamed conlang. Came up with some fun stuff, such a "subjunctive" suffix to change the meaning of auxiliary verbs, a way to write first-person plural pronouns, and...
While I haven't done much conlanging in a while, I figured it'd be fun to showcase a cool feature from my conlang. In this conlang, gerunds are used to make dependent clauses. The best way to demonstrate this is probably to show an example, starting with content (noun) clauses like indirect statements....
I need to get on the #lexember bandwagon. I am itching for more tattoos in my conlangs; I just need to find the right words / phrases that accurately express my story.
OC The first sentence of the Bee Movie in Hip'alŭk'
English...
What's currently your favorite consonant sound?
Basically the title. What's your favorite consonant sound as of late, and has it changed in the past?
What's something interesting about your conlang?
Pretty much what the title says. What's a feature in your conlang that you find especially cool?
OC Tense, Aspect, and Mood in Hip'alŭk'
Recently, I've been playing around with tense, aspect, and mood in my conlang, Hip'alŭk' [çiˈɸalʊkʰ]. A lot of this will probably change completely as it has in the past, but here's what I currently have....
OC Lord's Prayer in my conlang
I find that translating this is a great way to come up with new bits of grammar & vocabulary when conlanging, so I decided to try translating the Lord's Prayer in my unnamed conlang. Came up with some fun stuff, such a "subjunctive" suffix to change the meaning of auxiliary verbs, a way to write first-person plural pronouns, and...
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Dependent clauses in my unnamed conlang
While I haven't done much conlanging in a while, I figured it'd be fun to showcase a cool feature from my conlang. In this conlang, gerunds are used to make dependent clauses. The best way to demonstrate this is probably to show an example, starting with content (noun) clauses like indirect statements....