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Was supposed to post something about the Aurun and Aruzhin words for peacock yesterday. XD
Peacock
Aurun
Miiksonsükkö - lit. "fan tail"; can also mean "helicopter"
Naming animals or other things not commonly found in Auruna are usually named after their distinct features that describe it. The other way is to take the word from another language and Aurunise it. An example of that is onikiiri from the original Japanese word of お握り (onigiri).
The same can be said about Aruzhin.
Mizhoi'kÿne(-npiriiki) - lit. "fan tail(-ed bird)"
Upper alterac and Kuerhyedeenistan
Possible
Kuerhyét:
Morcausa, from Hindi मोर (mor) -peacock + causa - bird.
Auruna and Upper alterac
Peacock
Iksilan: Pawon
Auruna and Upper alterac
Speaking of birds..
Word of the day: Egg
Kuerhyét: dunu
Inna: doɣon
Auruna, Ixilland, and Upper alterac
Navennuas:
a bird: un uegiao /ũn‿wɛ.zo/
two birds : doex uegiaox /dœz‿wɛ.zo/
the bird: l'uegiao /lwɛ.zo/
the birds: las uegiaox /laz‿wɛ.zo/
Ça ressembla boltao ao françuas.
Auruna, Upper alterac, and Kuerhyedeenistan
English - Tazrelian Sarz - Sarztoend (Alobteynia | Suomi) - Sarzino - Anmevigian
egg(s) - ýit [i:t] - hjit | gjiet [çit] - ýjt - ýt [çits]
bird(s) - mak - mak [mak] - max [makx] - màx [maku]
small bird(s) - keme [kɛmɛ] - X - X - kmœ (kmèu) [k'mʌ (k'mɛw)]
(The only one that uses latin is Sarz-Suomi (Which is a dialect of Alobenian/Modern Sarztoend), rest are transliterations)
Auruna, Upper alterac, and Kuerhyedeenistan
Cool stuff!
Which script(s) does the other languages (/dialects?) use? Is the Suomi-bit of the name a reflection on where this dialect is spoken?
Eggs, eggs
Aurun:
Taanamuna
Muna
Taamako
Aruzhin:
Krÿszhi - lit. "enclosure"
Taane
Kuyonnen:
Äg
Taana
Tälevani:
Taanamuna
Meanwhile, doing some stuff to Aruzhin including trying to create a different writing system for Aruzhin and the old Aruz. And planned to do a tonal dialect of Aruzhin called Mountain Aruzhin / Miiktinu'en Aruzhini that retains the tones of old Aruz.
The Aruzhin writing system will have the logographic Zuikiinti and a syllabic Röna that is used alongside the Latin script after it was introduced through contact.
Old Aruz used a runic alphabet that was adapted from the nearby Germanic areas and modified to fit the Aruz orthography.
I've been lazy when it comes to phonology on my last few conlangs, and not really settling conlusively on any system - but rather just work with some basic assumptions until I have a feeling for the language and can adhere (more or less unconciously) to some undefined rules.. Phonology can be fun work though, so I dediced that for Inna at least, I'm going to be a bit more thorough. For starters, I've put up tables of the phonemes of Inna in the dispatch:
Inna phonology
Vowels:
| Front | Central | Back |
Close | i |
| ʉ ~ ɯ ~ Ʊ [u] |
Mid | e ~ œ [e] | ɵ ~ ə [ə] | u ~ o [o] |
Open |
| ɐ ~ ɑ [a] |
|
Consonants:
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar |
Nasal | m | n |
|
Plosive | p b | t d | k g |
fricative |
| ð [δ] | x [h] ɣ |
sibilant |
| s |
|
tap/flap |
| r |
|
Inna nominal morphosyntax.
Number
Inna has three nominal numbers: singular, paucal (two, three or four) and plural. Sg is unmarked, while pc and pl are marked by articles that might either precede or follow their head noun; im for pc and i for pl.
Definiteness is not a mandatory category, but may be shown by the article a for singular, and either by the article a in front of and the pc/pl article following the head noun, or by the number article both in front and following:
tə - (a/the) woman, a tə - the woman, im tə / tə im - (the) few (two, three or four) women, a tə im / im tə im - the few women, i tə / tə i - (the) women (five or more) , a tə i / i tə i - the women (five or more)
Pronouns
There are three basic personal pronouns, which can be distinguished numerically by the standard nominal numeral articles im and i.
Unnə - 1p. - I, im unnə / unnə im - we (two, three or four), i unnə / unnə i - we (five or more)
Dinə - 2p. - you sg, im dinə / dinə im - you pc, i dinə / dinə i - you pl
Atta - 3p. human - (s)he, im atta / atta im - they pc, i atta / atta i - they pl
Irə - 3p. non-human - it, im irə / irə im - they (n-h) pc, i irə / irə i - they (n-h) pl
The 3p pronouns double as demonstrative articles (this, that) when directly following a noun. The this/that distinction can be clarified by a locational modifier (o - next to me, ete - next to you, ide - over there, uδδe - unseen) :
era - (a/the) head, era irə - this head, era irə o - this head here, era irə ete - that head next to you, im era irə ide - those (pc) heads over there, i era irə uδδe - those (pl) heads which we can't see.
Nominal case
There are two classes of noun cases: core cases and locational cases. The core cases are prefixed (apart from absolutive which is unmarked), while the locational cases are suffixed. A noun can only have one core case at a time, while the locational cases can stack.
Case | Function | Marking | Example |
Absolutive | * Subject of intransitive verb | Ø- | ɣu ot |
Ergative | * Subject of transitive verb | kə-/ək- | əkot pəə uhan |
Genitive – | * Posessor (genitive) | δə-/əδ- | oɣɣǝ əδunnə unnə kədinə kun əδirə |
Locative | * Location, in, on, at | -tən | ɣunatən |
Ablative | * Location of origin, from | -δər | əkunnə Kurrəmaδər |
Illative | * Entering location, into | -tannu | əkatta iɣ otannu |
Allative | * Moving towards location, towards | -tinne | im əkunnə iɣ ɣunatinne |
Comitative | * Together with | -mən | kədinə iɣ im unnəmən |
Numbers
The numeral system of Inna is decimal, with the ordinal numbers being the basic forms from which cardinal, distributive and fractional numbers are derived. When counting (with or without referent) the ordinal numbers are also used.
Ordinal numbers:
1st - alə
2nd - ətti
3rd - neni
4th - manəs
5th - mana
6th - əδen
7th - punu
8th - iδu
9th - kəkəs
10th - kəku
Cardinal numbers, with the exception of 1 are derived by suffixing -mə up to and including 4, and -(n)i for numbers above 4:
1 - ma
2 - əttimə
3 - nenimə
4 - manəsmə
5 - manani
6 - əδeni
7 - pununi
8 - iδuni
9 - kəkəsi
10 - kəkuni
Inna verbs
Inna verbs come in two classes, motive and stative. Motive verbs involve movement from one place to another (walking, throwing, giving etc.), while stative verbs does not (thinking, sleeping, sitting, standing etc.). Verbs of motion not (necessarily) leading to a change of location (eating, working, waving etc.) are stative.
Past auxiliaries
əba (motive past) is used with:
motive verbs: əba rii unnə - [PST.MOT walk 1P] - I walked
stative verbs, giving a reflexive meaning: əba ippə atta im əkattamən - [PST.MOT speak 3P PC ERG-3P-COM] - they spoke to/with themselves
ətə (stative past) is used with:
stative verbs: ətə eɣ dinə kəpupetən - [PST.STT sit 2P ERG-chair-LOC] - you were sitting(/sat) in the/a chair
Future auxiliaries
tii (motive future) is used with motive verbs: tii buu irə əkunnə i - [FUT.MOT chase 3P.IH ERG-1P PL] - it will chase us
δon (involitional stative future) is used for things that will happen regardless of intent: δon gurə - [FUT.INV rain] - It will rain. δon ɣu ga δədinə - [INV.FUT sleep child 2P-GEN] - your child will (fall a)sleep (not implying s/he did so by by choice)
he (volitional stative future) is used when the action described is due to choice: he ɣu ga δədinə - [FUT.VOL sleep child 2P-GEN] - your child will (go to) sleep (s/he will chose to do so)
Copular clitics
Clauses may be composed of two noun phrases or a noun phrase and a predicative adjective or adjectival verb followed by a copular clitic. The copula agrees in person with the copula complement. An ephenthetic ə is inserted before the clitic if the word it attaches to ends in a consonant. The clitics distinguish between nominal and adjectival, as well as negative forms of both.
| nominal | adjectival | negative nominal | Negative adjectival |
1.p | -nii | -bii | -nəδii | -bəδii |
2.p | -dii | -sii | -dəδii | -səδii |
3.p human | -təə | -tii | -δəə | -δii |
3.p inhuman | -rəə | -tii | -ɣəə | -δii |
Unnə ɣubii - [1P sleep-COP.ADJ] - I am sleepy
Im əkatta kotətəə - [PC ERG-3P.HUM mother-COP.NOM] - They are mothers
Kədinə xamədəδii unnəδə - [ERG-2P friend-COP.NOM.NEG 1P-GEN] - you are not my friend
Kəxot pasoδii - [ERG-house yellow-COP.ADJ.NEG] - The house is not yellow
Next to work on will be allophony. When I'm fairly satisfied with that I might start working properly on the phonology of Kuerhyét.....
Auruna and Acrua
Egg
Iksilan: tonc
Bird
Iksilan: vehissel
One of my issues:
“I have a right to lead my life the way I want,” says Thomas McBoatface, an immigrant, with the help of a translator. “I will not forsake my heritage for your people and I will not dirty my tongue with your heathen language. And if you have a problem with that then tell me this: what have I done wrong? I pay my taxes, I break no laws- and yet you think I should change? Those who don’t wish to ‘integrate’ shouldn’t have to.”
Truely a thing to say to a ConLanger.
Almerdonia, Fontcollina, and Kuerhyedeenistan
Yeah, that's harsh. XD
Edit:
I will not dirty my tongue with your heathen language.
Inna (I think this is the first full complex sentence in Inna. Woop!):
Əkunnə raanə tussən kosət bassa usdən raa əδunnə ɣeetəδər raatəkərəstən δədinə.
Kuerhyét:
Yunu tuo hau jautana i mucué er hyét yukiristeane ise edien.
..don't really have words for heathen in any of these languages, so I'm going with un-christian.
Collinese
This one could have an amusing double meaning where it sounds like the speaker refuses to kiss a heathen (since the root zîm- means both tongue and language).
Ogaşâb zîmâb-e min makabim zîmad şirked-e din.
Lit. I will not render my language/tongue dirty by cause of your heathen language/tongue.
But, by playing with the objects of the verb kabîn, which can mean either to receive or to render, you can make the sentence slightly more precise:
Zîmâb-e min ogaşîm makabim zîmad şirked-e din.
Lit. I will not get dirt on my tongue by cause of your heathen language/tongue.
If you wanted no ambiguity at all, all you'd need to do here is add the word for "to speak", to clarify you mean a language, and not a body part:
Ogaşâb zîmâb-e min makabim zîmad şirked-e din gazîn dam. or
Zîmâb-e min ogaşîm makabim zîmad şirked-e din gazîn dam.
Lit. I will not render my tongue dirty by (the act of) speaking your heathen language. or
I will not get dirt on my tongue by (the act of) speaking your heathen language.
There are actually a lot of permutations of this sentence you could make that all make sense, but these are the most intuitive :)
Kuerhyedeenistan and Acrua
꽅넌드주, 닝딝챸븟샽.
Ggotneondeuju, ningdilgchyakbeussyat; Hello, it's been a while
꽅넻웽섬빵?
Ggotnechwengseombbang; How is everyone?
Upper alterac and Kuerhyedeenistan
Changed the motto of my puppet, Kuyonne.
"Ansje Framiste til den Framstaant"
Try to guess what this means. XD
Fontcollina, Kuerhyedeenistan, and Acrua
Huuuh..
Auruna and Acrua
Ah! Ansje is cognate to ansikt(e)! I thought it was from German unser(e) or a preposition an with some derivative suffix -sje. Framiste had me really confused. XD
Fun! I wouldn't mind more such "challenges" ;)
Auruna and Acrua
Forveerc o de cukunft!
Auruna, Fontcollina, and Acrua
I translated a UN program's covid poster into Collinese (after seeing the idea on reddit): https://i.imgur.com/YJFvqM1.png
Stop the Spread
Biraste edandendîm
Lit. Halt the Giving-out
How to wear a mask
Kev Rozilad Zilîn
Lit. How face-cover to wear
Wash your hands properly before putting it on and after taking it off
Biyozde rad casteme-ye din ti medîn-e bor u dir girîn-e ma
Lit. Clean your hands rightly before putting on yourself and after taking from yourself
Put the mask on so it covers your nose and mouth
Bimede ti rozilêm damu naşim u yazim-e din bizila
Lit. Put the face-cover on yourself thus, so it may cover your nose and mouth
Make sure it fits tightly so there’s no air leakage
Bivikate kîd ti dirade tan damu na guf bişîzoka
Lit. Ensure that it fits you tightly thus, so no air may leak
Don’t touch the mask except to take it off
Micaste rozilêm le dir ve girîn-e bo
Lit. Don't handle the mask but to take it from yourself
Verified
Radakat
Lit. Made true
I realized while doing this that I forgot to add the ezafe on the gerunds in my post about heathen tongues, oops. This poster probably has the most "proper" grammar I've ever done for Collinese though.
English poster: https://i.imgur.com/wlRoI4W.jpg
Blank poster: https://i.imgur.com/p1DQatJ.jpg
Auruna, Ixilland, Kuerhyedeenistan, and Acrua
Very cool! I'll try to make time to do one for Kuerhyét tomorrow. :)
Edit:
Auruna and Fontcollina
STOP DE SPRET
Hva o Treek ej Mask
Vaske duus handät richtlik vor putin es po unt etter tain es of
Put de mask po, zoo es dek duus naaz unt munt
Make ziker es fit tet, zoo dere ekki luft leekunk
Anhelde ekki de mask aaber o ta es of
Verifiiret
Auruna, Fontcollina, Kuerhyedeenistan, and Acrua
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