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1.The Commonwealth of Kallim HeritageRight-wing Utopia“From Many, One”
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4.The International Commonwealth of YukjuleideCivil Rights Lovefest“(Insert defunct bad meme motto here)”
5.The Adandıtık respublikası of TungustanInoffensive Centrist Democracy“Tek Tənir oltın Başkalalır.”
6.The Federacija of Nova DalmacijaInoffensive Centrist Democracy“Dižete holove, ľudze Nove Dalmacije!”
7.The Republic of NlarhyaloNew York Times Democracy“Pэл Флaйм Шэeёeлaк”
8.The Independent Republic of AkathaCivil Rights Lovefest“Dzarumin tsanan fabinan”
9.The Republic of BrausslandCivil Rights Lovefest“Activuèx”
10.The United States of IxillandLeft-Leaning College State“Alyked, Emmsern oa Ugglayterket”
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Kuerhyedeenistan wrote:I'm always impressed by people who're able to properly pull of tricons conlangs, never had the guts to try one myself. :p

Emnian verbs are also triconsonantal lol, see here: https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Emnian_verbs

Both Emnian and Eastonian are Northwest Semitic languages, with Emnian being closer to Hebrew and Phoenician (i.e. Canaanite) and Eastonian being closer to Aramaic

Kuerhyedeenistan wrote:Have you made a native syllabary for it, or do you use an existing one? Do you have any samples if it is a conscript?

Nice, minimalistic phonetic inventory. What governs the voicing allophony in /b~p/?
Are there any other allophonic alternations, like /k~g/ and/or /t~d/? Nice touch with the absence of the velar nasal, which fits well with the minimalism and distances it a bit from standard IE-ish inventories. Interesting also to see a full 5-vowel system together with such a minimal consonant inventory. My personal preference world has been to go for a 3-vowel system, or to go all out with a large, somewhat asymmetric one; but to each his own I guess.

No trills, so what sound is your [r] - retroflex, (post-) alveolar approximant or tap, uvular fricative or approximant? Something else entirely?

Any grammar bits? Sample sentences?

approximate meaning ɹ. also there is only 1 conscript. also b can be pronounced either as /b/ or /p/. and alelo WAS a 3 vowel system

Thers Boa wrote:Maybe the IPA would be good? It’s hard for me to understand pronunciation without the official IPA characters.

.............. i did

meanwhile: allophones is only b/p. Nothing else. i don't have samples

Kuerhyedeenistan wrote:I'm always impressed by people who're able to properly pull of tricons conlangs, never had the guts to try one myself. :p

Pull off what? Never heard of those. :P

Thers Boa wrote:Pull off what? Never heard of those. :P

I think it's this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_root#Triconsonantal_roots

A very small update.

Mimikkamimi
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Aruzhin & Aurun Sami Pt. 4 - Numbers
These two were supposed to be some minor side-project but the increase in interest in Sami and other Uralic languages pushed it into my list of major conlangs although not at the level of Aurun, Aruzhin, and Kuyonnen. Just somewhere a bit below Lasso-Allican.

Anyway, numbers, the fun stuff. Aruzhin Sami obviously has some influences from Aruzhin even down to the alternating pattern reminiscent of the Aruzhin numbers.

Aruzhin Sami
1 - oktiina
2 - güiktta
3 - guolmma
4 - njälla
5 - viehtta
6 - gÿhtta
7 - šiecža
8 - rövcca
9 - auvcca
10 - logša / nÿlka

Aurun Sami
1 - üktan / ugšë
2 - guoktta / guokšë
3 - guolmma / guolšë
4 - njealla / njealšë
5 - viihtta / vitšë
6 - guhtta / gutšë
7 - šiecca / šiecšë
8 - aktta / akšë / guodahttaksa*
9 - oavcca / ovšë / ügendahttaksa*
10 - lož/ logšë

- The ë in Aurun Sami is a schwa.
- *These two were the result of Finnic (Aurun) influence.

The two forms of numbers used to have the purpose for counting things considered luundašte (of nature) and aailmašte (of man) respectively but overtime the distinction between the two was lost among the common speaker and the two forms are used interchangeably. But many traditionalist speakers often use them as their intended purpose.

(Emnitic languages #1 and #2 are Emnian and Eastonian, respectively)

CONSONANT OUTCOMES
INITIAL/MEDIAL FINAL (deletion unless otherwise noted)
א /ʔ/ > (deletion+high tone) (deletion+high tone)
ב /b/ > b /p/ (low) /u/ final (falling tone)
ג /g/ > g /k/ (low) (falling tone)
ד /d/ > d /t/ (low) /i/ final (falling tone)
ה /h/ > (deletion+low tone) (deletion+low tone)
ו /w/ > f /f/ (low) /u/ final
ז /z/ > z /t͡s/ (low)
ח /ħ/ > h /x~h/ (high)
ט /tˤ/ > zh /ʈ͡ʂ/ (high)
י /j/ > y /j/ (low) /i/ final
כ /k/ > k /kʰ/ (high)
ל /l/ > l /l/ (low) /i/ final
מ /m/ > m /m/ (low) /n/ (n) final (falling tone)
נ /n/ > n /n/ (low) /n/ (n) final (rising tone)
ס /s/ > s /s/ (high)
ע /ʕ/ > w /w/ (low) /ŋ/ (ng) final
פ /p/ > p /pʰ/ (high)
צ /sˤ/ > c /t͡sʰ/ (high)
ק /q/ > ch /ʈ͡ʂʰ/ (high) (rising tone)
ר /r/ > r /ɻ ~ ʐ/ (low) /ɻ / (r) final
ש /ʃ/ > sh /ʂ/ (high)
ת /t/ > t /tʰ/ (high) /i/ final (rising tone)

medial h/ʔ creates initial rising/falling tones, as in:
beʔer (well) > bùi-ér = bǔir

Rising tone: ǎěǐǒǔ
Falling tone: âêîôû
High tone: áéíóú
Low tone: àèìòù

If a word ends in a consonant, a final "ë" must be added

VOWELS
INITIAL SYLLABLE OTHER
ə (schwa) > ë [ɤ] ë [ɤ~ə]
a > uo [wo]; word initially wo o [o]; ao [au̯] word finally
ɛ > a [a] a [a]
e > ui [wei̯], word initially wei ei [ei̯] (free), e [ɛ] (checked)
i > i [i]; word initially yi i [ɪ~ɤ]
o > u [u] (free), [ʊ] (checked) u [u] (free), [ʊ] (checked)
u > ü [y], word initially yü ü [y]
Ü AND Ë CANNOT HAVE TONE

NOUNS
keleb (male dog) > ká lâo
kalba (female dog) > kúo lë bào
malik (king) > mùo li
mamleket (kingdom) > mùo më la kái
medina (state) > mùi di nào
egartah (letter) > wéi gor tào

PERSONAL PRONOUNS

ní = I
tá = you (singular)
há = he, she, it, they (singular)

àn = we
tàn = you (plural)
hàn = they (plural)

SYNTAX

SVO = Subject, Object, Indirect Object, Direct Object

ní küe tu lí mùo li = I write to the King
ní kúo tao tâo ìn mùo li = I corresponded with the King
há kúo tâo lí àn (wěi) wéi gor tào = he/she wrote a/the letter to us

prepositional objects can precede subject for emphasis but SVO remains
ìn mùo li ní küe tu tu = I correspond with the King (specifically).
lí àn há kúo tâo wěi wéi gor tào = he/she wrote a/the letter to us (specifically).

NO CASE MARKING, NO GRAMMATICAL GENDER

VERBAL PARADIGMS

verbs have both a "present stem" and a "past stem" that correspond to the prefix and suffix conjugations of the other emnitic languages
regular present stems have the pattern Cüe CiaC (following the final rules)
regular past stems have the pattern Ca CeC (following the final rules)
i.e. -ktob, katab = küe tu, kúo tâo
i.e. -pʕol, paʕal = püe wu, púo wai

for intensive, double second syllable and shift tone, i.e.:
küe tu = he writes; küe tu tu = he corresponds
kúo tâo = he wrote; kúo tao tâo = he corresponded

for causative, the syllable ha is added, i.e.:
küe tu = he writes; ha küe tu = he has (something) written
kúo tâo = he wrote; ha kúo tâo = he had (something) written

for reflexive/passive, the syllable wei is added, i.e.:
küe tu = he writes; wei küe tu = he writes to himself
kúo tâo = he wrote; wei kúo tâo = he wrote to himself

TO BE

hà yâ = invariable copula

NEGATION

liâo = not

há liâo hà yâ mùo li = he isn't the king

copula can be omitted in X isn't Y statements, but not in positive X is Y statements
há hà yâ mùo li = he is the king
há liâo mùo li = he isn't the king

Basic prepositions:
wěi = direct object marker
bí = in, on
lí = to, for
gë = like, as
mǐn = from
dë = of (classifier/genitive marker)
mùo li dë ká lâo = the king's dog
shúo li dë ká lâo = three dogs
ìn = with

Read dispatch

Then there were three

Hello everybody!

I am new to conlanging, and I need some help.
I have made a draft for my conlangs' numerals.
Tell me what do you think:

Proto-Cihoic: *däwö (1), *häie (2), *dzal (3), *nāghuie (4), *no zaii (5), *koue-kouen (6), *äle-you'e (7), *gush (8), *lollän (9), *göög-üchü (10).
Classical Cihoic: davuo, hie, tsal, naguve, nosai, gög-ün, el-yue, gush, lolan, gögchü.
Modern Cihoic: tafo, kie, tsal, nagu'i, sai, gög-ö/gögün, arhue, kush, roura, göktsü

Proto-Guic: *rēų, *kjēu, *nēų, *leū, *sę̄, *djēu, *(h)rōg, *xout/*hout,*ką̄, *gjōrh.
Old Guric: *rēm, *kiēu, *nēn, *leō, *sien, *djīk, *hrūig, *hoūt, *kām, *gōrh.
Old Gundic: *reīm, *kjīu, *nēi, *leū, *sīn, *djēu, *rwōg, *xoūt, *kān, *kōrh.
Gundi: rim, chiu, nei, leu, sin, deu, rog, xod, kan, kor.
Antigundic: rē, kjiu, neu, leo, sjin, die, hureg, hōd, kam, gōr.
Zorbí: rem/waħed, cheu/thnein, nei/thlathe, leo/(e)rb'a, seu/xamse, deu/sitte, rog/sb'ah, xod/thmanje, kam/tis'e, qor/'ashre.

Zorbí contains two numerical systems: Native Gundi and Arabic.
Both Gundi and Antigundi have Latin prefixes (like bi-, duo-), while Zorbí has Turkish prefixes (like iki-, dord-), and some borrowed Japanese words. (şou/ṣou, 'pair' in Zorbí, originates from Japanese 双, historically pronounced sou as well).

I apologise if change in pronunciation throughout the eons is inconsistent. I am trying to perfect it.

Antoninus Pius wrote:I apologise if change in pronunciation throughout the eons is inconsistent. I am trying to perfect it.

no rule is as important as the rule of cool — its your language and you can do whatever you need to make it appeal to you

Isles of Eamhna wrote:no rule is as important as the rule of cool — its your language and you can do whatever you need to make it appeal to you

If you’re making a conlang, I don’t care what it’s like, it’s your conlang, do what you want with it! It’s not my conlang! I’m not the one making your conlang!

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