Re: new lang: nvwl

En réponse à Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...>:

> On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 12:42:28 +0100 Christophe Grandsire
> <christophe.grandsire@...> writes:
> > A conlang to murmur only? Or to pronounce with the mouth as closed
> > as possible?
>
> mainly created because of boredom (at school).
>
LOL. A great inspiration source isn't it? ;))) My first conlang had the same
source ;))) .

>
> nouns:
>
> <masc.>,<fem.>,<neut>
>       Nominative Accusative  Dative        Genitive    Instrumental
> sing. -,-,-      -s,-z,-s    -ws,-ls,-ns   -m,-N,-n    -nT,-nD,-mv
> dual. -S,-Z,-S   -S,-Z,-S    -wS,-lZ,-nS   -mS,-NZ,-nS -nS,-nZ,-mS
> plur. -n,-n,-n   -ns,-nz,-ns -wns,-lnz,-ns -mn,-Nn,-n  -nTn,-nZn,-mvn
>
> adjectives have the same ending as the noun they modify.
>
> verbs:
>
> past         -n
> present      -
> future       -w
>
> perfective   -T
> continuative -l
> futurative   -Z
>
> subjunctive  vw-
> desirative   mN-
> obligative   Tj-
> imperative   Z-
> optative     kR-
> abilative    Zn-
>
> word order is strictly VSO
>
Interesting. It looks like a rather common language, if not for the complete
absence of vowels. By the way, are the syllabic consonants always syllabic, or
do you have rules to decide when a consonant is to become a syllable peak or
not? (or do you have a strict morphology?) I ask that because it would add a
nice twist if your prefixes and suffixes were pronounced sometimes as pure
consonants, sometimes as syllabic peaks ;)) .

Christophe.

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