Fragment of a new language
From: | Sylvia Sotomayor <sylvia1@...> |
Date: | Sunday, April 18, 1999, 1:56 |
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New language discovered by Sylvia Sotomayor and Adam Walker, given the na=
me
"Seldm=94, of which, unfortunately, only exists the following list of num=
ber
terms:
1 am
2 mam
3 te
4 tjam
5 no
6 nom
7 pes
8 pesm
9 ste
10 nono
11 kad
12 kadm
13 bek
14 bekm
15 teleno
16 stjam
17 gos
18 gosm
19 za
20 zam
21 telepes
22 kadkad
23 dez
24 dezm
25 sno
26 bekbek
27 teleste
28 bebekm
29 mal
30 malm
Phonology:
voiced and voiceless stops: p,b t,d k,g
one instance of palatalized stop: tj
sibilants: s,z
syllabic nasal: m
nasals: m, n
liquid: l
vowels: e, a, o
Morphemes:
am,-m 1; as a suffix, =91plus one=92
bek 13
dez 23
gos 17
kad 11
mal 29
no 5
pes 7
s- square of the number
te 3
tele- tripling of the number
za 19
reduplication and partial reduplication. is the equivalent of doubling th=
e
number.
Sylvia Sotomayor
sylvia1@ix.netcom.com
http://pw2.netcom.com/~sylvia1/
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<font size=3D4>New language discovered by Sylvia Sotomayor and Adam Walke=
r,
given the name "Seldm=94, of which, unfortunately, only exists the
following list of number terms:<br>
<br>
1 am<br>
2 mam<br>
3 te<br>
4 tjam<br>
5 no<br>
6 nom<br>
7 pes<br>
8 pesm<br>
9 ste<br>
10 nono<br>
11 kad<br>
12 kadm<br>
13 bek<br>
14 bekm<br>
15 teleno<br>
16 stjam<br>
17 gos<br>
18 gosm<br>
19 za<br>
20 zam<br>
21 telepes<br>
22 kadkad<br>
23 dez<br>
24 dezm<br>
25 sno<br>
26 bekbek<br>
27 teleste<br>
28 bebekm<br>
29 mal<br>
30 malm<br>
<br>
Phonology:<br>
voiced and voiceless stops: p,b t,d k,g<br>
one instance of palatalized stop: tj<br>
sibilants: s,z<br>
syllabic nasal: m<br>
nasals: m, n<br>
liquid: l<br>
vowels: e, a, o<br>
<br>
Morphemes:<br>
am,-m 1; as a
suffix, =91plus one=92<br>
bek &nbs=
p;
13<br>
dez &nbs=
p;
23<br>
gos &nbs=
p;
17<br>
kad &nbs=
p;
11<br>
mal &nbs=
p;
29<br>
no  =
;
5<br>
pes &nbs=
p;
7<br>
s-  =
;
square of the number<br>
te  =
;
3<br>
tele- &n=
bsp;
tripling of the number<br>
za  =
;
19<br>
reduplication and partial reduplication. is the equivalent of doubling
the number.<br>
<br>
</font><br>
<div>Sylvia Sotomayor</div>
<div>sylvia1@ix.netcom.com</div>
<div><a href=3D"http://pw2.netcom.com/~sylvia1/" EUDORA=3DAUTOURL>http://=
pw2.netcom.com/~sylvia1/</a></div>
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