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Re: New Conlanger

From:dunn patrick w <tb0pwd1@...>
Date:Friday, May 14, 1999, 21:23
On Fri, 14 May 1999 Kulorblind@AOL.COM wrote:

> Could anyone give me a little advice on starting a conlang? I have just > discovered conlanging and am devoloping a very logicalconlang called > GUILTERE. Here is what I have so far:
Yay! A virgin! *grins* moqoge guX! (Welcome -- lit "I will not eat (you)")
> The alphabet, tenses, suffixes, and prefixes > ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY > F = English P sound > P = English PH sound
Why not make P the P sound and F the F sound?
> I = stretched english E sound > 'ez = sufix to pluralize a word (counted as one letter) > bob = currently doing (prefix) > dad = going to do(prefix) > mim = already did(prefix) > 'ock = to make a command (suffix)
Friendly advice -- for a logical language, go phonetic. What, really, is the difference between ck and k? Or is there one that you forgot to explain?
> PEOPLE - XORG'ez > TI('ez) = he(s)/she(s) > TU = you, they > DERJ = I, me > DETU = us,we
So TI'ez and TU mean the same thing? Why isn't DERJ'ez "we"? How can I tell subjective from objective pronouns (Or nominative from accusative, if you prerfer that distinction)? [Nevermind, found it later. Word order]
> EATING/FOOD - bobLAL/LAL > CHA = meat OR carnivore > WHA = vegtable OR herbivore > WHACHA = meat/vegtable OR omnivore > LAL = food, non-specific(if prefix added EAT or ATE or EATING depending on > prefix)
I like that you can call an animal by what it eats. But is it very logical? Perhaps you're going for an artlang instead?
> !TU SMU > You smell.
Does this mean that I am able to smell, or does it mean that I don't smell very good? How do you differentiate transitive and intransitive verbs, in other words? Interesting. You've obviously put a lot of thought into it. QorakOx qr mecumtr pekemtr! ("May you find something good to eat!")