Rodlox <Rodlox@...> wrote:
>> Most of the vocabulary is Old French derived, but there are several Greek
>> borrowings (mostly technical terms), a good deal of Turkic (mostly
Kazakh-
>> derived- hey, you go with what you know, right?)
>
> very true.
>
> my speculation: perhaps a few French travelers in the Middle Ages(?)
>settled down among a Kazakh community, and got along swimmingly.
>
> (is there a Franj equivilent to that term about getting along well?).
>*curious*
Not yet. I'm still working!
>> Please -xi, -xu /-Si:/, /-Su:/
>> (Note: There is no currently-used word for "Please" in Franj; the
>> French "S'il vous plait" (in Franj: "seil vùs pleisint") fell out of use
>in
>> favour of the Turkic "-xi/-xu" ending.)
>
> so its purely a suffix rather than an independant, right?
Correct. It is added to (usually) the vùs form of the verb, though, as
with Turkic, the tù form can carry it as well.
>> Thank You Ràhemet ?r&'hE.mEt_d/
>> Do you speak ...? Sàvez-vùs...? /s&v'e:z vy:s/ (formal)
>> Sàvis-tù...? /s&v'i:s ty:/ (informal)
>> English Inleix /&:~n.'lejS/
>> French Fransaix /frO:~n.sajS/
>> German Almand /al.mo:~nd'/
>> Spanish Ispegneix /is.pEn.jejS'/
>> Turkish Tùrùkeix /ty:.rYk.ejS'/
>> Arabic Arabuq /a.rab'uq/
>> Byzantine Greek Bizintiq /bi.z&:~n'tiq/
>> Franj Franj /frO:~nZ/
>
> would "Persian" be _Fars_? (with or without the horizontal line over the
>A).
_Fars_. No accent on the a. (a-grave is my romanisation of /&/, as
opposed to _a_ = /a/). Some people might say _Farseix_
>>
>> I don't speak Franj very well.
>> Jù nen sàvi yàxi Franj. /dZy: nE~n s&v'i: j&'Si: frO:~nZ/
>
> nobody's perfect.
>
>
> :)
>
[smile]
Hey, it's diffiult to learn an incomplete language! Have mercy! ;)
>> I am the walrus,
>> Jù esti li ualrox,
>
> is that written as a statement of fact, a joke, or a figure of speech?
>*curious*
>
[Ha!]
It was in the phrasebook. I assumed it was taken from a phrasebook for a
conlang (natlang???) spoken by walruses. You mean it wasn't? :)
>
>> As always, comments welcome,
>
> I hope mine helped spark ideas.
Indeed. Thanks!