Re: New Arvorec words

En réponse à SuomenkieliMaa <suomenkieli@...>:

>
> Vya:a:h ( _vy_ = "one" + _a:a:h_ = "language") will be
> the mother tongue and most essential to a series of
> artlangs belonging to a separate galaxy (Vaa:vy'yy)
> in which all people are enlightened and realize that
> homosexuality/bisexuality are natural, hence nearly
> 100% of the population homosexual.
He he, I've read fantasy and SF writings where aliens had quite strange
sexualities, but I don't think anyone else before you has had the idea of people
who are in majority homosexuals :) . I like it :)) .

> In this way, simple concepts like love/marriage/sex
> instantly connote 'between same gender.'
> (A note in passing -- as nearly 100% of this world are
> acknowledged & practicing homosexuals, the function of
> heterosexual activity will be predominantly in order
> to procreate -- hence, male-female relations always
> connotes the participates' wish to have children!)
>
And I suppose those male-female relationships are seen as purely utilitarian and
that no romantic feeling is shared by the two people, except maybe a common
feeling towards their offspring. Indeed, in such a culture it could be seen as
deviant and abnormal to have a romantic attraction towards a person of the
opposite sex :)) .

> Thus:
> Vya:a:hn word for "man" is _theiL_, but when we add
> _a:a:L_ to indicate "in order to (do s.t.)," then the
> noun "man" becomes the verb "to be intimate (for gay
> males only).  Likewise, Vya:a:hn word for "woman" is
> _rrhauxL_, but when we add _a:a:L_ to indicate "in
> order to (do s.t.)" then the noun "woman" becomes the
> verb "to be intimate (for lesbians only)".
>
Nice derivations :) .

> *NB, I use _L_ in Vya:a:hn words to represent the
> sound _i_ as in English word "it" -- not like Romance
> "i".  I still haven't figured out the SAMPA symbols
> enough to use them!
The "i" in "it" is transcribed as /I/ in SAMPA. Phonemic transcriptions are
given between slashes //, phonetic transcriptions between brackets [] and Roman
transcriptions usually between angular brackets <> or underscores __.

  Anyhow, _th_ resembles _th_ of
> English word "think" and _ei_ said like Romance
> languages would.
Then your _th_ is /T/ in SAMPA, and as for _ei_, well it depends on the Romance
language you're talking about :) . In French "ei" is /E/ (kind of like "e" in
"set"), but in Spanish and Italian it's more like /Ej/ or /Ei/ (the first like
in "prey" with a strong off-glide, the second like the "e" in "set" followed
rapidly by a short Romance "i") :) .

> triangle (the symbol of homosexuals).
>
:))

>    e.g.  _theiL_  ---->     ei   th
>                                L
>
> And, of course, first sound element is written always
> in top right corner then second in top left, finally
> last sound in bottom middle.
>
Is the language written right to left? In columns or in lines?

> At any rate, that's how I handled the concept of
> homosexuality.  Suppose I'll have trouble coining
> Vya:a:hn for the concept of heterosexuality!  Any
> thoughts?
>
Indeed, in such kind of culture heterosexuality is probably seen as a purely
utilitarian matter, and I guess that if the people have access to artificial
fecondation they will probably get rid of it completely, except for some
"deviant" people who strangely want to actually have different-sex relationships
:))) .

Christophe.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

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