Re: newlang jaka

On Sun, 16 Apr 2000 Lassailly@AOL.COM wrote:

> fun today making my newlang jaka which is meant to
> substitute to tunu.
> jaka is modelled on indonesian grammar - what
> a beautiful natlang ! - but i could not resist and made
> it absolutely regular with distinct verb/adjective and
> agent/instrument forms.
> plus a lexicon of 1340-or-so root words.
You created a lexicon of 1340 root words in one day?  Are you *human*?  :)
I am envious.  I, at my best, do about 50 a day.  Then I spend hours
changing my mind, making some words derivations and others rootwords,
eliminating entire semantic dimensions, and playing with idioms.

>
> available at :
>
> http://members.aol.com/manishtusu/jakagram.html
>
> still very long a lang but i guess haiku are ok with it.
>

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