Re: sketchy conlang... look! it's on-topic!

From a quick look before running of to Uni, I rather like it. The possessive
formations are quite nifty!

                                                            Andreas

Quoting Muke Tever <hotblack@...>:

> Lately during RP sessions I havnt found myself inspired to draw or write,
> and I find myself doing random conlang doodling instead.
>
> This is the bit of nameless language I've thrown together over the past
> couple weeks:
>
> Phonology
>
>       t  c  k  q  ?
>       n     N
>          j     w
>       r           h
>
>
>               i\(:) u\
>       e(:) œ           ʌ(:) o
>                 A(:)
>
>
> SOV order.
> Basic roots generally (C)V(C) syllables.
>
> -------------
>
> Lexicon:
>       -tan-  "rock" (n.)
>       -kaN-  "kill" (v.)
>       -aaq-  "love" (v.)
>       -haan- "light" (v.) (?)
>       -tut-  "be in" (v.)
>       -tah-  "rain" (n.)
>       -aac-  "dream" (v.)
>
> -------------
>
> The Noun Word
>      (derivations)-root-(possessor)-case
>
> Haven't got any derivations yet.
>
> "Possessor" is the possessor of the object
>       1P -y-
>       2P -k-
>       3P -w-
>
>     (some objects cannot be possessed)
>
>     The -y- and -w- have a tendency to disappear, leaving
>     interesting effects (see below).
>
> "Case" - I'm not sure how many there are yet, but there's at least:
>       ergative   -aa, -e,  -ʌ
>       absolutive -o,  -ii, -u
>       dative     -aa, -ee, -ee
>
>      (yes, there are three different declensions of nouns...
>       how they classify, I'm not sure yet)
>
> So, "rock"      = tan-aa   > tanaa
>      "his rock"  = tan-w-aa > tonnaa
>      "my rock"   = tan-y-aa > tennaa
>      "your rock" = tan-k-aa > tankaa
>
>      "rain"      = tah-e    > tahe
>
>
> Number not distinguished.
>
> ------------------
>
> The Verb Word
>
> Intransitive:
>       aspect-subject-root
>
> Transitive:
>       aspect-root-agent-patient
>
> "Aspect" - formed dynamically!  yahoo!
>       < x - >
>       t q a :
>
>       "<" is action that has been going on
>       ">" action that continues
>       "x" a point in time
>       "-" a span of time
>
>     So, < --- > progressive,  taa-
>           ---xx perfect,      aqiq-
>         x --- > inceptive,    qaa-
>            x    punctual,     q-
>           xxx   iterative,    qiqiqi-  (etc.)
>      ad libitum
>
>      (-i- is the anaptyctic vowel where necessary)
>
>      This is actually a bit ambiguous.  Using the notation in DM,
>      this language doesnt distinguish between "|", "[", "]", or "x"
>      (it may... but I havnt come across it yet)
>
> "Agent" markers are the same as the possessive markers
>
> "Subject"/"patient" markers:
>       1P  -ee-
>       2P  -(i)k-
>       3P  -o-
>      refl -(i)t-
>
> So, "I love you" = t-a-:-aaq-y-ik > taaaaqqik or taaaeqqik [!]
> For sheer readability's sake upon producing a form like "taaaaqqik" I
> decided to start marking long vowels with macrons instead of doubled
> letters, so it should really be tāāqqik or tāaeqqik.  (The |ae| would
> probably be [AI].)
>
> "rain in my dreams"
>       tahe qēāc tātutto
>
> Somehow q- got managed to be used as a gerund (?a dreaming).
> Yes, prepositions are verbs...
>
>
> And that's about all I have so far.  I dont do a priori conlanging well or
> much, so.
> Commentnys?
>
>
>         *Muke!
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