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From: Rodlox <Rodlox@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 12:42 AM
Subject: Revised Novel ConGrammar
>
> This language appears to be SVOn (subject-verb-object-number), in which
the
> number can be an actual number, or simply "possession of (#)".
>
> note: After skimming through the X-SAMPA site
> (
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/sampa/x-sampa.htm), I realize I haven't a
> clue as to what the sounds (via that site) of this conlang would be...so
> going to continue using the (false) X-SAMPA
> (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-SAMPA) instead, and I hope you can forgive
> me for such a terrible crime.
>
>
> consanants:
> -sk- [s][k]
> -pth- [pT]
> -pt- [(-)t] (ie, "pterosaur"; the "p" is soft, almost silent).
> -y- [y]
> -t- [t]
> -n- [J]
> vowels:
> (optional do not change the word by their presence or absense in the
> word's meaning; obligatory do change the word's meaning by their presence
> or absense).
> optional:
> -au- [2]
> -ou- [O]
> -a- [@]
>
> obligatory:
> -e- [E]
> -ee- [i]
> -hi- [h][I]
> -hu- [X\][U]
> -u- [3]
>
> --
> banned pairs:
> in this language, it is more frequently a matter of what cannot be
> pronounced. For example, "pt-hu" cannot be pronounced as "pth-u" (see
> below).
> however, there are still groups like "pth-u" which are forbidden.
>
> --
> tenses:
> past 1 (recent past)
> past 2 (past about which there is some dispute regarding what did/ didn't
> happen)
> present (?)
> future 1 (event that may/may not occur)
> future 2 (event that *will* occur)
>
> --
> genders:
> man
> woman
> child
> "neteru"
> (the fourth category I am calling "neteru" at least until I determine what
> the people of this conculture call it -- it denotes what is seen as
singlely
> and plurally - rituals, events, gods).
>
> --
> glossary:
> (apostrophes are inserted to denote where the phonemes begin & end, so the
> reader may understand).
>
> yaupt = harvestland (catch-all term, place for the catching of
> wild/semi-tame animals & plants; also means "marsh")
> pthapt = grainfield
> ptapt = house, residence
> skaupt = recycling the house
> yayapt = (+/-) "a century", unit of time (used for when to recycle the
> house)
> hupt = raised floor
> yahupt = thatch
> skahut = ladder
> skahit = fire
> skahitu = fireplace
> aptet = storeroom
> eptet = votive, place of worship
> ept'hu = community, city, village, collection
>
>