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Re: Second Language Uploaded

From:O'Connell James <jamestomas2@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 21, 2000, 20:20
Heh, The two languages have some things in common with
my own, Elenyo -
stress on penultimate syllabe, ergative, no articles
:)

LordManwe
James O'Connell
jamestomas2@yahoo.co.uk

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Chaney" <adchaney@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 2:41 AM
Subject: Second Language Uploaded


> I have finished a bare-bones sketch of my second
conlang.
> You can read about it in this message or at: > > <
http://home.earthlink.net/~gllaurents/conlang/mahr_language.html
> > > As I said, it's a little incomplete but the basics
are there.
> > I wanted to get this one fleshed out a bit because
it and my other
> conlang <
http://home.earthlink.net/~gllaurents/conlang/ihro_language.html
> > are going to have to interact (loan words, etc)
quite a bit
> (commerce, diplomatic alliances, etc). > > Comments, etc are requested. > > > I tried to set up the tabular info to be readable,
but I don't know well it'll
> turn out on your computer(s)... > > > Introduction > > This is a brief description of the Mahr language as
spoken around 1124 years
> after the fall of the Dhïggi Empire. > > Sounds > > Consonents > aspirated stops unaspirated stops fricatives
affricates approximants nasals
> ph p f tz j m > th t x ts w n > kh k s pf l ñ > z > > Mahr consonents are not distinguished by voicing.
Stops are distinguished by aspiration.
> Mahr j is like English y. ñ is ng sing finally, but
it is ny canyon before a vowel. Mahr
> x is like English th. Mahr z is English sh.
Consonents generally become voiced when they
> are between vowels. > > Vowels > close open middle > í peat i pit u put > é pate e pet o boat > á father a pat õ ought > > > > > Word Formation & Stress > Acceptable syllables are [C][a]V[n][C] where [a] is
an approximant and [n] is a nasal.
> Stress falls on the penultimate closed syllable. > > > > Nouns > Nouns are inflected for case (Ergative, Absolutive,
Dative, Abbessive, Genitive,
> Instrumental, Locative) and number (Singular, Dual,
Plural). Duals are formed by
> prefixing i to the noun stem. Plurals by prefixing
a. The openness of the affixes
> changes to match that of the noun. > > Noun Inflections > Singular Dual Plural
Meaning/Usage
> Ergative -(u)s i-(u)s a-(u)s Subj of
Transitive Sentences
> Absolutive -(u)p i-(u)p a-(u)p Subj of
Intransitive Sentences
> & D. Obj of Transitive Sentences > Dative -le i-le a-le Motion towards > Abbessive -em i-em a-em Motion from > Genitive -ap i-ap a-ap
Of/Possession
> Instrumental -an i-an a-an
By/with/utilizing
> locative -je i-je a-je In, Near > > Generally a noun with close vowels in its stem is
feminine, one with open vowels
> is masculine, and one with middle vowels is neuter. > > > > Pronouns > Personal pronouns never occur in independantly, they
are always attached to either
> a noun (showing possession), a verb (prefixed as the
subj & suffixed as the object),
> or a preposition. Personal pronouns show person,
number, and gender.
> > Pronouns > Masculine Feminine Neuter > 1 sing ti tí tu > 1 dual iti ítí utu > 1 plur ati ítí õtu > 2 sing swe swé swo > 2 dual iswe íswé uswo > 2 plur asee áswé õswo > 3 sing pja pjá pjõ > 3 dual ipja ípjá upjo > 3 plur apja ápjá õpjo > > > Verbs > Verbs are inflected for aspect, tense, number,
subject, and object.
> > Verb Inflections > Complete Incomplete > distant past -í -ín > recent past -é -én > present - -(õ)n > near future -e -en > distant future -i -in > > A pronoun is then prefixed to show the subject, and
another is suffixed
> to show the object. Ex.: > > I see him. > tisumphõnswe > > ti sumphõn swe >
I.masc.sing-see.present.incomplete-him.masc.sing
> > > > Articles, Adjectives & Adverbs > Articles & adjectives agree with their head for
number and gender. Articles
> come before the noun; adjectives generally come
directly after their noun.
> Articles are inflected just like adjectives. > > Article Stems > Direct Indirect > l- an- > > Article & Adjective Inflections > Masc Fem Neut > sing -e -é -o > dual -i -í -u > plur -a -á -õ > Ex.: > > I saw the red (female)dog. > tisumphé lé páxep kompfé. > > I.sing.masc-see.comp.dpast the.fem.sing
dog.sing.abs red.fem.sing
> > > > Prepositions & Conjunctions > Several concepts that English conveys with
prepositions are translated using
> the various Mahr cases. Prepositions take a dative
(prepositions dealing with
> motion towards), abbessive (motion from), or
locative noun (no motion) as
> their object. Pronoun objects are suffixed to their
preposition. Ex.:
> > I went to London. > tithoñé Londonle. > I.sing.masc-go.rpast.comp London.dat.sing > > I'm looking at him. (lit. I'm seeing at
him.)
> tisumphõn áswe. > I.sing.masc-see.pres.incomp at.him.sing.masc > > I'm looking at London. > tisumphõn á Londonle. > I.sing.masc-see.pres.incomp at
London.dat.sing
> > > > Syntax > Word order is fairly free, but generally SVO
dominates.
> > > Andy > > http://home.earthlink.net/~gllaurents/
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