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Re: 'Nor' in the World's Languages

From:Dana Nutter <sasxsek@...>
Date:Sunday, August 6, 2006, 12:05
li [Yahya Abdal-Aziz] mi tulis la

> In your conlangs, what kinds of logical connectives have you > implemented? > Examples would be:
In SASXSEK:
> 1. A and B - AND
A ka B
> 2. A or B or both (A and B) - the "inclusive or", OR
A kapa B
> 3. A or B but not both (A and B) - the "exclusive or", XOR
A pa B
> 4. If A, then B - "A implies B"
wa A fa B
> 5. A only if B - "A is implied by B"
B wa A \ wa B fa A
> 6. A if and only if B - "A and B imply each other", "A and > B are equivalent"
wa A ka B
> 7. not A - ie the statement A is not true - cf Malay "tidak" > for logical negation, below
ni A
> 8. M is not a N - ie the thing M is not one of the things N - > cf Malay "bukan" for categorical negation, below
M ni N \ M Nin
> 9. neither A nor B - ie not A and not B
na A na B Gloss ----- ka = and pa = or (exclusive) kapa = or (ka+pa, inclusive) wa = if fa = then; therefore na = but ni = not (adv.) -in = in-; un-; not ~ Also note that -A words are conjunctions. Most have related prepositions with somewhat related meanings (ending with -U). ku = with pu = against nu = without fu = toward ------------------------------ dejnx nxtxr / Dana Nutter LI SASXSEK LATIS. http://www.nutter.net/sasxsek