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Re: Saalangal affixes (it's been a while)

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Thursday, June 20, 2002, 17:02
CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>> Place: x-ray >> > >LOL :))))
I know :) hee hee. I was hoping someone would pick up on that!
> > >This is an interesting one. I think I'll steal it for Itakian and Maggel >:)) . >Were you inspired by a natlang or did you invent it yourself (I would >really >like to know if there's a natlang with such an affix :) ).
I stole the idea from Ilonggo, which is a Filipino language. I thought the idea was cool to have. At least in Saalangal, it indicates something that two people take part in that goes back and forth between them. Ligáskud can also mean an arguement, or a debate, depending upon context. For ilonggo, the affix is: -ay: baisay - to argue, debate, discuss. It appears to derive from "-anay", which seems to be a verbal affix, and means similarly: nagahigugmaanay sila - they love each other naga - indicates an action that has begun and hasnt completed higugma - to love anay - indicates the action is reciprocal
> > >Lots of circumfixes as I see it. Then again, I love them, especially when >they >are not analysable :))) .
Indeed :). Essentially the origin is lost in time, since Saalangal has no relatives to compare it by :).
> > >Saalangal is a trigger language IIRC, isn't it? Those affixes have a >strong >Tagalog-ish feeling in them :))) . Absolutely nice anyway :) . >
Thanks! Well, Saalangal is my attempt at something that sounds Filipino. I didn't want to just take Tagalog an alter it (I already have Montreiano :)), so i thought up something that sounds similar, acts similar, but works a bit differently (the trigger system doesnt work like Tagalog, and there is definite tense). Those of you who are interested in Ilonggo may want to check it out. Ilonggo is very similar to Tagalog (obviously it's related), but there are some neat differences such as "sang" instead of "ng" for "of". here's a great page, which guided me in the construction of Saalangal affixes: http://www.copewithcytokines.de/NAGATUON/cope.cgi __________________________ Communication is not just words, communication is...architecture because of course it is quite obvious that the house that would be built without that desire, that desire to communicate, would not look as your house does today.