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Re: Alien conlang idea

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Monday, July 19, 2004, 16:56
Peter Bleackley scripsit:

> Suppose we then have the nouns slf (I), kns (dog), skl (bone), tld (child) > and the verbs e_a_ (have) _i__ (give) __uo (undergo) oa_e (receive), then > > eslaf otalde silf knuso tild skulo okanse > > I-have child-receive I-give dog-undergo child-give bone-undergo dog-receive
Sounds syntactically like an only somewhat exaggerated version of Chinese, which likes noun-verb-noun-verb-noun-verb sequences like this. -- One art / There is John Cowan <jcowan@...> No less / No more http://www.reutershealth.com All things / To do http://www.ccil.org/~cowan With sparks / Galore -- Douglas Hofstadter

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