Re: Lilipu: The Bonsai Language

Christian Thalmann <cinga@...> wrote:
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 > Like the miniature Japanese bonsai tree, Lilipu exemplifies "Small is
 > beautiful." It is designed as a language in which to create haiku.
While I find the language quite charming, especially with its
elegant usage of |va| and |vu| for different yet logically
related purposes, it appears to me as *not* very well suited
for haikus...  the constricted phonology forces many words to
take up three or more syllables, and the analytical grammar
demands that all grammatical features be expressed with
additional syllables strewn into the text...
>>>>
Well then--On this basis I find Japanese itself is not very well suited for
haikus... :-))))
Personally I find Lilipu words indecently short :-|| All root words in my
conlang are 3-syllable long and its grammar is hyperconstru~icted too.
Phonostuffwise it ties with Lilipu with 11 sounds as well (a, i, u, p, m, t,
n, k, ng, l, s)--although u is also w before a and i so maybe Lilipu is less
in all. However Viktoro will never beat THIS one: the cheesiest poem a
conlanger ever posted on this list:

I tikanga nai pamingi
Oa kamosa somingo
I tolonga sotoko
I kosoti kai manoki
Olai pisomo
A pilomi otai pikani!

(Like a flower
Born again
Each morning
Between the sky
And the sea
Oh my country!)

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