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Re: "new" old conlang stuff

From:Mat McVeagh <matmcv@...>
Date:Monday, November 4, 2002, 11:36
>From: Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...> > >i was looking for some information in one of the notebooks i use to write >conlanging stuff in and i found some information about some of my (very) >early conlangs. > >one thing i found was a short bit of 'manerau' [m_0@nER\au], from which >kono and funarja are descended. B@nErau is the language reconstructed >from kono, funarja, and loan words in kontoko. the only problem is, i >wrote it a LONG time ago, and then copied it several years later (after i >had forgotten most of the script), so i don't know what it says. i am >uploading an image of the text to my web site >(http://kuvazokad.free.fr/mnrtxt.jpg). i have figured out some of the >letters, so i have 'VmV CVVnV sV mV CVCVV', where 'C' represents a >consonant and 'V' represents a vowel. i guess manerau is actually my >first and conlang and has the longest continuous existence of any of my >conlangs (i'm still working on it, but rather slowly now - kontoko takes >up a lot of time and kinsi rorotan takes up most of the rest...), but it >is still not very complete (a phrase that i can't read and several words >and a bit of grammar reconstructed/invented from kono and funarja). > >also, i found an overview of senoi (a tolklang that i made) and an early >overview of kamele (both before the manerau text was copied, definitely >after it was originally written). i also found the overview of a >language i made with 18 noun cases, 4 numbers (singular, dual, triple, >and plural), 10 verb tenses, 10 moods, 21 personal pronouns, 6 >demonstrative pronouns, and 14 relative pronouns. here are 1/3 of all >the possible forms of the word _kaoþ_ [gaoT] 'man' (i just created this >word, after deciding to revive this project): > >kaoþ [gaoT] >kaoþt [gaoTt] >kaonþ [gaonT] >keøþr [ge2TR] > >kåoþ [gOoT] >kåoþt [gOoTt] >kåoþn [gOoTn] >keøþr [ge2TR] > >kaoþn [gaoTn] >kaoþnt [gaoTnt] >kaoþnd [gaoTnd] >keøþrn [ge2TRn] > >kaoþs [gaoTs] >kaoþst [gaoTst] >kaoþns [gaoTns] >keøþrs [ge2TRs] > >kaoþf [gaoTf] >kaoþfat [gaoTfat] >kaoþfan [gaoTfan] >keøþfer [ge2TfEr] > >kaoþssa [gaoTs:a] >kaoþssat [gaoTs:at] >kaoþssan [gaoTs:an] >keøþsser [ge2Ts:er] > >what do you all think? > >Robert Wilson (aka Elentirno Perellar aka Kuvazokad) >http://kuvazokad.free.fr/ > ><(((> ><(((> <)))>< ><(((> ><(((> >I yessessë Eru ontanë Menel ar Cemen. >I yessessë ëa Quetta ar Quetta né as Eru ar Eru né Quetta.
The first thing I think is you've obviously done a lot of conlangs! The second thing is: what phonetic transcription are you using? The only ones I know are ASCII-IPA and The "Kolagian Phonetic Alphabet". I don't recognise some of your signs from either. Does this list have a standard transcription? Mat _________________________________________________________________ Unlimited Internet access for only $21.95/month. Try MSN! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/2monthsfree.asp