Tunu not dead + Common lexicon for analytical conlangs
From: | Taka Tunu <takatunu@...> |
Date: | Sunday, October 2, 2005, 16:50 |
Rémi Villatel wrote:
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I surprise myself sometimes. ;-) I just opened the grammar and the
lexicon in tabs. With the help of the examples, it took me no time to
build new sentences.
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Conlangers interested in analytical languages could make a common, fixed lexicon
of plain words ("concepts") and make their own personal grammar to use it. If
they need a grammar tag then they use a plain word from the fixed lexicon for
it (Khmer works fine this way.) We would end up with one root lexicon for many
languages ("bird black" and "blackbird" languages.)
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Probably. I don't know Indonesian. As for "yo", I totally disregarded it
as adjectival tag. Don't ask why.
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Most langs I know that have adjective+noun also make compounds/constructs as
tail+head. The only exception I heard of is Tibetan, of which I have no command
at all. So if you use adjective+noun with "texa xuka" then you may want to use
tail+head as well with "rari xaro."
Another topic is tagging construct case vs tagging object case. I browse most
analytical conlang pages and I can see that those that tag the object (with a
transitive verbal suffix or a preposition or a case suffix--which is not very
analytical anyway) don't tag the construct, and vice versa.
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Err... What about imperative?
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It's made with an "imperative" pronoun which is like "you", but with the hint
that you must do or be. I did not pick it yet because I don't ask for anything
in Tunu and I did not expect anybody asking.
If you want to attach "in the future"-"wi pawame" to the previous word
"hunt"-"poxe" then you use "yo": "poxe yo wi pawame" = "hunt that (is) in
future."
That's what "yo" is made for.
"To wish" is expressed with "tai ronu taxa" "to hope-happen".
"I wish you something" = "Kiki ya tai ronu taxa we pine patu yu (xeri*) we
noko." (*xeri means "benefit", "favour.)
µ.