Re: Typologic survey, part I

Hmm, where to begin...  I guess I'll just fill in general information about
my languages, with specific details on some of the more interesting ones

On Sat, 27 Jan 2001 20:20:23 +0100, taliesin the storyteller
<taliesin@...> wrote:

>---- PART I Conlang Typlogic Survey 2001 ----
>
>House-keeping data
>
>Name of the participating conlang:
Various. The currently most active one is Czirehlat (a dialect of
Tirehlat).

>Name/id of the creators:
Herman Miller

>Name/id of the submitter, if different from the creator:
>Place used, if any:
Many of my languages are spoken by the humanoid people of the fictional
Kolagian universe. These include genetically altered animals, humans, and
elves. A few, such as the Tirehlat dialects, are personal languages.

>Web-address with more information, if any:
http://www.io.com/~hmiller/lang/index.html

>Type of language as per Rick Harrison's system[2]:
>(see http://www.rick.harrison.net/langlab/l-types.html)
1.5.2. Eklektu, Ludireo
2.1.2. pretty much everything else

>1: Word order of Subject (S), Object (O) and Verb (V)
>
>The possible orders are: SVO/SOV/VSO/VOS/OSV/OVS/free/doesn't apply
>Which order(s) is/are most common?
>Which orders are possible?
>Is the order different if the verb is intransitive, if so, how?
>If it doesn't apply, why?
SVO: Tirehlat/Czirehlat, Eklektu/Ludireo, Tilya, Kirezagi, Zirienka,
Olaetian, Chispa, Alzetjan, etc.
VSO: Gjarrda, Zharranh

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