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Re: Vos u Yatsal - A short story in Oldvak

From:michael poxon <m.poxon@...>
Date:Saturday, May 17, 2003, 16:09
The first thing I thought was "Turkish" especially words like 'alirmatye'
and 'yobolsu'.
Mike
> Vos u Yatsal > > Dolba, vos alirmatye selde alerse yatsal, ial yali tamulag goran
tseyer,
> ial antar go zurze, u ial dzoi antar ber. > Vos iva yatsali, "Egerseas ber aldira yatsali obolsu mat zia." > Yatsal iva, "Vos, tasi, yegerseas ber aldira sulteye usselde ulotasi
ali
> yobolsu mat zia. U vos irmat selde." > Alatasur, vos lergai eldilu.
> How would you describe the sound of this language? I can't figure out
what
> natlang it sounds like, though it seems vaguely "Siberian". The vowels
are
> all Latin, |s| is /S/, |y| is /j/, stress is on the syllable before the
last
> closed syllable (penultimate in words ending in a consonant,
antepenultimate
> in words ending in a vowel).
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