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the t-shirt phrase in rinya

From:daniel andreasson <daniel.andreasson@...>
Date:Tuesday, October 3, 2000, 16:25
Hey all.

I've never been able to decide on the orthography - or even
phonology & phonotactics - for Rinya, so this is likely to
change, but I guess this is true of all conlangs. Hopefully you
guys don't change as often as I do, though. :) The Rinya
phonology as of today is likely to remain like this for some
time though, since I don't have the time to change it. :)
Anyway, here goes:

Qheil rynenya alandea! Rinya lawea!

And an interlinear:

qheil      ryn-enya         aland-ea
death:PAT  language:PL-DAT  fight-IMP
'Fight death of languages!'

rinya         law-ea
language:PAT  create-IMP
'Create a language!'

PAT = Patient (or rather Undergoer)
DAT = Dative
IMP = Imperative

Some notes that may be of interest:

aland-   fight for a righteous cause
anard-   fight for an unjustified cause

[ These are of course heavily subjective and _aland-_
tends to be used very often to describe the fight from
your own point of view, whatever side you're on. :) ]

selu-    death from natural cause [such as age]
qheil-   death from violence [mental or physical]
lhae-    death from sickness of disease

[ _qheil-_ is also used when a person gets so (mentally
or physically) bullied that he or she commits suicide.
Cf. the way most languages are extinguished. ]

lau-     create abstract things, imagine
hyel-    create concrete things, build

[ Derived from _lau-_ is also _lawit_ 'playful mind'. ]

Daniel