Re: Conlang book: Read this if you want your conlang(s) included

On Sun, 6 May 2001 MGreenlee@AOL.COM wrote:

> The basic information I need for the list of conlangs (draft at
> http://www15.brinkster.com/mgreenlee/conlangbook/conlangs.html) which will be
> a part of the book is:
>
> 1. Name of conlang
Valdyan

_Valdyis ilain_ or _valein ilain_ are the terms used by its own
speakers, but I don't use those because they're unwieldy when I
write about the language.

> 2. Name of conlanger
Irina Rempt

> 3. Sample sentence with interlinearization/translation (optional)
Biryinan nestyenan sa hyrnena custay ali so myray az dayen sa sumen
datay dayan hostea cul brythea lea chalet.

"Take almonds or other nuts and grind them with water or wine until
the liquid looks white like milk."

biryinan  nestyenan  sa hyrnena     custay      ali    so  myray
nut-acc-p eye-acc-p  or other-acc-p take-2s-PRS P3pN-O and grind-2s-PRS
(eye-nut = 'almond')                            "them"

az            dayen       sa sumen      datay dayan        hostea
together.with water-dat-s or wine-dat-s until liquid-acc-s white-acc-s

cul  brythea    lea chalet
like milk-acc-s IMP look-3s-IRR

> 4. Web page URLs, e-mail addresses, book titles, or other sources of further
> information (optional)
http://www.valdyas.org/irina/valdyas/taal/index.html

irina@valdyas.org (or slower and slightly more reliable:
irina@rempt.xs4all.nl)

> 5. A short (no more than about 5 sentences) description/explanation of the
> language (e.g. reasons for its creation, associated concultures, etc.)
Valdyan is the language of the kingdom of Valdyas, which has about
ten million inhabitants, all equally imaginary. It's an inflecting
language with SOV word order, in transition from prepositional to
postpositional. It has many dialects; the standard language (_valein
ilain_, "the king's language") is the dialect of the capital, Valdis.

   Irina

--
           Varsinen an laynynay, saraz no arlet rastynay.
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