Re: Basicas

Jeffrey Henning wrote:
>
> My own "semantic primitive list" has 400.  I've found fewer than 400 to be
> too difficult to use:
>
> http://www.langmaker.com/dublex/wordmenu.htm
>
> I looked at close to ten thousand words, over a period of 3+ years, to come
Your process reminds me of what I did when I began working on Nova
20 odd years ago.  My goal too was 400.  Since my lg came with a
culture attached I eventually had to reject that goal.  I now have
557 primary wordbuilding morphemes, 86 secondary deriving morphemes,
164 particles, and 125 inflection morphemes.  Yes Nova is very heavily
inflected and since its base 20 will have a lot more numerals as well.

I just took my first look Dublex.  It looks like you are inventing
an oligosynthetic lg.  Nova has always been the only one I was aware
of although it seemed like a natural system.  Nova forms new
words much like you do.  One of the main differences seems to be
that Nova's morphemes, other than the particles can not stand alone
as words but must be combined.  Look forward to seeing how you progress.
--
Brad Coon
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