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Re: polysynthetic languages

From:Eddy Ohlms <ohlms@...>
Date:Thursday, September 18, 2003, 11:27
Nik Taylor wrote:

> I think Christophe probably meant "morpheme order". > > My conlang is fairly polysynthetic, too. That sentence would translate > as: > > Pikuaablaaba naiskau inikil, katina > Pi- kuaa- blaa -ba nai- saga -u inikil katina > Gender7-generic-thing-illative future-speak-I when write > > Well, that's not really a good example, since there's nothing to > incorporate, "say" being an intransitive verb. > > Here's a better example: > > "I can eat glass, it does not hurt me!" > Taklankaftipasuv, gualiuv-vil! > Taklan-kafti-pas -u-v guali-u-v=fil > Glass -eat -able-I-hab hurt -I-hab=not
Akliqasðelama, /'ilûfîkeni. A-kliqa-sðe-la-ma, /'ilû-fî-ke-ni. cabable-glass-eat-3SOI-1SSA damage-not-1SOA-3SSA
> Many languages lack any "formal" name, being called by their speakers > simply "speech" or "our tongue".
I see.
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