Re: polysynthetic languages

Eddy Ohlms wrote:
> What polylang do you speak?
French

> > >@iknêtîma !mnê/atîmek.
> > >@i-knê-tî-ma mnê/a-tî-me-k.
> > >when-say-3SOS-1SSA write-3SOS-2SSA-command.
> > >When I say something, write it down.
> It doesn't really have word order since if the noun isn't incorporated, it's role
> is clearly indicated by verb inflections.
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

If the eating of glass is as part of a group, then you'd use _lau_
instead of _kafti_

> Interestingly, it doesn't have a formal name. I used to call it Têl@uilgo/, but
> that name is based on stuff that has changed as I've modified the language. It is
> often called Kûknêtîmâ(We speak it) or Kûtêl@uûknêtîmû(The Terps speak it, the
> Terps are the speakers of it and I'll explain them if you ask).
Many languages lack any "formal" name, being called by their speakers
simply "speech" or "our tongue".

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