Re: polysynthetic languages
| From: | Eddy Ohlms <ohlms@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 17, 2003, 11:40 |
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Jeff Jones wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 20:35:43 -0400, Eddy the Great <ohlms@...>
> wrote:
>
> > How do you like my polysynthetic conlang?
> >
> >@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.
> >
> >There are clicks in it and @ and / represent those. What do you think?
>
> Polysynthetic languages are neat. Questions:
> What clicks, specifically?
Bilabial, dental, and alveolar.
>
> What does the "!" do?
That's also a click. It's a typo, actualy, from when I was working on the
lang. I modifed it and it had a click there before that I forgot to remove.
>
> I assume that 3SOS is 3rd person singular object of come kind and
> 1SSA is 1st person singular subject?
3SOS means 3rd person singular subject spiritual/immaterial. The A in 1SSA
is for animate.