Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: polysynthetic conlangs

From:Eddy Ohlms <etg@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 6, 2004, 4:03

Robert Jung wrote:

> After I discovered those West Greenlandic sentences like > Ininnukalaarniarlungaana 'The thing is, I’m going to my room for a > bit', I wish to create a polysynthetic language. I think it'd be > really neat, even neater than making a Tzeltal-based conlang... OK, > maybe about as cool. :))) But I don't know where to start. I don't > know much about West Greenlandic and other polysynthetic languages, so > could someone please enlighten me? Thanks,--Robert
http://www.angelfire.com/mo3/terrapvlchra/conlang/tpgrammer.html That's my conlang. It's a good place to look if you're interested in polylangs. Notice the inflections for agreement with both the subject and object of the verb. That's the hallmark of polylangs. Noun-verb compounding is important, too. Ask me if you have any specific questions. There are other resources I could give you.