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Puktástanya uknantiyik ?intápinastanya ?uwitapaksustwa susakistwa Wolf-NOM-PL-DEF descend-PAST DAT-rabbit-ACC-PL-DEF THEME-good-THING-3oPL own-3oPL The wolves descended upon the rabbits, for their own good, Yitukananikstwa ?un?wúnan utanswiakwi, AND-imprison-3oPL LOC-cave-ACC night-VERY-LIKE [14], a...

Twasupusu itku, ?ukwinpúktastanya upasik uttusuwinún Small-time after many-wolf-ACC-PL-DEF kill-PAST BY-flood-NOM Soon after, many of the wolves died in a flood yitápinastanya nyinik stisa ?apsuwisswistwá AND-rabbit-ACC-PL-DEF blame-PAST also BECAUSE-know-well-3oPL and this was also blamed on the ra...

?ukka?akwínastanya ?askín kwasikstwa, ?upatiya[12] DISJ-animal-NOM-PL-DEF other-NOM shame-PAST-3oPL-ACC, say-IMPF But the other animals shamed them, saying twun?uwinspatyá ?uníkana yiantupspatyá[13] IMPER-stay-{2s-3pp} AT-place-ACC AND-brave-{2s-3pp} ‘You must stay where you are and be brave.’ ?iyas...

Puktástanya ?upatsyinik pwassa?askyunpi tápinastanya ku?ipyusutisktappistwá[11] Wolf-NOM-PL-DEF say-DELIB-PAST THAT-civilise-COND rabbit-ACC-PL-DEF IF-NEG-DO-HAB-good-COND-3oPL The wolves threatened to civilise the rabbits if they didn’t behave yitapínastanya spunsyinik an?ina?apnat ?insipúnta tasát...

Yiku tuní ?ukyipúktastanya upasik uttu?uspaktá AND-ONE-day some-wolf-ACC-PL-DEF kill-PAST BY-lightning-NOM Another day, some of the wolves were struck by lightning yi-?iyaksu stisa nyinik ?intápinastanya AND-THIS-THING also blame-PAST DAT-rabbit-ACC-PL-DEF and this was also blamed on the rabbits ?ap...

I meant just to put 2 dots, but for some reason it's doing 4. I have been doing a lot of CTRL-C, CTRL-V, that's true. I'll sort it out later.

Ku tuní, ?uk púkt asta nya upas ik uttu sukak áksu kwa nyupán, yi tápin asta nya nyin ik one day-NOM few -wolf-ACC- PL - DEF kill- PAST BY -shake- ACT -NOM GEN -ground-ACC CONJ -rabbit-ACC- PL - DEF blame- PAST One day, a few of the wolves were killed in an earthquake, and this was blamed on the rab...

Here's the James Thurber text I promised. Tapín asta nya is?a ityus ik kayáknu nya ?isu [1] rabbit-NOM- PL - DEF REL -cause- PAST trouble-ACC- DEF -ALL The Rabbits Who Caused All the Trouble Sinyáksu sukún kwa twasánka nya ?inkaskí Memory-NOM inside-NOM GEN -child-NOM- DEF young-MOST Within the memo...

I can't believe Janko is still at it. The numbers are coming, I assure him and everyone...

I've been busier over the last few days than I intended to be, and got behind. However now I am picking up the slack. The Noun Classes Č'iramṳ has eight noun classes which are marked on the other constituents in the noun phrase / sentence that show concord (agreement) with the noun. Thus: bo garenko...

Examples I had to use colour coding to make the morphology clear. ye sawe te so žuba su s k'amiga lho Class I-sing person-FEM 1-sing-SUB - Class I-OBJ -love Class I-sing-SUB - 1s-OBJ -hate- DISJUNCT "I love her, but she hates me." Ra peni ra yese ra lhoh šbe lhimi Class VIII -Raepʰɤn Clas...

Major features ‣ Designed to resemble a Bantu language. Predominantly agglutinating and prefixing. Unmarked word order is SOV. ‣ Breathy voice takes the place of tone, as a lexical and grammatical marker, e.g. breathy voice on the final vowel on a noun marks for definiteness. ‣ 10 noun classes, 7 o...

Phonotactics ‣ Syllable structure is normally CV except word-finally. Exceptions nearly always mean the word is a derivation: e.g. gwizbo (goat-AUG) Great Goat. ‣ The dental trill and flap are homologous: r is realised as a trill word-initially and a flap elsewhere. The velars and palatals are not ...

Č'iramṳ - The Č'ira̤ language Phonology In contrast to ?upata, Č'iramṳ has a very large phonemic inventory. I actually took it from a random phonology generator. I liked this output and wanted to see if I could handle a lot of phonemes in a conlang. The ratio of consonants to vowels is quite high, ...

A note on Munkee Biology Two to four times a year, adult Munkees experience two to three weeks of vigour, liveliness, and vitality, in which they can go without sleep and accomplish remarkable feats. This peak is followed by a trough of general listlessness and tiredness. The emotions are also affe...

The Munkees I submitted the Munkees in the Species round for the CCC competition. A description follows: Appearance They are similar to humans, but whereas we are descended from a species of ape, they are descended from a species of monkey. They are smaller (maximum hieght c. five feet), have power...

Conflict The Č'irah have less of a sense of being all one culture than the children of Apʰɯron, ironically. The clan structure is still strong in rural areas but less so in the towns. City states are all self-governing at this time, but while some are republics, others have kings (or queens). There...

Culture, Sport, Religion Marriage and sex are similar enough to the Children of Apʰɯron not to need a detailed analysis here. Sports such as racing, archery, swimming and wrestling are favourite pastimes in most Munkee societies, but the Č'irah are the first to organise regular competitions. Most l...

Transport. Inland, they depend on woods, rivers, or their swinging posts. By 1500 they build the first stone bridges and paved roads, but only between major towns. They are more advanced navigators then the Children of Apʰɯron, having invented the galley with the single sail before they did. Munkee...

Clothing Typically the Č'irah wear a short linen tunic (but nothing else), to protect their sparsely-furred torsos from sun and wind. In winter it may be replaced with one of wool. When swimming, racing, or competing in other sports they go naked. They make leather boots from ox hide, which support...