Zompist Bboard Again

Figas myalli ir ina.
seem-3s.obj nice-n-PAT place-PAT be-inf.1
It seems like a nice place.

Hathirysy:

nitthusuma-not to be seen, private
kevalle-pertaining to a private citizen, private, at private expense, unofficial

Next: to arrest

Ilimbatakatun: resurrection. Literally 'standing up again.'

Next: to fend off

/b t d k ʔ/ <b t d k q> /f s z ʃ ʒ x ɣ ħ ʕ h/ <f s z ś ź c g ć ǵ h> /m n/ <m n> /l r j w/ <l r j w> (/jj/ is written <ij>) /a e o i u a: e: o: i: u:/ <a e o i u á é ó í ú> (/p g v/) <p gh v> /eːm w reʒeʕ ʕand bajjo || ʃeːfo bajjo ʒeːje men bʕid | w ʃefeʔ ʕale w raħ jeɣemro w jbuso || fa allo ebno | ...

I think the one constant thing here is that cultures change. The issues that everyone holds to be the most important at any one time are likely to be forgotten or laughed at by the people of any other age. I suspect that the world of the future will not be "21st century America but more liberal...

Arali naryo viko mire bessuntolye irru in Hathirysy. Arali in ko thistentar buere, gyar iskenkiro-'s ko buurri dyoli narye, nan Shennesy i Messemysy i Daanysy is Kadenysy. Ima sanni-ti vyaro odatyutto. only-n-PAT language-PAT what-REL much create=DUR-PART.PAST-m-PAT be-1s.sub be-3s.sub Hathirysy. o...

Irryo irryo. Odatyu men irryo.
emptiness-pl-GEN emptiness-PAT. all-n-pl-PAT be-3pl.sub emptiness-PAT
Vanity of vanities. All is vanity.

Nar nathindi!
good say-PASS-RESULT.PART-n-PAT
Well said!

Imbyes idovyases pyar kisshabentyu istenyu-ka? Imbi hrinyarro bessutthindi naryoro imbyeske kithosti hyesasti. INDEF.PRO-m-AG about-know-3s.obj long over-carry-POSS-n-pl text-pl-PAT--Q. INDEF.PRO.n-PAT seek-IMP-1s.obj make-PASS-RESULT.PART-n-PAT language-1s INDEF.PRO-m-DAT show-FIN use-FIN Does any...

/p b t d c ɟ k g/ <p b t d ć ǵ c g> /f s ɕ x/ <f s sc ch> /m n ɲ ŋ/ <m n nh ng> /l ʎ r j/ <l lh r y> /a ɛ ʌ ɔ e ə o i ɨ u/ <a æ ä œ e ë o i ï u> /a aˑ aː/ <a á aa> /aʰ aʔ/ <ah a'> /¹a ²a ³a ⁴a/ <à 'a áá 'aa> Tones: 1 - high 2 - short pharyngealized high rising-falling 3 - long high rising-falling 4 ...

Soppuli kallorro eskyopumys-er. Dellitto.
follow-PST.PART-N letter-1s-PAT back-DAT.APP-answer-NEG-PST.PER-3s.obj--still. same-N-ABL
He didn't reply to my last letter yet. From the same place.

Ishararus nisses yo utammotyu narye. Mena-a es mire utarentyu-wa.
world-1s-AG need-3s.obj more end=less-N-pl-PAT language-pl-PAT. now--FOC have-3s.obj many end=having-N-pl-PAT--PART.
My world needs more isolating languages. Right now it has a lot of synthetic ones, though.

It looks plausible to me. It makes sense if Proto-Yonut's speakers see the ergative as marking action with conscious thought behind it, and the active voice as describing such actions. Inanimate objects are incapable of conscious thought, therefore it wouldn't make sense to use the ergative or the a...

I assume you meant 13 instead of 12 for some of the times you said 12.

Whoops. My numbers are off. 6 and 12 should be 7 and 13. Thanks for the catch!

I tried my hand at transliterating the katakana. I'm not sure how well 6, 12, and 15 turned out, and I couldn't figure out 7 at all, since the font makes it pretty much impossible to tell the difference between -n and so . I added 6, 12, and 15 to the bottom of the chart, with the same formatting, f...

This looks really interesting. I love the idea of a triconsonental sprachbund.

IV. Chaos
1SG VC₁C₂uC₃
1PLVC₁C₂əC₃
2 VC₁C₂aC₃
3 C₁iC₂VC₃

I am curious to know what this form does, though.

The Tarandim remind me of the culture of classical Greece, and I love it. Very well done; I can imagine pretty easily what it would be like to live there. Makes me want to one for the Hathirun.

/a't'anɪʃxã/ A't'anixchan /p b p' t d t' tɬ tɬ' k kw g gw kw' q q' ʔ/ p b p' t d t' tll tll' c cw g gw c'w q q' ' /f v s ɬ ʃ x xw voiceless uvular fricative h/ f v s ll x ch chw qh h /l j w/ l y w /m n ŋ/ m n ng /ɪ iː ʊ uː/ i í u ú /e̞ː o̞ː/ e o /a aː/ a á /ɪ̃ ʊ̃/ in un /ẽ õ/ en on /ã/ an ------ /ˌa...

I think the most likely way for a centaur-like creature to evolve is to start out with a hexapodal animal that uses all its limbs for locomotion. It probably have be fairly small and generalized in its lifestyle so that its legs don't become specialized for running or some other use inimical to gras...

Sarun esshe.
probably true-2s.sub
You are probably right.