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Verbal inflection There is a little more inflection on the Old Greedian verb than on the nouns, though most things are expressed by verbal particles, auxiliaries (mood and aspect) and nominal particles (time). Agreement When a subject (noun or pronoun) has already been mentioned or is going to be n...

Nouns Nouns in Old Greedian know almost no inflection, only derivation; but in order to expand this post a bit I shall also say a word about the nominal clitics. Why almost Some nouns, mainly of body parts, get a prefix bu - or bi - before the root that disappears in compounds. So we have birip joi...

Outer context I created the first two versions of this language for a friend's SF novel, or rather, for its sequel (which is alas unlikely to come out). I based it on the names provided by the author, and as they were not much thought out (think Hor'blis , Sa'ak , Bijakhine , Cervalien , Orphane , ...

masako wrote: ↑Sun Sep 23, 2018 8:54 amnext: to gnaw; to nibble; to bite

Old Greedian rárráa to gnaw; to chew
(ráa to bite #CVl- iterative)

Next: to gasp

masako wrote: ↑Sun Sep 23, 2018 6:19 am next: swelling; enlargement; hypertrophy

Old Greedian: ígíti "swelling; tumour"
(íti "bud" #CVg- intensive-augmentative)

Next: bident; two-pronged spear

In addition to special vocabulary, Guugu Yimidhirr's avoidance language has prosodic changes as well: First, as I have mentioned, BIL words are pronounced in a particularly soft voice, very slowly - contrasting strongly with rapid ordinary Guugu' Yimidhirr. ( Haviland, J. B. (1979). Guugu Yimidhirr ...

Je me dis souv e nt que je vais apprendre à lire le russe parce qu'il y a plusieurs trava ux de linguistique écrits dans cette langue que je veux lire. Ni la fameuse littérature russe ni l'utilité de la langue ne m'intéressent vraiment, je le ferais seulement pour ces livres. Mais il (me) semble qu...

Basics Username: Vilike Name: I'll link to papers by me one day and you'll know Other nicknames: vilikemorgenthal, Mardikhouran Birthplace: Alsace, France Place of residence: Alsace, France Any particular reason you live there now?: A lot of my ancestors were buried there Occupation: Student, farmh...

Koo dua unák Masia Geree thual na, tiín — tésia gudít na dua yak thual raa. /koː dʷa unák masʲa gɛreː tʰʷal ↓tʲín tɛ́sʲa gudít na dʷa jak tʰʷal rɑː/ again 1 SG shape ancient Greedian language PRS DEM _liked first use- AGR LOC 1 SG potential language PST I am revamping Old Greedian, my first usable ...