Zompist Bboard Again

bradrn wrote: ↑Wed Jun 17, 2020 7:32 am Are there any languages with only one case-marker? (Or equivalently, are there any with two cases, one of which is realised as ∅?)

This post is written in such a language.

Linguoboy wrote: ↑Tue Jun 16, 2020 2:10 pm I used to say (and spell) augmentive for augmentative

Likewise. I still find myself doing it and have to check myself.

I try to be accepting of non-standard speech in English. "On accident?" Sure, go ahead. "On accident" is non-standard?? "By accident", afaik, is standard. "On accident" is by analogy with "on purpose". Which leads to the question: does the reverse o...

I can’t help but think that these sorts of things are exactly what make translation so interesting! Exactly! That's what a translation challenge is all about, trying to translate stuff you don't know yet how to in your conlang, discovering along the way stuff you have yet to flesh out. I entirely a...

I was anticipating something longer, and without special words. But maybe I'll have a go at this. Mos man de ya nahf no mekop langwic im a nof bik fi tahn long rayting, so mi tingk mi sta pon smol wan :). An wo kayn a "specal woh-dem" yu min? Most people here don't have a conlang big enou...

Iyaro égúé, iyaro égúé ekìni ka àyẹ sú ofòro. Ógbénofòro nẹnẹ gue èeni ka àyẹ sú oòro na, áyọ́ egbè ka éjí àyẹ àyọ éjén eni oòro. Ẹ̀fẹ̀na jén eni oòro éji na, ẹ̀kákálẹ̀ka àyẹ àkpám, ẹ̀kákálẹ̀k a àye àkpám. Ọ́garẹ́ga kpáràkàtà, etò edẹda ọ̀ne àko èsie ésie ni oòro na. This should be extremely easy t...

Is it Mobilian Trade Jargon then?

Oh damn, that means I have to pick something? Let's see what I have on my shelves... Edit: Okay, this should be pretty easy. (I couldn't find the book I was looking for so I just grabbed something convenient.) tale hata besa čokma, hoyã, hoyã tak(a)losa tamaha na tahã, noweya, noweya sapõta(k) bolo...

Hi Bob! Pakuni and Atlantean really aren't my thing, but I have been following your work on Sumerian with interest, particularly your translations here . I'm intrigued as to what level of confidence you have in their accuracy? I'm actually fairly sure that Bob has me foed, so I can dispense with th...

Also imagine addressing one of the world's experts in Ancient Egyptian languages and refering to an "Ancient Egyptian" language as if it existed. But you're not one of the world's experts in Ancient Egyptian languages. You're an enthusiastic amateur with (considerable) delusions of grande...

Hi Bob! Pakuni and Atlantean really aren't my thing, but I have been following your work on Sumerian with interest, particularly your translations here. I'm intrigued as to what level of confidence you have in their accuracy?

Are you ok man?

How strong is "blimey" in the UK / Australia? It comes from "God blind me". Australian here. I’d say it’s totally gone: if you were to use it, people would probably say things like ‘Do people really still say that these days?’. Or they might just start laughing. You might possib...

bradrn wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:51 pm

dewrad wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:50 pm

bradrn wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:48 pm

Now that’s a spoiler — now we know it’s normally written in a non-Latin script! So: is it spoken in Asia?

No.

Northern Africa then?

Also no.

bradrn wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:48 pm

dewrad wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:46 pm Sensu stricto, I should have referred to it as a transliteration rather than a transcription, if that helps any.

Now that’s a spoiler — now we know it’s normally written in a non-Latin script! So: is it spoken in Asia?

No.

Evidently you have a different definition of ‘easy’ to me — I don’t recognise it at all. (Although I keep on thinking this feels suspiciously familiar… not that that helps.) Clarification: ⟨φ⟩ = /ɸ/, right? I cannot vouch for the phonemic nature of the transcription used. Let me rephrase my questio...

This should be easy: Evidently you have a different definition of ‘easy’ to me — I don’t recognise it at all. (Although I keep on thinking this feels suspiciously familiar… not that that helps.) holaiez naφoθ ziazi maraz maw sialχweiz awiz ewisθo zeronaiθ ziwai aker tawarzio wanalasial zeronai mori...

This should be easy:

holaiez naφoθ ziazi maraz maw sialχweiz awiz ewisθo zeronaiθ ziwai aker tawarzio wanalasial zeronai morinail holaiezi φokiasiale zeronaiθ ewisθo towerona rom haralio ziwai eptezio arai tiz φoke ziwai awiz sialχwiz marazm awiz aomai

I got that from the Wikipedia article on pigeons. Do you have a link? I can’t find it anywhere. Here https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/कबूतर Can I just clarify that making up your own transcriptions really isn't in the spirit of the game. Otherwise we end up with nonsense like "दा दी अनृकेनुङ् दृ ...

Kabútar púre višva meñ páje džáne pálá pakši hé. Jah ek nijattápí, uřne pálá pakši hé džiská šarír paroñ se ďhaká rahtá hé. Muñh ke sján par iská čhoťí nukílí čoñč holí hé. Mukh do čañčuoñ se ghirá evañ džabďá dañt’hín hotá hé. This is one of the weirder romanisations of Hindi I’ve seen. What’s the...