Conlang fluency thread

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Leilis wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 11:09 am ameindenten tindi tainiri s’aiyelfas fiuna? unarrus m’alleti sián.
イートイ、目ガナン良ナ切ョーシくゐ。
Ī tuj! āgānān ali na hecūsikui.
[ˈiː tʊj | ˈɔːɣɔːˌnɔːn ˈali ˈna həˌt͡sʲuːsʲɪˌkʊi]
ī
AFF¹
tuj
EMPH²
āg-ūn-ān
see-IRR-1pl
ali
good
na=hec-ūç-k-wi
LOC=cut-DIM-VN-OBL

Yes! We'd enjoy that!

And welcome! It is traditional to offer pickles and tea to newcomers³, but the traditional links broke, so here is some imaginary pickles and tea for you: ___.

¹ Affirmative. I am still unsure how to gloss this
² Nor this one. Glossing things that are mostly pragmatics is hard
³ Noöne knows why
LZ – Lēri Ziwi
PS – Proto Sāzlakuic (ancestor of LZ)
PRk – Proto Rākēwuic
XI – Xú Iạlan
VN – verbal noun
SUP – supine
DIRECT – verbal directional
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Leilis wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 11:09 am mura adaiyed! elaŋc i dhellu sián iŋ untala. Leilis onnen san, ammus aiyelfi Heláin avanned cwataŋged eóll’ u talama evian. ameindenten tindi tainiri s’aiyelfas fiuna? unarrus m’alleti sián.

2.ABS.PL blessing-OBL.PL / arrive-PERF a.ABS.F this-ALL.M 1.ABS.F now not-before-ADV / Leilis.VOC be.named-AOR 1.ABS.REFL be.built-IPRF speech-kind.ABS Heláin year-OBL.PL thrice-five-OBL.PL a.ALL.PL and more who-VOC.F / be.built-be.allowed-AOR thread.ABS.F speak-ACT.PCP-ABS.F my-speech-kind.GEN.F or-not / not-know-IPRF your-custom-ABS.F 1.VOC.F

I give you blessings! I have come to this place now for the first time. Leilis I call myself, who have been building the language Heláin for fifteen years and more. Is it allowed to make a thread talking about my language? I do not know your custom.
Kshamakaraktha:

Utansa! Iśmetan Pedanti--dhyemayaruh morar vatkayesa. Dhamadhyan!
bow-1sERG-2sABS / HAB-identify-PASS-1sSUBJ Pedant / ABIL-speech.ACC-make-2sSUBJ when-ADV INCH-please-3sERG-2sABS / seek-speech.ACC-see-1sSUBJ
"Hello there! I am called Pedant here--you can make a thread whenever you feel like it. Looking forward to seeing your work!"
My name means either "person who trumpets minor points of learning" or "maker of words." That fact that it means the latter in Sindarin is a demonstration of the former. Beware.
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Pedant wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 10:32 amAr kare…a vakoaki ar. I huaha akuravou vai?
kÁk²ÁSkÁc
(this language now called language of nothing...)
for now I call it Nopelang...
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Leilis wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 11:09 am I give you blessings! I have come to this place now for the first time. Leilis I call myself, who have been building the language Heláin for fifteen years and more. Is it allowed to make a thread talking about my language? I do not know your custom.
Yā sa βawirar! Suzwe pér "/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/1." Pér uz pá, rī aββawi.
yā sa βawi-r=ar! suz-we pér "/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/." pér uz pá, rī aβ-βawi.
human new meet-ACT.OF=good! name-GEN 1.sg "/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/." 1.sg not wait, 2.sg FUT-meet.

well met, new one! my name is "/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/1. can't wait to get to know you."

1or simply notenderdude, if you don't feel like referring to an IPA keyboard.
⟨notenderdude⟩

"May all here present witness be!
Alyen of Dúr is bound to me
and from this day all nature hails
the future Keeper of the Scales!"
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xxx wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 5:04 pm
Pedant wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 10:32 amAr kare…a vakoaki ar. I huaha akuravou vai?
kÁk²ÁSkÁc
(this language now called language of nothing...)
for now I call it Nopelang...
Wa'aqr:

Al-Wamhu? Waddiyy. Aws'a buliyy abja.
DEF-TONG-nothing.SIMP / curious / seem-3s [X=Y,Y=much]-ADJ head-tiring.
"Nopelang? Curious. It seems very complicated."
My name means either "person who trumpets minor points of learning" or "maker of words." That fact that it means the latter in Sindarin is a demonstration of the former. Beware.
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Leilis wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 11:09 am mura adaiyed! elaŋc i dhellu sián iŋ untala. Leilis onnen san, ammus aiyelfi Heláin avanned cwataŋged eóll’ u talama evian. ameindenten tindi tainiri s’aiyelfas fiuna? unarrus m’alleti sián.

2.ABS.PL blessing-OBL.PL / arrive-PERF a.ABS.F this-ALL.M 1.ABS.F now not-before-ADV / Leilis.VOC be.named-AOR 1.ABS.REFL be.built-IPRF speech-kind.ABS Heláin year-OBL.PL thrice-five-OBL.PL a.ALL.PL and more who-VOC.F / be.built-be.allowed-AOR thread.ABS.F speak-ACT.PCP-ABS.F my-speech-kind.GEN.F or-not / not-know-IPRF your-custom-ABS.F 1.VOC.F

I give you blessings! I have come to this place now for the first time. Leilis I call myself, who have been building the language Heláin for fifteen years and more. Is it allowed to make a thread talking about my language? I do not know your custom.
Kofql jzt trvp raxyut yinsvwopye wulbbvpmql, yinkvtye nqlpvphatcyp hvxyat jzt zelzzulmqpye molkat kapkap nepkat reltql kqnttqxye syxcyp svp fosqpcyt potkzpkzp mp.
[ko˧fɒ˧ dʑə˥ tʂv̩˩ ra˦˩ju˥ jĩ˩sv̩˩vo˩jə˩ wu˧ⁿbʙ̩˩mɒ̃˧ || yĩ˧kv̩˥je˧ nɒ̃˧pv̩˩xa˥tsz̩˩ xv̩˥˩jæ˥ ɟə˥ dzẽ˧ndzu˧mɒ̃˩je˧ mõ˧ka˥je˧ ka˩ka˩ nẽ˩ka˥ re˧tɒ˧ kɒ̃˥tɒ˥˧je˩ sz̩˥˩tsz̩˩ sv̩˩ fo˩sɒ˩tsz̩˥ po˥kə˩kə˩ m̩˩]
CLF-thread TOP.Q 2SG Q CLF-POSS=intent=E make.IRR-NMLZ | CLF-tablet-E application-manufacture-NMLZ permit TOP advise-NMLZ-E procedure bear~MAJ near high-AUG bureau-E trade POSS textile submit-MAJ to
Those who intend to make threads are advised to submit a Tablet of Intent to Manufacture to their local textile trade bureau.
Duaj teibohnggoe kyoe' quaqtoeq lucj lhaj k'yoejdej noeyn tucj.
K'yoejdaq fohm q'ujdoe duaj teibohnggoen dlehq lucj.
Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq.
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Welkom Leilis an welkom bak Pedant!
Welcome Leilis and welcome back Pedant!

(Sorry, now it seems my conlang is just a respelling of English :D)


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jal wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 2:06 pm Welkom Leilis an welkom bak Pedant!
Welcome Leilis and welcome back Pedant!

(Sorry, now it seems my conlang is just a respelling of English :D)


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Anar phauanar ariagos, Ial! Kai xestri?
1s-SUBJ happy-MASC.NOM.SING return-INF.ACT / Jal / ?.yes/no win-2s.IMP.IND.MID
"Good to be back, Jal! How have you been?"
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Pedant wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 8:24 am"Good to be back, Jal! How have you been?"
Mi a tahn ol pon ol :D
Getting older and older :D.


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[ˈsɑwɐ ɲet̪ɐˈd̪uːtsɐmɐt̪ ʒædː ˈiʃtsɐt̪ɐ çeqɔˈwæːl]
/sɑwɑ nitɑduːtæmɑt zædd istætɑ hiqɑwwæːl/
Sâwa nyetaduutsamat (zyädd) isytzata cheqòwääl!
Sawa nitaduutemat (zedd) isteta hiqawweel!
sawa ni=ta-duute=mat (zedd) isteta hi=qaw-weel
WISH COMP=PRES-come.PFV=SUBJ.2.D.M (again) 2.D.M ESS=N-good
Welcome you two (again)!
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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barren minoridora coristora Travis B. fi Nortaneous fiedha fiec?
be.had-AOR similar-ABS.PL underneath-ABS.PL Travis B. and Nortaneous CAUSAL what-ABL
Why do Travis B. and Nortaneous have similar things underneath [their posts]*?

* (alas, I have forgotten my new word for 'write')
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Leilis wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 5:12 pm barren minoridora coristora Travis B. fi Nortaneous fiedha fiec?
be.had-AOR similar-ABS.PL underneath-ABS.PL Travis B. and Nortaneous CAUSAL what-ABL
Why do Travis B. and Nortaneous have similar things underneath [their posts]*?

* (alas, I have forgotten my new word for 'write')
[kɐˈcʼɛːɸɐtsɐ qɐt̪ɑˈχɑqotse ˈɑmt̪ɐ]
/kɑkʼæjfɑtæ qɑtɑːχɑquti ɑmtɑ/
KaC'eafatza Qatâqhâqotze âmta.
KaK'eyfate Qataaxaquti amta.
ka=K'eyfat-e Qa=taa=xa-qut-i amta
3.S.F.INAN=stele-CONST five=two=ACTION-die.PFV-GEN 3.S.F.INAN
It's the Seven Kill Stele.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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eladaiye!
thank-INF.ABS
Thanks!
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Mi les sta nes tahn cata et a Obit Ya, oba mi af so losa oda projek, mi fayn ahcip fi fayn nof taym.
I should start translating chapter eight of Th Hobbit again, but I have so many other projects, I have a hard time to find the time.


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jal wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 9:12 am
Pedant wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 8:24 am"Good to be back, Jal! How have you been?"
Mi a tahn ol pon ol :D
Getting older and older :D.
Lazye ngai nggwa nge zyu lo li ba danyoi ba vi, mye dei ba ho u gii de byalo.
My mother always says that getting old is terrible, but it's better than the alternative.
Glossing Abbreviations: COMP = comparative, C = complementiser, ACS / ICS = accessible / inaccessible, GDV = gerundive, SPEC / NSPC = (non-)specific, ᴬ/ₐ = agent, ᴱ/ₑ = entity (person, animal, thing).
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Cailai a tan senutatun bíten wollantis, nainus sancus ennun néwult.
whole-M.PL.NOM to ART-F.SG.ACC old.age-SG.ACC live-INF want-3PL.PRES.ACT, none-M.SG.NOM old-M.SG.NOM NEG.want-3SG.PRES.ACT
Everybody wants to get old, noone wants to be old.

(Lit.: All want to live to the old age, noone wants to be old.)
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Phaeroian:

Gynoir oioir phyrit-i herrar naseke.
Day-SUBJ.PL when-SUBJ-PL strong-CONST old-MASC.NOM.SING 1s-feel-PRES.IND.ACT
"There are days when I feel very old indeed."
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|dÒEÁÐ|cb
(old man envisioned as becoming dead man...)
old age is the foretaste of death...
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hwhatting wrote: Fri Feb 27, 2026 12:52 am Cailai a tan senutatun bíten wollantis, nainus sancus ennun néwult.
whole-M.PL.NOM to ART-F.SG.ACC old.age-SG.ACC live-INF want-3PL.PRES.ACT, none-M.SG.NOM old-M.SG.NOM NEG.want-3SG.PRES.ACT
Everybody wants to get old, noone wants to be old.

(Lit.: All want to live to the old age, noone wants to be old.)
Zi zumba ngai bo ba danyo.
My old flatmate wants to be old.

Nai ze mu zye.
I don't know why.

Dei zi ngulo zyeu nai nwimu, mye nai ze.
He tried to explain it to me, but I didn't understand.
Glossing Abbreviations: COMP = comparative, C = complementiser, ACS / ICS = accessible / inaccessible, GDV = gerundive, SPEC / NSPC = (non-)specific, ᴬ/ₐ = agent, ᴱ/ₑ = entity (person, animal, thing).
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fº‧­‧­«h¯P¾_­‧­°MMj¼hO­
(my land residence of old men from all lands and acting as young men...)
the opposite is much worse...
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