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Travis B. wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2026 11:11 am [tʃʰɛˈɾiːmɔjə ˈjɐɲ ʁaˈðor ˈqʰoːcə ˈkʰuːʎə]
/tʃʰeˈriːmojɐ ˈjɐɲ ʁaˈðor ˈqʰoːcɐ ˈkʰuːʎɐ/
Tšeríimoya yáň gàđór qóoca kúuľa.
tšeríimoya yáň gà=đó-r qóoc-a kúuľa
Cherimoya STAT 3.P.F.INAN=INE-INV poison-CONST brain
Cherimoyas contain neurotoxins.
Sij hobbit noot so fullid, hoona mook goon tee ut de looba.
[zʌi̯ ɒbəʔ nuːʔ zoː vʌləʔ ʰuːnə muːʔk guːn tʰiː ʔyːʔ də luːbə]
Not in high levels, but don't make tea out of the leaves.
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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Nortaneous wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2026 8:02 pm
Travis B. wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2026 11:11 am [tʃʰɛˈɾiːmɔjə ˈjɐɲ ʁaˈðor ˈqʰoːcə ˈkʰuːʎə]
/tʃʰeˈriːmojɐ ˈjɐɲ ʁaˈðor ˈqʰoːcɐ ˈkʰuːʎɐ/
Tšeríimoya yáň gàđór qóoca kúuľa.
tšeríimoya yáň gà=đó-r qóoc-a kúuľa
Cherimoya STAT 3.P.F.INAN=INE-INV poison-CONST brain
Cherimoyas contain neurotoxins.
Sij hobbit noot so fullid, hoona mook goon tee ut de looba.
[zʌi̯ ɒbəʔ nuːʔ zoː vʌləʔ ʰuːnə muːʔk guːn tʰiː ʔyːʔ də luːbə]
Not in high levels, but don't make tea out of the leaves.
Het wurde faststeld, dat de legenlike eten fan fruchten soals cherimoyas forgroot de risiko fan dement.
It has been determined, that the occasional eating of fruit like cherimoyas increases the risk of dementia.
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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C̾W¼Ž^^éžý^ø^odC¾û‸¾^`¾¼cÏxËC¼cÏýË^øË
(this food harmful to brain and contained in skin and bone only and its plant not necessarily killed by you having to not eating this skin and bone...)
It is said that only the skin and seeds contain toxins; rather than killing it, it is enough to peel and remove the seeds...
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Mbimbi ye mbwii ba bo bwi u mi mwibu.
[ˈmbɪmbɪ jɛ ˈmbwijɪ ba bɔ ˈbwɪw mɪ ˈmwɪbʊ]
mbimbi
pig
je
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mbwi
cleanᴱ
=i
=COP
ba
intenseᴱ
bo
wantᴬ
bwi
playᴬ
u
SIT
mi
INESᴱ
mwibu
mud

The clean pig really wants to play in mud.

Nai ze Mbwombwi.
I am not Soap/Pabappa.
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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y¾ÁÌy¼^ûÏ^ýñ¾¼c‸¾ôÉ¿½^^¼
(These animals and furless and whose skin necessarily soiled by ground wet and protecting...)
pigs don't have hair and need to roll in mud for protection...
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Imralu wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 7:02 am [ˈmbɪmbɪ jɛ ˈmbwijɪ ba bɔ ˈbwɪw mɪ ˈmwɪbʊ]
Helige liplauden Flegermausman!
Holy labials Batman!
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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Imralu wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 7:02 am Nai ze Mbwombwi.
I am not Soap/Pabappa.
Pabappa towalompesban, oŋofwes ner.
[Pabappa to.wa.lomˈpes.ban o.ŋofˌwes.neʒ]
Pabappa to-wal·oŋ-pes-ban, oŋo-fwes ner
Pabappa DEF.SG-gone-BEN-1s, 3s.ALN-language FOC

I miss Pabappa and his languages.
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Travis B. wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2026 9:25 pm Het wurde faststeld, dat de legenlike eten fan fruchten soals cherimoyas forgroot de risiko fan dement.
Som Jahmanik-luk langwic nahf no mufing a bahp twoh sentans finis a luk swenc (an Ingles).
A Germanic-looking language without movement of the verb to the end of the sentence looks odd (and English).


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jal wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 3:01 pm
Travis B. wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2026 9:25 pm Het wurde faststeld, dat de legenlike eten fan fruchten soals cherimoyas forgroot de risiko fan dement.
Som Jahmanik-luk langwic nahf no mufing a bahp twoh sentans finis a luk swenc (an Ingles).
A Germanic-looking language without movement of the verb to the end of the sentence looks odd (and English).
Ik bin nicht siker darum. De fraag is, of ik solde foortiin engelisk and nordgermanisk oder daütisk and nederlandisk.
I am not sure about it. The question is whether I should favor English and North Germanic or German and Dutch.
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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Travis B. wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 2:21 pmHelige liplauden Flegermausman!
Holy labials Batman!
We ngugwi ye nggwe nggwigwi u ye nggwa gu nggyo gwe nggo ngugwi u nggwe ngga u ngya gwe ngwo zywei nggu gwi nggyui nggwa gi go ngonggya ye nggwe nggya u nggwe u gyogwoi ngge u ngwengwei ga ngyongge.
Fishermen who usually lack containers, who usually hit spears and fishing poles noiselessly and whose arms and legs kill scared fish tend to be a little bit like shopkeepers without shops, imagining money while being far from what will earn money.
bradrn wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 2:50 pm Pabappa towalompesban, oŋofwes ner.
I miss Pabappa and his languages.
Dei mbo luna.
He's still here.
jal wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 3:01 pmSom Jahmanik-luk langwic nahf no mufing a bahp twoh sentans finis a luk swenc (an Ingles).
A Germanic-looking language without movement of the verb to the end of the sentence looks odd (and English).
I go zyange Yerisyi u go.
It's like Yiddish too.
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Tootisgh foldgit Nearlandisgh & Almondisgh hoona, lickis Mork Toang noot eupmeerchit, de tijdwoord de kaans to pagina's dooper neagh de bedgung ob de zung ursghijnen krijgen mewt.
[tʰuʔɪʃ vɔldʒɪʔ neːɹɫɒndɪʃ ən ɒɫmɒndɪʃ huːnə ɫɪʔkɪz mɒɹʔk tʰuə̯ŋ nuːʔ ʔøʔpmiːɹtʃɪʔ də tʰʌi̯dwuːɹd de kʰãːs tʰuː pʰædʒɪnəz duːpɚ niə̯χ də bədʒʌŋ əb də zʌŋ ɚʃʌi̯nən kʰɹʌi̯gən myːʔ]
Tootish follows Dutch and German because, as Mark Twain did not observe, the verb ought to have the chance to appear two pages down from the beginning of the sentence.
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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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Travis B. wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 3:22 pmI am not sure about it. The question is whether I should favor English and North Germanic or German and Dutch.
Fo-yu langwic luk kway sem Lo Jahman o is-say Olandes, an no atol sem Ingles o nohs Jahmanik.
Your language looks quite Low German or East Dutch, and not at all like English or North Germanic.


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jal wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 5:32 pm
Travis B. wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 3:22 pmI am not sure about it. The question is whether I should favor English and North Germanic or German and Dutch.
Fo-yu langwic luk kway sem Lo Jahman o is-say Olandes, an no atol sem Ingles o nohs Jahmanik.
Your language looks quite Low German or East Dutch, and not at all like English or North Germanic.
Ik skal main infinitiven up de end fan de set dan setten.
I will put my infinitives at the end of the sentence then.
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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Travis B. wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 6:00 pm
jal wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 5:32 pm
Travis B. wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 3:22 pmI am not sure about it. The question is whether I should favor English and North Germanic or German and Dutch.
Fo-yu langwic luk kway sem Lo Jahman o is-say Olandes, an no atol sem Ingles o nohs Jahmanik.
Your language looks quite Low German or East Dutch, and not at all like English or North Germanic.
Ik skal main infinitiven up de end fan de set dan setten.
I will put my infinitives at the end of the sentence then.
U ha wai vwemi zyu dei zyange qesovi do zyeu dyiqi vabi ye fainaiti-i lu lyu gwa, doi mwemwe liba dwa.
If you think of it as an SOV language and then move the finite verbs to the second position, then it might be easier.
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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Imralu wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2026 12:17 am
Travis B. wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 6:00 pm
jal wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 5:32 pm
Fo-yu langwic luk kway sem Lo Jahman o is-say Olandes, an no atol sem Ingles o nohs Jahmanik.
Your language looks quite Low German or East Dutch, and not at all like English or North Germanic.
Ik skal main infinitiven up de end fan de set dan setten.
I will put my infinitives at the end of the sentence then.
U ha wai vwemi zyu dei zyange qesovi do zyeu dyiqi vabi ye fainaiti-i lu lyu gwa, doi mwemwe liba dwa.
If you think of it as an SOV language and then move the finite verbs to the second position, then it might be easier.
Ja, ik weet het.
Yeah, I know.
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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Travis B. wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2026 8:13 amJa, ik weet het.
"Mi mekop langwic. Im u kol 'Olandes'" :mrgreen:
"I created a language. It's called 'Dutch'" :mrgreen:


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Jäg magde ouk ejne nyje gebauvste germanske tayl, mar opdat jäg mejre pjeningsrejpar en grojsen te mage vollte.
1 make.1.PST also one.F new.F build.PST.PART.F Germanic.F language | but because I more.PL banknote.PL and coin.PL to-make.INF want.1.PST

/jæɪ̯ mɑxd̥ə̀ oʊ̯k͉ eɪ̯nə̀ n̪ʲʏɪ̯ə̀ jɛ́b̥ǎʊ̯ɕtə̀ jɛ́ɐ̯mɑ̂nskə̀ tɑʏ̯l̪ | mɑɐ̯ ɔpd̥ɑ̀t͉ jæɪ̯ meɪ̯ʁə̀ pʰjénɪ̂ŋsʁěɪ̯pɑ̀ɐ̯ ən g̊ʁɔɪ̯ɕǹ̩ tɛ́͜ mǎɣə̀ ʋɔʊ̯l̪t̪ʰə̀/
I also made a new Germanic conlang, but mainly because I wanted to make more coins and banknotes.
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lëtzeshark wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2026 6:36 am
Jäg magde ouk ejne nyje gebauvste germanske tayl, mar opdat jäg mejre pjeningsrejpar en grojsen te mage vollte.
1 make.1.PST also one.F new.F build.PST.PART.F Germanic.F language | but because I more.PL banknote.PL and coin.PL to-make.INF want.1.PST

/jæɪ̯ mɑxd̥ə̀ oʊ̯k͉ eɪ̯nə̀ n̪ʲʏɪ̯ə̀ jɛ́b̥ǎʊ̯ɕtə̀ jɛ́ɐ̯mɑ̂nskə̀ tɑʏ̯l̪ | mɑɐ̯ ɔpd̥ɑ̀t͉ jæɪ̯ meɪ̯ʁə̀ pʰjénɪ̂ŋsʁěɪ̯pɑ̀ɐ̯ ən g̊ʁɔɪ̯ɕǹ̩ tɛ́͜ mǎɣə̀ ʋɔʊ̯l̪t̪ʰə̀/
I also made a new Germanic conlang, but mainly because I wanted to make more coins and banknotes.
Dat spraak skain, als en westgermaniske spraak en eennachtstand med en nordgermaniske spraak hadde.
That language looks like a West Germanic language had a one night stand with a North Germanic language.
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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Travis B. wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2026 8:30 am Dat spraak skain, als en westgermaniske spraak en eennachtstand med en nordgermaniske spraak hadde.
That language looks like a West Germanic language had a one night stand with a North Germanic language.
Hejlgemak varen datte taylen al vrejnder ver neuken.
perhaps be.PL.PST those.PL language.PL like friend.PL who.NOM screw.PL

/ɦéɪ̯jᵊmɑ̀k͉ ʋaɐ̯n̪͜ d̥ɑtʰᵊ tʰɑ́ʏ̯l̪ǹ̩ ɑʊ̯ ʋʁeɪ̯n̪d̥ɐ̀ ʋɛɐ̯ neʊ̯kʰə̀n̪/
Maybe those languages were more like friends with benefits.
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lëtzeshark wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2026 10:28 am
Travis B. wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2026 8:30 am Dat spraak skain, als en westgermaniske spraak en eennachtstand med en nordgermaniske spraak hadde.
That language looks like a West Germanic language had a one night stand with a North Germanic language.
Hejlgemak varen datte taylen al vrejnder ver neuken.
perhaps be.PL.PST those.PL language.PL like friend.PL who.NOM screw.PL

/ɦéɪ̯jᵊmɑ̀k͉ ʋaɐ̯n̪͜ d̥ɑtʰᵊ tʰɑ́ʏ̯l̪ǹ̩ ɑʊ̯ ʋʁeɪ̯n̪d̥ɐ̀ ʋɛɐ̯ neʊ̯kʰə̀n̪/
Maybe those languages were more like friends with benefits.
Ik würde seggen, dat dat engelisk beter beskraiw. Of waarskainlik könde ik seggen, dat aldengelisk en draier med aldnordisk and aldfransisk hadde.
I would say that that better describes English. Or maybe I could say, that Old English had a threesome with Old Norse and Old French.
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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