Silent Night, sung in Sajem Tan

https://www.dropbox.com/s/w0ldkhtx3o659we/Simem%20Lnagen%20%E2%80%94%20Silent%20Night--revised.mp3?dl=0

#SajemTan #glossopoeia #language

Zo do düdötfê sin!
Söjesömšo šit gëšökgešik.
Lekmêt küksut jam fmüžikdê vücdâ set.
Xyt möšnemâţot manmonvâ zežötmun xafömšo dit doâvmê söm žimansonun.
Let vafakdaţnycfê düc gûnrüc.
Gešekrücmunjucum!

https://multiverse.plus/orphantom/1643278165285
#SajemTan #glossopoeia

Katöcšo cadëgyn.
Lnagenžasik snic mûretšo ro.
Zëvetâ kê ševetâ ro düdötfê.
Xüm dût zëvetâţotvâk dûganmêt kišnümšo dic xüm vnisytâ kê xüm cadëkâ.
Žažûn düm zyrökso zimšo dit.
Ţmak tücekfê möt ro.

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#SajemTan #glossopoeia

Conlangs Thread/Tree

Okay, alright, I'm doing it! I'm recreating my #conlangs thread in here

I don't know why this mentally snowballed into such a difficult task but anyway

On November 28th, 2015 I said to a friend: "so, a month ago I discovered r/conlangs"; and that's how my conlanging journey started

I'm putting info on each #conlang as a subthread hanging from this post

#glossopoeia #conlanging

I got a spark of inspiration for my ehw #conlang tonight and I ended up adding a new vowel (/i/ with orthography <ie>) and some additional utility markers: "nie" /ni/ ties an adjective to a noun to create a new noun rather than just describing the noun, and "in" /ɪn/ as the present-participial adjective marker to pair with the pre-existing "ed" that behaved as a past-participial adjective!

https://lexicon.ga/170

I also brainstormed a writing system, but it's not quite ready yet.

#glossopoeia

I've finally finished a HUGE update to my #Zirka #conlang/codelang and its JavaScript plugin! It alters a ton of the characters and adds the IPA into the mix to help with pronunciation!

https://zirka.ga

I still need to redo the cool cursive script I had before updating everything, but that'll be a pretty big project now that the letters are so different. The next step, though, will probably be to move everything into a font so the RTL display doesn't freak out anymore...

#glossopoeia

Here's the updated N'tòsi #conlang script that shows how to write its syllables and tones!

I really like the idea of it, but its practicality is perhaps questionable. It's pretty sterile right now, so it may change if/as I end up actually using it in order to reflect more comfortable usage.

#ntosi #glossopoeia #conscript

N'tòsi #Lexember Day 7: Creation

–xôala– /xoa˨˦˨.la˨/ (Verb)
create, draw, make, paint
To create from either raw material or nothing.

–xǒila– /xoi˦˨˦.la˦/ (Verb)
build, construct, sculpt
To create from existing materials that were made before.

Bonus:
–xôaalái– /xoaː˨˦˨.lai˩˥/ (Verb)
imagine, think, plan
from root –xôala–

#Ntosi #conlang #glossopoeia

N'tòsi #Lexember Day 6: Correctness

–lí– /li˩˥/ (Marker)
true, positive, affirmation marker

–xá– /xa˩˥/ (Marker)
false, not, negation marker

–líasòi– /lia˩˥.ʃoi˥˩/ (Marker)
maybe, almost, many, partial marker

And perhaps my favorite:

–sáilǒi– /ʃai˩˥.loi˦˨˦/ (Marker)
apathy/indifference marker:
Implies whatever, whoever, wherever, "who cares". Can take the place of a Noun, Adjective, or Adverb in a sentence to show that the exactness doesn't matter.

#Ntosi #conlang #glossopoeia

N'tòsi #Lexember Day 5: Home

Oftentimes, lengthened syllables imply a greater honor or respect for the subject of the word. Observe the etymology of place as it becomes home.

–ò– /o˥˩/ (Noun)
place, spot, area

–yò– /ɲo˥˩/ (Adjective)
good, comfortable, friendly

–òyo– /o˥˩.ɲo˨/ (Noun)
house

–òyoo– /o˥˩.ɲo˨ː/ (Noun)
home, the concept of

And as a bonus:

–òoyôo– /o˥˩ː.ɲo˨˦˨ː/ (Noun)
temple; a home for a god

#Ntosi #conlang #glossopoeia

N'tòsi #Lexember Day 4: Birds

–tàká– /ta˥˩.ka˩˥/ (Noun)
bird (flying)

–tǎoka– /tao˦˨˦.ka˦/ (Noun)
bird (non-flying / food)

Birds that fly are free and unshackled from the earth, and freedom shall never be taken from the free. Birds that do not fly are bound by the same restrictions as us, and are thus fair game for food.

#Ntosi #conlang #glossopoeia

N'tòsi #Lexember Day 3: Direction

–tín– /tin˩˥/ (Pronoun)
this, here, hither

–sán– /ʃan˩˥/ (Pronoun)
that, there, yonder

–tínsan– /tin˩˥.ʃan˦/ (Pronoun)
where

Fun Fact: –tínsan– is almost always paired with the interrogative marker –ń'– and literally literally means "here there?"

#Ntosi #conlang #glossopoeia

N'tòsi #Lexember Day 2

–ǐyan– /i˦˨˦.ɲan˦/ (Verb)
do, act, perform

Doing and performing are one and the same. Life is a dance, and each action is another a step in its choreography.

#Ntosi #conlang #glossopoeia

#Lexember Day 5:

"huded" /hu.ded/ (Derived Adjective)
contained, held, secured, comfortable
https://lexicon.ga/170/85

Fun Fact: Derivation happens in several ways in the #ehw #conlang. Appending "ed" to a verb creates an adjective from that word that means the state of being caused by the verb. When a verb ends in a vowel, the "ed" acts as a separate syllable with a glottal stop, but it modifies words ending in a consonant so that the consonant creates a syllable with "ed".

#glossopoeia

#Lexember Day 4:

"du hed" (Verb)
think, decide, lead
https://lexicon.ga/170/81

Fun Fact: This word is constructed from the word for "do" (du) and the word "hed" which means "head, top, leader" (https://lexicon.ga/170/79) because the head is on top of the body and does the thinking!

#ehw #conlang #glossopoeia

#Lexember Day 3:

"med wud" (verb)
say, speak, talk
https://lexicon.ga/170/72

Fun Fact: Many verbs in the #ehw #conlang are constructed from the words for "make" (med) and "do" (du) paired with a thing that is made or done!

#glossopoeia

#Lexember Day 2 Double Feature!:

"pet pet" (Noun)
pet, friend, cutie, ally, hero
A thing that is cute, good, and/or friendly.
https://lexicon.ga/170/66

"bad bad" (Noun)
enemy, evildoer, criminal, monster
A thing that is bad, ugly, and/or hostile
https://lexicon.ga/170/64

Fun Fact: A lot of words in the #ehw #conlang are derived from doubling a root word. Both of these words are doubled forms of adjectives!

#glossopoeia

#Lexember Day 1:

"pan pan" (Adjective)
healthy, growing, flourishing
Also: A thing that is plantlike or remeniscent of nature.

https://lexicon.ga/170/68

#ehw #conlang #glossopoeia

Sure, ok, I'll try #Lexember for a little while. Maybe I can finish a decent lexicon for my #ehw #conlang: https://lexicon.ga/170

I've got a couple days to catch up on, so here we go! Be warned, this might not produce many interesting words, but there are a lot of *necessary* or at the very least *useful* words that I really need to create.

I'll try to keep them all in a thread on this post for convenience.

#glossopoeia

I don't know enough about sign languages to know if it's viable, but I think it would be interesting to make a syllabary for a tiny language like toki pona or conlangs with small syllable sets that corresponds to simple-ish hand/arm movements so speakers could not only speak and write it but also know how to sign it for deaf/hard of hearing folk just by looking at it.

#conlanging #glossopoeia #signLanguage