My conlang-related alt account!
Mid-20s, linguist, professional in localisation/translation.
Sporadically working on conlang projects.
| Native | English, Deutsch |
| Fluent | toki pona |
| Learning | Русский |
| Descriptors | she | it | they | es/deren | sie | она | они |
New Kílta ideophone: kínai-kínai /ˈkiːnaɪ̯-ˈkiːnaɪ̯/ - of an animal lifting its nose up to squint and sniff the air. #conlang
Mauta në rutisët ahëkar si mento — kínai-kínai
mauta në rut-is-ët ahëkar si ment-o — kínai-kínai
cat TOP grab-DETR-CVB.PFV air ACC smell-PFV - IDEO-IDEO
"The cat stopped and sniffed the air."
Conlanging brings out the worst of the worst in me when it comes to the urge to be different for the sake of it.
SVO or SOV? Nah. VOS at minimum, or even better, getting rid of verbs entirely and creating a language that only ever describes states of things supported by a bunch of obscure cases. "A dog bit the men" becomes "The past man's dog bitemark."
Do I have to accept I'm a... hipster?
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Here's the opening sentence of #WhiteNights by #Dostoevsky, translated to Ru̇u̇ťalis as I promised!
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Ze ne Nahť ďeehlis, ne Nahť szvaalik vo, vėn vir hunlis, maaglis eenťlis, o Loker lu̇u̇flis.
DUMP ART.M.INDEF night-ABS delightful-ABS , ART.M.INDEF night-ABS such REL , when 1P young-ABS , possible only , VOC reader lovely .
It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader.
wm.annis
Hîsyêô
Alain Dellepiane 
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