miniatureconlangs
A blog about imaginary typology in imaginary languages.
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Ćwarmin Vocabulary: Accomodation
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I'm planning to do some posts with the intention of increasing the size of the vocabularies of my conlangs. So, here's a first post...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Detail #264: Some Origins for Dual Marking on Verbs
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Consider the comitative. Now, let's consider this grammaticalization path: general comitative case exists the language has plural an...
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Bryatesle: A Farewell with Religious Significance
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In Bryatesle, Dairwueh, and less so Ćwarmin society, greetings often convey religious sentiments. Consider, for instance, the 'good nig...
Sargaĺk: Numbers and Numeracy
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The number system in Sargaĺk is somewhat limited – for numbers above 30 or thereabouts, most speakers switch to Ćwarmin numbers. The native...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Subject and Object Omission in Ŋʒädär
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Despite the lack of person congruence on the finite verb, Ŋʒädär permits some amount of subject and object omission. Generally, the most re...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
The Verbal Marking of the Proximate-Obviative Distinction in Ŋʒädär
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Ŋʒädär noun morphology distinguishes obviative and proximate nouns; the obviative nouns do not distinguish number as readily as the proxima...
Ćwarmin Vocabulary this far
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I compiled a list of the full vocabulary of Ćwarmin in order to check if certain things I suspected held with regards to its phonotax were a...
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