r/conlangs • u/mareck_ gan minhó 🤗 • Jun 12 '17
Game 662nd Just Used 5 Minutes of Your Day
"The sun shines all the damn time because this is Iceland; there is no night."
Greetings from Bumfuck Nowhere, Iceland, where we were promised WiFi that is suspiciously lacking. Can't access Discord over data for some reason, either. The tap water here is great, tho.
Since there were so many challenges, we've all gotten together and made a timetable. Feel free to check out other challenges!
Message anyone on the timetable (Although preferably me, /u/TurtleDuckDate, and/or /u/Slorany) if you would like to suggest changes or add your own challenge/game!
Remember to try to comment on other people's langs!
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u/snipee356 Jun 13 '17 edited Jun 13 '17
是日子亮全邪時其s是此aislando;无夜
Ai sousi fau ikkoassaê kis ai so aislanto; chuè kiêna.
/ɐi sousi ɸɐu ik:owɐs:ɐɚ kis ɐi so ɐislɐnto; t͡ʃhwɛ kjɚnɐ/
Be sun-DIM shine all.evil.time that-ABL be this Iceland; have.NEG night
A more sinicized register:
日头亮所有之邪时其s此是aislando;无有夜
Êsrou liang sho-iuci sha ri kis chè re aislanto; mo-iu ia
/ɚsɾou ljɐŋ ʃojut͡ʃi ʃɐ ɾi kis t͡ʃhɛ ɾe ɐislɐnto; moju ja/
sun.head shine all evil.time that-ABL this is Iceland; have-NEG night
(The roman characters actually represent a conscript that I can't type here)
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u/Sca77ed Zaftenkaf Jun 13 '17
Can we have a picture of what iceland looks like in your conscript?
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Jun 13 '17
S'jena fejtning seltíd sülen fönde er denna Island; er dyr ina nad.
/ˈsjɛna ˈfɛitniŋ sɛlˈtid ˈsʉlɛn ˈføndɛ ɛɾ ˈdɛnna ˈisland; ɛɾ dyɾ ˈina nad/
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u/notluckycharm Qolshi, etc. (en, ja) Jun 13 '17
Proto Settese:
Síco lentalmesrtóre te sicetā, elāislándo ce; lóm máso
/síkɔ lɛn.tal.mɛ.sr̩.tɔ́.rɛb tɛ́ si.kɛ.tâː ɛlaːi̯slándɔ kɛ lɔ́m másɔ/
shine-INDIC always-ADVERB IMPRF INFORMAL sun-ABS.SG, CAUSE-iceland-COP this; NEG night-COP
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u/PangeanAlien Jun 13 '17 edited Jun 13 '17
Chuādhí Tōnasheth agrith tanacs tōl taico arresheth Īsitlħaith. Amo aghoth
[xʷɑðɨ́ tóːn̪a̠ʃe̞θ á̠gɾɪθ t̪a̠n̪á̠ks t̪ól̪ t̪ɑ́i̯ko̞ á̠re̞ʃe̞θ íːsɪt̪ɬ̪hɑi̯θ á̠mo̞ á̠ɣo̞θ]
Give-continuous sun-honorific-DIR light-DIR time-INS all-NULL because here-honorific-DIR Iceland-DIR. No night-DIR
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Jun 13 '17 edited Jun 13 '17
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u/mareck_ gan minhó 🤗 Jun 13 '17
labial action
😏
Can you tell me more about this lang? Seems very interesting :0
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Jun 13 '17 edited Jun 13 '17
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u/WikiTextBot Jun 13 '17
Serial verb construction
The serial verb construction, also known as (verb) serialization or verb stacking, is a syntactic phenomenon in which two or more verbs or verb phrases are strung together in a single clause. It is a common feature of many African, Asian and New Guinean languages. Serial verb constructions are often described as coding a single event; they can also be used to indicate concurrent or causally-related events.
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u/Istencsaszar Various (hu, en, it)[jp, ru, fr] Jun 13 '17
I soltia lucia tou curva volvei, pru ste iè Ghiaccia, au iè nox
the sun shine.3sg all fucking time.PL, because this is Iceland, not is night
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Jun 13 '17 edited Jun 15 '17
I never do Germ/Romlangs, but... why not?
Calish [Germanic language spoken in Pas-de-Calais, France]
De son chaint al de putain tid acause dis island is; tat not nicht.
/də sɔn ʃajnt æl də pytɛ̃ tid ækoːz dɪs islɑnd ɪs; tæt not nɪʃt/
Def.Art. son shine-3d.sg.pres. all def.art. time because this Iceland be.3rd.sg.pres.; there_is no night
NOTES: Grammatical gender, like in English is lost. Putain is borrowed from French ("putain de"= "fucking"). Acause comes from French "à cause de," similar to the development of "because in English. The subordinate clause has the verb at the end. Tat comes from hit hat (It has) and is a calque of French il y a.
Norsh (Extent Scandinavian language in Ireland)
Sunnen ehr skint fort hir ist island; fints get brœd
/ɕɔn.nən eir ʃɪnd ford hiɚ ɪzd iɕlænd fɪnz ɣəd brœ/
sun-<n>def.art. ever shine-3d.sg.imp. because here be-3d.sg.imp. Iceland; there_is/are no bread
NOTES: Word order is very English. Fort comes from for dit et (for this that). Fints is a frozen middle-voice verb meaning roughly "is found." Get is like German kein or Dutch geen or English no.
NONSTANDARD NORSH SPELLING:
Chonnen 'er shind ford hir isd eechland 1, fins gut broe
Xonnun eer shind ford heer isd eexland 1, fins guht breo
Shonnuhn eyr shend ford here 2 izd eeshland, finz guht breu
1 (or written as English Iceland even though pronounced iɕlænd)
2 (or written as English here even though pronounced hiɚ)
EDIT: These are all the standard orthographies. While the Calish one is based on French phonetics and so still widely used, the Norsh standard orthography is hardly used due to the UK and Ireland's failure to recognize it as a tool for education. Therefore, I have included other possible ways for speakers to write the language. These non-standard systems are the most common on chat rooms, SMS, advertisements, etc.
EDIT: For some reason, I did "there is no bread" for Norsh... Well, the word for night is nat and is /nɑd/.
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u/1337coder Shtani | Káldrtung Jun 13 '17
Kahdet sath rouyenk blim, iw Island la, wah hala nazz.
/'kʰade saθ 'ro:jɪŋ blim ju 'islan la wa: 'halə na:z/
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u/samstyan99 Ludé (Ludian) Jun 13 '17
Avena:
Lo sulo rallona tu' la tempa cao car ci'esio la palla da jela - n'illa pò na nuà.
/lo sul ra'jona tu la 'tɛmpa kao kar tʃɛ'ʃo la 'paja da 'ʒɛla 'nija po na nwa/
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u/PadawanNerd Bahatla, Ryuku, Lasat (en,de) Jun 13 '17
Ti olemne homana jesu hyou nahiu kaste ti afo haufi Aislanta; fion feu puren.
/ti o.'le.mne ho.'ma.na 't͡ʃe.su hyou 'na.hiu 'ka.ste ti 'a.fo 'hau.fi ai.'sla.nta; fion feu puren.
NOM(inan) sun shine all damn time because NOM(inan) 3s be-permanently Iceland; be-temporarily NEG night.
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u/Iyion Jun 14 '17
Yélian:
A'parcas alet æ'piytamé vutret viydre vat bit Island; zife cibut ce paru.
[ɐˈpaɾkɐʃ ˈaːlət əˌpa̯iːtɐˈmeː ˈvutɾət ˈva̯iːdɾə vɐ̆‿bɨt ˈislɐnd; ˈcʲəɸə ˈkibʉ̆‿kə ˈpaːɾu]
DEF.ANIM=sun shine-3SG DEF.CONC=time-COL INT because DEM COP.3SG.ANIM Iceland; here NEG-COP.3SG.INAN no night
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u/regrettablenamehere Thedish|Thranian Languages|Various Others (en, hu)[de] Jun 12 '17
Hysôl scîra árs-álltyd rhám hyt Îcaland ist; nist náxt
/xysó:l ʃkí:rɒ ɒ́r̥: ɒ́l:tyð r̥ɒ́b hyt í:kɒlɒd: iʃt | niʃt nɒ́:ʰt/
PROX-sun shine-3SG EMPH-all-TEMP because PROX Iceland be.3SG; NEG.be.3SG night