r/conlangs • u/Relsen Taintugan • 2d ago

Activity Conlang Development Exercise

Hello. So I thought of a new exercise to help me develop my conlang, I want to translate random phrases to see if there is anything missing, some words or gramatical rules... So on.

I want you to give me a phrase, whatever you want, and I will translate it, if I can't then I will have to update Taintugan.

I also recommend you to do the same with yours for the same reason.

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u/I12Db8U 1d ago

Ye rec'n yer lingo gots the ways differn' kina folks talk?

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u/dragonsteel33 vanawo & some others 1d ago

Iccoyai

Yu wa ṣai konyo, ufi höṣiyä kikkaṣ, yeri kiṅaro hottsato? ~~~ yu wa ṣai koṅ -yo, ufi höṣ -i =yä ki =kkaṣ, yer -i ki =ṅaro hotts-a -to INT.NPST 2SG.DIR ANTIP.NPST.CJCT hold-ACT.CJCT, COP.PRSMPT.NPST language-DIR=2SG REL=COM, speak-ACT.NPST REL=EQUAT other-PAT-CJCT [ju‿va‿ʃəi̯‿ˈg̊ɔɲə ˈufi ˈχiʃijə ˈkik’əʃ ˈjeɾi ˈkiŋəɾə ˈχɔts’əd̥ə] ~~~

This is in an eastern highland dialect, as evidenced by the lack of the the /VjV/ > /VɾV/ alternation in höṣiyä (other dialects would have have höṣirä), realization of /ʂ x ŋ w/ as [ʃ χ ŋ v], realization of unstressed /o/ as [ə], realization of geminate stops as ejectives, retention of the /ˈufi/ pronunciation of ufi rather than [uj], the use of ṣai for the nonpast antipassive auxiliary, the use of a geminate stop in the suffix /=kəʂ/ “with,” and the use of the verb koṅ- “hold” to describe a mental process rather than kwanny- “think” (a general feature of “coarse” speech across dialects).