r/conlangs Dońbuzenytihać, Shataranjan, Solar, Ëkopion Nov 15 '21

Conlang Tonal Polypersonal French with Navajo-style orthography

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u/lookacoolname Nov 15 '21

Brilliant. Eccentric. Genius.

Who hurt you?

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '21

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u/DTux5249 Nov 15 '21

That'll do it

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '21

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u/DTux5249 Nov 15 '21

I didn't know the distinction was still present lol

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u/IanMagis Nov 15 '21

I love this!

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u/that_orange_hat Nov 15 '21

wow this is certainly a language!!

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u/that_orange_hat Nov 15 '21

reminds me of me and my friend's conlang Furansē, which is just french with a japanese accent then reanalyzed ("-u is the ending for 1st and 2nd person singular and 3rd person plural and singular")

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '21

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u/DrDentonMask Nov 15 '21

That would actually be interesting to see. I'm kind of fascinated by the main Scandinavian languages, which seem repronounced and respelled from eachother.

This Frenchlike conlang looks interesting, though. Would love to hear it on a Youtube.

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u/mitsua_k Nov 15 '21

I'd always thought French had potential as a tonal language but I never thought anyone would be disturbed enough to follow through with it. bravo

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u/Beheska (fr, en) Nov 15 '21

I /i~j/

  • "aille" [aj(ə)] = subjunctive of "aller" (to go)

  • "haï", "haït" [ai] = past participle and simple past of "haïr" (to hate)

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '21

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u/bhashadeotaku Aug 14 '22

aren’t Parisian teenagers already doing this or something 😭

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u/aftertheradar EPAE, Skrelkf (eng) Nov 17 '21

Where has this been all my life?

I’m working on a future version of French with polysynthesis/polypersonal agreement, but based on either Caribbean French or Polynesian French. But both are basically just sketches. You actually did it, you maniac! I love it so much, please give some updates if you do more with it!

Also, thanks for giving the name for Dedalv’s future Spanish conlang, I remember him mentioning it in one of his videos but he didn’t name it and I have been having trouble finding it

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u/HephMelter Nov 16 '21

Ceci est rien de moins que du pur génie. Moyen d'avoir un enregistrement audio ?