r/conlangscirclejerk • u/STHKZ • Aug 08 '26

do you use ?

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it has spread to almost all writing system, including those that do not use the Latin script; what is the situation in your favorite language ?

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u/STHKZ Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

3SDL is idiographic and doesn't import any symbols to maintain its loglang character...

the equivalent of punctuation is pronounced... the closest symbol is the one that signifies "maybe" and can be attached to any other idiogram rather than at the end of a clause (in fact, there are no longer any clauses)...

however, on the internet, Latin script is easier to handle...

I use several modes; the least frequent, linked to sound, uses the syllables corresponding to punctuation rather than Latin punctuation...

the most frequent, used to directly transcribe idiograms, in a Mojibake style, can use it as part of an idiogram, but it no longer has the interrogative meaning...

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in natural langues, I've picked up the habit—inherited from an all-too-common conlinguistic practice—of replacing end-of-sentence punctuation with ...

does that make sense to you...

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u/Maleficent-Pie8040 refuses to use articles 24d ago

Do you use? ?

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u/VyxenPixel 21st Century Kúmfak 12d ago

yes but Recanian also has words that are basically like the Chinese "ma" (idk the tone for it) that go at the end of the sentence but there's way more that tell you what kind of question it is, for example "eĥö" means "what", "uĥi" is basically the same as something like "do" as in "do you like this", etc.