Unanswered Questions
31 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Can finiteness markers evolve into non-finiteness markers?
I'm trying to figure out how two of my existing languages, Mtsqrveli and Apshur, could fit together into the same family, given a lot of accidental similarity in their morphology. However, there is ...
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ConLang for a pet that talks through buttons...?
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Talking Pets...?
I am fascinated (while skeptical) of the 'talking pet' audio-button trend.
For reference, this video shows a woman talking to her cat about a storm. The ...
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Split condition for nominalization pathway used only in certain verbs
There is a construction I would like to formally incorporate into one of my language's verb system, which involves rendering the main verb as a noun, which is then possessed by the participant that ...
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How to come up with novel words for exact concepts that result from specific fact combinations: word coining acts
Here is something I would like to be able to describe with a single word:
"You hold something in your hand (or that somethibng is perhaps in your pocket or attached to your body in done way), you ...
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Attempt to define verb inflection that is phonologically featural
My native language is Korean, which has a featural script, namely Hangul. Though my conlang isn't going to adopt Hangul, I came up with one question of curiosity: "Can there be a featural grammar?...
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Question about selma'o FA
Is the fi elidable in sentences such as the following:
fe tu’a lo karce fa mi djica [fi] lo nu litru?
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How do I say "minimum age" in lojban?
Would "lo sarcyselna'a" be grammatically correct? Are there any specific rules on where to put sel and other cmavo rafsi in lujvo?
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Is it natural to declare laterals and rhotics as a fortis/lenis pair?
I've sought for justification for the phoneme inventory of my conlang, but finally, I think I found one, at least for consonants.
순음 Labial
설음 Coronal
반설음 "Semi-coronal"
치두음 Front Sibilant
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What would a language created by anthropomorphic and humanoid dogs look like?
I imagined a language created by anthropomorphic and humanoid dogs.
The following phonemes are:
The simple vowels are: /a/ as in French adolescent (which naturally means adolescent), /ɶ/ as in ...
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How can I model/simulate/test non-human vocal arrangements?
In various world-building projects, I find myself running into the aggravating situation of having to create languages for non-humans using the human phonetic inventory. I would love nothing more than ...
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Is there any conlang that implements Reichenbach's tenses?
In Reichenbach's theory of tense three time points, namely the Speech time, the Event time, and the Reference time, an abstract time point from which the event is viewed, are used to classify the ...
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Non-decomposable TAM strategies
The agglutinative language I'm most familiar with is Hungarian, and the way Hungarian handles TAM is, I think, incredibly boring: separate T-A-M markers with no allomorphs that just get concatenated ...
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How to say complex sentences in Lojban (understanding the basics of gismu)?
I finally delved into Lojban, and it is great so far! I don't fully understand yet, but getting closer. There is this list of gismu totalling 1342 items. Each one is linked to a page such as cmima, ...
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Since languages that use OSV/OVS word order normally have short sentences, what would this mean for creating a conlang that uses OVS/OSV word order?
About OVS word order
So recently I was reading up a bit on word orders in languages when I came across this Wikipedia article about OVS word order. Now, this is what the Wikipedia article says about ...
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Participles and types of verbs
I'm currently working on the verbal morphology of my language and was wondering the following :
How are action verbs differentiated from state ones ?
Is it even a necessity ?
Could a verb be both ?
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