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Losam wrote:Besides the swadesh list, do you know a list of common phrases/expressions to translate to a conlang?
Losam wrote:Anyone here know a good link (besides Wikipedia and others sites about conlanging) that explains about verb tense, aspect and mood (and other properties?). Also, can you give some examples of aspects? And how do you deal with verbs?
Losam wrote:Yes, I speak Portuguese from Brazil, my native language. Maybe do you know a common concept about aspects and how they change in tenses? If I'm not wrong, basic exist:
[*]1) An action that is completed (I walked);
[*]2) An action that is in progress (I'm walking);
[*]3) An action that isn't completed but isn't in progress, something like an infinitive mode (I walk);
I need some examples of this aspects and different kinds of tenses (past, present and future to be more specific), if you don't mind of course.
Irusia wrote:In my conlang, there will be only monophthongs as phonemes, but I want to use diphthongs as allophones. What conditions for diphthongization exist?
Is there any program to create words automatically from the list of phonemes?
razlem wrote:Irusia wrote:In my conlang, there will be only monophthongs as phonemes, but I want to use diphthongs as allophones. What conditions for diphthongization exist?
Is there any program to create words automatically from the list of phonemes?
http://akana.conlang.org/tools/awkwords/
http://klh.karinoyo.com/generate/words/
As in many conlanging cases, Wikipedia is your friend. That page gives several real-world examples of diphthongization or vowel breaking. A lot is plausible with vowel shifts, so those are just potential starting points.Irusia wrote:In my conlang, there will be only monophthongs as phonemes, but I want to use diphthongs as allophones. What conditions for diphthongization exist?
I can see that. As that page explains, vowel breaking can be a result of assimilation, which is the basis of vowel harmony. I haven't thought through any particulars, but I could see diphthongization being a productive part of a broad, Finnish-style harmony system or analogous to German umlaut. It could also be a no longer productive stepping stone toward vowel harmony in the current language.Irusia wrote:Can it be related to vowel harmony?
Irusia wrote:razlem wrote:Irusia wrote:In my conlang, there will be only monophthongs as phonemes, but I want to use diphthongs as allophones. What conditions for diphthongization exist?
Is there any program to create words automatically from the list of phonemes?
http://akana.conlang.org/tools/awkwords/
http://klh.karinoyo.com/generate/words/
Thank you very much!
Luís wrote:Has anyone read Mark Rosenfelder's books? (The Language Construction Kit and Advanced Language Construction).
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