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Daniel Millington, Conlanger
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I make conlangs (constructed languages) for fun
Currently working on Zaouanaw

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And to cap off 2025...

Jelan bnas'uθ zaanjampa jelan gjasafek šimwaf
jelan bn(e)-as'-uθ za-an-ja-m-pa jelan gjas-a-fek šim-o-u-a-f
next build-PASS-PTCP.PFV speak-PTCP.IMP-SGV-1s.POSS-SUPE next year-ADE-INSTR work-IND-CONT-PRS-1s.SUBJ
'I'll work on my next conlang next year'
December 31, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Was watching The Mighty Boosh last night

Naboo lirbeas'anaθbunanaθojoh'at
Naboo-Ø lir-be-as'-an-θ-bun-an-θ-oj-o-h'-a-t
Naboo-NOM hard•to-see-PASS-PTCP.IMP-GEN-provide•healing-PTCP.IMP-GEN-man-IND-HAB-PRS-3s.SUBJ
'Naboo is a shaman' (lit. healer of the hard-to-see, i.e. mystic)
December 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Bo pa febseduataš'
bo p(a)-Ø feb-sed-u-a-t-š'
good day-NOM spend(time)-OPT-CONT-PRS-3s.OBJ-2s.SUBJ
'Good day' (lit. I hope you have a good day)

Note the use of the nominative on the indefinite object; Zaouanaw only uses the accusative when the object is definite

Also, optative go brrr
December 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Now I'm watching Spaceballs

Ank'uθohan Kjanaθksil!
an-k'(u)-θ-o-h'(a)-an kjan-θ-ksil-Ø
un-light-GEN-ANTIP-have-PTCP.IMP head-GEN-shield-NOM
'Dark Helmet!'

(Definitely not as catchy in Zaouanaw)
December 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Currently playing Helldivers, so here's a quick one

Miš difan, mesem!
miš dif-an-Ø mes-m-Ø
sweet free-PTCP.IMP-NOM arm-1s.POSS-NOM
'Sweet liberty, my arm!'

(Casually slapping a participial suffix onto an adjective to turn it into a noun)
December 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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>tfw no future tense

(Happy Boxing Day)
Ulwe psiθnil jelanaθraθafek h’watat [ˈul.we ˈpʰsʰiθ.nil ˈje.la.na.θr̊a.θa.fekʰ ˈxʼwa.tʰatʰ] ul-we-Ø psi-θ-nil-Ø jel-an-θ-raθ-a-fek h’(a)-o-u-a-t-t place-that-NOM full-GEN-moon-NOM follow-PTCP.IMP-GEN-night-ADE-INSTR have-IND-CONT-PRS-3s.OBJ-3s.SUBJ ‘There will be a full moon tomorrow night’ (lit. There has a full moon during the following night)
December 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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nu ulwe glereθtifiθpusuθ'p's'alan pas'afek h'watat
nu ul-we-Ø gler-θ-tif-θ-pus-θ-p's'al-an-Ø p(a)-s'(e)-a-fek h'(a)-o-u-a-t-t
NEG place-that mountain-GEN-summit-GEN-foam-GEN-fall-PTCP.IMP-NOM day-this-ADE-INSTR have-IND-CONT-PRS-3s.OBJ-3s.SUBJ
'There isn't any snow today'
December 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Alas, for my sins (of missing several days), I've spent about 2 hours making this absolute monstrosity

Excuse the somewhat gruesome story I came up with, but I had to fit all these words in somehow!
Wohanaθoj kordjaranaθojok kordjaras’uθuquk ingnuθuqte šužaqopohotot, s’iriqigge qam korsegopohotot. Wohanaθoj f’awaqašo ksil seguθuquk jelana pojoθwupuquθ otworanaθθiθge kordjaranaθojoθge lihuθjaθ uluqaante raθafek seš’š’onamopohot. Neceθbsojan onecmjuk'anaθbsojapa josoθbeanaθuluθohan flezeθjeropohot, kordjaranaθojogge ulwea bsono segopohotot. wohanaθoj-Ø kordjaranaθoj-k kordjar-as’-uθ-q-k in-gn(e)-uθ-q-te šu-žaq-o-p-h-t-t s’ir-q-k-ge qam korseg-o-p-h-t-t wohanaθoj-Ø f’aw-q-aš-o ksil-Ø seg-uθ-q-k jelana pojoθwup-q-θ otworanaθθi-θ-ge kordjaranaθoj-θ-ge lihuθja-θ ul-q-a-an-te raθ-a-fek seθ-š’o-n-am-o-p-h-t neceθbsoja-n onecmjuk’anaθbsoja-pa josoθbeanaθul-θ-o(k)-h’(a)-an flezeθjer-o-p-h-t kordjaranaθoj-k-ge ul-we-a bso-n-o seg-o-p-h-t-t traveller-NOM swindler-ACC swindle-PASS-PTCP.PFV-3s.POSS-ACC come.to-know-PTCP.PFV-3s.POSS-ADV completely-stab-IND-PFV-PST-3s.OBJ-3s.SUBJ ring-3s.POSS-ACC-and 3s.ABL take.back-IND-PFV-PST-3s.OBJ-3s.SUBJ traveller-NOM wound-3s.POSS-PL-DAT cover-NOM put-PTCP.PFV-3s.POSS-ACC after pet.dog-3s.POSS-GEN spade-GEN-and swindler-GEN-and corpse-GEN position-3s.POSS-ADE-PTCP.IMP-ADV night-ADE-INSTR DIM-town-INE-ABL-IND-PFV-PST-3s.SUBJ desert-INE endorheic.basin-SUPE overlook-GEN-ANTIP-have-PTCP.IMP cliff.edge-IND-PFV-PST-3s.SUBJ swindler-ACC-and position-that-ADE ground-INE-DAT put-IND-PFV-PST-3s.OBJ-3s.SUBJ ‘Having realised he had been conned, the traveller stabbed the swindler to death, and he took back his ring. After having covered his wounds, the traveller left the village during the night with his pet dog, a spade and the swindler’s dead body. He went to the edge of the cliff overlooking the endorheic basin in the desert, and he buried the swindler there.’ I haven’t provided a full morpheme-by-morpheme breakdown of this one, a) because that would make it even more confusing; and b) because I’ve already spent 2 hours on this. A few potential words of interest here are kordjaranaθoj ‘swindler’ (lit. reversing-being-trusted man), šužaqopohotot ‘he stabbed him to death’ (lit. he completely stabbed him) and onecmjuk'anaθbsoja ‘endorheic basin’ (lit. drying place). Some syntactic curiosities are: ge ‘and’, which appears as a suffix on the first word of the phrase it introduces, e.g. s’iriqigge qam korsegopohotot ‘and he took back his ring (from him)’; the entire subordinate clause pojoθwupuquθ otworanaθθiθge kordjaranaθojoθge lihuθjaθ uluqaante ‘with his pet dog, a spade and the swindler’s dead body’ (lit. with his pet dog, a spade and the swindler’s dead body being at his position); and Zaouanaw’s wholly un-English word order being on full show here. Have a merry Christmas! And think twice before you try to swindle a traveller out of a ring!
December 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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I've been slacking on Lexember for a few days, since I've been busy settling into a new job

However, I've been cooking up some cool and unusual lexemes for Zaouanaw, e.g. the word for 'scorpion', which translates as 'desert lobster'

I'm on holiday soon, so I'll get back to it then
December 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Been watching The War Between the Land and the Sea, so I feel this fits

Č'eseθ ulo aqwaf
č'es-θ ul-o aq-o-u-a-f
woman-GEN location-DAT swim-IND-CONT-PRS-1s
'I am swimming to her'

Zaouanaw doesn't allow cases to be interpreted as lative on animate nouns, so you have to say 'her location'
December 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Another quick one – I came up with tog 'weave' when deriving otoganaθmit 'spider' (lit. weaving bug) yesterday, alas:

Otoganaθmit togas'uθjaqak togwatat
otoganaθmit-Ø tog-as'-uθ-ja-q-k tog-o-u-a-t-t
spider-NOM weave-PASS-PTCP.PFV-SGV-3s.POSS-ACC weave-IND-CONT-PRS-3s.OBJ-3s.SUBJ

1/
December 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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I'm off for a curry in 5 minutes, so this is a quick one
Otoganaθmit sessiranaθtasanak h’watat [ˈo.tʰo.ka.naθ.mitʰ ˈses.si.ra.naθʰ.tʰa.sa.nakʰ ˈxʼwa.tʰatʰ] o(k)-tog-an-θ-mit-Ø s(e)-θ-sir-an-θ-tas-an-k h’(a)-o-u-a-t-t ANTIP-weave-PTCP.IMP-GEN-arthropod-NOM small-GEN-shake-PTCP.IMP-GEN-feel-PTCP.IMP-ACC have-IND-CONT-PRS-3s.OBJ-3s.SUBJ ‘Spiders have a sense of vibrations’
December 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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I missed a few days, so yous're getting a big'ne
Erescim psakjaθ okantroran wupuθklizjak kjanaθgeweqašfek wit’iθjalaθohan bsiuθusswapanaθkopjaθ (rot’ok ljamante) ulutpa rjašanafek regšudrepopohotot [ˈe.resʰ.cʰim ˈpʰsʰa.kʰjaθ ˈo.kʰan.tʰro.ran ˈwu.pʰuθ.kʰli.t͡sjakʰ ˈkʰja.naθ.ke.we.q͡χʰaʃ.fekʰ ˈwi.tʼi.θja.la.θo.xan ˈpsi.u.θus.swa.pʰa.naθʰ.kʰo.pʰjaθ (ˈro.tʼokʰ ˈlja.man.tʰe) ˈu.lutʰ.pʰa ˈrja.ʃa.na.fekʰ ˈrek.ʃu.tre.pʰo.pʰo.ho.tʰotʰ] er-θ-cim-Ø psak-ja-k o(k)-an-tror-an wup-θ-kliz-ja-k kjan-θ-gew-q-aš-fek wit’-θ-jal-θohan bsi-uθ-θ-swap-an-θ-kop-ja-θ (rot’-k ljam-an-te) ul-d-pa rjaš-an-a-fek reg-drep-o-p-h-t-t herd-GEN-male-NOM pack.of.wolves-SGV-GEN ANTIP-un-command-PTCP.IMP dog-GEN-teeth-SGV-ACC head-GEN-weapon-3s.POSS-PL-INSTR wide-GEN-wings-having be.left.behind-PTCP.PFV-GEN-steal-PTCP.IMP-GEN-flock-SGV-GEN (threat-ACC be.like-PTCP.IMP-ADV) position-3p.POSS-SUPE fly-PTCP.IMP-ADE-INSTR forcefully-completely-push-IND-PFV-PST-3s.OBJ.3s.SUBJ “The bull knocked out the wolf’s left canine with its horns as a wide-winged vulture circled overhead.” This is easily the longest sentence I’ve written in Zaouanaw so far, and it’s got some interesting (to me, at least) quirks. Firstly, we have several examples of coda obstruents assimilating with the onset obstruent of the next syllable – they will always assimilate in phonation (e.g. ulutpa ‘over their position’ from ul-d-pa), and if the two obstruents are either both coronal or both dorsal, then they will assimilate in place of articulation as well (e.g. erescim ‘bull’ from er-θ-cim). Secondly, there’s a bunch of unusual and needlessly complicated renderings of English words, e.g. okantroran ‘left’ (lit. non-dominant), kjanaθgew ‘horn’ (lit. head weapon) and bsiuθusswapanaθkopja ‘vulture’ (lit. leftover stealing flock member). Thirdly, we have the section in brackets, rot’ok ljamante meaning ‘threateningly’ (lit. like a threat). Whether or not you want to include this depends on the emphasis you place on the word ‘circled’; if we’re talking about the vulture merely flying overhead, then this isn’t required, but if you take ‘circled’ to mean something more ominous, then you may want to include rot’ok ljamante to hammer that point home. Lastly (but certainly not least-ly), there is the totally un-English word order. You really start to see the effects of head-final syntax when you have long subordinate clauses – the entirety of wit’iθjalaθohan bsiuθusswapanaθkopjaθ (rot’ok ljamante) ulutpa rjašanafek is a subordinate clause, with the adessive and instrumental suffixes at the very end meaning ‘while’.
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Today's example translates to 'She treats me like an antenna', or perhaps I should say 'She dey do me like antenna'...
(youtu.be/6LCoksSQMzs?...)
Č’es tasanaθθik ljamante mwakat [ˈt͡ʃʼes ˈtʰa.sa.naθ.θikʰ ˈlja.man.tʰe ˈmwa.kʰatʰ] č’es-Ø tas-an-θ-θi-k ljam-an-te m(e)-o-u-a-k-t woman-NOM feel-PTCP.IMP-GEN-tool-ACC be.like-PTCP.IMP-ADV do-IND-CONT-PRS-1s.OBJ-3s.SUBJ ‘She treats me like an antenna’ The noun č’es ‘woman’ is used to specify the gender of the subject in this example, since Zaouanaw lacks gendered pronouns or gendered grammatical person markings. We also have the participle ljaman ‘being like’ (a transitive verb in Zaouanaw) in the adverbial case acting as a postposition with tasanaθθik ‘antenna (accusative)’ (lit. feeling tool) as the complement. Lastly, there is an example of the indicative mood marker o and continuous aspect marker u merging into w, which occurs wherever phonotactically possible.
December 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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I already came up with a word for 'plate' while deriving 'pan' the other day, so I thought I'd come up with an example that shows off more of Zaouanaw's grammar:
Šucenas’uθjaašak kranjas’afek sabaθjunjaam junjaoge segopohot’of [ˈʃu.t͡sʰe.na.sʼu.θja.a.ʃakʰ ˈkʰra.nja.sʼa.fekʰ ˈsa.pa.θju.nja.am ˈju.nja.o.ke ˈse.ko.pʰo.ho.tʼof] šu-cen-as’-uθ-ja-aš-k kr(e)-an-ja-s’(e)-a-fek sab-θ-jun-ja-am jun-ja-o-ge seg-o-p-h-t’-f completely-stretch-PASS-PTCP.PFV-SGV-PL-ACC happen-PTCP.IMP-SGV-this-ADE-INSTR heat-GEN-flat-SGV-ABL flat-SGV-DAT-and put-IND-PFV-PST-3p.OBJ-1s.SUBJ ‘I moved the noodles from the pan to a plate this time’ Firstly, kranjas’afek ‘this time’ is literally ‘during this occurrence’. Zaouanaw has a strict distinction between spans of time (imperfective) and points in time (perfective), and because the word for ‘occurrence’ is a singulative form of the imperfective participle of kr(e) ‘happen’, it is necessarily treated as a span of time. Zaouanaw uses a ‘compound lative case’ to link actions to spans of time, namely an adessive (‘at’) suffix plus an instrumental (‘through’) suffix, denoted ADE-INSTR. (The corresponding construction for a point in time is just an adessive case suffix.) Secondly, this example is a good demonstration of Zaouanaw phonotactics. The usual method for resolving illegal clusters in Zaouanaw is to copy the vowel from the previous syllable and insert it as far to the left as possible, e.g. the last three o’s in segopohot’of are just copies of the vowel from the indicative (IND) marker o, because *segopht’f would be illegal (*segopht’f → *segopoht’f → *segopohot’f → segopohot’of). However, some morphemes (that is, some of the most common morphemes) have an ‘underlying vowel’, a sort of hidden vowel that only surfaces when the phonotactics are broken. Both examples here have underlying e’s, but any vowel is possible. Underlying vowels are denoted in brackets in glosses. However, in the above example, the phonotactics are not broken around these morphemes, so the underlying vowels do not surface. We also see the use of -ge ‘and’ to link the origin (the pan) to the destination (a plate), which Zaouanaw requires.
December 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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I've not got access to my computer today, so here's a quick one

The prompt is 'something to drink out of'

mwanamašam dlucopohof
mwan-m-aš-am dluc-o-p-h-f
hand-1s.POSS-PL-ABL drink(intran)-IND-PFV-PST-1s.SUBJ
'I drank from my hands'

Yes, that'll do
December 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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I missed yesterday's (à cause de my work's Christmas do), so here's a double-whammy
Šucenas’uθjaašak groθθifek sabaθjunjapaam manzinufek c’uopohot’oš’ [ˈʃu.t͡sʰe.na.sʼu.θja.a.ʃakʰ ˈkroθ.θi.fekʰ ˈsa.pa.θju.nja.pʰa.am ˈman.t͡si.nu.fekʰ ˈt͡sʼu.o.pʰo.ho.tʼoʃʼ] šu-cen-as’-uθ-ja-aš-ak gro-θ-θi-fek sab-θ-jun-ja-pa-am m(e)-an-z(i)-nu-fek c’u-o-p-h-t’-š’ completely-stretch-PASS-PTCP.PFV-SGV-PL-ACC prong-GEN-tool-INSTR heat-GEN-flat-SGV-SUPE-ABL do-PTCP.IMP-other-none-INSTR eat-IND-PFV-PST-3p.OBJ-2s.SUBJ ‘You (singular) ate the noodles straight out of the pan with a fork’ (lit. You ate the completely stretched-out things with a prong tool from the surface of the hotplate without any other action)
December 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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In order to make today's absurdly long word, I had to look up how black pepper is made
Wasamak isa ploc'oθsubuθšuknuras'uθage romc’uwataf [ˈwa.sa.makʰ ˈi.sa ˈpʰlo.t͡sʼoθ.su.puθ.ʃu.kʰnu.ra.sʼu.θa.ke ˈrom.t͡sʼu.wa.tʰaf] was-m-k is-a ploc’-θ-sub-θ-šu-knur-as’-uθ-a-ge rom-c’u-o-u-a-t-f fish-1s.POSS-ACC salt-ADE vine-GEN-fruit-GEN-completely-crush-PASS-PTCP.PFV-ADE-and want.to-eat-IND-CONT-PRS-3s.OBJ-1s.SUBJ ‘I want to eat my fish with salt and pepper’ (lit. I want to eat my fish at salt and at vine fruit powder)
December 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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I should really pick one way of formatting these and stick with it
Der žemge c’uas’uθjap’uaot! [ˈter ˈt͡ʃem.ke ˈt͡sʼu.a.sʼu.θja.pʼu.a.otʰ] der-Ø žem-Ø-ge c’u-as’-uθ-ja-p’-u-a-ot bread-NOM cheese-NOM-and eat-PASS-PTCP.PFV-SGV-POT-CONT-PRS-3p.SUBJ ‘Bread and cheese can be a meal!’ (Explainer: Zaouanaw translates ‘and’ as a suffix on the second (plus any further) elements of a list. We also see c’uas’uθja ‘a meal’ (lit. That which is eaten + the singulative (SGV) suffix ja to make it countable) being used as a verb root in a copulative construction, conjugated in the potential (POT) mood, i.e. ‘can be’.)
December 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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I managed to kill two birds with one stone with this one (or rather, a chicken and some olives):
sabak bokoθfjašo lagaθnesfek šusegopatas’ [ˈsa.pakʰ ˈpo.kʰoθ.fja.ʃo ˈla.kaθ.nes.fekʰ ˈʃu.se.ko.pʰa.tʰasʼ] sab-k bok-θ-fjaš-o lag-θ-nes’-fek šu-seg-o-p-a-t-s’ heat-ACC chicken-GEN-meat-DAT olive-GEN-oil-INSTR completely-put-IND-PFV-PRS-3s.OBJ-1p.SUBJ ‘We cooked the chicken with olive oil’ (lit. We completely gave the heat to the chicken meat with olive oil)
December 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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I just asked my wife to come up with a random way of preparing food, and she came up with "brine", alas...
isiθtlic is-θ-tlic salt-GEN-non.potable.water 'Brine' wasak isiθtlicino segopohotof was-k isiθtlic-n-o seg-o-p-h-t-f fish-ACC brine-INE-DAT put-IND-PFV-PST-3s.OBJ-1s.SUBJ 'I brined the fish' (lit. I put the fish into brine) (for reference, normal saltwater is translated as gwalaθtlic, lit. non-potable water of the sea)
December 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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I had no idea what to put for many of the prompts, but I'm still very happy for having taken part

It felt like I could finally take my first proper conlang for a spin, and it's given me more of a drive to work on other projects

I'll simply say: thank you!
miwwdu-sitsom.bsky.social miwwdu sitsom (they/them) @miwwdu-sitsom.bsky.social · Nov 30
#ConlangNovember 30: We've had a full month of conlanging, but now it's time to wrap it up. Do you have any closing thoughts? Things you learned doing this? Shoutouts? Feedback, or areas for improvement?

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We've had a full month of conlanging, but now it's time to wrap it up. Do you have any closing thoughts? Things you learned doing this? Shoutouts? Feedback, or areas for improvement? This was my first time hosting a prompt game like this, and I don't know if I ever will again, but if I do, I'd love to hear your suggestions!
November 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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The first sentence took me about an hour to translate, and I'm still not 100% sure about it, so we'll leave it at that xD

It looks cool and has a stupidly long word in it, so le voici (I'm going to bed now):
Anq’eθjean Secja Q’ege zik tasanfek moθan s’uwepa elk’ejwuhut’ot, prirosabaθseganaθpiqanaθtanjanange wohanaθoj q’eθulwea uludaowpohot. an-q’(e)-θ-je-an sec-ja q’(e)-ge z(i)-k tas-an-fek moθ-an s’u-we-pa el-k’ej-o-u-h-t’-ot prir-o-sab-θ-seg-an-θ-piq-an-θ-tan-n-an-ge woh-an-θ-oj q’(e)-θ-ul-we-a ul-d-a-o-o-p-h-t un-Sun-GEN-be.like-PTCP.IMP wind-SGV Sun-and other-ACC strong-PTCP.IMP-INSTR exceed-PTCP.IMP body-that-SUPE strongly-opine.to-IND-CONT-PST-3p.OBJ-3p.SUBJ closely-ANTIP-heat-GEN-give-PTCP.IMP-hide-PTCP.IMP-GEN-clothing-SGV-INE-PTCP.IMP-and travel-PTCP.IMP-GEN-man Sun-GEN-location-that-ADE location-3p.POSS-ADE-DAT-IND-PFV-PST-3s.SUBJ ‘The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveler came along wrapped in a warm cloak.’ (more of a breakdown: The North (lit. un-Sun-like) Wind and the Sun were strongly opining to each other about the body who exceeds the other with strength, and a snugly-in-a-warming-hiding-piece-of-clothing travelling man at that time (lit. at that position of the Sun) went into their vicinity)
November 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Looking at Zaouanaw, I realise I never came up with a word for 'say'

I've got intransitive 'speak' but no transitive counterpart

However, I'm probably not going to go for a like-for-like, transitive translation of English 'say', since I like to play around with how verbs handle their arguments
miwwdu-sitsom.bsky.social miwwdu sitsom (they/them) @miwwdu-sitsom.bsky.social · Nov 28
#ConlangNovember 28: This week's prompt is 'say'. Your choice how to interpret. You could give the translation, use it in a sentence in your conlang, or just take it as a starting point for inspiration for something conlang-related to discuss.

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We've come to our last weekly prompt! This week's prompt is 'say'. It's your choice how to interpret this prompt. You could give the translation, use it in a sentence in your conlang, or just take it as a starting point for inspiration for something conlang-related to discuss.
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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This article makes an excellent point regarding minority languages, namely how boards, councils, etc. overseeing these languages can treat them more as an "unalterable cultural artefact than a living language"

For a natural language to live, it needs to be used naturally and be allowed to evolve
‘We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap’: how Europe’s minority tongues are facing the digital future | Stephen Burgen
What does it mean to lose a language, and what does it take to save it? Those were the big questions being asked in Barcelona recently, says freelance writer Stephen Burgen
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM