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The Dailies. March 18
Did you work on your language today? Create any new rules of grammar or syntax? New progress on a script? New words in your lexicon?
On the other hand, do any excavating or reading or enjoying stuff you've already created? Do you have any favorites to share?
How did you conlang today?




I finally have some weather words. First up is:
saʃte:m - weather
I realized after a while that it sounds a lot like system (especially the Swedish pronunciation which has more stress on the final syllable than the English one). So that amuses me, but I'm keeping it anyway I think.
I also have three nouns:
dawam - sunniness
wesham - cloudiness/overcast-ness
tytek - rain
I may adjust these as I decide more on the area's weather though... like, my initial thought for wesham was "overcast" but I'm not sure overcast happens a lot there, so maybe it just means "sorta a bit cloudy, as opposed to the usual bright blue". Tytek is onomapoetic I think, but if I decide that the area doesn't get a lot of like... gentle rains, and has more of a monsoon/seasonal heavy rain system, then I'll probably shift this meaning to like "drizzle, tiny rain" and make another word for the more common heavy rain (because I don't really think tytek works as onomapoetic for heavy rain).
So stating the weather would be done as such:
yɣa:t dawam - It's sunny (lit. "it has sunniness").
I'm gonna try to also come up with "warm" and "cold" tomorrow, we'll see.
Anyone got any ideas for next week's weekly vocab?
I love the word tytek! To me it seems like an onomatopoeia. You sparked the drive for me to make warm and cold as well.
As far as next week's weekly vocab, how about landscape (e.g. mountain, flatland, hill, etc.)?
Oh, that's a good idea! I'm game :)
Love these! Very pretty.
Thanks!
Today I worked on my FrathWiki page.
That's a cool project! Is it something you're working on yourself or with a group?
Currently, I am the only one working on this. No one else knows about it (well, now you know). I wanted to put it on the map, so to speak.
Very cool. So it's open for anyone to add their conlang?
Absolutely! You just need to request a user account. It took about a week before the admin granted mine, but it was worth the wait. It uses the same type of programming syntax used in Wikipedia; however, there are plenty of guides to help you with the page. As you write the page, it gives you the option to preview it, similar to phpBB codes when you post on a forum.
Good to know! I don't have too much on my conlang yet, but maybe once I'm further along.