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I was thinking of Making a Conlang for Katinea, as right now we just Speak Swedish. How hard is it?

Katinea wrote:

I was thinking of Making a Conlang for Katinea, as right now we just Speak Swedish. How hard is it?

It depends on where you are starting. For me it was easier because I based mine on historical/reconstructed languages (Selanese - proto-Slavic, Tunglanese - Classical Chinese). It could be quite difficult if you are starting a completely new language and avoiding getting influenced by historical languages.

Selanese Empire wrote:

It depends on where you are starting. For me it was easier because I based mine on historical/reconstructed languages (Selanese - proto-Slavic, Tunglanese - Classical Chinese). It could be quite difficult if you are starting a completely new language and avoiding getting influenced by historical languages.

I'll probably base it off some real languages. My nation has Germanic, East Asian and Slavic Roots.

I based my language by copying Chinese vocabulary, but now I have changed the vocabulary, not borrowing any words from any language.

I’ll learn Toki Pona for no reason.

Dairasams Dumb Language wrote:

I’ll learn Toki Pona for no reason.

You might be interested in the “Siberian language”, which had even its own Wikipedia for quite a while.

Where do I get started with Conlang?

Katinea wrote:

Where do I get started with Conlang?

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Conlang/Beginner
This may help

Phrase of the week/Ogtdumma:

Zóld ideevi on cin myniesomum spyn.
lit. green ideas without colour furiously sleep.

Navence wrote:

Translate this into your conlang:
"I eat an apple."

Gi mangia una mela.

Jestam enn eppe.

Narieçije tajegodene / Phrase of the week:

Kako ty mysliši/va myslita/vy myslite o(b) …?
What do you think of …?

ty singular, va dual, vy plural
o (about) governs the locative case. Before a vowel or j, it becomes ob.

Katinea wrote:

Where do I get started with Conlang?

just asking, but why did you leave Europeia?

Name 0 Tourism wrote:

just asking, but why did you leave Europeia?

I wanted to make my Own Region.

Selanese Empire wrote:

Narieçije tajegodene / Phrase of the week:

Kako ty mysliši/va myslita/vy myslite o(b) …?
What do you think of …?

(male listener): Mea teachsábh tá ód ...?
(female listener): Mea teachsábha ant ód ...?
(plural male/mixed listeners): Mea teachsábham tém ód ...?
(plural female listeners): Mea teachsábhann ténn ód ...?

Selanese Empire wrote:

Narieçije tajegodene / Phrase of the week:

Kako ty mysliši/va myslita/vy myslite o(b) …?
What do you think of …?

(sg.) Memaðaśe cwís tíġ (dí/níj) --?
(pl.) Memaðetí cwís uśí (dí/níj) --?

(alt.)
Cweśe memaðaśe tíġ (dí/níj) --?
Cweśe memaðetí uśí (dí/níj) --?

Selanese Empire wrote:

Narieçije tajegodene / Phrase of the week:

Kako ty mysliši/va myslita/vy myslite o(b) …?
What do you think of …?

ty singular, va dual, vy plural
o (about) governs the locative case. Before a vowel or j, it becomes ob.

U(u)r kir se -- maari?
lit. You what about -- think?

Selanese Empire wrote:

Narieçije tajegodene / Phrase of the week:

Kako ty mysliši/va myslita/vy myslite o(b) …?
What do you think of …?

ty singular, va dual, vy plural
o (about) governs the locative case. Before a vowel or j, it becomes ob.

Čem obí … dumes/dumaz?
lit. What about … [you sg./pl.] think?

Why are we closing embassies again

Hi again! A little reminder that Highinese is OVS.

Djarramha wrote:

Why are we closing embassies again

Two reasons:

1. Despite the notice, other regions keep sending unsolicited embassy requests. The current number already makes us look like an embassy collector, and it’s not giving us a good image.

2. One may have noticed, but my activity on NS is decreasing dramatically over time, and one day I might just leave together. However, currently, I have not found anyone trustworthy enough to be the successor. In that case, I’ll keep the region up but effectively “close” it, by setting up a password. Therefore, I’m considering closing embassies with irrelevant regions. At that time you’ll be free to stay or leave the region. But this hasn’t been confirmed.
   

What do you think of...?

Hatwer oden auje hinkten ofen...?
pronounced: haht-vair oh-den oww-yuh heenk-ten off-enn

Highina wrote:

Hi again! A little reminder that Highinese is OVS.

neat; emnian is pretty strictly VSO

The Emnian Realm wrote:

neat; emnian is pretty strictly VSO

and asiikuvena is SO(IO)V with no exceptions

Asiikafa wrote:

and asiikuvena is SO(IO)V with no exceptions

I'm assuming (IO) stands for indirect object; it's interesting that asiikuvena and emnian have a different order of objects (indirect objects precede direct objects in Emnian)

a more detailed schematic of the Emnian sentence would be:
⦁ ‣ Finite verb
⦁ ‣ Subject
⦁ ‣ Non-finite verb(s)
⦁ ‣ Indirect object (with le)
⦁ ‣ Direct object (with a)
⦁ ‣ Prepositional objects and adverbs

any element EXCEPT the subject can be moved in front of the finite verb for emphasis, but only one element may ever precede the finite verb in a given sentence