The Dailies. October 18, 2021
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?
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Looking at where these generational markers came from and the original honorifics and differentiators used by the -Nar, we’ve got:
Bau- moved through each of the races upon recognition until they chose a name for themselves. The cats ended up keeping bau.
So we’ve got the generational markers with -baas as this outlier generic one, and it comes down from some variation on ba(u)has, or other person. Then we have some obvious honorific type stuff going on with the difference between lohi and vahi vs. shauwa. Shau- is “high” and -wa appears to be the appropriate definiteness modifier / honorific for “ascended.” Whereas -hi is likely more to do with “recognized” again.
So in the war clans, those who pass the age of forfeiture are seriously frowned on, as they have no bushot, or duty, and are seen as childish. This is seen as unnecessary due to the system in place of permitting being “spoken for.” These ones are said to become bowanetre, that is adults but unrecognized. They have no clan duties or privileges beyond that of children.
So -ni- is applied to people and -vi- to non-people, which is based on intelligence, but the whole -ni- bit appears to be coming from this concept of recognition and would not be used when recognition is being contrasted. Then there’s -wa, which would likely give rise to some markers for “ascended” or “accepted” heirs or leaders.
So right here, we have some serious noun class marker progenitor options.
For once, people, I’m making a protolanguage. Because I have stories for the -Nar and I have stories for their many descendants, and my intentions of not conlanging much for it have gone by way of Sandusky.
Woohoo for protolanguage, for stories to tell and for unintentional conlanging!!!
So -ni- is applied to people and -vi- to non-people, which is based on intelligence, but the whole -ni- bit appears to be coming from this concept of recognition and would not be used when recognition is being contrasted. Then there’s -wa, which would likely give rise to some markers for “ascended” or “accepted” heirs or leaders.
Very interesting.
Bau- moved through each of the races upon recognition until they chose a name for themselves. The cats ended up keeping bau.
This is such a cool detail. Love the meanings of each term for the different peoples.
Thank you!
I did a tiny silly conlang thing today and made a possessive for the Betazed conlang for my Star Trek fanfic. I wanted one character to be able to say “My love”, which turned out to be “Zadi nje”, with “zadi” being derived from my headcanon analysis of the canon conword “imzadi”.
Oooh, I like it!
Thanks 🙂
That sounds so intimate and lovely. <3
Thank you!