bitter_dandelion 🌟
2026-02-09 11:44 🇺🇸
Fun sample of my conlang, Amalgam:
> Ç'est sheikze que b'laik çā ga por ya now-soir brief bùzài 'scribe pas.
/sɛ ˈʃekzɛ kə blai̯k sá=ˈga pʌr jə ˈnau̯ˌswaχ brif ˈbud͡zai̯ ˈskrive pa/
| it_is doubt-able that SJV 3=EMP during DEF now-evening letter NEG-CONT write NEG |
‘[I] doubt that they (singular) of all people aren't writing a letter this evening.’
Etymological languages in this sample:
- French: ç'est, que, çā (partially, via ça), now-soir (partially, via soir), pas
- Aagou (a mostly English-derived conlang): sheikze (partially, via sheik), b'laik, ga (partially, via gaa), ya (originally meaning ‘your’), now (partially, via nau)
- Tolangtean (a conlang): sheikze (partially, via -ze), ga (originally an emphatic nominative)
- Mandarin: çā (partially, via tā), bùzài
- Spanish: por, 'scribe (via escribir, escribe)
- English: now-soir (partially, via now)
- Afrikaans: now-soir (partially, via nou), brief
> Ç'est sheikze que b'laik çā ga por ya now-soir brief bùzài 'scribe pas.
/sɛ ˈʃekzɛ kə blai̯k sá=ˈga pʌr jə ˈnau̯ˌswaχ brif ˈbud͡zai̯ ˈskrive pa/
| it_is doubt-able that SJV 3=EMP during DEF now-evening letter NEG-CONT write NEG |
‘[I] doubt that they (singular) of all people aren't writing a letter this evening.’
Etymological languages in this sample:
- French: ç'est, que, çā (partially, via ça), now-soir (partially, via soir), pas
- Aagou (a mostly English-derived conlang): sheikze (partially, via sheik), b'laik, ga (partially, via gaa), ya (originally meaning ‘your’), now (partially, via nau)
- Tolangtean (a conlang): sheikze (partially, via -ze), ga (originally an emphatic nominative)
- Mandarin: çā (partially, via tā), bùzài
- Spanish: por, 'scribe (via escribir, escribe)
- English: now-soir (partially, via now)
- Afrikaans: now-soir (partially, via nou), brief
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