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though I'm pretty sure having postpositions and yet having modifiers follow heads is very contradictory syntactically.
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Actually, there are real languages with many postpositions, including some which use lots of consonants as affixes( I can't remember if it's Hungarian) and people still seem able to talk the language.Clash of Civilization team member
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Yes, it's Hungarian. Also Finnish, Saami, and most other Uralic languages. The Altaic family is also fairly heavy into that area.
And, postpositions and head-modifier order are very common. They tend to agree with each other.“Fate is like a caged Gorilla. It will pelt you with dung if you mock it.â€
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Thank you for defending me, but you could've done so more civillyDumbass. Maybe he can't get to anywhere where he could do that? Did that thought ever cross your mind, you ignorarius!
We just like creating our own languages, if you think that's stupid, then just leave us alone.
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Actually, there are real languages with many postpositions, including some which use lots of consonants as affixes( I can't remember if it's Hungarian) and people still seem able to talk the language.I know they exist and I know it does fit some with head-modifier, but constructions like N1-PostP1 N2-PostP2 that would be translated into english as PostP1 N1 PostP2 N2 seem very awkward because PostP1 seems to intervene in the middle of the positional relationship of N1 and N2-PostP2 (as in "pigA dogAde Ade", "my dog's pig", or "pig dog-of I-of", the first "of" really sounds awkwardly placed...). Also, the only postpositional language I know any of (Japanese) is a 99% head-last language.Yes, it's Hungarian. Also Finnish, Saami, and most other Uralic languages. The Altaic family is also fairly heavy into that area.
And, postpositions and head-modifier order are very common. They tend to agree with each other.Comment
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Pikachu pika pika chu chu. Pikachu!Originally posted by Stefu
I suggest for every word in your language to be "snausages".
Snausages snausages snausages, snausages snausages snausage snausages. Snausages.Pi = 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375 10582097494459230781640628620899862803482534211706 79821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081 2848111...
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can "Sava" be the word for extremely sexually potent man?
To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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If its not used in a grand epic about Elves, Dwarves, Wizards and Hobbits, then its not a real language.Comment
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I'm creating my own Chinese dialect. It's easy. Just be stubbornly persistant with your mistakes.
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To make things even more fun you can add prefixes or suffixes to denote comparative status/age/whatever of the adresser and the adresse.Stop Quoting BenComment
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SNAUSAGES! SNAUSAGES SNAUSAGES SNAUSAGES SNAUSAGES SNAUSAGES!Pikachu pika pika chu chu. Pikachu!
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Bulbasaur rules!“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
"Capitalism ho!"Comment
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Originally posted by Stefu
SNAUSAGES! SNAUSAGES SNAUSAGES SNAUSAGES SNAUSAGES SNAUSAGES!
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I tried something like this a few years back. Wound up with an extremely compact language; words were constructed out of subject, verb, objects, and basically every other part of a sentence lumped together in one ball of verbal intent. Kanyitbarmeginmelantroshal. Or something like that. I gave it up when I realized that nobody would ever speak it and it was daft. But it's a neat exercise in applied linguistics, and there are worse ways to kill time. Dungeons and Dragons comes to mind...good luck.Comment
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A linguist?Comment
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Creating a new language?
I have had my own language for a very long time... just ask my friends
My roommate's learning my language also, but he hates it... he always use my language as a mistake (or so he says )
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