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Post by RicLyon on Sept 13, 2003 13:40:23 GMT -8
Few Questions on Litaja First of all, this is not a critique, only a few questions. Litaja is a really school langauge, and the sound of it is amazing. There are talks of doing a micronational conlang radio for people to hear different languages. Ig you havea microphone it'd would be really cool if you could to a recording. I could try, but my pronunciation is hopeless.
/Spelling and Pronunciation The spelling of Litaja is difficult, smae vowel can have 5 difefrentw ays of pronunciation, almost as hard as English. Woudln't it be good to regulaize spelling a bit, or the pronunciation?
/Verb conjugation Why are only one vern conjugated? Stak. And it isn't right to say "zhumeka" for "i am named" or "kakkul" for they will give? It can sound a bit weird reading a text where all sentences end with "st_".
/Q3 How much have you actually added to the language yourself? I am curious, and do you know where the author got her inspiration from?
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Post by Lykos PackLeader on Nov 23, 2005 14:32:05 GMT -8
Q1: I know the pronunciation is difficult, but that can't be helped. Perhaps we settle for a written language for now. Of course, if the runes (letters) of Litaja can be duplicated online, then maybe not.
Q2: "stak" is the verb tense, not the verb. On the Primer, the VERB is "to want" or "kakk." To conjugate, add the verb tense (as a separate 'word'). So, you see:
"I want" becomes: (Mintav) kakk sta (since "I" is understood by the verb tense, it's not necessary.
Zhomek stays zhomek; there no addition to be done.Again, I'm sorry I wasn't more explicit.
Q3: I have added very few words at all. I have memorized around a hundred words on my own, and have them in the original documents.
Q3b: Where did S. Richter get the inspiration for her language? She never did say; perhaps in a dream....
Sorry if this doesn't help, but I'm rather stuck, since I now have extreme diabetic retinopathy. If anyone lives locally, we could meet, and word on it (full credit will be given, of course).
Tey vaar,
Inga Ulfsdottir
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