Zompist Bboard Again

For consistency's sake, I came up with some suffix classes specifically for nouns derived from other parts-of-speech.

	Affix	Class
1	-lych	Agent of an action
2	(after word-final consonant) -or; (after word-final vowel) 'os	Concept/State of being
3	-an	State of ability

Unlike inflection, derivation is also accomplished with a fourth type: 4. Compounding – one word is attached to another word. Languages with compounding differ in what they allow. Verb+verb, verb+noun, noun+verb, noun+noun etc. And what the product of the compounding results in differs. Okay, so he...

Another difference is semantic transparency and semantic consistency. If the result of a morphological process has a consistent semantic relationship to its base word, and speakers of the language can easily correctly guess what the resulting word means (even if they’ve never heard it before), that...

Right now, my basic rules for morphology are these: - Verbs: root + -a - Adjectives: root + -i - Adverbs: root + -u - Nouns can have any ending other than the above suffixes. There are some exceptions, like some adjectives ending with -y or -yn, and some adverbs with -ui, for example. So for instanc...

@TomHChappell Thanks for correcting my terminology! From what you said, I think I was referring more to inflections. I'll post some examples of what I've done so far.

@vegfarandi Thanks so much for the input!

Kovaali: malenteon -- "horizon", literally, "edge of the earth" (Malen = "earth", teon = "edge")

Next: segaalor -- "salvation, deliverance"

I'm wondering if it's necessary to have a derivation morphology structure. For example, if the noun derives from an adjective, a certain affix or declension is used that is different if, say, a verb has its root in a noun. Are there languages that does this arbitrarily, or do all languages have rule...

Thanks for the suggestions! I'm still working out their culture, environment, and mythology, since they're all intricately connected to the language.

Hi all! My language is still only a skeleton and far from functional, but I figured putting what I have so far out here will help it develop properly. I've been pumping out words faster than the system is growing, so I'm probably jumping the gun haha! Anyways, here goes! Kovaali is the ancient (prot...

Polaador! Luse thiwhi im le! Pogunen khim yodulla, Kovaali, sul le, ki im dhaeras'une fiizha el de unin ki tehila! Viiriasen bes khlyn dawhe!

Hello! I'm new here! My conlang, Kovaali, is still an infant, and I've been wanting to talk about it and improve! I love seeing how supportive you all are!