Pirãha based conlang?
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Pirãha based conlang?
Any Advice on making one?
Re: Pirãha based conlang?
It depends on what you mean by ‘Pirãha based’. Assuming you mean an a priori language with a Pirãha-like aesthetic, from what I’ve seen of Pirãha (admittedly not much), the key points are:
- Phonology: Minimal consonant inventory, lots of odd allophony, vowel system something like /a i o/ + tone
- Morphology: Complex verb structure with many prefixes and suffixes, lots of TAME distinctions
- Syntax: Can be analysed without recursion
Conlangs: Scratchpad | Texts | antilanguage
Software: See http://bradrn.com/projects.html
Other: Ergativity for Novices
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Software: See http://bradrn.com/projects.html
Other: Ergativity for Novices
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Re: Pirãha based conlang?
You could probably also add
Lexicon: borrowing basic/core vocabulary for neighboring trade language/lingua francas (e.g., pronouns).
Lexicon: borrowing basic/core vocabulary for neighboring trade language/lingua francas (e.g., pronouns).
Re: Pirãha based conlang?
As well as2+3 Clusivity wrote: ↑Sat Jul 10, 2021 12:15 pmYou could probably also add
Lexicon: borrowing basic/core vocabulary for neighboring trade language/lingua francas (e.g., pronouns).
Spatial directions based on rivers / major landmarks. (not "its left of me [as I'm presently facing]" but "its downriver [from where i am]" )