Zompist Bboard Again

I still like money.

doctor shark wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 1:22 pm I still like money.

Neat! Arabic that tries to look like some other script?

it means "path of a circle at the center traversed by a straight line seen as 1 and in this circle..."
guess the face value...

Raphael wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 2:04 pm

doctor shark wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 1:22 pm I still like money.

Neat! Arabic that tries to look like some other script?

It's a conlang that reads right to left, like Arabic/Hebrew, but it's neither.

Thank you!

I assume that is "specimen" in your conlang overlying each image?

My latest project not only has a pretty satisfying phonology (reviving my old interest in click consonants) but an outline for sexagesimal numbers and even the beginnings of a measurement system. Admittedly the project is looking increasingly fanciful, a return to my older days when I regularly included stuff in my conworld and conlangs simply because I found them interesting without necessarily considering their feasibility. Nonetheless, given how uncertain the future has become, I want to focus on ideas that capture my imagination rather than agonizing over strict plausibility.

malloc wrote: ↑Mon Jul 07, 2025 10:25 pm My latest project not only has a pretty satisfying phonology (reviving my old interest in click consonants) but an outline for sexagesimal numbers and even the beginnings of a measurement system. Admittedly the project is looking increasingly fanciful, a return to my older days when I regularly included stuff in my conworld and conlangs simply because I found them interesting without necessarily considering their feasibility. Nonetheless, given how uncertain the future has become, I want to focus on ideas that capture my imagination rather than agonizing over strict plausibility.

Keep up the good work!

bradrn wrote: ↑Mon Jul 07, 2025 10:32 pm

malloc wrote: ↑Mon Jul 07, 2025 10:25 pm My latest project not only has a pretty satisfying phonology (reviving my old interest in click consonants) but an outline for sexagesimal numbers and even the beginnings of a measurement system. Admittedly the project is looking increasingly fanciful, a return to my older days when I regularly included stuff in my conworld and conlangs simply because I found them interesting without necessarily considering their feasibility. Nonetheless, given how uncertain the future has become, I want to focus on ideas that capture my imagination rather than agonizing over strict plausibility.

Keep up the good work!

Seconded!

malloc wrote: ↑Mon Jul 07, 2025 10:25 pm My latest project not only has a pretty satisfying phonology (reviving my old interest in click consonants) but an outline for sexagesimal numbers and even the beginnings of a measurement system.

very cool elements!

I want to focus on ideas that capture my imagination

This is excellent news; please continue.

malloc wrote: ↑Mon Jul 07, 2025 10:25 pm My latest project not only has a pretty satisfying phonology (reviving my old interest in click consonants) but an outline for sexagesimal numbers and even the beginnings of a measurement system. Admittedly the project is looking increasingly fanciful, a return to my older days when I regularly included stuff in my conworld and conlangs simply because I found them interesting without necessarily considering their feasibility. Nonetheless, given how uncertain the future has become, I want to focus on ideas that capture my imagination rather than agonizing over strict plausibility.

I am pleased to see that you have picked up your conworld project again! It will help you find a more positive outlook for yourself.

There are two schools of thought:
- those who can no longer practice conlanging when they are preoccupied,
- and those who, on the contrary, are even more active in it...

Letter Soup,
with "Comforting Broth" phāsātūwkawlinmöṅ ideograms...
(liquid warm and pleasant to drink)

It seems that the shape of the pasta influences its taste,
what would your favorite conlang letter soup...

While working on ideas for the measurement system, it occurs to me that I actually know little about measurements across cultures or what scale of measurements actually make practical sense. Both the metric and American systems, for instance, have similar sized base units for weight (the kilogram and the pound) and similar sized heavy weights (the metric and customary ton). Yet currently I have no idea whether those weights are especially useful or if they simply reflect shared cultural influence.

Travis B. wrote: ↑Sun Jul 06, 2025 1:43 pm I assume that is "specimen" in your conlang overlying each image?

It is! It reads tíj'ùw [tij˧˦ʔɯɰ˦˧], which has the sense here of "does not have value".

malloc wrote: ↑Thu Jul 10, 2025 3:18 pm While working on ideas for the measurement system, it occurs to me that I actually know little about measurements across cultures or what scale of measurements actually make practical sense. Both the metric and American systems, for instance, have similar sized base units for weight (the kilogram and the pound) and similar sized heavy weights (the metric and customary ton). Yet currently I have no idea whether those weights are especially useful or if they simply reflect shared cultural influence.

I'd say that depends very much on what you're measuring. Wouldn't make sense to measure doses of medication in tons, or skyscraper construction materials in milligrams.

with powers of ten, why not,
the universal system can handle it...

malloc wrote: ↑Thu Jul 10, 2025 3:18 pm While working on ideas for the measurement system, it occurs to me that I actually know little about measurements across cultures or what scale of measurements actually make practical sense. Both the metric and American systems, for instance, have similar sized base units for weight (the kilogram and the pound) and similar sized heavy weights (the metric and customary ton). Yet currently I have no idea whether those weights are especially useful or if they simply reflect shared cultural influence.

I don't know if this helps at all, but the shaku 尺 in native Japanese measurements of distance, and the standard foot in modern times are almost equivalent. And the main difference between a sun 寸 and an inch is the there are 12 inches in a foot, but ten sun in a shaku. And then centimeters in the metric system are about 0.4 inches and are still pretty useful, and meters are about 3 feet. So at least for day to day length measurements, somethings between a centimeter and a sun would be useful for smaller objects and something between a foot and a meter for bigger things would make sense.

Likewise, a pint and a liter are pretty close in volume. I'm not so well versed on other forms of measurements or other systems. But it does seem that day-to-day units circle similar amounts, and the larger and smaller units come later and are more variable; Similar cultures might keep those in similar realms as well.

linguistcat wrote: ↑Fri Jul 11, 2025 10:23 am
Likewise, a pint and a liter are pretty close in volume.

Are you sure you don't mean a quart and a liter?

Raphael wrote: ↑Fri Jul 11, 2025 10:36 am

linguistcat wrote: ↑Fri Jul 11, 2025 10:23 am
Likewise, a pint and a liter are pretty close in volume.

Are you sure you don't mean a quart and a liter?

You're right, a pint is more like 500ml. I just remembered there was a pretty easy conversion between them if you're not being exacting.