Ka'ekala sketchbook
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 8:22 pm
(what the h*ck is a scratchpad)
ka'ekala is spoken in the lorradine islands, which were created for a nationstates country several years ago (e: 14 years ago??? holy shit). the country's aesthetic is "tropical paradise pastiche" and i always sort of figured the language would basically sound like a polynesian language. well a couple of years ago i started working on it, and in the past month or so have finally made some progress beyond the phonology and orthography, including some good work this morning on noun phrases. so i'll use this thread to post thoughts and updates
the main influence is polynesian (specifically hawaiian, which i have an introductory textbook for), but also luiseño so it isn't just a complete hawaiian clone (luiseño is the traditional native language of the area i grew up in, and is also specifically helpful in being a mostly SOV model i can use to get some perspective outside of hawaiian, which is VSO). other influences taken from various sources. this is all a work in progress. do not taunt happy fun ball
ka'ekala is spoken in the lorradine islands, which were created for a nationstates country several years ago (e: 14 years ago??? holy shit). the country's aesthetic is "tropical paradise pastiche" and i always sort of figured the language would basically sound like a polynesian language. well a couple of years ago i started working on it, and in the past month or so have finally made some progress beyond the phonology and orthography, including some good work this morning on noun phrases. so i'll use this thread to post thoughts and updates
the main influence is polynesian (specifically hawaiian, which i have an introductory textbook for), but also luiseño so it isn't just a complete hawaiian clone (luiseño is the traditional native language of the area i grew up in, and is also specifically helpful in being a mostly SOV model i can use to get some perspective outside of hawaiian, which is VSO). other influences taken from various sources. this is all a work in progress. do not taunt happy fun ball