r/casualconlang

Welcome to Word Wednesdays

For this activity you can pick any word you want whether it be a verb, noun, or adjective, and conjugate/inflect in all possible ways*, for tense, case, plurality, perspective, etc.

The purpose of this is to learn about cases and how words are slightly or vastly different under different cases, tenses, or perspectives. In many natural languages verbs or nouns are often changed because of the words around them. In other languages, the reader has to figure out number and perspective based on context. Who knows, maybe you can take inspiration from someone else's conlang!

How does your conlang handle cases? Do you have any unique ones that don't exist in natural languages? What are some irregular verbs or inflections that exist? How did they evolve? Do you think that the cases would hold up or fade away in future evolutions? Do any of your words when inflected have another meaning? What languages inspired you to add these cases?

*If you have way too many conjugations/inflections, you can share the simplest ones or the ones you find the most interesting. If you don't have any conjugation,

Have fun conlanging!

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know that I'm starting a project of a conlang based off of Irish, or Gaeilge.

I have been living in Ireland for a long time now, so the Irish language holds a special place in my heart.

I remember explaining some basics of the Irish language once to a friend of mine from America, and he replied with something like: this looks like something someone would make as a joke to confuse everybody.

And yes, the Irish language can be like that. Random vowels slotted into syllables to match with the word, sometimes deciding to declinate nouns, other times not, etc. It's almost completely random to an outsider, even to native speakers.

So yeah, I just wanted to try a similiar concept. I simply want a language that is as confusing and counterintuitive as Irish, without going over the top either. Aesthatics and usability of the language are still crucial to me.

'Jagyg'

jɑ'ɣɯɣ

'The enemy'

'He cries at night.'

'Kiechen jyglagan'

ke̝t͡ʃɛn jɯɣɫɑɣɑn

View Poll

Seeing as my previous post wasn't as successful I thought I'd do something more in depth.

I started working on this conlang this year. While it isn't the first language I've made, it is the first I've actually committed to and have not deleted.

This language technically has two names: Sávûkyak and Suvûkyak. These names come from the meaning of "our language", where there is a clusivity distinction in the 1st person plural pronouns. Sá is inclusive (including the 2nd person) and Su is exclusive (excluding the 2nd person). So basically, Sávûkyak is used when speaking to people of the same culture and Suvûkyak is used when speaking to people outside the culture. And using either of the name in the wrong context is considered disrespectful at best, and sacrilege at worst. Thus, I will be using Suvûkyak for the rest of this post. But y'all seem like nice people, so use whichever one you want.

The phonology is quite simple and I have already made a post on that, but to give a general overview: there's 15 consonants and 5 vowels with a length distinction and consonants can only cluster with liquids and approximants. Suvûkyak has fixed stress on the penultimate syllable of every word. The consonants are fairly standard as there are no particularly uncommon phonemes there, the vowels however are a bit different as there is no /o/ but there is /y/.

In terms of grammar, Suvûkyak is highly analytic bordering on isolating. There really isn't much morphology to speak of. Number (singular and plural) is exclusively marked on the articles and tenses and moods are marked by separate particles. There's also no gender, nor case marking not even in the pronouns. Sentences follow an SOV word order and are nearly exclusively head-final. There are also three demonstratives: proximal, medial and distal. And nearly all adjectives are related to verbs and conjugated as such. And as I previously stated the pronouns feature a basic clusivity distinction in the 1st person plural.

Since it's a analytic language, words are quite short (so far all the words are under 4 syllables long), with barely any derivation. The numbers are in base 6.

As I'm still working on this conlang, I can't say more about this project. But I hope you find it interesting!

P.S. for anyone who's wondering, no I have not set up a conworld nor conculture for this project. But maybe one day I'll pull a Tolkien and write some epic fantasy novels for it.

One of the things I find most fascinating about languages is how they handle grammar. Every language seems to develop its own solutions for marking subjects, objects, possession, direction, etc... and they can use word order, particles, case systems, etc...

I find grammatical cases very interesting. So, I was wondering, has anyone here created a conlang with a case system? If so, which cases did you include, and what do the endings/markers look like? Also, what made you decide to use cases in your language?

I’m also curious about verb aspect. In many languages, aspect is built directly into verb conjugation, while others use prefixes, particles, or auxiliary constructions. Have you experimented with aspect in your conlangs? If yes, how does your system work, and what inspired your approach?

[removed]

Hi, let's get to the point. I have an Instagram channe(l andrey pro βeltohanaśa) I have a Reddit channel r/weltohanacha In my profile we also have an encyclopedia

(I'm not entirely sure if I'm doing this right, but let's go)

In Kethariye Orasaketh, the word keth means "fire, heat, home," and helana ("volcano") is directly derived from hela ("shelter, safety"). Everything in the language is based on this cultural conception of warmth and geothermic spaces as being home.

The word āsari ("great, powerful, respected") is directly derived from āsar, which refers to komatiite lava, which is the hottest lava type and is extremely rare (in our universe, this lava type is regarded as being extinct). Even though most of the Kethari now live in the desert, āsari is still used to denote high respect and praise, despite there being no lava in the environment.

Beauty is also directly tied to lava, with the words for "beautiful" (asami) and "flower" (asava) being directly derived from asan, "lava, magma."

Because beauty is tied to lava, which is both life-giving and destructive, the Kethari conceptualize beauty in a much different way. Flowers themselves are regarded as fierce eruptions/expressions of life, despite being delicate. For the Kethari, beauty is best personified as a mother rising up to defend her children. Someone who cares for others in the community, or who shows bravery in the face of danger, or someone who has strong mental fortitude can all be described as beautiful. There also is no distinction between "beautiful" and "handsome" like there is in English; everyone is simply "beautiful."

Additionally, the Kethari don't really have much of a pantheon, but of the deities they do believe in, the most important and beloved is Āsaravi, whose name can be very loosely translated as "Lovely Flower." She is the goddess of motherhood, love, beauty, life, strength, fire, volcanic and geothermic land, and war. She is said to watch over and protect children who have lost their parents, and is regarded as the Great Mother. She is inherently tied to home and safety as a result of being associated with fire and volcanoes.