[conlang_learners] Summary of Laefèvæšii

[Andrej Šuc]

I apologize for not being very active for the last days but I was busy.

Anyway, I just wonted to inform you that some changes have been made about
my conlang's orthography. I simplify the orthography a little (to have less
diacritics and letters and some other changes) and I'll update the site
later today. Just an example of my new orthography: Laefèvæšii is now
Laefèvëši.

As for conjugating, the endings are here:
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhjfxrnk_0dj7z7jgr

Thank you


2009/7/19 Larry Sulky <larrysulky at gmail.com>

> Here is a quick summary of Laefèvæšii, by Ashucky.
>
> This is a highly naturalistic a priori artlang with a (mostly unpublished)
> conworld background. I consider it highly complex.
>
> 73 latin letters, each with a lowercase and uppercase form (a native
> writing system is apparently contemplated but not published on the site).
> Much use of diacritics and combined diacritics. Very highly phonetic.
>
> 33 consonants; 39 vowels representing 22 vowel sounds at different stress
> levels; 1 semivowel. One vowel carries a specific tonal pattern.
>
> 3 stress levels: primary, secondary, unstressed.
>
> The grammar documentation is incomplete, with placeholders for coming
> sections. Nouns and adjectives are presented at length; verbs are partially
> documented (although, most significantly, not conjugations); articles,
> pronouns, numerals, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections are listed
> but not documented.
>
> Highly agglutinative.
>
> Nouns:
> 3 numbers: singular, dual, plural.
> 2 genders: masculine, feminine.
> 17 noun cases, 6 of which are considered "basic".
>
> Adjectives:
> Agree with nouns in gender and basic case.
> 3 degrees of comparative, with the ability to create more productively.
> Compared nouns are reduced to basic cases.
>
> Verbs:
> 2 present, 3 past, 3 future, and 1 non-past tenses.
> 12 moods; it's not clear whether these are all orthogonal to the tenses.
>
> A number of exceptions occur to various of these rules.
>
> A snippet of a sample text (an epic poem available on the site) (the macron
> ¯ should be placed above the preceding vowel):
>
> Gúšenilïi¯~ö,
> žanèilöo¯ l-aipiénolöo¯,
> latílï væmí latílïla
> Mayelléssüli wémmaläa¯.
>
> "They were weaving,
> writhing and shading,
> one through another
> they were hurrying in the light."
>
> A translation of an Abba song has been recorded and is available on the
> site. The sung language is attractive, in my opinion -- like a cross between
> Finnish and Russian, perhaps. No spoken recordings are presented.
>
> There is not enough of the language documented at this time to enable
> learners to construct their own texts, though where the documentation exists
> it is quite thorough. There are no lessons presented.
>
> --larry
>
>
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