Alright, so the #ehw #conlang is full of short and boring words (on purpose), so instead, I'm going to start featuring N'tòsi for #Lexember!
It's my first attempt at a tonal language, and it has a phonology that I enjoy! I'm having fun putting the rules together, and I like the conscript I thought of for it, too!
I still have a lot of work to do, but now that I know about the Swadesh List, I have some direction for what words I ought to make!
Now to catch up! #Ntosi
N'tòsi #Lexember Day 1:
Catchup edition!
Today's words: Pronouns and the relationship between us.
–àn– /an˥˩/ (Pronoun)
I, me, self
–ǎan– /an˦˨˦ː/ (Pronoun)
you, other
–ân– /an˨˦˨/ (Pronoun)
it, inanimate/non-sentient other
–âan– /an˨˦˨ː/ (Pronoun)
he, she, they, animate/sentient other
Sharing the core sounds shows a connection between self and others, but altering the tone & elongation shows an inherent respect for others by spending more time on the other than the self.
N'tòsi #Lexember Day 2
–ǐyan– /i˦˨˦.ɲan˦/ (Verb)
do, act, perform
Doing and performing are one and the same. Life is a dance, and each action is another a step in its choreography.
N'tòsi #Lexember Day 3: Direction
–tín– /tin˩˥/ (Pronoun)
this, here, hither
–sán– /ʃan˩˥/ (Pronoun)
that, there, yonder
–tínsan– /tin˩˥.ʃan˦/ (Pronoun)
where
Fun Fact: –tínsan– is almost always paired with the interrogative marker –ń'– and literally literally means "here there?"
@Alamantus what about game birds (e.g. ducks, geese, pheasants)? They fly.
On the other hand, I have never heard of anyone raising penguins, a notoriously ground bound bird, for food...
Unless flight in your definition was meant as the act of fleeing. But then I haven't heard of people eating tropical birds or raptors that they've raised.