Conlang Relay 18/Iljena

iljena text

eften ismit semki mogn. uksor amagne. emgen kmana eprik ikriv akans. iknis hdara mtara. knasa apark iksir pnaja jlawa. sulaf ivrata. iknis hdara hops kunas ksara apark. uksor mogna frata uvroh kimona. ksur uhwom. iksena virah. hops akisra hawme afakse.

Grammar

iljena is spoken by the Leyen people, who live on the fourth planet of the Delta Pavonis system. They are crepuscular bipeds with vibrissae all over their bodies. As a result of their sensitivity to air movements, they perceive themselves as being immersed in an active world, and their language reflects this. Every word is a noun and a verb at the same time. The noun consists of a triconsonantal root, which is interdigitated with a vowel pattern representing the verb. Everything is seen as an participant in the overall action of the sentence, playing a particular role. Word order is used to group together related participants, and to indicate the overall flow of the action.

Vocabulary

Noun roots

fks: face
frt: sudden event
ftn: Twilight, a comfortable level of light
hdr: strong thing
hps: time
hwm: he/she
jlw: cowardly thing
kmn: gate
kns: a type of sociable, domesticated carnivore.
krv: statue
ksr: woman
mgn: field
mtr: brave thing
prk: nearby thing
pnj: weak thing
slf: I
smk: smoke
smt: mist, fog
vrh: man
vrt: truth

Verb patterns

(numbers represent consonant positions)

12a3a: be
12u3: stop
1a23e: touch
1e23i: lift, rise
1i2a3: listen
1i2o3a: admit
1o23: hold
1o23a: carry
1u2af: know
a1a23: stand
a1a23e: receive
a1i23a: smile
e12e3: have
e12i3: accompany
i12e3a: speak
i12i3: seem, resemble
i12a3a: differ
u12o3: walk

Smooth English

The mist of twilight rose like smoke on the field. A woman walked to the field. A statue of a wolf stood near the gates of the field. The wolf seemed strong and brave. Near the wolf, the woman seemed weak and cowardly. I knew the truth. The wolf seemed strong when it knew the woman was near. The woman walked across the field, and suddenly a man walked though the gases. The woman stopped walking and spoke to the man. Meanwhile, she smiled and touched her face.

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Conlang Relay 18

Bretagneis →

Ring A	Ring B	Ring C	Ring D
Sean Anderson — West Germanic — torch
Jan Strasser — Doayâu — torch Kelvin Jackson — Loknith — torch ~~Deiniol Jones — Classical Tailancan — skipped~~ ~~Adam Walker — Tvern El — skipped~~ Jeffrey Jones — TIAL — torch Carsten Becker — Ayeri — torch Alex Fink — Sabasasaj — torch ~~Tony Hogard — Nesheti — skipped~~ ~~Matthew Turnbull — Jorayn — skipped~~ Tony Harris — Tariatta — torch Milyamd — Emyt — torch Andrej Šuc — Txaṩiẇąl — torch Mechthild Czapp — Rejistanian — torch G.V. Pieterson — Neimalu — torch Lars Finsen — Urianian — torch Sean Anderson — West Germanic	Padraic Brown — Kerno — torch Derek Chen — Šydunam — torch Jeffrey Jones — Naisek — torch Andrej Šuc — Laefêvëši — torch Jim Henry — gjâ-zym-byn — torch Tony Harris — Alurhsa — torch David Edwards — Feayran — torch Jan Strasser — Buruya Nzaysa — torch Roger Mills — Kash — torch Kelvin Jackson — Vašt î Kûvik — torch David Peterson — Kamakawi — torch Lars Finsen — Azurian — torch ~~Ainuke — Menietzvetz — skipped~~ Aaron Wood — Sandic — torch Peter Bleackley — Iljena — torch ~~Arthaey Angosii — Asha'ille — skipped~~ ~~Anthony Miles — Uchunatonc — skipped~~ Deiniol Jones — Bretagneis — torch Sean Anderson — West Germanic	Andrej Šuc — Kompekh — torch Sylvia Sotomayor — Kēlen — torch Herman Miller — Jarda — torch ~~Micamo — Agyonnar — skipped~~ Lars Finsen — Tubenian — torch Christian Köttl — Escinet — torch ~~Jake Snow — Haloejnán — skipped~~ Avery Katko — Taiwazaiho — torch Danny Bowman — Angosey — torch Mechthild Czapp — Tsali — torch Roger Mills — Prevli — torch Jan Strasser — Cəssın — torch Alex Fink — Kibülʌiṅ — torch Jan van Steenbergen — Slovianski — torch ~~Jeffrey Jones — K'tlê — skipped~~ ~~Adam Walker — B-G-2-3 — skipped~~ Sean Anderson — West Germanic	Leland Kusmer — saa nglok — torch ~~Jan van Steenbergen — Wenedyk — skipped~~ ~~CJ Miller — Xylphika — skipped~~ Elizabeth Kinde — Gsekshurdu — torch ~~Roger Mills — Gwr — skipped~~ Doug Ball — Skerre — torch ~~Adam Walker — Carrajina — skipped~~ Peter Bleackley — Khangaþyagon — torch Arthaey Angosii — Lhenazi — torch ~~Anthony Miles — Na'gifi Fasu'xa — skipped~~ Sean Anderson — West Germanic

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Conlang Relay 18/Iljena

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