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| ==Myself==
| | <u>'''Current project'''</u>: a language with the working name '''Yanga''' /jaŋa/, the grammar is coming along quite nicely and I have about 500 words. I also have a couple translations, just follow the link below: |
| Hi, I'm '''[http://conlang.wikia.com/wiki/User:Mam%C3%BBn%C3%A1m_ont%C4%81%CC%81_b%C3%A1n pá mamūnám ontā́ bán]''', I'm currently studying French, Russian and Czech at university, I do have knowledge of other languages, primarily Portuguese. My native language is English.
| | *[https://sites.google.com/site/conlangpmob/yanga Yanga on Google Sites] |
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| *''[http://conlang.wikia.com/wiki/User:Mam%C3%BBn%C3%A1m_ont%C4%81%CC%81_b%C3%A1n/IPA_for_my_English IPA for my English]''
| | Pay me a visit on [http://linguifex.com/wiki/User:Pá_mamūnám_ontā́_bán Linguifex]! |
| *''[http://conlang.wikia.com/wiki/User:Mam%C3%BBn%C3%A1m_ont%C4%81%CC%81_b%C3%A1n/Sandbox Conlang sandbox]''
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| **''[http://conlang.wikia.com/wiki/User:Mam%C3%BBn%C3%A1m_ont%C4%81%CC%81_b%C3%A1n/Sandbox/Portal:Main Portal:Main]''
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| **''[http://conlang.wikia.com/wiki/User:Mam%C3%BBn%C3%A1m_ont%C4%81%CC%81_b%C3%A1n/Sandbox/Template:Kih%C4%81%CC%81mmic Template:Kihā́mmic]''
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| **''[http://conlang.wikia.com/wiki/User:Mam%C3%BBn%C3%A1m_ont%C4%81%CC%81_b%C3%A1n/Sandbox/Th'ám Th'ám]''
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| *''[http://conworld.wikia.com/wiki/User:Mam%C3%BBn%C3%A1m_ont%C4%81%CC%81_b%C3%A1n/Sandbox Conworlds sandbox]''
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| Currently my favourite foreign word is "''tuku''" which is [[wikipedia:Quechua languages|Quechua]] for "owl".
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| The French phrase "''[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poudre_de_perlimpinpin poudre de perlimpinpin]''" comes a close second, this idiom translates as "[[wikipedia:Snake oil|snake oil]]", i.e. an unproven and questionable remedy.
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| I'm also fond of the Russian word "''почемука''". The word is the diminutive form of "''почему''" ("why") and is used to mean someone who asks an excessive amount of questions.
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| The German word "''Handschuhschneeballwerfer''", I believe literally means "one who wears gloves to throw snowballs" ("hand-shoe(glove)-snow-ball-thrower"), is used to mean "coward" and is quite cool too.
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| My favourite English word is "[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verisimilitude#English verisimilitude]".
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| ==My username==
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| My user name is a translation of a shortened version of a quotation from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero Cicero]'s ''De Officiis''.
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| Latin: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">''non nobis solvm''</span> [noːn noːbiːs solʊ̃]
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| English: ''not for ourselves alone'' [ˈnɒt ˈfɔː aʊ̯əˈsɛlvz əˈləʊ̯n]
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| Kihā́mmic: ''pá mamūnám ontā́ bán'' [ˈpa mamuːˈnam ɒnˈtɑː ˈban]
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