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Pluralizing!

Time for pluralization rules in Negric!

There plural suffix -ba changes depending on the surrounding sounds.

Basically: /ba/ -> <ma> / <l, tl, k, g> _____ /ba/ -> <wa> / <t, þ, ð, m, s> _____ /ba/ -> <ba> / elsewhere

(-ba turns to -ma after L, TL, K, or G. turns to -wa after T, M, s, Þ, or Ð. stays -ba elsewhere. )

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A few notes on this post... Negric is a conlang that tends to not agree very often. In fact, agreement between adjective/noun is considered redundant! Which is why we see sentences like: “xa énnom brátla so?” (What are those lights?)

Here, we see “énnom”, the irregular plural form of “énna” (’this’), disagreeing with the singular “brátla” (light). It would be equally correct to say “énna brátlaba”, where ‘this’ is singular, but ‘lights’ is plural. As long as one of the objects is plural, the entire noun phrase becomes plural as well.

Another note on the phrase “Néro aðráce anp ke ánthic bea” (”travels faster than any natural beast ought to” in the text, but literally “go fast unlike all animal natural”). This is the most common way to compare things superlatively in Negric. This basic construction can say “this is more ____ than that”. In this case, the “iron horses” go faster than any natural beast. This construction is easier explained by example:

Wo aðráce so anp ne. I am faster than you. Literally: (I fast am unlike you).

There are many different ways to do superlative comparisons in Negric, but this is just one simple way. Basically, I’m hot and you’re not.

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New Translation!

Here is the latest translation I’ve done in Negric! I got the poem from this site. It has occurred to me that I really haven’t posted written Negric yet! This is what it looks like, and it’s more or less my take on the script used in the Voynich Manuscript. I’ve tweaked it from the original to fit the sound system of Negric, and I’ve tried out some punctuation marks and such.

Negric Dictionary

Here is the transcription and English gloss:

Takrán, xa énnom brátla so? (Father, what those light is?)

Ma’á, Góianim ac indáro so. (Well, Goyanim ‘s city is.)

Mórba so sórga malatlów. (They is strange peoples.)

Mórba brátel ménoteic mórac indaróba, (They light (at) night their cities,)

ðéos itólma xémsa kenóg em mórac sokbócke. (as if stars not-is enough for their neediness.)

Mórþa ne’áxa ci anesár, ce xem ewenóm iel gesánk (themselves fight and kill , and not realize great danger)

noþá pies magíþað. (beyond little sphere.)

Xem mórþa ðéþkomron nok iamai ci gasþ. (not themselves hunt with bow and arrow.)

Ai, nes sórga maðróswa þi anesár ia e’omón xanok gasþ. (no, have strange things that kill from distance without arrow)

Gesánk sórga kakrát pewerétwa tlíto mítla. (beware strange iron horses with-which travel)

Néro aðráce anp ke anþíc bea, ce andót iamái ci gasþ ac perók. (go fast unlike all animal natural and ignore bow and arrow’s strength)

Wo gaðnát þi ne geséx mórac indaróba, paþán. (I suggest that you beware their cities, son)

Takrán, xa indáro so? (Father, what city is?)

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Prologue:

Hey all! I’m not dead! I’ve been pretty busy with school lately, so I haven’t uploaded anything in a long time. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t been working on stuff!

Okay, so!

This is the first draft of a new project called Dägam /dʌ.gamˈ/

This artlang goes along with the world I created quite a long time ago (which I’m still editing the map for, so stay tuned). It is a language spoken in the country of Dagoman, a large-bodied country with surrounding archipelago on the north tip of the Morian continent. The language itself is in the Zilto-Morian family, an area of languages between the continents of Zantrus and Morian.

Some things about this lang:

Pronunciation:

All word-initial and word-final consonants are unvoiced.

V(unround) -> V(round) / C(labial) _____ -> V(unround) / elsewhere

(All vowels are unrounded unless preceded by a labial (bilabial and labiodental) consonant)

All root-final consonants in verbs are stops. When conjugated, the stop dissimilates to a nearby fricative. Examples:

modibës —> modiva /m̥o.di.bœsˈ/ —> /m̥o.di.βaˈ/ vëgudës —> vëguja /fœ.gɯ.dɛsˈ/ —> /fœ.gɯ.ʒaˈ/ bocës —> boja /po.cɛsˈ/ —> /po.ʝaˈ/

Word Order:

Word order is always VOS, except in clauses, when it turns into OVS.

Example in English:

I love you, but I must leave you.

(Love you I, but you must leave I)

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Basic Numerals [Negric]

Hey y'all, sorry I haven't posted anything in a while. Here's some basic numbers (still a work in progress) for counting.

it - 1

pála - 2

gan - 3

wor - 4

net - 5

set - 6

ésit - 7

tax - 8

can - 9

dóran - 10

Past 10:

doránnit - 11

doránpala - 12

dorángan - 13

doránwor - 14

doránnet - 15

doránset - 16

doránesit - 17

dorántax - 18

doráncan - 19

pálloran - 20

gánnoran - 30

wórran - 40

néttoran - 50

séttoran - 60

éssoran - 70

tákkoran - 80

cánnoran - 90

ákcen - 100

So far, I've got up to 100, but more will come soon, along with how to form ordinal numbers (i.e. first, second, third, etc.)

Some bigger numbers:

283 - pállakcen tákkorangan

54 - néttoran wor

17 - doránesit

885 - tákkakcen tákkorannet

777 - éssakcen éssoranesit

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ámrath gesánk

So I recently changed the title (I guess that's what it's called?) of my blog to "Ámrath gesánk". Should probably explain that, huh...

The phrase means "beware of rogues" in Negric, literally translated as "rogues... beware of them". Gesánk is a sort of word to Negric people that feels dirty to utter. It's not exactly a curse word, but people's ears prick up when one says gesánk, because they know that someone is talking about something foul or unpleasant.

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Some fun interrogatives and the like [Negric]

HEY I know it's been a few days since I posted anything, but life got ahead of me and I totally forgot and/or didn't feel like posting things.

So today for you I have how to make some thrilling interrogative sentences.

A basic question in Negric would be formed by switching the verb and the object in a sentence, and adding the interrogative, if necessary. The declarative SVO becomes an interrogative SOV. For example...

Wo ac máro so Dante - My name is Dante.

Ne ac máro Dante so? - Is your name Dante?

The particle "ac" denotes ownership of the following word to the previous word (quite similarly to the Japanese particle の). Wo ac máro signifies that wo (me) owns the máro (name). It can be literally translated as the genitive 's. Dante ac soréc means "Dante's apple".

Here, by the way, are the personal pronouns in Negric:

wo (I, me)

ne (you)

mor, mic, mak (gender neutral, she, and him)

To make any of these plural, simply add -ba to the end. -ba is a plural marker that attaches to the end of words. In Negric, there is no real plural form of a noun, unless you need to be very specific, in which case, -ba is added to the noun in question.

NOW... On to the interrogatives!

xi - who

xa - what

xathá - where

élan - when

éthe - why

xom - how

ettáris - how many / how much

And some example sentences with breakdowns:

Xathá si ne angé? - From where do you come? (where from you come)

(si means "from" and goes after the interrogative when asking a "from where" question. Likewise, any other question involving "where" and a preposition such as "to where" "in where" "at where", etc, require the speaker to flip them around, and thus, xathá si)

Xi ne so? - Who are you? (lit. who you are)

Xa ne ac máro so? - What is your name? (what you's name is)

Xathá ne ac maróthas so? - Where is your home? (where you's home is)

Éthe ne angé? - Why do you come? (why you come)

Xa ne kierá? - What do you want? (what you want)

Éthe ne anis so? - Why are you here? (why you here is)

Xa era indáro ac máro so? - What is the name of this village? (what this village's name is)

Nerh seknáret ne athít? - Do you have any business? (any business you have)

Élan ikárte so? - What is the time? (when hour is) (When is the hour?)

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Morte d'Arthur

I've mentioned it a few times already, but this is.. I guess the official announcement.

I have only recently begun working on Negric. I have several other conlangs in progress, but this one seems to be taking the priority so far, because I decided one night in a half-asleep stupor that I would endeavor to translate the entire Morte d'Arthur story into Negric. This is really an experiment to see how much vocabulary I can create by translating stories. SO!... Every time I finish translating a page of the story (There are 8 pages), I will post them here along with the English, Negric transliteration, and the story in the actual Negric script.

Additionally!!!

I have created a Google Doc of Morte d'Arthur and the Negric Dictionary, so that any time I update the story and/or add new vocabulary, it will be up-to-date and available for all to see! I will try to remember to include links at the bottom of every post I make about MdA from now on.

Negric Dictionary

Arthúr ac anésen

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