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Suitumak -
by Danny G. Wyatt
by Josh Rocchio
Yinol -
by Jonathan Fleury
Gilgamesh -
by Raphael Souza
Mark 1 -
by Gabe Witmonger
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~2 gyu Chumtapik
~4 Fuitur
~20 brar
~20 tilu
~1 der blau
~10 takra
~10 eusoel
~2 fertig verdo
~Felfak
~ Koush
~Blup
~2 der Jital
~Vesel usla
*Preparation:
*Zasr:
Confidence in
(Con)languaging
more or less in isolation, so we cant even hear the
chuckle that a mistake or failure in learning a natlang causes, diffusing any negative feelings. The trick
is in seeing mistakes and failings, of which I provided
abundant example above, as opportunities to learn
and develop something you werent even aware of. If
youll pardon all the personal experience, Ill tell you
one more story to show you what I mean.
mowokpra adajma
vu
Yinol
Yinol:
~ 1 lb beef mince
~ 1 lb pork mince
~ 2 tbsp garlic powder
~ Flour
~ Salt and pepper
~ Olive oil for frying
~ Pita bread
Method:
~ Place beef, pork and garlic into a bowl. Season
and mix well with hands.
~ Divide the meat into two sections, and roll it out
to form a long sausage about 3/4 inch (2cm) thick.
Cut into 4 inch (10cm) lengths and set aside. (If the
meat falls apart too easily, mix an egg white into the
mixture to help bind it together). Dip each piece in
flour and shake off any excess.
~ Pour some oil into a frying pan. Fry each piece
until they are cooked.
~ Serve inside a toasted pita bread with mint yoghurt.
The name Yinol comes from a root meaning to refresh or to revive. This dish
was given its name because of the relatively simple way to prepare it, yet how it can
sustain even the hungriest of travellers until dinner time.
A popular snack sold in the streets of Nad Yashmir - The Fragrant City - one can
enjoy this snack whilst relaxing by the famous bronze fountain with the gentle
aroma of blossom in the air, and marvel at the sandstone streets with their red tiled
roofs and charoite pillars, and perfumed marbled squares where fish in river-fed
pools swim lazily about as the late summer sun sets over the horizon.
Bon Apptit!
How conlanging
affects how we
perceive the world
Charlemagne once said, to have a second language
is to have a second soul
To create a language, then, is to create a new soul.
Because, at the root of conlanging lies the intrinsically
human capacity for questioning the why and how,
the what if and why not?. Conlanging takes us up
in this journey of making us aware of our capacity
for perception, understanding and discernment. All
the theories and assumptions behind Linguistics
Relativity are put to the test when a person undertakes
the pleasurable labor of creating a new system of
communication.
By means of conlanging a person becomes mindful of
the building blocks that make up a language; it enables a
person to use grammar & vocabulary, minimalistically
speaking, as tools for creating meaning and reshaping
the current reality. The thousands of languages
spoken around the world with the variety they exhibit
concerning morphosyntax, vocabulary, phonology,
pragmatics, semantics, information structure,
grammar, linguistic ethnography, etc. attest the human
capacity for creating meaning and understanding the
self and its relationship with time, causality, space and
the connections with other human beings.
Gilgamesh
Poetry has emerged as a form of expression among
peoples of an endless diversity in aspects of culture,
space and time. Five millenia ago, the first great work
in this form started to be written. It was the Epic
of Gilgamesh, a compilation of poems in the Old
Babylonian dialect of the Akkadian language telling
the mythological story of how a Sumerian king would
have defeated spirits of evil accompanied by a warrior
sent by gods, Enkidu.
In the following excerpt, Gilgamesh mourns over the
death of Enkidu.
Old Babylonian:
Ibr a arammuu danni
Ittya ittallaku kalu martim
Enkidu a arammuu danni
Ittya ittallaku kalu martim
Illikma ana matu awltim
Urr u m elu abki
Ul addiu ana qebrim
Ibrman itabbiam ana rigmya
Sebet mim u sebe mitim
Adi tltu imqutam ina appu
English:
My friend, whom I deeply love
Who went with me through every danger
Enkidu, whom I deeply love
Who went with me through every danger
He went to the fate of man
I wept for him day and night
Over burial did I not give him up
Maybe my friend will rise at my cry
For seven days and seven nights
Until a maggot fell from his nostril
Mark 1
1 The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the
Son of God.
2 It is written in the prophet Isaiah: Look, I am going
to send my messenger in front of you to prepare your
way before you.
3 A voice of one that cries in the desert: Prepare a way
for the Lord, make his paths straight.
4 John the Baptist was in the desert, proclaiming a
baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
5 All Judaea and all the people of Jerusalem made
their way to him, and as they were baptised by him in
the river Jordan they confessed their sins.
6 John wore a garment of camel-skin, and he lived on
locusts and wild honey.
7 In the course of his preaching he said, After me is
coming someone who is more powerful than me, and
I am not fit to kneel down and undo the strap of his
sandals.
8 I have baptised you with water, but he will baptise
you with the Holy Spirit.
9 It was at this time that Jesus came from Nazareth in
Galilee and was baptised in the Jordan by John.
10 And at once, as he was coming up out of the water,
he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit, like a
dove, descending on him.
11 And a voice came from heaven, You are my Son,
the Beloved; my favour rests on you.
12 And at once the Spirit drove him into the desert
13 and he remained there for forty days, and was put
to the test by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and
the angels looked after him.