#conlang showcase

Yes I’ve been away for a while, mainly because I’m working on my feral orkish conlang. (And I graduated from high school yippee🥳 )

It’s supposed to be “reimagined” orkish but I’ve decided to rename it to “feral orkish” because it barely has anything to do with GW’s orkish words or anything.

Feral Orkish or ʔok ʔɒʝ ( ‘ok ‘onj) is a type of language spoken by the orks that live on Planet Og. It has its own grammar, consonants and vowels, root words, idioms and even curse words.

It's the Trans Flag Day, so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to explore how my fairy conlangs handle trans people. I'm curious what you think, because there's always space to improve.

Sadly, we won't be covering Old Moonwingian today. Rainbow people became visible in Moonwingian culture way later. The first LGBT person on the islands there's evidence of was Umi from Ampi E and he lived around the time literary East Moonwingian was beginning to form.

The concept of what a trans person is was first put into language in West Moonwing Island. And an interesting thing happened there. To understand it let's first remember the words for man and woman.

Anās - (noun, WM) Man

Nom. - Anās (sing.), Anāssejā (plur.)

Pos. - Anāssi (sing.), Anāssīā (plur.)

Obj. - Anās (sing.), Anāssejā (plur.)

Inst. - Anāsn (sing.), Anāssenjā (plur.)

Trans. - Emanās (sing.), Manāssejā (plur.)

Voc. - Anāsseu (sing.), Anāssujā (plur.)

Milot - (noun, WM) Woman

Nom. - Milot (sing.), Milotejā (plur.)

Pos. - Miloti (sing.), Milotīā (plur.)

Obj. - Milot (sing.), Milotejā (plur.)

Inst. - Milotn (sing.), Milotenjā (plur.)

Trans. - Emmilot (sing.), Mmilotejā (plur.)

Voc. - Miloteu (sing.), Milotujā (plur.)

Now, you all remember from the noun conjugation lesson that West Moonwingian has the transformative case? Yup, they turned it into the nominative for the idea that was just freshly solidifying itself in the language.

Emanās - (noun, WM) Transgender man

Nom. - Emanās (sing.), Manāssejā (plur.)

Pos. - Emanāsi (sing.), Manāssīā (plur.)

Obj. - Emanās (sing.), Manāssejā (plur.)

Inst. - Emanāsn (sing.), Manāssenjā (plur.)

Trans. - Ememanās (sing.), Emmanāssejā (plur.)

Voc. - Emanāsseu (sing.), Manāssujā (plur.)

Emmilot - (noun, WM) Transgender woman

Nom. - Emmilot (sing.), Mmilotejā (plur.)

Pos. - Emmiloti (sing.), Mmilotīā (plur.)

Obj. - Emmilot (sing.), Mmilotejā (plur.)

Inst. - Emmilotn (sing.), Mmilotenjā (plur.)

Trans. - Ememmilot (sing.), Emmilotejā (plur.)

Voc. - Emmiloteu (sing.), Mmilotujā (plur.)

Not the best treatment, but it wasn't the first time they did this.

Felli - (noun, WM) Fairy/Person

Nom. - Felli (sing.), Fīā (plur.)

Pos. - Felli (sing.), Fīā (plur.)

Obj. - Fel (sing.), Fejā (plur.)

Inst. - Fin (sing.), Fellienjā (plur.)

Trans. - Emfelli (sing.), Emfīā (plur.)

Voc. - Fiu (sing.), Felliujā (plur.)

Emfelli - (noun, WM) Fairykin

Nom. - Emfelli (sing.), Emfīā (plur.)

Pos. - Emfelli (sing.), Emfīā (plur.)

Obj. - Emfel (sing.), Emfejā (plur.)

Inst. - Emfin (sing.), Emfellienjā (plur.)

Trans. - Ememfelli (sing.), Ememfellīā (plur.)

Voc. - Emfiu (sing.), Emfelliujā (plur.)

As for the non-binary people, they didn't do anything cool like that. They just borrowed the word from English.

Enpi - (noun, WM) Non-binary person

Nom. - Enpi (sing.), Enpīā (plur.)

Pos. - Enpi (sing.), Enpīā (plur.)

Obj. - Enpe (sing.), Enpejā (plur.)

Inst. - Enpin (sing.), Enpinjā (plur.)

Trans. - Emenpi (sing.), Emenpīā (plur.)

Voc. - Enpiu (sing.), Enpiujā (plur.)

About that time more and more otherkins were discovering that transitioning into a fairy is as cheap as a passport and an apple. And as more and more trans people were moving to West Moonwing Island because of that, the language borrowed the trans prefix from English to be used in slang.

Tlansanās - (noun, WM) Transgender man (slang)

Nom. - Tlansanās (sing.), Tlansanāssejā (plur.)

Pos. - Tlansanāsi (sing.), Tlansanāssīā (plur.)

Obj. - Tlansanās (sing.), Tlansanāssejā (plur.)

Inst. - Tlansanāsn (sing.), Tlansanāssenjā (plur.)

Trans. - Emtlansanās (sing.), Emtlansanāssejā (plur.)

Voc. - Tlansanāsseu (sing.), Tlansanāssujā (plur.)

Tlanilot - (noun, WM) Transgender woman (slang)

Nom. - Tlanilot (sing.), Tlanilotejā (plur.)

Pos. - Tlaniloti (sing.), Tlanilotīā (plur.)

Obj. - Tlanilot (sing.), Tlanilotejā (plur.)

Inst. - Tlanilotn (sing.), Tlanilotenjā (plur.)

Trans. - Emtlanilot (sing.), Emtlanilotejā (plur.)

Voc. - Tlaniloteu (sing.), Tlanilotujā (plur.)

Seeing that the natives borrowed more, this time changing the word not from one noun case into another, but from an adjective into a noun.

Tlans - (noun, WM) Transgender person (slang)

Nom. - Tlans (sing.), Tlansjā (plur.)

Pos. - Tlins (sing.), Tlinsjā (plur.)

Obj. - Tlens (sing.), Tlensjā (plur.)

Inst. - Tlansn (sing.), Tlansenjā (plur.)

Trans. - Emans (sing.), Emansjā (plur.)

Voc. - Tlansu (sing.), Tlansujā (plur.)

When it comes to East Moonwingian, they just borrowed everything from the West.

Emaná - (noun, EM) Transgender man

Nom. - Emaná (sing.), Tememaná (dual), Manaseja (plur.)

Pos. - Emanasi (sing.), Tememanasi (dual), Manasija (plur.)

Obj. - Emaná (sing.), Tememaná (dual ), Manaseja (plur.)

Inst. - Emaná (sing.), Tememaná (dual), Manasenja (plur.)

Emilűd - (noun, EM) Transgender woman

Nom. - Emilűd (sing.), Tememilűd (dual), Milüteja (plur.)

Pos. - Emilüti (sing.), Tememilüti (dual), Milüteja (plur.)

Obj. - Emilűd (sing.), Tememilűd (dual), Milüteja (plur.)

Inst. - Emilűd (sing.), Tememilűd (dual), Milütenja (plur.)

Enpi - (noun, EM) Non-binary person

Nom. - Enpi (sing.), Enpija (plur.)

Pos. - Enpi (sing.), Enpija (plur.)

Obj. - Enpe (sing.), Enpeja (plur.)

Inst. - Enpin (sing.), Enpinja (plur.)

Emfelli - (noun, EM) Fairykin

Nom. - Emfeli (sing.), Emfelija (plur.)

Pos. - Emfeli (sing.), Emfelija (plur.)

Obj. - Emfel (sing.), Emfeleja (plur.)

Inst. - Emfin (sing.), Emfelienja (plur.)

That's all for today. Regular lessons on weekend!

Happy Trans Flag Day!

Tlinsjā Fisahi Ke hojtelunāk!

Pakung Conlang Showcase video

This is the Early Pakung Religion's most sacred aspect: language

Hallo! I can finally finish my Pakung Conlang showcase video after a really long three years! The video will also cover many worldbuilding aspect of the language, so I hope it will be enjoyable

Ameniši!

Wow, I'm a bit late, huh? Anyway, let's learn how gender works!

The gender system in Old Moonwingian is fairly simple. Luckily there's nothing the gender really affects aside from pronouns. However the system is deeply rooted in the Moonwingian mythology.

The fairies of Moonwing Islands believe that The Creator God played more active role in the creation of the world by combining The Five Elements while The Creator Goddess played more passive role by providing them. After that The Creator Goddess created the plants and The Creator God created the animals. Do you see where this is going?

Yup! We use the masculine gender for the animals and the feminine gender for the plants! And whatever else there is that isn't a person uses the neuter gender. Let's examine.

Sijaten - (noun, masc.) Butterfly

Nom. - Sijaten

Pos. - Sijatin

Obj. - Sijaten

Inst. - Sijatenen

Voc. - Sijatenu

Makam - (noun, fem.) Tree

Nom. - Makam

Pos. - Makim

Obj. - Makem

Inst. - Makemen

Voc. - Makemu

Salike - (noun, neut.) Island

Nom. - Salike

Pos. - Saliki

Obj. - Salike

Inst. - Saliken

Voc. - Salikeu

(Yup, this stuff has noun case. I'll explore them in two weeks, because next week I'd like to look into verbs.)

Watch out! There are two exceptions!

The Sun and the Moon are seen as the bodies through which The Creator God and The Creator Goddess watch the world through. So of course they take the gender of their respective deities.

Känna - (noun, masc.) Sun

Nom. - Känna

Pos. - Känni

Obj. - Känne

Inst. - Kännaen

Voc. - Kännau

Lämma - (noun, fem.) Moon

Nom. - Lämma

Pos. - Lämmi

Obj. - Lämme

Inst. - Lämmaen

Voc. - Lämmau

I'm going to use this post to collect every lesson of my fairy conlangs.

Lore

Writing

Pronouns and the verb ta <Old/East/West>

Gender <Old/East/West>

Verbs <Old/East/West>

Noun conjugation and adjectives <Old/East/West>

Counting <Old/East/West>

Verb conjugation <Old/East/West>

Amenisi!

This week we look at verbs. First let's look at the irregular verbs. We already know ta, but let's learn some more.

Sa - (verb) To do

1st pers. - Se

2nd pers. - Si

3rd pers./inf. - Sa

La - (verb) To be able to/To can

1st pers. - Le

2nd pers. - Li

3rd pers./inf. - La

Hinsa - (verb) To wish

1st pers. - Hin

2nd pers. - Hinsi

3rd pers./inf. - Hinsa

Amenisa - (verb) To greet/To welcome

1st pers. - Amení

2nd pers. - Amenisi

3rd pers./inf. - Amenisa

Remember! The infinitive is always the third person!

Also keep sa in mind. It serves as the postposition used to create the regular verbs.

Ukalja - (noun) Rest

Nom. - Ukalja (sing.), Timukaljá (dual), Ukaljaja (plur.)

Pos. - Ukalji (sing.), Timukaljí (dual), Ukaljija (plur.)

Obj. - Uká (sing.) Timukaljé (dual), Ukaljeja (plur.)

Inst. - Ukaljaen (sing.), Timukaljaén (dual), Ukaljaenja (plur.)

Ukalja sa - (verb) To rest

1st pers. - Ukalja se

2nd pers. - Ukalja si

3rd pers./inf. - Ukalja sa