Wednesday, October 20

Help from followers!

Hey everyone!
"Sinyhy, Kyvani-kisi!" "Luwasi. Kinkx nischesüo?" "Nüveha,schxnoi. Vxnuscheso lüknx kokiri nischesuo?" "Ho, wi nisuo ravi nea." "Schxnoi. Ki suschosuo rosvo. Hionay!" "Hionay."
Yes, that was a simple conversation entirely in Elseworld, my conlang. I have a quite a bit built up at this point. Just writing that conversation, though, showed me how much more I need to write. I had to make up the words "Town" (kokiri [some people will catch that joke :P]), "left" (nea [so named because you can make an Elseworldian "n" with your left hand]) and "at" (ravi) just to complete it. I've got eleven days, but I don't really need too much more. Just some basic vocab stuff.
The reason why I ask for help is for my AU Earth. I could really use some help building the timeline. I'm considering just scrapping it and using a timeline similar to ours, but I still like the AU idea. Any ideas you have to further the concept would be much appreciated. I could also use help with the vocab for Elseworld's language. The alphabet is pretty simple: k, i, n, o, s, x, v, y, w, e, sch, u, h, ü. The only rule for making a syllable is it must end in a vowel. (Also, it usually only has one consonant in front of it, but there can be more than one.) A root ends in x, so you can make a whole family of concepts with just one root (i.e. grace, graceful, gracefully, etc.) Your aid would be much appreciated.
Anyways, not much going on over here. Had a lot of homework, so not much progress. See you Saturday!

P.S. For those of you who were wondering what the conversation said, here it is translated. "Hello, Kyvani, my friend!" "Greetings. How are you?" "Good, thank you. Do you know where the town is?" "Yes, it is to the left." "Thank you. I need to go. Goodbye!" "Goodbye." Yeah, it's not that complex. But it is a realistic conversation, so it counts.

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