From: Steg Belsky (draqonfayir@juno.com)
Date: Wed Dec 06 2000 - 18:33:45 EST
Hi!
I just joined the list - i'm already on Conlang, Conculture, Ideolengua,
and Nacon.
My Romance conlang is _hulLinqa hujJ没dajca_, "the Judean language".
(circumflex = macron)
It's spoken in an alternate universe (possibly Ill Bethisad) where the
Roman Empire flooded Judea with imperial colonists in order to suppress
revolts. Unfortunately for the Romans, the colonists predominantly
assimilated into the Judean populace, although they did replace Hebrew,
Aramaic, and Koine Greek with a new vernacular - J没dajca.
Phonology of J没dajca:
simple stops: / p t k b d g /
fricative allophones of the above: [ P s x B z G ]
independent fricatives: / f v S Z h /
approximants: / j l /
flap: / r /
emphatics: / s. t. k. /
(still haven't decided if the emphatics are pharyngealized or
glottalized)
nasals: / m n /
vowels: / a A E e i ij o ow u uw /
/A/ is commonly rounded, and sometimes sounds like [O].
Nouns in J没dajca [juw'zajka] have two forms: normal and construct.
The normal form (for instance, LINQA) derives from the VL/PR genetive (in
this case, LINQAE).
The construct form (LINQ) derives from the nominative (LINQA)
So for instance, another way to say _hullinqa hujj没dajca_ is _linq
Jh没d芒_, "(the) language of Judea".
J没dajca preserves the passive conjugations.
So far, the last time i worked on it, i came up with the present tense
active and passive -脗L paradigms:
accent marks are just for here, not written in the orthography.
AM脗L (to love) ~ am芒r (to be loved) (stresses on the 芒)
谩m么 ~ 谩mo
谩m芒 ~ am芒ri (stress on the 芒)
谩ma ~ am谩tu
am芒m没 ~ am芒mu (stresses on the 芒)
am芒ti ~ am芒m卯n (stresses on the last long vowel)
谩man ~ am谩nt
Unfortunately, i don't have the pronouns yet, although "i" will probably
be _eg_ [EG].
My Latin dictionary that i got has 3rd person pronouns for he she and it
- did those cease to be used in Vulgar Latin / Proto-Romance?
In word-final or pre-geminate positions, /o/ and /u/ sound like [O] and
[U] respectively.
J没dajca can be written in the Latin or Hebrew alphabets, and
boustrophedon style (with lines of alternating direction/alphabet) is
very popular.
In the literary Hebrew of J没dajca's universe, J没dajca is called
_Italkit_, after Italy.
J没dajca has many loanwords from Hebrew (such as _filu_ "even (if)"),
Greek (such as _prascev_ "preparation"), and Aramaic.(such as _mar_
"mister").
To see a short example of J没dajcan writing, check out
http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~bh11744/judajca/judajca.gif
-Stephen (Steg)
"dos iz der 職teg?"
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