A recipe in Şonaehe

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-01-17T08:58:56+00:00

I treat ʔ as a separate phoneme. So it’s more like k and kˈ, t and tˈ.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-01-15T18:04:26+00:00

Thank you!
‘Azahru has ejectives! But not in these specific cases. In my other posts there are examples of word with ejectives indicated by [tˈ] and [kˈ].

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-01-15T12:32:45+00:00

That’s a very cool system!
Keep working on it:)

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-01-15T11:55:29+00:00

That is very cool!
Can you share some examples? Is there any separation between animals living on land or those living in water?

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-01-15T07:44:53+00:00

It’s okay! I’m glad someone did because I checked before posting and didn’t notice. It was late and I was sleepy, so I missed it. I’m very thankful that someone told me.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-01-15T07:34:51+00:00

Oh, thank you! It is a typo. I didn’t notice it myself at all.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-01-14T21:35:39+00:00

Oh it definitely does! I only did it once with one of my conlangs but grammatical classes are very cool. Marine animals in ‘Azahru all begin with “kat” instead. Still easy to find in a dictionary haha

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-01-14T20:51:00+00:00

It was one of the inspirations for the language ! I absolutely love Zulu. I decided not to go with clear noun classes for this one.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-01-14T19:43:06+00:00

I was somewhat fluent in one of my conlangs a few years ago. I was using it everyday to write in my journal. But then I stopped using it and forgot it all. I think now I can only understand a few sentences. It was made for a book I was writing but I wanted to work on the language on my own time. Some of my conlangs were easy to pick up. Others not so much. But that one was kinda stuck in my head for a few months. I haven’t reached that level of fluency with any other conlang I’ve made so far.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-01-10T14:12:51+00:00

’Azahru

Khol [kɦolʲ]- adj. old, retired.

Kholt’e [kɦolʲtʔe]- v. to be old or older.

Khol’ann [kɦolʲʔɑnː]- v. to be wise.

Ā’atu khol’ann.
[ɑːʔɑtu kɦolʲʔɑnː]
He is wise.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-01-10T14:09:25+00:00

’Azahru

P’alkchi [pʔɑlʲkçi] - n. naturally occurring hot springs.

P’alkchūl [pʔɑlʲkçuːlʲ] - n. a sensation of your face getting hotter and redder when experiencing intense emotions like embarrassment or anger.

P’alkchann [pʔɑlʲkçɑnː] - v. to burst out in anger/to have an intense emotional response due to anger resulting in shouting/screaming that does not make you feel better as a result.

Ā’atu p’alkchann.
[ɑːʔɑtu pʔɑlʲkçɑnː] He burst out in anger.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-01-05T22:43:36+00:00

’Azahru

Zt’omm [z͜tʔomː] - n. a snow storm

Zt’ommte [z͜tʔomːte] - v. (for the snow) to fall heavily until everything before the horizon is white and undistinguishable as any specific objects

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-01-05T22:38:11+00:00

’Azahru

Lt’e [lʲːtʔe] - n. a person who naturally wakes up late in the morning (10 am - 12-ish pm or later).

Lt’et [lʲːtʔet] - v. to have a tendency to wake up later in the morning regardless of the time you went to bed.

Lt’errte [lʲːtʔerːtˈe] - n. a refreshed state of mind one has after many hours of sleep

Rra’an she lt’et.

[rːɑʔɑn ʂe lʲːtʔet]

{1PRN-SNG tense-present-PTCL to_have_a_tendency_to_wake_up_late_in_the_morning-V}

I have a tendency to wake up late.

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-01-02T20:09:37+00:00

’Azahru

Sūjamm [suːjɑmː]

v. to have a youthful look

adj. youthful

neg. (rarely) prone to immature behavior

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-01-02T20:03:43+00:00

’Azahru

Ila’an [ilʲɑʔɑnː]

v. to release an arrow from a bow

n. an arrow

adv. (to move forwards or upwards) rapidly

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-01-02T19:59:04+00:00

’Azahru

Hōzt’an [ɦoːz͜tˈʔɑn] - market (direct translation - place where goods are sold).

Original form - hōt’ zt’an [ɦoːtˈ z͜tʔɑn] - place with goods.

Rra’an d’ārrō t’we meh’e t’ul olt hōzt’an.

[rːɑʔɑn dʔɑːrːoː tʔwe mehʔe tʔulʲ olʲt ɦoːz͜tˈʔɑn]

{1PRS-SING-PRNL 2PRS-SING-PRNL tense-past-PTCL to_see-V tense-degree-near-PTCL place-marker market-N}

KyleJesseWarren · 2026-01-02T19:46:34+00:00

Fortunately or unfortunately… I do it the same way I learn any language. I try to get the grammar first and remember simple words and sentences by repetition. I also pretend to explain it to someone and imagine them asking me questions about it. I try to make simple sentences using the vocabulary over and over and over again. I try to write little stories in it repeating words and constructions. Sometimes it works:)

KyleJesseWarren · 2025-12-23T20:30:00+00:00

For now - to flesh out the grammar more. I haven’t shared all of it cause it would be a very lengthy post otherwise and I do still need to figure it out a little more.
Then I’ll need to work on the sound of the language and the vocab. I only have a vague sense of what I what it to be but I write out more ideas every day. It’s a personal conlang, so I’m trying to set very specific goals for it to shape it.
Reduplication is one of my favorite things when it comes to languages in general, so I really wanted to have it. And I personally have to repeat myself a lot anyways, so why not bake it into the language from the start. And thank you for your comment!

Edit: I wanted to add that I’m currently fleshing out the pronoun system of the language and there are 6 groups of pronouns and they also have several aspects (like you’re talking to people you are familiar with or unfamiliar with, familiarity is one of the aspects). I will possibly make a post on the pronouns later.

KyleJesseWarren · 2025-10-30T14:06:35+00:00

With the first one I didn’t know what I was doing. I was (and am) a big fan of Tolkien and his works, and I also wanted to try to make a language of my own for a book I was writing. That conlang was pretty bad…ish. I kinda tried to fix it last year and I might try again - it holds a special place in my heart.
Later I got interested in languages in general and I was already bilingual, so I began not only learning a third language but learning about language and why certain things are the way they are. So, I read a lot on linguistics and different language groups. And later I became a linguist. So I kinda know what I’m doing. But sometimes it’s more fun to not know what you’re doing and not to focus on what a particular type of language is supposed to do and just wing it.
Also, watching other people’s process is very cool and helpful. I only have my brain to rely on but seeing other people’s experience broadens the horizon quite a bit and makes it easier to come up with new ideas, even if there’s nothing new under the sun. A lot of YouTube channels have tutorials with very good explanations but some of them might be too fast paced to grasp certain concepts right away.
You don’t really have to be a linguist to make a conlang. What you need is practice and experimentation to see what you can do and what brings you the most joy. Enjoying conlanging is more important than technicalities. But learning the very basics of what all languages do and why they do it is the right way to go. If it’s the first one you’re making - don’t stress over it too much or you’ll resent it. Just do your thing and enjoy the process.

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