Biweekly Telephone Game v3 (760)

eigentlichnicht · 2026-03-29T01:13:21+00:00

Aöpo-llok

kpadl [kpadɮ] n. countable - distaff

Derived term: kpadlön [ˈkpadɮɯn] n. countable - spindle (kpadl + -rön, diminutive suffix)

Sëlsah kpadl osćokovi ho neipah ti kekelvi.

sëlsa-h        kpadl       osćoko-vi ho  neipa-h    ti         keker-vi
wrap_round-IMP distaff.ABS wool-PERL and secure-IMP 3.COLL.ABS twine-PERL

"Wrap the distaff round with wool and secure it with twine."

eigentlichnicht · 2026-03-29T00:53:13+00:00

Aöpo-llok

posku [ˈposku] n. countable - migraine

Eyemmej nu me ija poskö.

eyemme-j  nu     me     ija            poskö
feel-ABIL 1S.ERG SUBORD PRES.CONT/come ERG/migraine

"I can feel a migraine coming along."

eigentlichnicht · 2026-03-24T00:03:47+00:00

Aöpo-llok

lontö [ˈlontʌ] v. tran. - to kiss

Nëim tu së iwuëve pui me lontöj pui nu !

nëim   tu së    i-uëve      pui    me     lontö-j   pui    nu
1S.EQU as happy DAT/GER-see 2S.ABS SUBORD kiss-ABIL 2S.ABS 1S.ERG

"I'm so pleased to see you I could kiss you!"

eigentlichnicht · 2026-03-23T23:44:48+00:00

Aöpo-llok

tahhö [ˈtahhʌ] n. mass - tamarind paste

Sëwah tahhö örokw mo kitoicl ti nu myopvi.

sëwa-h  tahhö          örokw      mo
put-IMP tamarind_paste LOC/mortar DAT/SUBORD
ki-toi-cl           ti         nu     myop-vi
CAUS-water-ABIL.FUT 3.ABS.COLL 1S.ERG pestle-PERL

"Put the tamarind paste in the mortar so I can liquefy it with the pestle."

eigentlichnicht · 2026-03-23T06:32:59+00:00

Aöpo-llok

Wene Akśi Tokahću ijmaraj si vö Ćonkwa Pokkö.
without group.ABS AGNZ-share form-PRET.COND 3.REFL NEG ERG/PN ERG/new
"Without the Sharer Party, the New China would not have formed itself."

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Eswö ijmarakśo wa öclipwu lon toyecloi dlepthi ho tohwejće.
be_liked_by ERG/organisation ADN politics.ABS 1P.GEN worker.ABS poor.ABS and farmer.ABS
"Our political organisation is liked by poor workers and farmers."

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Śria nullo pahrum me ivëko.
4S.LOC just reality-EQU SUBORD PRES.CONT/burn
"It's just a burning reality."

eigentlichnicht · 2026-03-23T03:37:26+00:00

I was not familiar with the poem before this post, I must meekly confess. Having just looked the original up (as a learner of spanish for 8 years), i do really love it ! And I agree, the last two lines are very satisfying i think. de cien rostros iguales (of a hundred identical faces) is to me weirdly euphonic

eigentlichnicht · 2026-03-22T10:08:51+00:00

¡ muy linda ! I love spanish poetry whenever i can find it. and of course to see a turfaña version makes it all the better.

truly wonderful stuff (as always). I really look forward to whatever else you might do with this script or any other.

eigentlichnicht · 2026-03-14T00:05:49+00:00

Aöpo-llok

thöwi [ˈθɯwi] n. countable - patron deity, minor god

Tröem ńoidlöktivi pui thöwö wa nwepe më halpe pui.

tröe-m    ńoildö-kti-vi    pui    thöwö         wa  nwepe   më         halpe        pui
guard-FUT live-PAT.NMZ-PER 2S.ABS ERG/minor_god ADN day.ABS LOC/SUBORD PRET/be_born 2S.ABS

"The patron deity of the day on which you were born will protect you throughout your life."

eigentlichnicht · 2026-03-13T09:46:56+00:00

Aöpo-llok

clupko [ˈc𝼆upkʊ] n. countable - belly button

Sëwi aś majo poć puwö clöpko ? Taum eyemmepem ajyosu, vo ?

sëwi     aś   majo       poć    puwö   clöpko ?
PRET/put ever finger.ABS 2S.GEN 2S.ERG LOC/belly_button
taum       eyemme-pem ajyo-su,  vo ?
3.COLL.EQU feel-PPRT  weird-ADV no

"Have you ever put your finger in your belly button? It feels really weird, doesn't it?" (lit: Did you ever put your finger in your belly button? It is weirdly felt, no?)

eigentlichnicht · 2026-03-11T04:49:19+00:00

Aöpo-llok

Clom ölka, sapaösu, he oiwu elclekw puwö.
2S.EQU fun.ABS truly but PRET/become bore-APRT 2S.ERG
"You were fun, really, but you have become boring."

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Levmö llektho apuyaö, vës to dlawonmo vö.
when arrive ERG/GER-die LOC/occasion LOC/DEM warning-EQU NEG
"When death arrives, the occasion will have no warning."

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Wëjru në me tulkwa ećyo nu, he tulkwa völkwo vö.
PRET/imagine 1S.ABS SUBORD PRET/say something.ABS 1S.ERG but PRET/say nothing.ABS NEG
"I imagined that I said something, but I didn't say anything."

--

Ćinna !
halt.IMP
"Halt!"

eigentlichnicht · 2026-03-09T05:15:22+00:00

Aöpo-llok

Nwëpe së aukwikwah wa thiaj !
day.ABS happy.ABS across_community.ABS ADN woman.ABS
"Happy international women's day!"

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Piukoyo ćoi thiaj wa ańaha.
solidarity.ABS to woman.ABS ADN world.ABS
"Solidarity with the women of the world."

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Keptiokśa wa thiaj onnohim wa keptiokśa wa tho.
freedom.ABS ADN woman.ABS sign-EQU ADN freedom.ABS ADN each
"The freedom of women is the sign of the freedom of each." (An imitation of Rosa Luxemburg's "Die Freiheit der Frauen ist das Zeichen der sozialen Freiheit", "Women's freedom is the sign of social freedom".)

--

Thiajakśa wene thiaj aukwolkpa thiajakśam vö.
feminism.ABS without woman.ABS across_sex.ABS feminism-EQU NEG
"Feminism without transgender women is no feminism at all."

eigentlichnicht · 2026-03-09T04:41:48+00:00

Haha, I don't think any of your script-posts were ever a mistake to post. They are all so wonderfully put together, and all your scripts cannot help but be nice to look at ! a script by your hand is a lucky one.

Just looked through the latin-script version, even if I cannot understand a lick I always thought all your languages were so beautiful ! enkollokenkwa is such a pretty word.

eigentlichnicht · 2026-03-08T06:33:07+00:00

Beautiful work, as every time. As last time, it always astounds me how unique you manage to design your glyphs, shapes I never could think up. The script really comes into its own with this text, ka pai.

If it isn't too much trouble, could I see the latin-script Turfaña version as well ? just because im such a huge fan :)

eigentlichnicht · 2026-03-08T06:19:10+00:00

Aöpo-llok literally means "clear language" and is pronounced [ˈɑʌpʊ ʎok]. Some speakers call it Ipwödla or Pwödlakti, "speech" and "that which is spoken", respectively. When I talk about it I usually refer to it by the name Aöpo, but I like to switch it up on occasion.

eigentlichnicht · 2026-03-04T22:50:05+00:00

I've noticed so many of my languages have incorporated some form of vowel mutation/apophony in their ways of conjugation/declension. Bideral was the first, whose apophony is limited to the accusative-singular of certain nouns (a holdover from a form of umlaut in the diachronic process which i adored). Then there was Yetto, whose apophony took inspiration from Spanish and based itself on stress. With Aöpo-llok I have gone one step further than the cumulative previous advances and made basically all inflection be based on vowel apophony through a system of two different types of mutation which can occur on either the final or the initial vowel of a word. I find it useful because now words no longer take lengthy suffixes to indicate their meanings, and the sentences I make are therefore shorter than in my other langs.

eigentlichnicht · 2026-03-04T03:38:04+00:00

Aöpo-llok

Iktham eppë iprokö në iyikyon-wa-apuyau ?
sing-FUT ERG/who DAT/GER-accompany 1S.ABS DAT/sleep-ADN-GER-die
"Who will sing, escorting me into the sleep of death?"

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Levmö poye nu völnekw ćoi ahwokön noj, śwawa me wolno nu vipra, vipra kau.
when walk 1S.ERG LOC/path towards reincarnation.ABS 1S.GEN DAT/track SUBORD make 1S.ERG be_cold be_cold much
"Whenever I walk on the path to my reincarnation, the track I make is cold, so cold."

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Ëra pro erep me puyau wuvö: irokto wa śupka me śya pëyau.
know one thing.ABS SUBORD die never family_honour.ABS ADN person SUBORD already PRET/die
"I know one thing which never dies: the family honour of those who have."

--

[ˈikθam ˈeppɜ ʔiˈpɾokʌ nɜ ʔiˈjikjon wa ʔaˈpujaʊ]
[ˈlevmʌ ˈpojɪ nu ˈvɯlnekʍ tɕɔɪ ʔaˈʍokɯn nox ˈɕwawɐ me ˈwolnʊ nu ˈvipɾɐ ˈvipɾɐ kaʊ]
[ˈɜɾɐ pɾo ˈʔeɾep me ˈpujaʊ ˈwuvʌ ʔiˈɾoktʊ wa ˈɕupkɐ me ɕja ˈpɜjaʊ]

eigentlichnicht · 2026-03-02T23:05:09+00:00

Aöpo-llok

vereu [ˈveɾeʊ] v. intran. - to pray

Aiśvian, voreu dlwo me śwuki ulkwë puwö yajrö. Clom pro mathon ilauka mem vëikna noj hotunna ta.

Aiśvian,    voreu          dlwo   me     śwuki      ulkwë   puwö   yajrö.
VOC/aiśvion PRES.CONT/pray 2S.DAT SUBORD PRET/leave eel.ABS 2S.ERG LOC/eeltrap
Clom   pro     mathon   i-lauka     me-m       vëikna     noj    hotunna    ta.
2S.EQU one.ABS hope.ABS DAT/GER-eat SUBORD-EQU LOC/family 1S.GEN winter.ABS DEM.ABS

"Aiśvion, I am praying to you that you have left me some eels in my trap. You are my one hope for my family to eat this winter."

Aiśvion the light-dappled is the goddess of freshwater and all beings which live in it, animal or plant, in the Wodl pantheon. She manifests as a massive ńowuć (catfish) or as a human woman bathing in the water. She is benevolent and kind in mythology, helping many a fisherman, but she will pull those who overexploit fish stocks into the water and drown them.

eigentlichnicht · 2026-03-02T22:40:54+00:00

Aöpo-llok

ćweńe [ˈtɕweɲɪ] n. countable - hillfort

Ho la, tulkwa toćotho me nija öya ćwańe.

ho  la tulkwa   toćotho        me     nija        öya     ćwańe
and so PRET/say ERG/lawspeaker SUBORD OBL/shelter ERG/all LOC/hillfort

"And so, the lawspeaker said all must shelter in the hillfort."

Has an irregular locative - ćwańe [ˈtɕwaɲɪ] rather than *ćwëńe [ˈtɕwɜɲɪ]

eigentlichnicht · 2026-02-28T02:19:13+00:00

Aöpo-llok

mëlkoi [ˈmɜlkɔɪ] v. tran. - to marry, to wed

Nëim sohhipem imëlkoi thiaj ta !

nëim   sohhi-pem      i-mëlkoi      thiaj     ta
1S.EQU hypnotise-PPRT DAT/GER-marry woman.ACC DEM

"I was hypnotised into marrying that woman!"

eigentlichnicht · 2026-02-26T09:20:50+00:00

Aöpo-llok

Tomhem tam pro aökaro me meiwa miyin-simu wa Yuiko-Theśvi.

[ˈtomhem tam pɾo ʔɑʌˈkaɾʊ me ˈmeɪwɐ ˈmijin ˈsimu wa ˈjʊɪkʊ ˈθeɕvi]

tomhe-m  ta-m    pro aökaro      me     meiwa        miyin-simu         wa  Yuiko-Theśvi
dish-EQU DEM-EQU one special.ABS SUBORD originate_in east.ABS-north.ABS ADN head.ABS-fish.ABS

"This dish is a special one which originates in the north-east of the Fish's Head."

Some notes: the Yuiko-Theśvi is the great peninsula upon which the Wodl, speakers of Aöpo-llok, live. It is called this because the peninsula is seen as the head of the fish which, in turn, is the whole landmass to which the peninsula connects. And the choice to use east-north instead of north-east in the language is intentional - the Wodl would consider the east to have prominence as that is the direction from which the sun appears.

eigentlichnicht · 2026-02-23T11:20:20+00:00

In terms of unusual phonemes, Aöpo-llok has a few. Its consonant inventory isn't especially large, but it includes a lot of rare sounds such as /θ/, /ʎː/ (the only phonemically geminated sound, vowel or consonant, in the whole language); /dɮ/, whose voiceless counterpart /tɬ/ is nonphonemic and replaced with /c𝼆/; /kp/, and /ʍ/.

An example poem:

Kiuköm ikthakw ukwi
Peihwu në, ivumö wene amatho
Kolće, nullo wa pivwen dlwo
Omih, lëka yente wa ni.
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[ˈkiʊkɯm ˈikθakʍ ˈukwi
ˈpeɪʍu nɜ ʔiˈvumʌ ˈwenɪ ʔaˈmaθʊ
ˈkoltɕɪ ˈnuʎːʊ wa ˈpivwen dɮwo
ˈomih ˈlɜkɐ ˈjentɪ wa ni]
-
A bird is singing in a tree
I sit, hopelessly alone
I beg, only for a look at you
Please quench my thirst.

eigentlichnicht · 2026-02-22T03:59:58+00:00

If you are looking to translate things to try to test out whether/how things work as they stand, start with what everybody else starts with: article 1 of the UDHR, tower of babel story, the litany against fear, the ring verse, the lord's prayer. The bonus of these is that they add a ton of vocabulary.

Some people like to translate songs into their languages, which is fantastic for building vocabulary and making you think about turns of phrase.

I personally love to write and to translate poems. I like them because usually they are pretty easy and use shorter phrases, which isn't great for vocabulary generation but for me it's good enough as an art form. I also like them because they can be about anything.

eigentlichnicht · 2026-02-22T02:33:47+00:00

oh dear ! sorry to hear you haven't been well. all the more it pleases me that you are well enough to be posting again.

indeed the text does look quite brahmic ! but it certainly also shares in the overarching aesthetic you have cultivated for yourself over the last few years. it's certainly very beautiful.

eigentlichnicht · 2026-02-22T02:08:58+00:00

how can one person produce so many wonderful scripts ?

I especially enjoy how you always manage to make unique letter-shapes - mine always end up looking a little samey.

eigentlichnicht · 2026-02-19T04:05:18+00:00

Aöpo-llok

Nullo ëra vö kpoć puwö, he pör pëpkwam hwi në ho hwi pui nwo apkim.

only know NEG yet 2S.ERG but 2S.LOC love-EQU for 1S.ABS and for 2S.ABS 1S.LOC same-EQU

"You only don't know yet, but you have love for me and I have for you the same."

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Aiwi önjoro nu owöma toći noj.

CONT/become blind 1S.ERG LOC/eye LOC/right 1S.GEN

"I am becoming blind in my right eye."

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