How to Speak Wenja: the Intro Cinematics
Smarkaka, salwa! Nearly a year ago Primal was released. To celebrate its birthday, I’ll be posting the dialogue to all of the cinematic scenes in Primal, with links to tricky
How to Speak Wenja: Counting
Smarkaka salwa! Cha swaki mansim nakway na hu-kraybam, num palhu Winja-kashyan war-warharsh, “U mash krayba!” Tu kraybam. Nawa watasim mash krayba walpim. Dwis, um graybman Twitter-ha santaya, ham ya walhatan
Wenja’s Roots: Dwani (Sounds), Part 5
In our final post about the creation of the Wenja sound system, we’ll look at perhaps the simplest component : the vowels. It turns out that the vowels of Proto-Indo-European
Wenja Language: Winja waychasu “In the Wenja village”, part 2
We’ll continue discussing words important for the Wenja village. Our focus for today: how do you say “father”, “mother”, “friend”, etc.? Social Relationships shajan “leader, chieftan”, from PIE *h₂aǵ- ‘to lead’,
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Wenja Grammar: wayda ‘find; know’
In today’s grammar post we’ll be looking at a verb that’s super common in Wenja, but one that behaves a bit unexpectedly. Depending on where the pronouns are added in
Wenja Language: Winja waychasu “In the Wenja village”, Part 1
Today we begin a five-part series about life in the Wenja village, examining words that would be used in a Wenja’s daily life. This first post focuses on words related
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Wenja’s Roots: Dwani (Sounds), Part 4
Having taken a wonderful vacation after the end of the semester, we can now return to the blog. It’s been a while since we discussed the derivation of Wenja from
Wenja Grammar: Reflexive -ra
Today’s grammar post will focus on the reflexive marker -ra. Reflexives are always object markers that refer to the subject of the sentence. A good example is seen in the
How to Speak Wenja: Kum kway kaka shawsarsh? (What the $%@# are they yelling at me?), Part 2
Héi Rosháni hesti. Hésu wos (Smarkaka)! Today we’re shifting gears to the other language spoken in Oros: Izila. Here are 30 common expressions you’ll hear when encountering them in the
How to Speak Wenja: Kum kway kaka shawsarsh? (What the $%@# are they yelling at me?), Part 1
Smarkaka, sakush! Our last two Winja Warshta on the names of beasts were well received, no doubt because many of the words given were very useful for your visits to