Wenja’s Roots: Dwani (Sounds), Part 3
Smarkaka, salwa! Having looked at the realization of PIE stops & fricatives in Wenja, we can now turn our attention to the resonants. Resonants, as their name implies, are relativity loud
Wenja Language: gwar “beasts”, Part 2
kapi ‘monkey’ kapi ‘monkey’. While there’s no word reconstructable for PIE that means ‘monkey’, there is a a connection between Greek kẽpos ~ kẽbos ‘long-tailed monkey’ and Sanskrit kapí- ‘monkey’.
Wenja Language: gwar “beasts”, Part 1
Smarkaka, Winjika! Shaja sama gastiyika daha naykamas. Palhush sam shuta dwa Winja warshtas warhamas. Ma-nu palhu warshtas – ya nashman gwaris, say salwa. U naykamas. Hello, Wenja friends! Today we’ll
Wenja Grammar: The Causative
As in English, Wenja may use a specific word to indicate the causative, the construction which means “to make do something”. Wenja uses the infinitive + daha ‘do, put’. This construction
Wenja’s Roots: Dwani (Sounds), Part 2
Welcome back! Having examined the stops of PIE & Wenja, we can now turn to the fricatives. Fricatives are noisy sounds, characterized by significant (but partial) obstruction within the vocal
Wenja Language: lija
Su shayar, salwa! Sa “Sushal-dajrim” Urusi ankamya warshtas dabu warshta krayba magam. Sa dajris warshta: lija. Alya kraybamansu sama lijaman hu-taticham. Good morning, all! This Sunday I can write a few words about
How to Speak Wenja: kwati samkwayha lija (How to flirt with someone)
A waycham nawa hu-gwamam. Kwayshim ti-damsham (ti-chawham) dayshta? (I am new in town. Can you show me the way to your home (cave)?) U kuspas
Continue readingHow to Speak Wenja: kwati samkwayha lija (How to flirt with someone)
Wenja’s Roots: Dwani (Sounds), Part 1
Over a series of posts we’ll discuss exactly what we, the creators of Wenja, do each time we create – or rather derive – a new word for the primary
Wenja Grammar: Plurals & Animacy
In languages like English, there is usually a way to differentiate singular nouns from plural nouns. Wenja, Wenjas bear, bears leaf, leaves BUT fish, fish In Wenja, plural nouns look
Wenja Language: frashta, frashni, fraja, shrash
Smarkaka, sakush! Tan-ra nakway kraybay bidam, ma Primal “Gwayfa Santaha” lijam. Say-saywa, ma taw-tawsam! Palhu sashwal pa, “nati”s hu-warhamas. Ya si-gwar sahi, Takkar sa warha. Cha Takkar alya warshta warha:
Continue readingWenja Language: frashta, frashni, fraja, shrash