Historical Linguistics, Language Creation, and Lots of PIE
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)
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
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
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
Smarkaka, sakush! Ku “Gwayfa Santa” ati lijatan? Pra warshtas “lija” krayba hu-tangayam, ma nawa santa lija ‘pa, alya dwa warshtas krayba hu-jawsam — lamban hisu.Hello, friends! Have you played “Survival
Smarkaka! Cha alya “dajris warshta” shajay. Sa kraybaman: dwaya dwayas-kwa. Hello! Here is the second “Word of the Day” for today. This post is on dwaya “fear” (verb) and dwayas “fear”
Ha sakwan “Gwayfa Santa” hiyaja, dwa dajris warshta shaja dahamas. Parshwa maris, alya dwayasis. To celebrate the upcoming “Survival Mode”, we’ll be doing two posts today. The first on “die”; the
The following are some common expressions in Wenja. (Note that not all of them are translated literally.) Greetings Greeting: Smarkaka! ‘Hello!’ / ‘Goodbye!’Response: Smarkaka. ‘Hello.’ / ‘Goodbye.’ Greeting: Su sada.
Su shayar! Shaja hafchu kraybam. Ha “Survival Mode” Far Cry Primal-su chamshmas (taw-tawsam), aysh paramna warshtas warha walham: gwayfa. Good morning! Today I will write quickly. In order to prepare
Su shayar! Kwayda gashjas “April Fools Day”, nakway Winjas warha walham. Cha, Kintukisu, dijam su. Balya glara, bladi shawgarsh, sashwal-kwa lawka! Wasar hasa, jayman-kwa tamdam shanchi tawsam. Good morning! Since