Inkling Fan Language Sister Project: Octoling Language

[EclipseMT]

Should I make "hassha" and "touchaku" nouns instead of verbs?

Because yubisashi kanko uses it a lot in the railroading application.

Simply add "to do" to turn it to a verb.

 

[EclipseMT]

What does the term スカ mean, anyway?

 

[EclipseMT]

Another idea: Time only counts to 8, and there are 3 divisions as opposed to our 12 hours/2 sections model.

The sections are abbreviated MN/AF/NT and go from 1 to 8. Translated, they mean "Dawn/Day/Dusk."

EDIT: No, they are not cognates of morning, afternoon, and night.

Also, how it works:

MN 0 = midnight. This can also be written as NT 10. The MN block goes up to MN 8, equivalent to our 8 AM. Then AF 1 comes next, equivalent to 9 AM. AF goes by same rules (ending at our 4 PM). NT block covers 5PM-12AM.

 

[EclipseMT]

Time words:

{maiënü}/MN
{anfu}/AF
{nåute}/NT

Still need some help with constructing basic vocabulary. @PiyozR or @theFIZZYnator care to help?

And in terms of the latter.....?

All I need is a couple of words constructed - a basic vocabulary. I already have basic grammatical elements set in stone, but some sections have no words at all.

I'll upload the PDF at the current state.

Edited with few changes.

 

[EclipseMT]

I have words for all creatures in Splatoon constructed....at least extremely common folk.

 

[EclipseMT]

Here is the next update, long-overdue. I decided to do monthly updates, with the contingency for additional if I deem it necessary.

 

[EclipseMT]

Another thing in regards to time:

It's subdivided in sixty-fourths rather than sixtieths.

But minutes start from 0 and go up to 99, which is sixty-three.

"Seconds" are also one-64th of a minute. Fortunately there is also knowledge of the standard time system.

 

[EclipseMT]

BBrWROYGBIV:

Black: {karasu}
Brown: {niko}*
White: {haku}
Red: {unsi}
Orange: {garu}
Yellow: {nanbu}*
Green: {yate}*
Blue: {ura}*
Indigo: {boi}
Violet (purple): {hanzo}*

Tertiary colors:
Red-orange: {toda}
Yellow-orange: {naha}
Yellow-green: {ugui}
Blue-green: {hae}
Blue-violet {sense}
Red-violet: {oire}

Internally, they believe tertiary colors are distinct enough to warrant their own terms.

Identify the genius bonus with the asterisked elements.

EDIT: To clarify, they are nouns.

 

[EclipseMT]

How should I represent biological gender without a grammatical gender system?

Oh, and without the atrocious-sounding Japanese and Inkling solution.

My first thought was noun suffixes.

 

[theFIZZYnator]

Another idea: Time only counts to 8, and there are 3 divisions as opposed to our 12 hours/2 sections model.

The sections are abbreviated MN/AF/NT and go from 1 to 8. Translated, they mean "Dawn/Day/Dusk."

EDIT: No, they are not cognates of morning, afternoon, and night.

Also, how it works:

MN 0 = midnight. This can also be written as NT 10. The MN block goes up to MN 8, equivalent to our 8 AM. Then AF 1 comes next, equivalent to 9 AM. AF goes by same rules (ending at our 4 PM). NT block covers 5PM-12AM.

Did you take that from Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal? I dig it.

EDIT: I'm back! It's been a loooong time, huh. Also, species-specific pronouns, anyone?

 

[EclipseMT]

Did you take that from Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal? I dig it.

The abbreviations were, in fact, taken from Viet Crystal.

But the base-8 system was my idea.

Just for fun, can we translate the Trashy Man speech?

EDIT: To detail what I need for this, at least:

* An adjective affix before the {ina} ending akin to our -ed ending.
* Another to represent the -er ending.
* Adjective prefix akin to Japanese fu- and our un- (EDIT: We have {nu}).

Here's the literal translation I am aiming for:
"I am very disgusted with the trashy person. Despite the trashy monster and trainer, I will defeat all of them. In order to do this I must make myself stronger, as well as the monster. Collecting the trashy, righteous fellows is totally unpardonable! (This sentence, as is any Chinese bootleg, is hard to interpret) You don't affect me. The trashy strolling is an eyesore!"

And for the original quote:
"I hate the weak. Pokémon, Trainers. It doesn't matter who or what. I hate to see them hanging around. That also applies to Team Rocket. They think they are strong while they are together, but if they are by themselves, they are weak. I hate all of them. As for you, stay out of my way. You are no exception."

 

[EclipseMT]

Seriously, does anyone know the connection between the color green and the word "yate?"

 

[EclipseMT]

The highest number is so inconceivable that I decided to make {yottaina} inconceivable.
Also:
{zettaina}: ludicrous
{exaina}: ridiculous
{vittan}: speed

So we have our first translated movie phrase: {Zettainavittan! Tae!} (tae: contracted form of "etobe")

 

[theFIZZYnator]

I think we should change the leading consonant in either {nëi} "yes" or {nun} "no". By the way, {nëi} is misspelled as {jn} in the guide.
When a consonant is repeated at the end of a word, the - should be before the consonant.

It's probably too late to do this, but I thought of making Octoling language have predicate logic like Lojban. Probably a bad idea.

EDIT: I think we need to clarify what the {-on} ending creates; I'm thinking that {kanabon} would create "preparation", but it's listed in the guide as "preparedness". Perhaps that could be {kanabaron}, from {kanabaru}, "is ready".

 

[EclipseMT]

When a consonant is repeated at the end of a word, the - should be before the consonant.

I've been using it like the sokuon in Japanese: placing it before a geminated consonant as well as a hard stop at the end of words.

 

[theFIZZYnator]

By the way, why is future tense an infix and past tense a suffix? I think making the past tense an infix would allow constructions like {kanabetiču} "was getting ready"{kanabetaru} "was prepared", or {kanabeteba} "if it was ready".

 

[EclipseMT]

By the way, why is future tense an infix and past tense a suffix? I think making the past tense an infix would allow constructions like {kanabetiču} "was getting ready"{kanabetaru} "was prepared", or {kanabeteba} "if it was ready".

For the first two, the proper form is {kanabetičatta} and {kanabareta}, respectively (Progressive forms have an irregular past conjugation; {*ičeta} sounded unnatural).

For the last one, I am not sure if we can do {kanabeta eba} which is just the conditional of {iyu} added to it.

EDIT: How does the "te" form in Japanese work (this will be the last grammatical element from Japanese)?

OTHER EDIT: I will only loan the above if necessary, and not for just the past conditional.

 

[EclipseMT]

I am thinking of loaning {hakai} to mean "destruction."

EDIT: In addition, I might need to look up the definition of "gerund."

 

[EclipseMT]

New update.

 

[EclipseMT]

@piboy430 Care to help me out with word creation?