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The Languages of Defiance
Space City ConGalveston, Texas
January 3rd 4th, 2014
David J. PetersonLanguage Creation Society
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CastithansksTxn
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Indogenesin!"m#$
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Castithan Irathient
Fast Rate of Speech Slow Rate of Speech
Head-Final Head-Initial
Dependent-Marking Head-Marking
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Predicate Argument
Semantics
Grammar
waste water
-d -s
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Predicate Argument
Semantics
Grammar
verb stem noun stem
auxiliary noun affixes
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Predicate Argument
Semantics
Grammar
verb stem noun stem
auxiliary noun affixesverb class
noun class
tense class
noun class
adjunct
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Zahon ekesǝ haridi zlawe.“The singer noticed the
saboteur.”
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Zahon ekesǝ haridi zlawe.“The singer noticed the
saboteur.”
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Zahon ekesǝ haridi zlawe.“The singer noticed the
saboteur.”
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Zahon ekesǝ haridi zlawe.“The singer noticed the
saboteur.”
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Zahon ekesǝ haridi zlawe.“The singer noticed the
saboteur.”
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Zahon ekesǝ haridi zlawe.
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Zahon ekesǝ haridi zlawe.
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Zahon ekesǝ haridi zlawe.
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Zahon ekesǝ haridi zlawe.
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Zahon ekesǝ haridi zlawe.
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Zahon ekesǝ haridi zlawe.
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Zahon ekesǝ haridi zlawe.
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Zahon ekesǝ haridi zlawe.
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Zahon ekesǝ haridi zlawe.
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Zahon ekesǝ haridi zlawe.
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Zahon ekesǝ haridi zlawe.
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Zahon ekesǝ haridi zlawe.
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Zahon ekesǝ haridi zlawe.
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Zahon ekesǝ haridi zlawe.
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Zahon ekesǝ haridi zlawe.
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Regular Dangerous
Sentient
Animal
Plant
Instruments
Substances
Class I Class II
Class III Class IV
Class V Class VI
Class VII Class VIII
Class IX Class X
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Regular Dangerous
Sentient
Animal
Plant
Instruments
Substances
Class I Class II
Class III Class IV
Class V Class VI
Class VII Class VIII
Class IX Class X
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tlanǝs (Class III)kwiri (Class IV)dinara (Class V)
gemergu (Class VI)
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kwiri (iii) a native striped animal
twire (xvi) stripe
WIR
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dinara (v) a native Irathient flowerDinara (xvii) a
woman’s given name
NAR
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i, e, a, u, ǝ, o, ei, ai
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i, e, a, u, ǝ, o, ei, ai
i uǝ
e a
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i, e, a, u, ǝ, o, ei, ai
i uǝ
e a
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zlawe
haridi
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zlawe
haridi
zlavu
harida
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raifo
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raifo raifalǝ
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e a22
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di
did23
d$
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zl%e
zlawe
h&$i
haridi
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zl%e
zlawe
h&$i
haridi
zl%u
zlavu
h&$a
harida
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Castithan Irathient
Fast Rate of Speech Slow Rate of Speech
Head-Final Head-Initial
Dependent-Marking Head-Marking
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Thyeratsa re kurala do shiranggonda.
“The apothecary will stopthe river.”
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Subject Object
Thyeratsa re kurala do shiranggonda.
“The apothecary will stopthe river.”
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*mbiːga-laː-ziulau-a-i
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*mbiːga-laː-ziulau-a-i
bihalazhwe
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*puːm-i “reticent”
*vaːhin-u “dawn”
vaino “past”
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*puːm-i “reticent”
pume “dignified”
*vaːhin-u “dawn”
vaino “past”
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*puːm-i “reticent”
pume “dignified”
*vaːhin-u “dawn”
vaino “past”
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Jena zofta zaha.
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Jena zofta zaha.“He tricked his
ancestor.”
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Zofta do zaha.
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Zofta do zaha.“He protects the
authority.”
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bahi“liquid”
baza“put up with”
bada“encouraged”
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BD
bZ
Mqbahi“liquid”
baza“put up with”
bada“encouraged”
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BD
bZ
Mqbahi“liquid”
baza“put up with”
bada“encouraged”
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BD
bZ
Mqbahi“liquid”
baza“put up with”
bada“encouraged”
*baːði-i
*ᵐbaːʐ-a
*ɓaːɗ-a
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sudula“blasphemes”
Stl
*ʂuːtu-(l)aː
sukwa“blasphemed”
St
*ʂuːtu-a
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sudula“blasphemes”
Stl
*ʂuːtu-(l)aː
sukwa“blasphemed”
St
*ʂuːtu-a
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Mq zô
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Mq zô
bahi zundo
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Mq zô
bahi zundo
*mbaːdhiː zuːndau
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%in!"m#$.
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dd
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&da
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'di
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!
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&da
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(ta
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)za
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*sa
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+fa
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in!Indo
planet Daribo
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in!"nIndojin
Indogene person
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in!"-$Indojimari
Indogene people
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in!"-$s.nIndojimarisnen
Study of Indogenes
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in!"-$s./nIndojimarisnenyen
The Grand Study of Indogenes
in!"-$s./0s1Indojimarisnenyenyasro
To Do the Grand Study of Indogenes
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in!"-$s./0l'21IndojimarisnenyenyaldiziroTo Have Trouble Doing the Grand Study of Indogenes
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in!"-$s./0l'2N31IndojimarisnenyenyaldizinggiroTo Pretend to Have Trouble Doing
the Grand Study of Indogenes
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in!"-$s./0l'2N341IndojimarisnenyenyaldizingginguroTo Too Often Pretend to Have Trouble Doing
the Grand Study of Indogenes
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in!"-$s./0l'2N345nIndojimarisnenyenyaldizingginguhan.
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in!"-$s./0l'2N345nIndojimarisnenyenyaldizingginguhan.
“I’m a guy who pretends to have trouble with Advanced Indogene Studies way too much.”
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in!"-$s./065nIndojimarisnenyenyafowhan.
“I’m a guy who pretends to have trouble with Advanced Indogene Studies way too much.”
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in!65nIndofowhan.
“I’m a guy who pretends to have trouble with Advanced Indogene Studies way too much.”
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k7 6
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k7 6 -kyu -fow
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k7 6 -kyu -fow
2 suffixes 3 suffixes
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%8r9s:;<m=Tornowsnihishamva?
“Did you already finish studying?”
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%8r9s:;<m=Tornowsnihishamva?
“Did you already finish studying?”
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%8r>k7?mTornakyuyan.
“I…studied.”
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%8r>k7?mTornakyuyan.
“I…studied.”
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%8r>k7?mTornakyuyan.
“I…studied.”
us:-usnifinish ;
-hialready
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%8r9s:r@?nTornowsnirtuyan.“I didn’t finish studying.”
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%8r9s:r@?nTornowsnirtuyan.“I didn’t finish studying.”
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