Numerals: Stems for the digits from one through nine are: /prú-/ "one," /gá-/ "two," /bí-/ "three," /mrí-/ "four," /tló-/ "five," /gábi-/ "six," / hrú-/...
The best-kept Tekumel secret seems to be the existence of this Tsolyani langugae group. There hasn't been a posting on here (except mine) for days! If nobody's...
Phil: Well, for me, I read the stuff but can't really participate. I've been busy (a) trying to find a job; (b) taking care of my daughter when she's home from...
I'm here Professor, I've just been busy - but I did find the essay on numerals interesting. I guess that as a former linguistics student, I'm as interested in ...
... I'm here too, and just posted on Monday. I am temporarily unable to read pdf files otherwise I might well have had some questions about Bednalljan (a...
I'm here, and just got back from a weeklong trip, so I've been trying to catch up! I hope to be posting some responses to the exercises soon. Malcolm ... ...
Dear Paul, ... There are indeed phonological, morphological, and leical differences. I haven't put many of these on paper -- some, like nasalisation, are hard ...
Dear "2" ... I don't have that cover in front of me, but I think I had sent Mr. Balammbo (the artist) some samples of Classical Tsolyani, which has a ...
... we ... a ... to ... can ... I have a PC so the fonts download just fine. What is the problem, does Yahoo balk at the filename extensions? If so, you might...
Phil, I'm here in reading mode. I am not one to learn languages but I am interested in what some common sayings or titles are for Tsolyani as well as other...
... I tried that, but it didn't seem to work. I'm trying to read up on how Mac fonts work and figure out where I went wrong. I'm getting there, but it's...
... Well, Professor, I feel like I'm a novice amongst third year students. I'm so far behind even the basics that I don't know where to begin. Also, I've been...
... how ... there, ... without ... It might be interesting to see if the same procedure would work on a Geocities page. That might indicate whether the problem...
Look at this! as soon as you actually try to apply the lessons, questions come up! I tried to make my signature more Tsolyani by translating "2 of 2" into...
Actually, if you can get them from the Professor, that would be great. I think the issue may be passing through my system. Thanks, Jim ... -- "It's better to...
... I'm afraid I am no technical enough to help much. Jim, you already have my font database and can make fonts in a variey of Fontographer formats. Just tell...
... Dear Fred, The "Two of Two" name doesn't come through very well in any language I know! Getting the exact sense of what you want is important -- and not ...
If Jim could post the fonts on an outside website (perhaps they could be posted on Telumel.com?) and then put the link on this list, we Mac users could attempt...
Hi! I am here, but have very patchy access to email, so I'm often pretty slow in responding to things. I'm also more interested in the "linguistics" than in...
... Yeah, what they said!!! This was a real treat, and a wonderful surprise! ... I have a slightly related question, but more general. That's the surprising...
... seems ... Bednalljan ... 17,000 ... *amazingly* ... I wonder though, *are* there earthly standards for what 15,000-17,000 years of change should look like?...
During a previous grammer exercise, I found I couldn't locate the Tsolyani term for "wife." What are the common kinship terms (mother, father, wife, husband,...
... Dear Mr. Zírunel ("and all the ships at sea," as Walter Winchell used to say in his radio broadcasts). I think you missed an entry or two in the little...
... be ... I have seen references to clan-brother and clan-sister, at least in English, but any fictive kin term for unrelated people not only belonging to the...
... used ... well, the "...all...at sea..." part is certainly spot on! thanks for your kinship info, if you do have the cross-cousin term handy I would be...
... You want mind-boggling? Look at the list of kinship terms in vol. 2 of my "A Course in Urdu!" I published 101 terms, and it isn't anywhere near complete! ...
... The terms you want are /hénnukoi/ (male) and /hénnurakh/ (female). These are used sometimes for "half-brother" and "half-sister," and the compounding...
Never get into an argument with some old clan matron intent upon ... the ... right ... Golden ... Now there is an image to conjure with! I imagine the reality...
... You have it right. Ask Prince Rereshqala about clan squabbles! He has hired one of the best clan-experts in the Empire just to decide which clan sits on...
i'm here you might say auditing the course. i've down loaded pc fonts and have been playing around with using them to inhance dispatches i'm working on. ...
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