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Lusane by Luis Sainz Lopez-Negrete (1974)

Yet another worldlang of sorts...

Alphabet:
a b c d e f g k l m n o p s t u

Normal pronunciation; <c> = /t_S/

Syllables are CV, but the plural may introduce a final -s. Accent on penult.

Nouns:
Natural gender; m/n -o, f -a. These take the plural -s; if both
genders are meant (Eo ge-oj), a special plural -i is used: fatelos
(brothers), fatelas (sisters), fateli (gefratoj).

Adjective:
Ends in -e; invariable; precedes noun. Comparative/superlative
suffixes -ke: bone good, boneke better/best. "Than" is te (= Sp que).

Adverb:
Adds -te to adjective

Article:
Le, invariant definite article.

Personal Pronouns:
1 go
2 to
3 ko/ka/ke (m/f/n)

Plural forms have -i: gi, ti, ki. Possessives add -be: gobe, tobe, ...

Verbs:
Infinitive/Imperative: -u (falu)
Present: -a (fala)
Past: -e (fale)
Future: -i (fali)
Conditional: -o
Gerund: -uge (faluge, speaking)
Past participle: -ute (falute, spoken)

Perfects: tenu (have) + past participle
Passives: sonu (be) + past participle

Word order:
Subject, verb, adverb, direct object, indirect object

Le bele mutika pule lobikete le kime nuco fa fiku nu kabe domo.
The beautiful girl jumped nimbly the high wall to arrive in her home.

Beso de pome kunibese ligo

Need of auxiliary universal language

sona lugeke cade dito,

is more-urgent each day,

fe dune mitelos boneka be pida.

when world communications improve and speed-up.


Affixes:
The author mentions affixes, but he doesn't list them, which is
annoying. I've only discovered a few, primarily

ni- = Eo ne-/mal-
-em- = -er (agentive)
-ed- = Eo -ar-?

Overall assessment:
The selection of forms is a bit arbitrary; he apparently picked
whatever best fit his phonology and morphology. I think I could work
out rules for extending the vocabulary. He included a moderate corpus
(autobiographical note, introduction, grammatical explanation) that
could elucidate the grammar somewhat.

I like the look and feel of it, though it's not practical at this
point to revive it. I wish he'd made better use of compounding and
affixing.

Steve



Mon May 31, 2010 4:31 am

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Lusane by Luis Sainz Lopez-Negrete (1974) Yet another worldlang of sorts... Alphabet: a b c d e f g k l m n o p s t u Normal pronunciation; <c> = /t_S/ ...
Stephen Rice
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May 31, 2010
4:33 am

Interesting. It is difficult to judge is it really a worldlang because I didn't recognize any non-Western words with certainty. ... Absence of h, r and z are...
Risto Kupsala
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May 31, 2010
10:25 am

I think he combined words sometimes, so kunibese < common + universal, pid- < speed, rapid, and so on. Just looking through the dictionary, babono -...
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May 31, 2010
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