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salam, dos ban! mi hop kuš nu nen numer 2008 do ni, dos ban, i do pandunia! That was written in experimental version of Pandunia that permits CVC syllables,...
Risto Kupsala
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Jan 3, 2008
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Hello, it seems to me that the webpage is not containing the latest vocabulary. Is there anyway a list of the current vocabulary and the grammar so far. Many...
andoromeda83
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Jan 4, 2008
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... Hello Doro, You are right, the word list that is on-line is not up-to-date currently. I've been hesitating to update it because of the changes that I have ...
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rkupsala
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... I'm sort of replying to myself now, but here are some further considerations about this issue. Steve Rice helped me to put this issue to the right...
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rkupsala
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Jan 4, 2008
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Salam i hyvää päivää Risto, kiitos for the quick answer. To let a word end only in a vowel sounds nice, but reminds me a lot on Esperanto. So I consider...
andoromeda83
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Jan 4, 2008
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salam! I updated the word list. I still kept the vowel endings this time, though I will possibly follow your advice and allow words to end in more consonants...
Risto Kupsala
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Jan 4, 2008
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Salam Risto, thanks for updating the list. In my view is not necessary to change the vocal endings of the words. Would like to have help in creating words? My...
andoromeda83
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Jan 5, 2008
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... risto@... ... argued that ... natural ... I tend to agree with this. These languages do represent something new and different because they aren't...
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Jan 6, 2008
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... I will change some of them. Certain endings like -m, -t, -k and -p are easy for most people. ... Pandunia's vocabulary is supposed to be evenly distributed...
Risto Kupsala
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Jan 6, 2008
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... to change ... words to ... Asia is also very linguistically diverse with several language families (Austronesian, Tai Kadai, Sino-Tibetan, Japanese, ...
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Jan 6, 2008
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... continent, ... Instead ... Salam, Most of your words in the list are nouns. Verbs and adjectives are nearly missing. What kind of words you would like me...
andoromeda83
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Jan 6, 2008
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Hi Doro, I will try to fix the lack of verbs and adjectives. I try to keep the number of adjectives in minimum. For example there should be no color words but...
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rkupsala
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Jan 7, 2008
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... Yes, it's an important aspect. Widely spread languages also tend to be influential ... It is not only vast but also very diverse language family. So the ...
Risto Kupsala
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Jan 7, 2008
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... I don't mean this as a criticism, because we all face the same constraints, but one problem is that there are some words that are widely used. For example,...
Jens Wilkinson
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Jan 8, 2008
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... True. It's pointless to make statistics for cultural words like sushi, sauna and tango. They are almost like proper nouns. Coffee and tea are a different...
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rkupsala
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Jan 8, 2008
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... Even moreso, grammatical particles and those "small" words are what are really different. FWIW: "mega-" and "mini-" seem pretty widespread in product ...
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... risto@... ... vocabulary ... vocabulary to ... I do that too.. Mainly to keep an eye on things so I can see if I'm maintaining a good balance of...
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Jan 8, 2008
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Sell vesper prients! I can tell you grosso modo how I do now when I need to find a new word for Sambahsa-mundialect. In the past, I have begun with IE ...
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Jan 9, 2008
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salam! I can tell also my way of finding words to Pandunia. I'm not very systematic. Sometimes I have certain word in mind before I start, but more often I...
Risto Kupsala
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Jan 9, 2008
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salam. I updated the word list again. I switched to (C)V(C) syllable shape, so some words look different than before. "New" words include personal pronouns for...
Risto Kupsala
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Jan 12, 2008
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Hi, I updated the alphabet of Pandunia. As you know, I'm an advocate of the IPA, but I reckoned that it will be easier for me and others to keep it ASCII...
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rkupsala
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Feb 12, 2008
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... letter ... Terveisia. Vain yksi kysymys. You still don't have 'y', do you? Etkö pidä 'y' siinä määrin että prefer to have 2 kinds of 'j'?...
Dmitri Ivanov
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Feb 12, 2008
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... Niin. En pidä y:stä puolivokaalin merkkinä. Tietysti olen tottunut näkemään y:tä puolivokaalina monessa kielessä, ja se olisi aivan sopiva siihen...
Risto Kupsala
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Feb 12, 2008
8:28 pm
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Terve. I was looking through Pandunia-English word list and was wondering about the origin of some words. Is "pada" from the Russian "padat'"? I agree that...
Dmitri Ivanov
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Mar 4, 2008
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... Yes it is. It is impossible to find widely international words for basic ideas like that, so I just pick a nice word from some large language. ... I still...
Risto Kupsala
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Mar 4, 2008
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... Sit&#228; en t&#228;ysin ymm&#228;rr&#228;. Do you mean that if schwa is not included in the vowels list, then it may not be used? Muistaakseni min&#228;...
Dmitri Ivanov
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Mar 5, 2008
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... Something was funny about the letters in your message. But I think what Risto is saying is that there are no rules dealing with it. I think he recognizes...
Jens Wilkinson
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Mar 5, 2008
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... The number codes stand for ä (a with two dots). ... Jens is right. Some people will add some extra vowel if words are too difficult for them. It's not...
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rkupsala
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Mar 5, 2008
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... Yeah, that's the problem. It is known everywhere but it's too complex. So I have an idea, maybe crazy (any idea may seem crazy at first): let's take...
Dmitri Ivanov
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Mar 5, 2008
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... too ... people just ... Yes, epenthesis happens. Each language seems to have its own sound to use too. Japanese seem to favor [M] while us anglophones...
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