Lexitechnia

A Thalassarctian text I’ve been working on, a translation/adaptation of a passage of Epictetus:

Àtᴥuβumuδᴥamkòζdᴥιliιi, khimᴥutuphϙinᴥitᴥιdινoᴥιiz-na νᴥumᴥk aaγϙυbᴥυιi? Tihuupιi, dινoᴥqηketihuιi. Ϙuνηhιιpιi, dινoᴥqηkeϙuνηhιιi-νi samὼiotᴥumιi-nᴥi νᴥumᴥι ϙυbᴥυiiνᴥιiz. Tazι mᴥυtᴥζogᴥϙinᴥiιi, dινoᴥιiz-nᴥi mᴥυtᴥζogᴥι νᴥànòλιbᴥιiz, μᴥηzoϙinᴥidυιi-nᴥi aliotakhiloι sὰkᴥalbᴥàz.

Interlinear

(showing the morphemes in their original forms, before the changes required by composition)

àtᴥuβu

icebear

-muδᴥ

lame

-am

old

-m

be

-kòζ

CONSEQ

-dᴥιli

have_become

-ιi

1SG

khimá´¥utuph

what_other

-ϙinᴥi

have

-tᴥι

CAPAC

-dινoᴥ

do

-ιi

1SG

-z

DIFF

=na

than

νᴥumᴥ

God

-k

DAT.SG

al

sing

-k

INF

-ϙυbᴥυ

praise

-ιi

1SG

tihu

tihuι

-m

be

-p

POT

-ιi

1SG

dινoᴥ

do

-qη

would

-ke

CONTIN

-tihu

tihuι

-ιi

1SG

ϙuνηhι

ϙuνηhιι

-m

be

-p

POT

-ιi

1SG

dινoᴥ

do

-qη

would

-ke

CONTIN

-ϙuνηhι

ϙuνηhιι

-ιi

1SG

=νi

but

sam

animal

-á½¼io

think

-tá´¥u

PTCP

-m

be

-ιi

1SG

=ná´¥i

and

νᴥumᴥ

God

-ι

DIR.SG

ϙυbᴥυ

praise

-iiνᴥ

DEONT

-ιi

1SG

-z

DIFF

taz

this

-ι

DIR.SG

mᴥυtᴥ

work

-ζogᴥ

NMLZR

-ϙinᴥi

have

-ιi

1SG

dινoᴥ

do

-ιi

1SG

-z

DIFF

=ná´¥i

and

mᴥυtᴥ

work

-ζogᴥ

NMLZR

-ι

DIR.SG

νᴥàn

abandon

-ò

NEG

-λιbᴥ

FUT

-ιi

1SG

-z

DIFF

μᴥηzo

be_allowed

-ϙinᴥi

have

-dÏ…

for_as_long_as

-ιi

1SG

=ná´¥i

and

al

sing

-io

NMLZR

-takhilo

the_same

-ι

DIR.SG

sá½°ká´¥

join

-á´¥

IMPERAT

-al

sing

-bᴥà

2SG

-z

DIFF

I’ve also been working on the native script version of this. Thalassarctian has a featural alphabet which I have taken to calling the bubble script as it reminds me of nothing so much as a game of Puzzle Bobble.

But for now it’s quite late, and I think this is quite enough to post today.