Dillon D. W. J. Hartwig

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(Though now that I think about it, it could be fun to put together examples of some sentences at each notable point along that range, and also variations on jargon examples with differences in construction based on the native language of the signer)

Caveat to this though, there's a pretty wide spectrum/difference between the language as spoken natively and as a barebones trading jargon to the point that calling both ends of it the same language is maybe a stretch, but so far most of what I've worked on for it has been weighted toward the former

#ConlangNovember 2: Frangian Sign's mainly a trade language as sorta mentioned yesterday, but it's also used as a native language by many deaf northeastern Frangians, and also has intra-community hearing use in various situations where silence is helpful (hunting, privacy, etc.)

#Conlang Year day 307:

See previous days

Day 63:
برب [briba]
bridge

From Proto-Artonian bribā < Proto-Mish bribā < Proto-Celtic *briwā

Relevant song: open.spotify.com/track/1Q65qj...

Today's four:

meat
kite
horizontal
tattoo

#neography

Ope #ConlangNovember

Might as well hop on these for Frangian Sign:

It's a (fictional) lingua franca for both deaf and hearing peoples of northeastern Frangia, a continent on the collaborative conworld Pollasena

The Warren States Period would make a hell of a band name

#Conlang Year day 306:

No particular features unique to storytelling, other than making signs more directly iconic and/or emphatic where applicable

Day 62:
طرنه [tərnəh]
thunder

From Proto-Artonian toranoh < Proto-Mish toranos < Proto-Celtic *toranos

Relevant song: open.spotify.com/track/33gupG...

Today's four:

twin
ciáñ (a breed of goat raised for its fat)
to protect, to guard
Komodo dragon

#neography

Today's four:

to push
to trade
to go to market
market

#neography

Day 61:
ݣورينط [gʷriːnat]
hot weather, hot day

From Proto-Artonian gʷrīnhāt < Proto-Mish gʷrīnsā < Proto-Celtic *gʷrīnsā

#Conlang Year day 305:

Frangia has no writing at the time Frangian Sign is set, so N/A

Actually, seeing a man of color, getting scared, and calling The Police, is pretty typical racist behavior

The owl grave handbook of the zombie, LIVING EDITION (that is, not the final, static, published edition)

Okay but it is very funny to make a LIVING EDITION of your academic zombie handbook

Too Many Cooks was a warning.

Librabarian casting "silence" with an intimidation check

#Conlang Year day 304:

No proper grammar document yet

Day 60:
عده [ɣadːuh]
adze

From Arabic قدوم

Today's four:

mold
to prune, to thin, to cut hair
unkempt, rugged, overgrown
monitor lizard

#neography

I present, the lenition hypercube

#Conlang Year day 303:

N/A

Day 59:
ميزعط [meːzaɣat]
hoe

From Arabic معزقة

Today's four:

rib
spout
to overlap
lilypad, water lily

#neography

#Conlang Year day 302:

N/A

Day 58:
ݣورنه [gʷərnəh]
furnace

From Proto-Artonian gʷarnoh < Proto-Mish gʷaranos < PIE *gʷʰer-