So I Invented a Language...

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The nerdiest video I’m ever making on this channel, probably.
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Note: The rules for phonemic stress I lay out in this video are very brief – as some of you may have noticed, I myself do not seem to adhere to them when I say words in Meyhendgar in this very video. Some additional things to note for those of you who care enough to read this:
the letter “che” also shifts the stress onto the following syllable
stress moves to the syllable before the verb ending (“-tu” or “-rar”) in verbs in forwards or backwards form
stress moves to the syllable before the genitive ending for nouns in the primary genitive
stress moves to the first syllable of the secondary genitive ending
I did, however, mispronounce “tenepene”, which should have primary stress on the first syllable and secondary stress on the last syllable

Also I know my pronunciation is weird at times, especially of /x/. It isn’t supposed to be a pure velar fricative in Meyhendgar, I believe it’s a little guttural sometimes and it’s definitely labialised, at least before rounded or front vowels. I know what all this stuff sounds like in my head, you get me? Like I conlang first, deal with the science later.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:26 - A History of Meyhendgar
05:32 - Key Features of Meyhendgar
10:21 - Credits

The conlang presented in this video, its constructed script, its history within the world of Dycratus, any further facts about Dycratus, and the script and content of this video are created by myself exclusively, and are therefore my intellectual property and subject to Copyright. The digitalisation of the script and the maps of the fantasy land of Dycratus were created by kvd102 – this is his intellectual property and is also subject to Copyright.

YOU MAY REFER TO THE CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO IF YOU WISH, AND USE THE SCRIPTURE, AS LONG AS YOU DO NOT TRY TO PASS ANYTHING OFF AS YOUR OWN.

Written and created by me
Art by kvd102
Music by me.

Translations:
Leeuwe van den Heuvel - Dutch
Le Napolitain - French
Fernit0505 - Spanish

#conlang #linguistics #worldbuilding