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Financial literacy has become a cult

Rough draft: Lëc’atl’qum

Na’yanënnil nu’ qu qum: taa në mu, iwan taataa në ‘naku. Mëwec’ në wec’ ‘i taataaku. Na’yan nu’ k’aw “noq’a” xa lhic në ‘inki: ti’ lhëmën ‘i lhëk’lhic qu ‘wam. Xa Lëc’atl’qum, nakëmeme ‘i lëc’atl’ sa tlu, xa mumu në qhalon, iwan namuxwna si’l xa tlu olu. Tlu, mu në kanlatul xa lho. Naq’uc’up’ ‘iContinue reading “Rough draft: Lëc’atl’qum”

Swahili gloss: Chai ya Jioni

It took me weeks to finish this. I don’t speak Swahili (yet). This is an attempt to gloss a Swahili poem to practice the language. I’m studying non-Eurasian gender systems for the Proto-Galactic conlang. The numbers indicate one of the 18 noun classes in Swahili. Wakati tunywapo chai hapa upenuniWakati | tu-nywa-po | chai |Continue reading “Swahili gloss: Chai ya Jioni”

How “good” capitalism came about

It’s not a secret that the liberal left forced the conservatives into compliance by threatening them with the specter of Communism. With Communism no longer operating as a specter on the global scene, the elites see no reason not to sacrifice the masses to maintain their power. Again, this is not a secret: https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/habermass-bastards This situation is partly the left’sContinue reading “How “good” capitalism came about”

Who is Muhammad? What does anybody like about him?

As a non-Muslim, I finally have a clear picture of who Muhammad is in Islam. Muhammad is an avenging orphan. Nietzsche once said his Superman is Jesus returning as King, a figure combining both Jesus and Caesar. This is similar to the figure of Muhammad in Islam.

Latte Tutorial: fundamentals

Latte is a minimalistic functional language shipped with the Orpheus functional layer. Higher level functionality is written in Latte, making it easier to define system state. Orpheus is the kind of small, self-contained hobby programming environment I miss from my childhood. Those are what got me excited about programming in the first place. Each oneContinue reading “Latte Tutorial: fundamentals”

Darale Duare by Nazrul

A romantic song by a founder of a communist party (English translation in the subtitles): “At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.” – Che Guevara

Exploring cultural associations through conlanging

For the first time, I’m trying to address this kind of a dimension in conlanging: Puns in the spoken language are a source of cultural associations. For example, the sea is associated with favor (lho). A cutlass is associated with waves (só). A sharp look is said to pierce the soul like a talon (lhé).Continue reading “Exploring cultural associations through conlanging”

Lëtllhaq

One of the oldest tablets of bronze plate: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vFvpzXAkzuxIrMFtkYiShRXMe4KcrDEZ/view?usp=sharing ‘An taq xa hëq’on sa lhaq. Hëq’ontaq ‘i yatin taq. Xa tu’wa sa yatin taq, wa’ ‘yan sa lhaq. K’aw ‘i siya. Nakwën ‘i lhën xa hëq’on. Xa tu’wa, wa’ lhën. Xa ‘inki taq, nac’aq’ëntul ‘i lhax, qu lhaq në wënii. Iwan naqhëwtiëntul ‘i mëlqu nëContinue reading “Lëtllhaq”

Laven: A Pirate Language

Draft 10: More vocabulary. Draft 9: Added vocabulary and sample sentences. Added spoken forms to the lexicon. Added sound changes to the spoken language. Added note about puns. Changed conworld details. Draft 8: Renamed archipelago. Edited descriptions. Added vocabulary. Noted irregularities. Regularized glottal finals. Removed evidentials. This language started as a dialect of Toukanta, butContinue reading “Laven: A Pirate Language”