Garrett Jones wrote:
> I'm curious about the distribution of the types of conlangs on this list.
> So, a survey. Maybe it will generate some on-topic discussions. Answer it
> for your respective conlangs:
>
> multiple choices can be selected for any of these questions if that makes
> sense for your conlang.
B is for Biwa
C is for Chleweyish
R is for Rithian
T is for Tokcir (NGL)
> 1. morphological type
> a. agglutinative
> b. fusional/inflecting
> c. polysynthetic
> d. isolating
B: I guess is mainly d
C: mostly d, a little inflecting
R: d+b
T: a+d
> 2. Word order
> a. SOV
> b. SVO
> c. VSO
> d. VOS
> e. OVS
> f. OSV
> g. free
B: b. SVO
C: f. OSV a. SOV
R: b. SVO
T: b. SVO and g. free
> 3. adposition/noun order
> a. noun - preposition
> b. preposition - noun
B: I still don't know
C: a. N-P
R: b. P-N
T: b. P-N
> 4. adjective/noun order
> a. adj - noun
> b. noun - adj
B: a. A-N
C: b. N-A
R: a. A-N
T: free, mostly b.
> 5. genitive/noun order
> a. genitive - noun
> b. noun - genitive
B: probably a.
C: b. N-G
R: a. G-N
T: a. G-N (actually uses a construct case)
> 6. relative clause/noun order
> a. rel. clause - noun
> b. noun - rel. clause
B: probably b.
C: b.
R: b, IIRC
T: b.
> 7. main verb/aux verb order
> a. main verb - aux verb
> b. aux verb - main verb
B: probably a.
C: a.
R: b.
T: b.
> 8. adverb/verb order
> a. adv - verb
> b. verb - adv
B: a, I think
C: b.
R: a.
T: mostly b.
> 9. compounding type
> a. head-last compounding
> b. head-first compounding
B: a.
C: N/A
R: a.
T: b.
> 10. case type
> a. nominative/accusative
> b. ergative/absolutive
> c. split ergative
> d. other
B: a with traces of c. split ergative, in pronouns.
C: N/A
R: a.
T: a.
> 11. tense system
> a. time (past/present/future)
> b. aspect
> c. realis/irrealis
B. hmm, b.
C. b
R. a
T. a+b
> 12. script
> a. latin
> b. other existing natlang script
> c. con-script
B. a. latin
C. a. latin + c. thompinian
R. c. thompinian
T. a. latin
> and some free answer questions:
>
> 13. number of genders/noun classes
B: still don't know
C: one
R: 3: m/f/n
T: biological gender: 4 + gramatical gender: 5
> 14. number of cases
B: just one nouns, 4 in pronouns: nom/acc/abs/erg
C: just one
R: 2: nom/gen
T: 1+3: lexical + nom/acc/dat (well, you might also want to count the
construct)
> 15. number of phonemes
B: 22+16=38
C: 24+7=31
R: ??+7 (I don't remember the number of consonants but might be around 30)
T: 21+5=26
> 16. lexicon size
B: ~ 200
C: ~ 500
R: ~ 2000 (but mostly gone)
T: ~ 2000
-- Carlos Th