Toma Heylm
From Langmaker
| Conlang | Toma Heylm |
| Author | Amanda Babcock Furrow |
| Year Began | 1988 |
| Language Type | personal language |
| Lexicon Size | 340 |
| Etymologies | No |
| Grammar | Yes |
| Sample Texts | Yes |
| Primer | No |
Toma Heylm was invented by Amanda Babcock Furrow as a personal language.
Description
Toma Heylm combines a "been, go, stay" Creole modal verb system with a seven-case noun inflection system of mixed prefixes and suffixes and gender/number agreement on the verb. It has internally-headed relative clauses.
The hypothetical speakers are envisioned as inhabitants of rural villages with later-medieval technology.
Language sources
Inspired by a Scientific American article about the Creole verb system, Toma Heylm got its case system from Russian and its relative clause marker "min" from, IIRC, volume II or III of Language Typology and Syntactic Description.
Design principles
Creole verb system; lack of productive derivation; largely isolating.
Interest of others
Toma Heylm was used in the following Conlang Translation Relays:
- The 7th Conlang relay
- The Olympic (10th) relay
- The Scheduleless (12th) relay
- The Missed Bus (13th) relay.
Sample translations
Toma ilom delye teryek arya.
Your language goes here.
toma ilom delye teryek arya language 2S.GEN IRR belong.M here
2S: 2nd person singular
GEN: Genitive case
IRR: Irrealis mood
M: Masculine verb agreement
Lhi delye sa dava tenudre droya! Salil delye sa lek dava teylil la ayafat lyim eteyalek!
Long may you last! May not the rain fall on your head forever!
lhi delye sa dava tenudre droya
salil delye sa lek dava teylil la ayafat lyim eteya -lek
External link
http://www.quandary.org/~langs/toma/grammar/ - Amanda Babcock Furrow
