Søren The Language Adventurer

Well, we've finally made it to the end of #Lexember for 2025. This week's prompts were created by Madeline James Writes . So without further ado, let's get into each prompt for Kalovanian, Lubenavian and Vasatulokian: Day 27: A cultural or societal value (ex: bravery, humility, restraint, truth, strength) Kalovanian: Kraft /kraft/- Strength.  Kalovanian speakers where they be from the Kalo Islands, Kusam ūtarel, Terravabeku,T ūlisunakivi, Lubenavi (Lumip ēnauki) or Vasatulokia value their strength to help them persevere through anything. It also reflects on how their influence and colonisation on other countries. Example: M ū kraft ve m ū m epī m epīdonan -My strength gives meaning to my life /mu: kraft v ɛ mu: m ɛpi: m ɛpi:d ɔnan/ /1PRES-strength-to-1PRS-life-to give meaning to something-PRES/ Lubenavian :  Fudele /fud ɛl ɛ/- Sacrifice. Lubenavians believe that sacrifices need to be made in order to make life more impactful. Example: Atauvēkoauniwūko fudele pagulako nēb...

Now we are going to continue with the rest of the Lexember prompts for this month. The prompts for Days 9-13 were created by George of the Conlangery podcast: Day 9: An insect body part Kalovanian : Tēlokončū -/t ɛ: l ɔ k ɔ n tʃ u:/-Thorax (Lit: Insect body) Example:  Tēlokončū gauli, ipaso, kupaleko ja pafua   tenin.  /t ɛ: l ɔ k ɔ n tʃ u gauli ipas ɔ kupal ɛk ɔ ja pafua t ɛnin/- The thorax holds the head, legs, wings and abdomen. /thorax-head-leg-wing-and-belly-to hold-PRES/ Lubenavian : Vauolilupupu - /vauolilupupu/- Thorax (Lit: Insect body) Example: Ataufafūkobeuoliu ualakōs, ukoleailos, chubeligoilos li gūgalē . /ataufafu:k ɔb ɛu ɔliu ualak ɔ:s uk ɔl ɛail ɔs xub ɛlig ɔil ɔs li gu:gal ɛ:/ ɛ:/- The thorax holds the head, legs, wings and abdomen. /PRES-to hold-3SG-head-the COM GEN PL-leg-the COM GEN PL- wing-the COM GEN PL- and-belly// Vasatulokian : Peluvorubuvu - /p ɛluv ɔ ʁubuvu/- Thorax (lit: Insect body) Example: Peluvorubuvu feibakuhui hauvituk, rashomeikotuk, k...

 Lexember is where conlangers create one word per day for the month of December. I participated in this language on Bluesky last year and it really helped build up my conlangs: Kalovanian, Lubenavian and Vasatulokian. It also gives me a chance to be more active on Bluesky (an alternative to Twitter that isn't as toxic as what Twitter has become). The prompts were created by David J. Peterson (creator of Dothraki, High Valryian, etc)and Jessie Peterson of the LangTime Studio podcast and author of How to Create a Language. I would recommend following them on Bluesky and using the hashtag #Lexember so that your post can be found and seen by fellow conlangers. Without further ado, here are the first 4 prompts for Lexember in Kalovanian, Lubenavian and Vasatulokian: Dec 1: A way of preparing food (e.g. Chop, grind, dice, mince) Kalovanian :  Talia /talia/- To cut, to slice, to chop, to dice, to sever, to amputate, to behead, to separate, to split apart, to tear (apart). Example:...

Hello everyone! Welcome to my new language and linguistics blog! This is officially my first post that isn't an archived post that I've written from 2013-2017 on the Koko The Polyglot blog. I was meaning to rebrand in 2018 but I had other priorities and obligations that prevented me from doing so. Unfortunately during the Covid-19 pandemic, I was an essential worker and that kept me quite busy during that time. Including moving on my own in small studio apartment. I've been there ever since. Was I able to continue learning language at that time? Absolutely! Have I been able to meet with native speakers (online or in-person)? Unfortunately, no. So hopefully, I will be able to book more sessions with native speakers to practise my language learning skills. Which languages am I currently learning? At the moment I am currently focusing on German, Finnish, Catalan and more recently Dutch. I found a few YouTube channels and Instagram reels that inspired me to start learning it. I...