Shkanshej (Xkanxey) - Conlang Profile	Advanced
Language Name Shkanshej Language Author Pablo Flores Year Began 1999 Site Shkanshej Broken Link No Site Language English Site Author Pablo Flores Language Type fictional language Uniqueness It uses a trigger system, by which the focused argument of the verb is marked as such without showing its function (subject, object, etc.). This function is instead marked on the verb. This system is combined with a gender system with three genders conven Language Sources The languages of the Philipines, though I don't know them, where commented in the Conlang list (especially Tagalog) and these comments formed the basis of the trigger system. The hierarchy of genders was inspired from some other constructed language (don't know which), but the different pronouns for different genders were clearly inspired in Japanese. The language also has a 'construct state' for compounds and possession that was copied from Semitic languages and from what is known about Tolkien's Khuzdul. Design Principles It was to be as alien as I could make it, so I chose the trigger system, the weird genders, and an outlandish phonology with sublaminal linguolabial sounds and a couple of clicks, which are both totally unknown in European languages (and indeed in most languages of the world). This was because it had to be in the same fictional context as Draseléq and Curco, which sounded fairly Western, and I wanted them to be different, the language of a radically different culture. Interest Of Others There are no people involved but me. Conculture Noun Phrase the winged people of an alternate Earth Dictionary No Etymologies No Grammar Yes Sample Texts No Unique Script Yes Primer No Babel Text No Lexicon Size 105 Submitted By Pablo Flores Updated By 13x1gr4ph (le-ksi-graf) Date Edited Saturday, August 21, 2004 Description Of Update new URL @ angelfire Date To Headline Thursday, September 02, 2004 < Shinoarnii  Shkanshej  Shoa >
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