Specifics about the Drem and the world around them
Dremish culture and food … (What is their mindset,
and what fills their bellies)
Building and Architecture … (from
small semi-nomadic camps to the beginning of agriculture)
Mining and Technology … (the
Neolithic hunter gathers becoming civilized)
Proto-Drem:
Proto-Drem is
my main language for the area. Proto-Drem is a Polysynthetic
language, that interestingly enough, takes a good amount of syntax from Thai,
although, tweaked enough that someone has to really look to make sure it is
Thai they are looking at. There is plenty of the language that is a fusion of
Amerindian culture and spirituality and a lot of Bantu specifics. The sounds of
Proto-Drem are very much taken from Bantu sources, with a nod to Maasai and
those wonderful implosives.
And I want to
make sure I credit David Smyth, Cholthica Sudmuk, Mr. Mansuwan
and Kingkarn Thepkanjana for their outstanding work on the Thai language. I
also want to credit J.S. Burke on his work on section dealing with Animacy. For
the Bantu and Chadic information, I’d like to thank the esteemed Malcolm
Guthrie, Gerard Philippson, Prof. Larry Hyman of UC Berkeley, and Moira Yip for
their incredible work on Sound Changes, Tones and Vowel Harmony.
Proto-Drem Reference Grammar: (is around 375+ pages and just need to redo the lexicon)
Phonological Reference Files:
The two main
charts deal with the phonological specifics of the languages that make up
Proto-Drem. So, one will find roughly 8000 years of sample roots, tracking them
from the time they were spoken during the days of the Ice-Age and Mammoths thru
the years, all the way to Proto-Drem.
The root
tracking chart is specific since one can follow the roots and see how the roots
change due to the sound changes seen above in the phonological history chart.
The syllable
sound tracking chart is also specific as thru each language, one can see where
each sound was; no matter if root initial, medial, final or inter-vocalic. The
new sounds due to sound changes are of course tracked. And one can see when
sounds drop off and are no longer used, and one sees when sounds are born and
used for the first time.
Root Tracking Chart (tracking
just how and when the roots changed)
Syllable sound tracking chart: (when
you want to know when the sounds changed)
Sound Change Files:
Phonological History charts (following
the progress of sound changes thru the millennia)
Proto-Drem Lessons Files:
Proto-Drem is a
pretty complex language, especially being a conlang, so one must take care of
the intricacies that I have put into the language. I have worked on this for 4
years and am pretty proud of what I’ve done with it. Obviously 12 lessons will
just be a tiny introduction to the fullness that the language brings, but I
shall be working on them soon, so keep an eye out when these lessons are on the
site.
Note that since
the reference grammar is pretty stable (finally after 4 years), but as I am apt
to do, I play with the grammar and make new ‘discoveries’ as I find my grammar suprises me in unexpected ways.. so I will be updating info as I slowly go along.
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