Terrasihla

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Hi!

It's nice you could visit my site.
I'm currently working on a new language, I so far call Terrasihla. A part of the basics of Terrasihla is already completed. But before I plunge into the creation of words, I would like to do some basic "research", for which I need your help. For this I have prepared a few questions I would like you to answer. If I get enough resonance and can extract a result from the answers I will publish it here and in a newsgroup. If desired, I can also send an e-mail. All this may take a while.
But before I ask the questions you should be a little bit familiar with the system of letters I'm using with Terrasihla. You find it here in the chapter on the Alphabet (this doesn't take long, as it is not difficult).
From the technical side it would be easiest, if you print out the form, think about it undisturbed and come back later: http://www.mirapuri-enterprises.com/Anand/Quest1.htm
You can give several answers and collect answers from friends (that's also a reason to meet with friends).

Thank you!

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Question 1:

Which attributes would you assign to the 8 basic vowels? You can freely associate forms, colours, scents, structures, sensations, things, concepts... - e.g. blue, hot, soft, round, dark, sky, wood, wideness.......

A
E
I
O
U
Y
Å
Ø

 

Question 2:

If you had to invent words, what would you say instead of:

light
darkness
water
love
sex
gold
joy
air
fire
pain
yellow

 

Question 3:

If you had to assign a meaning th unknown words, what would you say instead of:

alja
loana
talsa
jann
mør
ncala
hhair
fahan
ryspa
såmuhn
mork
thianu

 

Question 4:

Which of the following words would you assign to the English words : tehsiam, sinan, dorum, axhala, oqyl, ytoba, raui, samides, zira, voa, eres, qio

dream
much
horse
radiation
cold
old
flower
to read
blue
who
God
to search

 

Question 5:

When you want to translate something into another language you sometimes find that there is no expression for this in the other language and you have to use instead a more or less large circumscription; and sometimes in a foreign language things are regarded in a much more differentiated way than in your own.
Do you know of such concepts? Which concepts do you miss in the natural languages? What should one be able to express without the use of helping constructions (e.g. the fluid equivalent to full=filled with fluids)?

Question 6:

What is your native language?

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I would like to get a mail with the results.
I would like to be informed about a possible follow-up questionnaire.
I would like to be informed about Terrasihla updates.

My eMail-Address

 

 

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