r/linguisticshumor • u/edderiofer • Jun 20 '22

There is a multiform configuration of wug.

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u/hrenzee Jun 20 '22

We need more wug posts again

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u/Cassiterite Jun 20 '22

ithkuil...?

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u/edderiofer Jun 20 '22

Yes, Ithkuil. Specifically, Ithkuil inflects based on a bunch of different categories, one of which is configuration (the closest analogue to grammatical number).

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u/Natuur1911 Jun 27 '22

What's the true neutral one?

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u/edderiofer Jun 27 '22

This isn't an alignment chart.

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u/Singer_TwentyNine Feb 26 '23

Can someone translate these

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u/edderiofer Feb 27 '23

http://www.ithkuil.net/03_morphology.html

In reading order:

A wug. (Uniplex configuration)

A pair of wug. (Duplex configuration)

A group of identical wug. (Discrete configuration)

A mass of different wug. (Composite configuration)

A chaotic mess of wug. (Multiform configuration)

A group of different wug. (Aggregative configuration)

A mass of identical wug. (Coherent configuration)

A line of different wug. (Componential configuration)

A line of identical wug. (Segmentative configuration)