Talk:Sona language

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I'm pretty sure Sona is actually an agglutinative language (words are built up from many morphemes) rather than an isolating one. I've made the change. If I'm wrong please change it back and explain why here.

I'm pretty sure it's an isolating language, but I'm not 100% clear on the difference, so I'll try to do some research and get back.

I can't remember if it was me or not who made the previous response, but: I think it's isolating. All the radicals in Sona can be used as words. They are often mushed together in written form to indicate some juncture, but it's not necessary and doesn't change the meaning. The following all mean "What is your name?":

ke ha ni tu. (what) (name) (passive) (you)

ke hani tu.

kehanitu.

The 36 indicators are frequently used as prefixes and suffixes, but can also be used as their own words. Anyways, I'm going to change this to isolating again, unless someone can give a better explanation. I don't think Sona is agglutinative in the way Esperanto is, where -is (past tense verb suffix) can't stand on its own as a word. In Sona, to is used to indicate past tense, but can also be used on its own.

mi pa to suven. (I) (eat) (past) (water) (grain) = I ate rice.

an to lenocia. (she) (pass) (write) (carry) (agent) (place) = She passes the post office.

--ESP 05:27, 19 May 2004 (UTC)

Langmaker.comcounts it as both isolating and agglutinative.

[edit] Lorem ipsum

I don't think the lorem ipsum generator link provides any further information on Sona. So, I've removed the link (twice). I'd be interested to hear why someone thinks that a garbage-text creator would provide readers with more information about this language. --ESP 18:27, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Speakers

Does anyone speak this language? This sounds cool.Cameron Nedland 02:07, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

No, not very many from what the links show. I agree though that it sounds like an awesome language (Especially compared to most other conlangs which seem like Romance languages for the most part.) DasEnde 20:24, 25 April 2007 (UTC)