Oh wow, are you a speaker?! If so, I hope I've done your language justice! This video's a bit old, but I'd love to do another on this language at some point, it's genuinely one of my favourites! I tried to translate what you wrote, but I'll admit I'm struggling. You seem to be using a different orthography to me and my resources are limited. The last bit says "our language" and I think the middle bit's maybe something like "the great work you put..." and possibly something about "giving a place for our language"? Sorry if that's all wrong, though, I'd love to be filled in on what it actually says! Thanks for watching (and hopefully enjoying) the video! :D
Yeah this is my language. I really enjoyed watching your presentation and appreciate the amount effort you put on this presentation. For us, it is yet abit challenging to use the right alphabet or dialect in writing. The translation goes like: " I would like thank you for the great work you put into this presentation, to help understand more about the alphabets used in our language". I'd love to assist, if you want to do more presentations/learn more about this language.
Thank you! I try to be as detailed as possible, both for the linguistics nerds and anyone who may want to learn the language. Especially since there's so little info on BN, it's good to put it into a usable format. Can't say I've really compared myself to other creators, but I'm very glad I've been able to entertain and inform you! :)
@@LexisLang from what I can tell, most other linguistics creators are surface level and have ads everywhere. Probably best not to compare yourself to them because you're a different type of creator altogether. You're almost single-handedly rebuilding the library of Alexandria (for languages, anyway). Very important work and I'm thankful to have such a great source to learn from.
I first discovered Big Nambas when I was playing around with the concept of a conlang designed to be optimised for triggering ASMR. I came across a linguolabial consonant found *only* in Big Nambas
Which is that? Linguolabials occur in several languages, but they are very rare. Do you mean a specific consonant? This is a very interesting language, I love reading about it. :)
A specific one, yeah. Admittedly I didn't check very far but Wikipedia only lists Big Nambas in the examples: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_linguolabial_fricative
Another fascinating video on this channel. I was expecting a lot of large numeral quantities but learnt a lot I didn't expect to learn. Am tempted to try and make a conlang based on this!
I do really like this language. I'm glad I was able to teach you a thing or two about it! If you do make a conlang off the back of this, even if it's just a sketch, I'd love to see it! :D
@@LexisLang I was working on a "simple islander" type thing but it didn't work. Currently looking for how to rework it and use elements of Big Numbas. I have a main conlang I'm doing which is a total mess. Which is how I found your channel. I'll be sure to show you my Big Numbas inspired thing if it's any good!
@@LexisLang I tried a similar agglutinative thing in my main conlang, but it became absurd. I love how Big Numbas is so coded that each agglutinative word is short because you only need one or two letters for each part of meaning. Very clever way to approach a language.
The prepositions take suffixation - it isn't that they themselves are suffixed onto nouns. If we look at sena/sana- for instance, "because of the pig" gets translated as "sena pua", with "sena" coming before the noun. However, sena is able to take possessive suffixes to indicate a pronominal object, so "because of me" becomes "sanak" and "because of them" is "sanar". But prepositions always do come before any noun they modify. Great question, though! It's fantastic to see people actually engaging with what I make - thank you so much for watching and being interested! :D
I can't believe you went the whole video without mentioning that a nambas is a kind of penis-guard, & the the speakers of big nambas are known for their large nambases (& that there's a small nambas language spoken nearby)
Small Nambas is also known as Lendamboi and the nearby Malua Bay language is also known as Middle Nambas. As interesting as it is, though, I didn't feel it was relevant enough to the content of the video. Interesting tidbits of knowledge and culture, though! :)
Oh, I adore it. It has all the charm of the Austronesian family, but with loads of unique quirks. Finding the cognates with other languages is fun, too. :)
It's certainly a beautiful language! I've always meant to do more on it! It amazes me that a speaker would find their way to my video, but I'm very happy you have - I'm glad you enjoyed! Sip'as i lilil! :D
N'drn ta'vr sipas a m'akarien lil k'tawi net pa tu nut mawar na v'nen a'mam ❤❤😍👏👏👏👏
Oh wow, are you a speaker?! If so, I hope I've done your language justice! This video's a bit old, but I'd love to do another on this language at some point, it's genuinely one of my favourites!
I tried to translate what you wrote, but I'll admit I'm struggling. You seem to be using a different orthography to me and my resources are limited. The last bit says "our language" and I think the middle bit's maybe something like "the great work you put..." and possibly something about "giving a place for our language"? Sorry if that's all wrong, though, I'd love to be filled in on what it actually says! Thanks for watching (and hopefully enjoying) the video! :D
Yeah this is my language.
I really enjoyed watching your presentation and appreciate the amount effort you put on this presentation.
For us, it is yet abit challenging to use the right alphabet or dialect in writing.
The translation goes like: " I would like thank you for the great work you put into this presentation, to help understand more about the alphabets used in our language".
I'd love to assist, if you want to do more presentations/learn more about this language.
Hey! Just wanted to let you know that your video is so good that Wikipedia suggests it as a further research link
That's cool! When I checked that page at the start of my research, there wasn't much there. Looks like it's been added to a little since then. :)
the amount of linguistic information in this video is frankly unusual for linguistics youtube. i love it!
Thank you! I try to be as detailed as possible, both for the linguistics nerds and anyone who may want to learn the language. Especially since there's so little info on BN, it's good to put it into a usable format. Can't say I've really compared myself to other creators, but I'm very glad I've been able to entertain and inform you! :)
@@LexisLang from what I can tell, most other linguistics creators are surface level and have ads everywhere. Probably best not to compare yourself to them because you're a different type of creator altogether. You're almost single-handedly rebuilding the library of Alexandria (for languages, anyway). Very important work and I'm thankful to have such a great source to learn from.
I first discovered Big Nambas when I was playing around with the concept of a conlang designed to be optimised for triggering ASMR. I came across a linguolabial consonant found *only* in Big Nambas
Which is that? Linguolabials occur in several languages, but they are very rare. Do you mean a specific consonant?
This is a very interesting language, I love reading about it. :)
A specific one, yeah. Admittedly I didn't check very far but Wikipedia only lists Big Nambas in the examples: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_linguolabial_fricative
Underrated video, this is a very good linguistics video.
Another fascinating video on this channel. I was expecting a lot of large numeral quantities but learnt a lot I didn't expect to learn. Am tempted to try and make a conlang based on this!
I do really like this language. I'm glad I was able to teach you a thing or two about it! If you do make a conlang off the back of this, even if it's just a sketch, I'd love to see it! :D
@@LexisLang I was working on a "simple islander" type thing but it didn't work. Currently looking for how to rework it and use elements of Big Numbas. I have a main conlang I'm doing which is a total mess. Which is how I found your channel. I'll be sure to show you my Big Numbas inspired thing if it's any good!
@@LexisLang I tried a similar agglutinative thing in my main conlang, but it became absurd. I love how Big Numbas is so coded that each agglutinative word is short because you only need one or two letters for each part of meaning. Very clever way to approach a language.
This is such a good video oh my
Thank you!!! :)
If the Prepositions are suffixed, should they be considered postpositions?
The prepositions take suffixation - it isn't that they themselves are suffixed onto nouns. If we look at sena/sana- for instance, "because of the pig" gets translated as "sena pua", with "sena" coming before the noun. However, sena is able to take possessive suffixes to indicate a pronominal object, so "because of me" becomes "sanak" and "because of them" is "sanar". But prepositions always do come before any noun they modify.
Great question, though! It's fantastic to see people actually engaging with what I make - thank you so much for watching and being interested! :D
@@LexisLang Oh okay! That makes much more sense, thank you for the answer!
You're welcome! :)
I can't believe you went the whole video without mentioning that a nambas is a kind of penis-guard, & the the speakers of big nambas are known for their large nambases (& that there's a small nambas language spoken nearby)
Small Nambas is also known as Lendamboi and the nearby Malua Bay language is also known as Middle Nambas. As interesting as it is, though, I didn't feel it was relevant enough to the content of the video. Interesting tidbits of knowledge and culture, though! :)
@@LexisLang fair. it was a very language-focused video
I love this language. It's so weird and different from most other Austronesian languages
Oh, I adore it. It has all the charm of the Austronesian family, but with loads of unique quirks. Finding the cognates with other languages is fun, too. :)
@@LexisLang yes!!!!!! it's so unique
Big Numbers...... Hmm.........................
It does sound like that, doesn't it? :)
@@LexisLang Yes it truely is.
Sipas i lil 🤩
V'ənen nam ip'eset! Sip'as i lil! :D
sipas i lil ..Vnan taut ivi vnan nak
It's certainly a beautiful language! I've always meant to do more on it! It amazes me that a speaker would find their way to my video, but I'm very happy you have - I'm glad you enjoyed! Sip'as i lilil! :D
Thanks for an interesting video
You're very welcome - I'm glad you enjoyed! :)