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Changed the weather small-talk language name: meso!
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### Language internals

* Changed the main word for "weather" = "*meso*".
* Hence, the language name is now *meso*.
* Removed pronouns, as suggested by /u/wibbly-water/.
* Added grammar.
* Reorganized lexicon, by category.
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# Weather talk
# *meso* — The weather small-talk language

A language to speak only about the weather.

This is a language that doesn't have vocabulary about tools or objects, body parts, food or money or transports or animals/pets or the last movie you've watched or these sort of things.
*meso* doesn't have vocabulary about tools or objects, body parts, food or money or transports or animals/pets or the last movie you've watched or these sort of things.

I thought it would be fun to make a language with the right vocabulary and structure to speak about the past, current or incoming weather, *and only that*.

> — tok makin o? *(do you want to talk about weather?)*
> — tok meso o? *(do you want to talk about weather?)*
See the [language](language.md) and the [lexicon](lexicon.md) documents for more information. If you've tried to learn it, please tell me ; I'd be glad to collect your feedback.

The first version of it was [published on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/conlangs/comments/r44epb/wipno_name_yet_a_language_dedicated_to_talk_about/).

Since then, the language has evolved. New words have appeared, and its grammar has been defined. See the [changelog file](Changelog.md).
Since then, the language has evolved. New words have appeared, and its grammar has been defined ; its name has even been changed!
See the [changelog file](Changelog.md).

This language (grammar and vocabulary) is published under the terms of the [CC0 License](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed). See the `LICENSE.md` file for more details.
*meso* language (grammar and vocabulary) is published under the terms of the [CC0 License](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed). See the `LICENSE.md` file for more details.
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# Weather talk
# *meso* — The weather small-talk language

## Phonetics

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— tok! *(hello!)*
— tok tok! *(hello (reply))*
— tok makin o? *(do you want to talk about weather?)*
— tok meso o? *(do you want to talk about weather?)*
— awi. sin shuta powa. *(I do. I forsee light rain today.)*
— sin awi. fofisi tiwa epoli. *(I agree (I forsee alike). Strong winds blew yesterday, from the North.)*
— awi. sin shu lewa o? *(Same. Do you forsee rain tomorrow?)*
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Consider the following sentence:

> tok makin o?
> tok meso o?
> talk - weather - QUESTION?
You may translate it as:
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The next question is the ritual question mentioned above:

> tok makin o?
> tok meso o?
There are two possible answers here.

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* ase (n): clouds.
* lume: (n) sun, sunny, clear skies.
* makin: (n) weather (generally speaking).
* meso: (n) weather (generally speaking).
* oton: (n) temperature.
* shu: (n) rain.
* fofu: (n) wind.
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