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- The conlang Uska follows an economical approach by making each part serve multiple functions, which is evident in its verbs with different conjugations for transitive and intransitive usage.
- Uska uses light verbs for tense and person information, while a separate defective root carries semantic meaning in a sentence, allowing for shifting meanings with different transitive verbs.
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The Economy of Uska
The speaker discusses their conlang Uska and highlights its economical nature. Instead of having many distinct parts, they aim to make each part serve multiple functions. This philosophy is most evident in the verbs of Uska, where there are only about five or six fully functional verbs, but with different conjugations depending on if they are transitive or intransitive.
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