This was a relatively quick and easy video to make while I work on bigger projects. The next video will almost certainly be the first episode of the Alien domestication/agriculture/civilizations series

After Man: A Zoology of the Future by Dougal Dixon is a good intro to the subject. Some of it is a bit dated, but it's still a fun read.

This was my first ever attempt at diegetic worldbuilding, which proved to be trickier than I thought it would be. I talk more about the process here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUBz...

Day 31 – kaltë, n. animate, (*kaʎtu), “reindeer”.

Day 30 – ühvillin, ëhvalër, ëhvalrë, sëhval, v. trans, (*uħual), “to dream”. Adding circumstantial applicative produces ëërühvillin, “to know by heart” (LIT. “to dream with”)

Day 29 – Yadva, n. animate, (*igaduhaa), “bug, insect, arthropod”

Day 28 – Nüssin, nërrë, nëssë, sënës, v. trans, (*nusa), “to pull”. Adding circumstantial applicative produces ëërnüssin, “to attract”

Day 27 – qöskë, n. inanimate, (*qusukuu), “metal (esp. ore)”. Cf. qöskëmiq “metal (substance)”, qöskëhë, “metallic”

Day 26 – ördüürö, n. animate “nine”. From *ɢurdi hi wazuɢu, “three plus hand”. Cf. ördördüürö “nine each, ördüüröh “nine times”