<p>Here's an example, <a href="http://www.frathwiki.com/images/0/06/Kerno_Grammar.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Kerno</a>, a fictive Romance language located in Cornwall, inherits some reduplication in the perfect tense. It often adds an optional -s- to the replicated part of the verbs. Examples taken from the Annex of the grammar are:</p>
<pre><code>doc (or doy), dar, dedai, doú
istam, ystar, stet(ai), ystú
currem, currer, coscorrai (or cocorrai), cursú
ferrim, ferer, tetulli, latú
spondu, isponder, spepondai, isponsú
mordu, morder, mosmordai (or memordai), morsú
</code></pre>

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<p>I have the feeling that the potential of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduplication" rel="nofollow noreferrer">reduplication</a> is underexplored by conlangers. There are lots of fancy possibilities for reduplication; the above cited Wikipedia article describes them in detail, but see also <a href="https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/q/49363/9781">Is C₁VC₂-C₁- reduplication attested?</a> on the Linguistics Stack Exchange site.</p>
<p>So I want to hear of examples of reduplication in conlangs, ranging from descendants of Latin retaining some reduplication or even making it productive again, to a posteriori language using reduplication for some interesting effect.</p>

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What are examples for the use of reduplication in conlangs?
# What are examples for the use of reduplication in conlangs?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-10-16)

I have the feeling that the potential of [reduplication](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduplication) is underexplored by conlangers. There are lots of fancy possibilities for reduplication; the above cited Wikipedia article describes them in detail, but see also [Is C₁VC₂-C₁- reduplication attested?](https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/q/49363/9781) on the Linguistics Stack Exchange site.

So I want to hear of examples of reduplication in conlangs, ranging from descendants of Latin retaining some reduplication or even making it productive again, to a posteriori language using reduplication for some interesting effect.

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### Answer by username_0 on 2024-11-11. Score: 0

Here's an example, Kerno, a fictive Romance language located in Cornwall, inherits some reduplication in the perfect tense. It often adds an optional -s- to the replicated part of the verbs. Examples taken from the Annex of the grammar are:
doc (or doy), dar, dedai, doú
istam, ystar, stet(ai), ystú
currem, currer, coscorrai (or cocorrai), cursú
ferrim, ferer, tetulli, latú
spondu, isponder, spepondai, isponsú
mordu, morder, mosmordai (or memordai), morsú


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