At this point, if anyone managed to save where we were before the change, let's try to pick up where we left off.

Otherwise, let's start the Omni-evolution project over.

I could only find the first three pages in Google's Caché:
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3

Plus don't forget the lexicon Mayatec posted and the "Grammar" originals.

I'm certainly willing to continue where we left off. In fact, I've still got the old "summary" post saved:

Determiners:

Noun phrases can be marked with a generic determiner k- which can be inflected for ergativity (agent of transitive verb) or absolutivity ("subject" of intransitive verb or object of transitive verb) with suffixes:


There is also a definite article os/-os.

Nouns:

-Plural number can be indicated by a suffix -p or with a reduplication of the first syllable in the stem:

hana "book" > [b]hahana "books"
tik "word" > [b]titik, tikp/tihp? "words"

There are several cases that can be utilized:


Verbs:

--Marked for person and number with suffixes:



--In "proto-Omni" tense is marked with auxiliaries preceding the verb, whereas in "vulgar-Omni" suffixes are used in addition to person and number suffixes:


In Proto-Omni a k- prefix is used on tense auxiliaries to form interrogatives (kyo, kyal, kye):

Yo juni. "You write"
Kyo juni. "Do you write?"

-Object agreement can occur as a prefix on verbs:



...and also with free morphemes after the verb:



Other Pronouns include:

ama: there
kusak: that
kusehu: this one
kusey: this
kusku: that one

-Negation is achieved with a circumfix auxiliary si....sa in "proto-Omni" and a preceding auxiliary si (or prefixed s'-) in "vulgar-Omni".

By the way, who did you used to be, Dan?

I kept the same name, IIRC. I may have been dreitman.

Ooooh darn. I was gonna start this topic.

I posted a poem I translated. Here it is:

Elfivilu
Elfenlied (Elven Song)

Jena, lari dos desunosak sosonal, “Elf!”
At night in the village the watchman cried "Elf (Eleven)!"
night gen.village loc/add see.def.abs call.-n-.3p.past elf

Zuk soki elfak suyemalla lakupu dos-
A very small elf was asleep in the wood –
very small.link elf sleep.3p.past.imperfect gen.wood loc/add

For kidu ga huki rup!
just around the elf (eleven)! –
about eleven hour.plur

Ga konal os satakilike
And he thinks that the nightingale
and decide.3p.past def nightingale.erg

Sosonal lElf nakak laku ik
must have called him by name from the valley,
call.-n-.3p.past gen.elf name.abs gen.valley loc/ella

Ehe Silpelitek alasokal.
or Silpelit might have sent for him.
or Silpelit.erg 3p.send-for.3p.past

Di os Elfek tusinay lamikipak la,
So the elf rubs his eyes,
first def elf.erg clean.-n-.3p.present gen.eye.plur.abs he

Ha suzinay l’letamamuki talo la;
comes out of his snail-shell house,
then leave.-n-.3p.present gen.gen.snail-shell.link house he

Ga laka dunay l’okisos kake,
and is like a drunken man,
and he.abs be.-n-.3p.present gen.alcohol.def form

Lasuyemak la si’lopunalla;
his nap was not finished;
gen.sleep.abs he neg.finish.3p.past.imperfect

Ga laka kulimay, tis tas,
and he hobbles down, tip tap,
and he.abs hobble.3p.present [on-ia] [on-ia]



Lapaknikupu der laku na,
through the hazel wood into the valley,
gen.hazel(tree)-wood loc/through gen.valley dir.down

Kittinay lamayanos i;
slips right up to the wall;
walk.-n-.3p.present gen.wall.-n-.def loc/dat

Os yesmatoka istay l’ama dos, yes l’yes dos.
there sits the glow-worm, light on light.
def light-worm.abs sit.3p.present gen.there loc/add light gen.light loc/add

“Mellapak kikusap dunapyo tavo?
"What are those bright windows?
window.plur.abs link.bright be.-n-.3p/plur.present what

Yaren dunay hat;
There must be a wedding inside;
must be.-n-.3p.present wedding

Soki edapakos istayla lasotos dos
the little people are sitting at the feast,
small.link person.plur.abs.def sit.3p.present.imperfect gen.eat.def loc/add

Ga nanayla latantila dos.
and fooling around in the ballroom.
and have-fun.3p.present.imperfect gen.dance-room loc/add

Het desunoye l’ama dos!”
So I'll just take a peep in!"
only(just) see.-n-.1p.future gen.there loc/add


A! Tamay l’imeka la lagest ikos dor.
Shame! he hits his head on hard stone!
oh(shame) hit.3p.present gen.head.abs he gen.stone link.hard marg/instr

Seya, Elfe, enja?
Well, elf, had enough, have you?
therefore elf.diminutive enough

Kuku! Kuku!
Cuckoo! Cuckoo!
[on-ia] [on-ia]

....
I'm done here.

Forgive my newbie-ness, but what exactly is this project?

A collaborative conlang.

To give a more complete answer for Jayan:

Omni was started on the old Omniglot forum as a sort of "open-source" conlang by several forum members. It sort of died completely a couple of times and then was restarted just before the old forum crashed. The basic methodology behind the most recent Omni-restart is that it should develop as a language in the same way that a normal/natural language would--no overt structuring or complicated planning. Anyone can suggest anything about any part of the language. The only real rule seemed to be "don't suggest anything too drastic." If you want the language to change in a certain direction, suggest small changes that might nudge it along.

The Omni-restart began as a really analytic language but shifted to a much more synthetic form a little later on, with most particles and determiners being turned into suffixes (you can see the bare-bones of the grammar in the summary post above).

So basically, feel free to join in!

And on another note, during the forum downtime I took a shot at translating the first sentence of the UDHR:

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Ewelaym edam duos heyra ga unwa for serta ga holop. Lapka ossemay ommeska ga omwaka ga yarne elsonayp laposka dos atal l’foru.

born.3rd.pres.pl “all are born" / person.all “all people” / be.inf. “being” / free / and / equal / about-concerning / dignity / and / rights //
//them.abs / give.3rd.pres / reason / and / conscience / and / must-should / act.3rd.pres.pl “they treat” / them.def.abs “themselves, each other” / aux.instr / spirit / gen.brotherhood //

Hopefully the gloss is clear. I tried to separate the individual units a bit more distinctly.

Man oh man. I forgot everything that about Omni. All of the conjugations, declensions, prepositions, everything! I feel so guilty now. Now as for the question, how many of us forumists are willing to even continue this project?

Me I think? Not sure about it. And what happened to Mayatec? Too lazy to create a new account?