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by Batrachus
20 Aug 2014 20:57
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Non-English Orthography Reform
Replies: 294
Views: 118972

Re: Non-English Orthography Reform

Why does Piraha use x for [ʔ]? It rips my eyes. I would use q instead.
by Batrachus
21 Jul 2014 07:04
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Metal Thread
Replies: 335
Views: 154485

Re: Metal Thread

Metallists on a linguistics forum? Great. Can anyone phonologically explain me how to growl? [:P] Not to be off-topic: Eluveitie - Inis Mona Synthetic Flesh (actually not metal) I like Sonata Arctica, Dream Theater, Sabaton, Black Sabbath (which is not surprising as these bands are pretty famous) an...
by Batrachus
27 Oct 2013 21:32
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1322654

Re: "For no particular reason"

Why did I always read <depth> as [dɛfθ]? :roll:
by Batrachus
14 Jun 2013 17:39
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Tiwahelubasukeni / Tiwasukeni
Replies: 11
Views: 2872

Re: Tiwahelubasukeni / Tiwasukeni

1. B and H are the same pitch 2. You have got way too much redundace in vowels. In equal temperament (which is almost universal) flat of the higher tone or sharp of the same sound equally. Nonetheless, not every tone in a scale can be sharped or flatted. I recommend using 11 semitones in every octav...
by Batrachus
01 Mar 2013 12:54
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
Replies: 11605
Views: 2054021

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

I solved this by making myself a Greasemonkey replacing script [:)]

EDIT: very buggy and impractical script [:|]
by Batrachus
28 Feb 2013 16:58
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
Replies: 11605
Views: 2054021

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

How can I normally (no copy-pasting and no Maor etc. keyboards) write special letters, like the macron ones? I tried Alt+number, but it only works up to 256 and first 32 are even not the same as in neither ASCII nor UTF-8.
by Batrachus
11 Feb 2013 19:24
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Introflection in conlangs
Replies: 43
Views: 7576

Introflection in conlangs

I'm momentally fascinated by ablauts, apophony, triconsonantal root etc.
I wonder, does even someone implement those in their conlangs? I sometimes do, but it seems it's pretty rare among us.
by Batrachus
07 Feb 2013 21:28
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1322654

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Do you have some links to quality arabic textbooks? Not as those stub bullshits on first page of Google, which, for example, often squeeze verbs to like 3 screens-heigths.
*heigth, of course, I always make this mistake.
by Batrachus
30 Jan 2013 17:08
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1322654

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

How can it happen that there is another phonology for men and women (like in Piraha)?
by Batrachus
21 Jan 2013 19:46
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Does your conlang satisfy you?
Replies: 38
Views: 8032

Re: Does your conlang satisfy you?

Every conlang stops to satisfy me before I finish it [:(]
by Batrachus
21 Jan 2013 19:20
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: What happens when a language loses tone?
Replies: 12
Views: 3388

Re: What happens when a language loses tone?

I didn't hear about anything, but it sounds possible.
by Batrachus
20 Jan 2013 20:26
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: What happens when a language loses tone?
Replies: 12
Views: 3388

Re: What happens when a language loses tone?

IMHO the tonegenesis can just reverse. High tones to unvoiced and low tones to voiced.
by Batrachus
19 Jan 2013 12:48
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1322654

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

I actually consider my L1 (Czech) pretty hard to document, so it's not so about knowledges.
by Batrachus
19 Jan 2013 12:10
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1322654

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Whick natlang has the most irregular/unpredictable grammar?
by Batrachus
18 Jan 2013 21:31
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: favorite exant and extinct natlang
Replies: 21
Views: 5466

Re: favorite exant and extinct natlang

Extant: Arabic and other semitic langs. Its triconsonantal root is awesome.
Extinct: PIE, its ablaut looks very interesting. Also Ubykh, fortunately it's documented from a living person.
by Batrachus
11 Nov 2012 12:30
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1322654

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Does anyone else find [q] and [ʈ] sound pretty similar?
by Batrachus
25 Oct 2012 15:29
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
Replies: 5100
Views: 1043464

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

[a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z]
<a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z>

How simple [:P]
by Batrachus
22 Oct 2012 16:43
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Need help! Alternative consonants classifications?
Replies: 5
Views: 1269

Re: Need help! Alternative consonants classifications?

Why the hell do you need it to pass into 7×7 table?
by Batrachus
14 Oct 2012 13:18
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Favorite Phoneme!
Replies: 421
Views: 67620

Re: Favorite Phoneme!

[y] also sounds cool.