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The Languages of Native North America by Marianne Mithun I got the book closer to the beginning of the year, but I've really only felt like I had the time to read it within the past few weeks. I finished reading up to the end of first section (phonology) of the first half of the book a few days ago...

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elemtilas wrote: reriuis [reriwis] adj. sweet

lelısı [leˈlisi] adj. sweet

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tı'aıa [tiˈʔɑjɑ] n. commotion, ruckus

As far as my own entry, it was my first foray into polypersonal agreement, and I only found out that that is what I was attempting afterwards. I definitely want to read up on it more and develop my language further. I've actually already made a couple of changes, including nasal vowels and lack of p...

Kın'ık /t c k ʔ/ <t c k '> /n r/ <n r> /s ʃ h/ <s x h> /ɑ ə ɪ o/ <a e ı o> /aː iː uː/ <ā ī ō> */ɪ o/ is spelled <y w> adjacent to /iː uː/ (C)V(C) /ɪ o/ > [j w] unstressed next to a vowel. All other vowels pronounced in hiatus. /ə/ > [ɑ] next to another /ə/ /ə/ drops between two obstruents. /ɪɪ oo ɑ...

Wow, 2nd page. /p t ʈ ʈʷ k kʷ/ /t͡s ʈ͡ʂ ʈ͡ʂʷ/ /f s ʂ ʂʷ x xʷ/ /m n ɳ ɳʷ/ /l r ɭ ɭʷ w/ /a e i o u ɨ/ /a̤ e̤ i̤ o̤ ṳ ɨ̤/ (C)V Sonorants are breathy voiced if between two breathy voiced vowels. Only up to two breathy voiced syllables can appear adjacent to one another. Before front vowels /i e/ and /ɨ/...

With a language that has two lexical tones (low tone /à/ and high tone /á/), if I wanted to make the tonal distinction a vowel length distinction in a daughter language, which tone would likely become long and which would be short, if there's an inclination either way?

a proto-lang. /p t t͡s k q/ /pʼ t͡sʼ kʼ qʼ/ /m n l ʀ/ /f s x xʼ χ χʼ/ /β̞ ð̞ j w e̯ o̯/ /a e i o u/ phonotactics would be something like: C(A)V(A/L), where A is /β̞ ð̞ j w e̯ o̯/ and L is /m n l ʀ/. C(L)V(A/L) also sounds cool, but the A sounds are involved in some changes I'm thinking of that I wou...

Not only can you drop vowels, but think about eliding consonants between vowels. /g/ is a likely candidate, and Portuguese got rid of /l/ and /n/ between vowels. The resulting vowel sequences could be dealt with in any number of ways. There's also things like a/i/u-mutation; Coupled with the droppin...

ka'ı bellybutton
áolo scrotum

ynnash adj wicked, sinister
mrékur v to sing
llagyr v to animate, to bring life to

dzeíhga brother
óáan cousin

agglutinative.

Lao Kou wrote: Next: ngavöbs [ŋaˈvøbs] n. barber

ńap'eo [ˈŋapʼɛ̯o] n hair
pasa [ˈpʰasa] v cut
ńap'eopasake [ŋaˌpʼɛ̯opʰaˈsakɛ] n. barber lit. haircutter

Next: 'ipikoha'o [ʔiˌpʰikuˈhaʔo] v. to hunt for birds lit. bird-hunt

Tried to make a minimalistic phonology inspired by polynesian languages and somewhat japanese. /m n ŋ/ <m n g> /p t k ʔ/ <p t k '> /s h/ <s h> /l/ <l> /a ɛ i o/ <a e i o> /ɐ̃ ẽ ɨ̃ ʊ̃/ <an en in on> CV only. Roots can be up to (CV)(CV)CVCV with derived roots. Glottal stop only written after a nasal v...

5. stand ba-k'yåt
6. sit na-ktlųs

I'm really interested in deriving an a posteriori lang from a real-life proto-language (like Old English, Vulgar Latin, Proto-Slavic), but don't really know where to begin. I've read up a bit on sound change, but don't know much about how grammar changes in languages. Anyone who can point me in the ...

Click wrote:Next: horn

ciúg [cug] n horn (instrument)
dac [dak] n horn (anatomy)

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Lao Kou wrote:Next: gahéríöls [ˌgaheˈɾjøls] n. archduke

elioset [ˈeʎœset] n advisor
góm- [gom] affix head, main, principal

gómelioset [gɔˈmeʎœset] n head advisor

Next: sabhen [ˈsavɛn] n. idea

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túós [tʷos] adj sour

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