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by Cikkernok
03 Oct 2016 22:24
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Gaining new cases.
Replies: 9
Views: 4364

Re: Gaining new cases.

Ephraim wrote:See this lecture by Edward Vajda, especially 15:30 and a bit forward.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABFZs5N4Q6g
This is awesome to watch during a daily commute! Do you have other similar videos to recommend besides Vajda's?
by Cikkernok
24 Mar 2016 23:10
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1317680

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

In my language Zuthenian I'd like to develop a series of three implosive consonants; /ɓ/, /ɗ/ and /ɠ/ contrasting with /p, t, k/ respectively). First of, you guys would reckon this natural? As far as I could see, most natlangs with implosive consonants only have one or two of the three mentioned abo...
by Cikkernok
24 Nov 2015 23:49
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1317680

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

Thanks, you’ve given me a lot to think about already. I'm surprised the same change didn't affect the other coda /k/. This is because diachronically, word final plosives lenited to /x/ and then on to /h/ up to the current point, where they have disappeared totally. However, this became /ç/ and as su...
by Cikkernok
24 Nov 2015 00:13
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1317680

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

My language, Zuthenian, is very reduplication-happy. However, syllable shapes are quite restricted. Only nasal coda's are allowed, as well as ʔ and ç. This, of course, yields problems now and then. I want to get rid of practically all consonant clusters. Certain monosyllabic verbs were reduplicated ...
by Cikkernok
12 Jul 2015 15:02
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: Lexeme retention rate
Replies: 2
Views: 1112

Lexeme retention rate

This might not be the place to ask this, but could anyone help me with the following; I have begon working on the vocabulary for my proto-language. This is ofcourse all well and good, but I began to question how many lexemes would "survive" into the present day stage of the language. Is th...
by Cikkernok
15 Apr 2015 12:15
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Reverse CBB Lexicon Building [2011–2019]
Replies: 4357
Views: 577874

Re: Reverse CBB Lexicon Building

Lao Kou wrote: Next: kpols [kpols] a noun
abcess, ulcer, boil

Zuthenian:
konkoran (verb)
['koʊ̯n.kɐ.ɾən]
by Cikkernok
25 Oct 2014 13:10
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1317680

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

Could anyone inform me on what the applicative voice is and how it could be employed as a substitute for certain case markings on the noun?
by Cikkernok
10 Oct 2014 10:01
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: Aynu Itak - Ainu Language
Replies: 32
Views: 31510

Re: Aynu Itak - Ainu Language

I am very interested. Would you happen to know some good (online) resources on Sakhalin Ainu?
by Cikkernok
10 Jan 2014 22:23
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1317680

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

Would anyone know what the Old Church Slavonic "ъ" would correspond to in IPA? I'm thinking /ɨ̞/, but I'm not even totally sure if it is a real vowel in that sense. Thanks in advance.
by Cikkernok
28 Oct 2013 18:33
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: A certain discrepancy
Replies: 7
Views: 2180

A certain discrepancy

As a student of slavistics, I am fairly aware of the fact that the phonology of a language can differ greatly from the way it is written and "supposed" to be pronounced. As you might know, this is very much the case with russian. English and french come to mind as other examples of languag...