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by jhcampbell
22 Dec 2020 22:53
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Draft Linguistics Families
Replies: 5
Views: 1932

Draft Linguistics Families

I've been a lurker in the conlang space for a while and now taking my Xmas vacation to dip into actually creating something. Here is the map of the world that I've worked on/generated so far with the paths for my proto-languages to spread. This considers terrain/natural boundaries, pre-industrial te...
by jhcampbell
03 Dec 2020 02:02
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Contemporary Sound Change in Colloquial Burmese
Replies: 4
Views: 5872

Re: Contemporary Sound Change in Colloquial Burmese

That's interesting topic. I have never really thought about tone decay. I'll think and/or observe more about and see if that's happening. (Or how much.) I'm a native speaker of Burmese, having spoken daily for 20 years before resettling in Oregon. If you're willing to take on suggestions, I'd love t...
by jhcampbell
03 Dec 2020 02:00
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Contemporary Sound Change in Colloquial Burmese
Replies: 4
Views: 5872

Re: Contemporary Sound Change in Colloquial Burmese

Yes. Can't imagine not taking a shower since June 2019... One thing I've been thinking about is Burmese orthography. Maybe I should write a post. I assume you’ve taken many showers since you posted this; so have you come up with more inspirations? Is there more you think you could tell us, or at lea...
by jhcampbell
10 Jun 2019 06:53
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Contemporary Sound Change in Colloquial Burmese
Replies: 4
Views: 5872

Contemporary Sound Change in Colloquial Burmese

One of the thoughts that came during shower! I'm a native speaker of Burmese, having spoken daily for 20 years before resettling in Oregon. Burmese has different registers (literary and vernacular) as well as levels of politeness and casual factor. In writing it is pretty conservative - and lenition...
by jhcampbell
14 Jul 2018 21:06
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: ယြး語/Yr̄ Phāsā
Replies: 10
Views: 2029

Re: ယြး語/Yr̄ Phāsā

This looks really cool so far. I'm not sure how likely it'd be though for a mixed Hanzi script to develop in just over 80 years though. Are there any irl instances of the Communist Party of China forcing hanzi on non-Sinitic languages? It's definitely a more difficult process to enforce than, say, ...
by jhcampbell
12 Jul 2018 00:13
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: ယြး語/Yr̄ Phāsā
Replies: 10
Views: 2029

Re: ယြး語/Yr̄ Phāsā

A combo of Burmese and Hanzi is quite interesting - I wonder what could be the cause of such mix in an alternative history.

In the Burmese language, သ is pronounced /θ/, though its origins had /s/. Mon language which uses the same (ish) alphabet pronounces it with /s/.
by jhcampbell
16 Dec 2015 04:40
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Introduction thread(s)
Replies: 723
Views: 424913

Re: Introduction thread(s)

Hello, folks - My conlanging bug was intense after high school about (oh, I was thinking five years ago - but actually, it was 2005.. so, in reality, ten years ago. How time flies!) ten years ago. Then, it went away a bit as I'm busy with college and many major life changes. Just about a week or two...