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by yangfiretiger121
31 Jul 2021 02:12
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347200

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

How can I make the language below sound more Slavic? I'd prefer it remaining miminalist. Consonants /t d k g ʔ/ <t d k g q> /ʁ ɫ/ <r l> /ŋ/ <n> Vowels /ɐ́ ɐ̀ ɐ̄ é̞ è̞ ē̞ í ì ī ó̞ ò̞ ō̞ ú ù ū/ <á à a é è e í ì i ó ò o ú ù u> Allophony [j, w] of [ī, ū] before vowels >[jw] of [īū] before vowels [ɕ, ʑ, ...
by yangfiretiger121
13 Jul 2021 14:09
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347200

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

Thanks. Am I describing the relationship between approximants and trills corrently in the note about the language's pharyngeal trill and near-open cental vowels below? Interestingly, rather than adding a completely new character to the alphabet after the applicable changes, natives just added a diac...
by yangfiretiger121
11 Jul 2021 17:02
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347200

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

I've just circled back to a minimalist Japanese-inspired language I created a while ago. Cureently, the idea is for some particles (think wa , ga , etc.) to have become suffixes wgile others (think ka , etc.) remain separate words. Is this naturalistic? How is Word defined in the minimalist Japanes...
by yangfiretiger121
11 Jul 2021 15:28
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347200

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

I've just circled back to a minimalist Japanese-inspired language I created a while ago. Cureently, the idea is for some particles (think wa, ga, etc.) to have become suffixes wgile others (think ka, etc.) remain separate words. Is this naturalistic?
by yangfiretiger121
10 Jul 2021 21:54
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347200

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

Okay. That’s what I meant my language has [ᵫ(ː)] (front rounded) and the back rounded vowel. Would they merge after, say, [ʨ]?
by yangfiretiger121
10 Jul 2021 16:52
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347200

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

Can apical vowels appear after palatals and/or retroflexes?
by yangfiretiger121
09 Jul 2021 00:38
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347200

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

Originally, Ongshv́'s lamial/apical vowels were to be treated as follows: non-palatal, non-retroflex affricates/fricatives (A/F) appearing before all, palatal A/F only appearing before front, and retroflex A/F only appearing before back. But, I just started doubting lamail/apical vowels appearing af...
by yangfiretiger121
08 Jul 2021 20:28
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Ongshv́ [ˈɔ̃.x͡yː], Language of Outsiders
Replies: 2
Views: 903

Re: Ongshv́ [ˈɔ̃.x͡yː], Language of Religion

Nucleus [ᵫ, ᵫ, i, iː, e̞, e̞ː, ɛ̃, e̞u̯, e̞ːu̯] can't appear immediately after [ʈ, ɖ, ʈ͡ʂ, ɖ͡ʐ, ʂ, ʐ, ɳ, ɭ] Are those all vowels that can appear as nuclei of a syllable? There are more vowels, however. You could have some syllables is CVC sentence for phonotactics. Currently, every vowel, [ɐ, ɐː, ɐ...
by yangfiretiger121
07 Jul 2021 15:53
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Ongshv́ [ˈɔ̃.x͡yː], Language of Outsiders
Replies: 2
Views: 903

Ongshv́ [ˈɔ̃.x͡yː], Language of Outsiders

Ongshv́ is the language spoken in Fiúgham 's non-Lantin-speaking clergy. Like most of the inventories for my conlangs, this came from a rather simple idea. Specifically, it came from the idea of a Dravidian language with the dental fricatives. This is its most recent evolution. The most significant ...
by yangfiretiger121
07 Apr 2021 20:51
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347200

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

Just to clarify, are you saying the simplified hypothetical system of [æ, ɔ, ɪ̟, ʊ̠, ə] is neither naturalistic nor impossible, whereas the current system of [æ, ɑ, ɔ, œ, i, ɯ̠, ʊ̠, ʏ̟, ə] is both more naturalistic and more probable? Well, I think the latter is more naturalistic, since that's basic...
by yangfiretiger121
07 Apr 2021 16:05
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347200

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

Is a system with all lax vowels, like [æ, ɔ, ɪ̟, ʊ̠], plausible, or do I need vowels like [a, ɑ, i]? For context, the system's central vowel, [ə], is opaque, as are the language's prenasalized consonants. AFAICT it's not really naturalistic, like I'd think of a language with it as a language with a...
by yangfiretiger121
07 Apr 2021 01:11
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347200

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

I know I asked about backness harmony in my roleplay setting's Common language earlier, but I'm exprimenting with the system's exact peripheral vowel qualities. Is a system with all lax vowels, like [æ, ɔ, ɪ̟, ʊ̠], plausible, or do I need vowels like [a, ɑ, i]? For context, the system's central vowe...
by yangfiretiger121
25 Nov 2020 15:30
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Spirittongue and Druidic
Replies: 0
Views: 1980

Spirittongue and Druidic

As you know, I'm working on a roleplay setting in a fictional galaxy. I'm making a new topic because I've had to overhaul how the languages work to make them more pronouncable for my English-speaking players. For example, Spirittongue, and its derivitive—Druidic, are based off of Hawai'ian. But, I'm...
by yangfiretiger121
03 Aug 2020 00:48
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: A 'Sino-Turkic' altlang
Replies: 19
Views: 4333

Re: A 'Sino-Turkic' altlang

Please reorient the stops and nasals to be horizontal, like the other sonority classes. I had arranged the letters according to their collation order (ABC, a-ka-sa, etc.) in Tuktin, but I'll add a separate list for the phonology. Okay. Thanks for adding the phonology. I was thrown off by the last l...
by yangfiretiger121
03 Aug 2020 00:42
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347200

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

Actually, I hadn't thought about [l]'s intervocalic phone for some reason, but it'd be either [l̪] or [l]. So either [l̪] or [l] can occur intervocalically, but can the occurrence of one as opposed to the other potentially change the meaning of a word or morpheme? For example, using V to stand for ...
by yangfiretiger121
02 Aug 2020 17:42
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: A 'Sino-Turkic' altlang
Replies: 19
Views: 4333

Re: A 'Sino-Turkic' altlang

Please reorient the stops and nasals to be horizontal, like the other sonority classes. It's really disorienting to read a phonology vertically.
by yangfiretiger121
02 Aug 2020 17:33
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347200

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

My settings Catfolk language has an assimulating <l>, as described below. Is it described correctly? If not, how should I be describing it? [l̪, l, ʟ] are in complementary distribution with [l̪], occurring adjacent to [f, v], [l] adjacent to [t, ɗ, s, z] or at the beginning or end of a word, and [ʟ...
by yangfiretiger121
02 Aug 2020 14:42
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347200

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

My settings Catfolk language has an assimulating <l>, as described below. Is it described correctly? If not, how should I be describing it? [l̪, l, ʟ] are in complementary distribution with [l̪], occurring adjacent to [f, v], [l] adjacent to [t, ɗ, s, z] or at the beginning or end of a word, and [ʟ]...
by yangfiretiger121
13 Jul 2020 18:24
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347200

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

The only diphthongs in my setting's Spirittongue language are [ɛ́ú̯, ɛ̀ù̯]. While that's unremarkable in-and-of itself, I'm here to check on the proper name for their relationship with [ɛ́ːw, ɛ̀ːw]. Considering [ɛ́ú̯, ɛ̀ù̯] (before consonants) and [ɛ́ːw, ɛ̀ːw] (before vowels) don't contrast, are [ɛ...
by yangfiretiger121
13 Jul 2020 18:11
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347200

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

The only diphthongs in my setting's Spirittongue language are [ɛ́ú̯, ɛ̀ù̯]. While that's unremarkable in-and-of itself, I'm here to check on the proper name for their relationship with [ɛ́ːw, ɛ̀ːw]. Considering [ɛ́ú̯, ɛ̀ù̯] (before consonants) and [ɛ́ːw, ɛ̀ːw] (before vowels) don't contrast, are [ɛ...