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- 22 Dec 2019 23:44
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
In general, are the plain bilabial trills /ʙ̥ ʙ/ placed with fricatives, with liquids, or by themselves in a phonology? If you have other trills and have them as liquids, then I don't see why the bilabial ones wouldn't be as well, considering they're trills. If you have other trills separately as &...
- 22 Dec 2019 13:49
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
In general, are the plain bilabial trills /ʙ̥ ʙ/ placed with fricatives, with liquids, or by themselves in a phonology?
- 20 Dec 2019 15:16
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Roleplay Setting Language Family
- Replies: 3
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Re: Roleplay Setting Language Family
Proto-Common's current reconstruction is below. What's the cleanest way to describe the italicized portion of allophony? Are [*p͡r̥ *t͡r̥ *k͡r̥], of which the partially devoiced [*r̥] is allophonic to [*ɾ], phonemes or clusters? Simple consonants /*p *pʰ *t *tʰ *k *kʰ/ /*s *ʝ *ħ/ /*m *n *ŋ/ /*ɾ *j̊/...
- 16 Dec 2019 23:45
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Old common's phonology has [a]. But, fronting this [ɑu̯] to [ay̑] would bring the sound to [ɑː] in Middle Common due to an already finalized sound change. They'd see it as a partially cyclic chance, which they don't like, because of the non-syllabic back vowel. The idea is having this merge back in...
- 16 Dec 2019 10:44
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Is it reasonable of the non-adjacency of [*pʝɑu̯]'s [*ʝ] and [*u̯] to arrest the fronting process at [fäʉ̯]? That's maybe overthinking things. The difference between [ä] and [a], the fully fronted version of [ɑ], isn't that important. For example, it's extremely unusual for a language to contrast t...
- 16 Dec 2019 02:40
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Point on [Cʝ]. I've just refined this so [f~f͆] only appears before front rounded vowels; {*py, *pʝu → fy~f͆y} and [*pʝo, *pʝɔ, *pʝʊ → fø~f͆ø, fœ~f͆œ, fʏ~f͆ʏ]. How does this interact with [*pʝɑu̯], which goes from unrounded to rounded, and [*pʝɔɪ̯], which goes from rounded to unrounded? In this cas...
- 15 Dec 2019 21:25
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
They were made interchangeable with the tenuis plosives or flap because of their relative rarity. How can I describe the allophony as [Cʝ] is forbidden due to the sound changes? When phones are interchangeable, that means they are in free variation, which is represented by a tilde, like you were us...
- 15 Dec 2019 18:03
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Under these circumstances, is [f~f͆] phonemic or allophonic to [p~pʰ] in Old Common? If none of those phones were present in the language before the sound change, that's pretty simple to determine. The change doesn't create any contrasts, so I'd say [f f͆ p pʰ] are all allophones of the same phonem...
- 15 Dec 2019 17:03
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
My setting's Proto-Common language is reconstructed with [*pV, *kʝV, *pʝV, *tʝV, *ɾʝV]. While [*kʝV, *tʝV, *ɾʝV → kʰV, tʰV, rV] are unconditioned, [*pV, *pʝV → fV] conditioned by vowel fronting and rounding. The vowel system is [*a, *ɑ, *e, *ɛ, *ɜ, *i, *ɪ, *o, *ɔ, *u, *ʊ, *y, *ɑɪ̯, *ɑu̯, *ɔɪ̯], with...
- 14 Dec 2019 03:24
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Re-Done Conlangs: Then and Now
- Replies: 8
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Re: Re-Done Conlangs: Then and Now
The language below is spoken by intergalactic ETs. Common/Bykal (original Pathfinder usage (2017)) Note: Common, actually, dates back a few years further, when it was used for an Earth-based sci fan Ancient Rome knock-off. Altrúniä /al.tru.ni.ɑ/ Wäuhtþmi (Common) today Note: The spelling above isn't...
- 13 Dec 2019 22:23
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Calculating lexical similarities
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Re: Calculating lexical similarities
REFORMEE Mi conta na momento similaritees inter europano linguas, ma solo nacionale linguas. Co 2 exepcion: i zel au plattdüütsh un braziliano portugalian als eigene spraken - dat sein eben die spraken/dialekte dat i kenn: wil ik brasilianer bin, snack ik brasiliaansh portugeesh, un ik heb en "...
- 13 Dec 2019 22:13
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False cognates
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Re: False cognates
just found a list of false cognates between Japanese and several other languages: https://www.wa-pedia.com/language/japanese_cognates_with_foreign_words.shtml Technically, labeling that page "false cognates" is misleading because it doesn't provide etymological information for most entrie...
- 13 Dec 2019 00:26
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
As part of New Common's evolution into Imperial Standard Common, I'm having intervocalic and final {ħ, l, ɾ → ʔ} and preconsonantal {l, ɾ → ∅}. While I'd like initial {ħ, l, ɾ → w}, {ħ, ɾ → w}'s unattested, and [l → w] seems to depend on adjacency to rounded vowels. Is a full, unconditioned merger ...
- 11 Dec 2019 22:08
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
As part of New Common's evolution into Imperial Standard Common, I'm having intervocalic and final {ħ, l, ɾ → ʔ} and preconsonantal {l, ɾ → ∅}. While I'd like initial {ħ, l, ɾ → w}, {ħ, ɾ → w}'s unattested, and [l → w] seems to depend on adjacency to rounded vowels. Is a full, unconditioned merger p...
- 10 Dec 2019 23:46
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Roleplay Setting Language Family
- Replies: 3
- Views: 795
Re: Roleplay Setting Language Family
Þkroipreh [ɜˈxoː.ɸeu̯] (Early New Common) Simple consonants /p~pʰ b t~tʰ d k~kʰ g/ <z m t n k w> [ʈ ɖ] <t n> (before [ɜ]) /k͡θ̠/ <q> /ɸ f~f͆ θ θ̠ ð̠ ɹ̠̊˔ ʝ x ħ/ <pr ž c tr nr l j kr v> [ɻ̊˔] <l> (before [ɜ]) /ɾ l/ <r h> [ɽ ɭ] <r h> (before [ɜ]) Consonant clusters [bɾ gɾ] <f s> [bɽ gɽ] <f s> (before...
- 10 Dec 2019 23:44
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Roleplay Setting Language Family
- Replies: 3
- Views: 795
Re: Roleplay Setting Language Family
Wþköïmë [gɜˈkɔɪ̯.bɛ~gɜˈkʰɔɪ̯.bɛ] (Early Middle Common) Simple consonants /p~pʰ b t~tʰ d k~kʰ g/ <z m t n k w> [ʈ ɖ] <t n> (before [ɜ]) /t̠ɹ̠̊˔ k͡s/ <l q> [ʈ͡ɻ̊˔] <l> (before [ɜ]) /f~f͆ s θ̠ ð̠ ʝ ħ/ <ž c tr nr j v> /ɾ~r l/ <r h> [ɽ ɭ] <r h> (before [ɜ]) Consonant clusters [bɾ~b͡r gɾ~g͡r kɾ̥~k͡r̥ pɾ̥...
- 10 Dec 2019 23:43
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Roleplay Setting Language Family
- Replies: 3
- Views: 795
Roleplay Setting Language Family
As you know, I've created an entire language family for my roleplay setting, which is for two main genres—medieval fantasy and science fantasy. As stated in the Q&A topic, I've been planning to give you guys this complete overview for a while. However, I'd wanted to wait until it was complete. B...
- 08 Dec 2019 19:29
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
The language one root for soldier, which I'm planning to have become the word with a single transfix. While I'm confident that the classifications (enlisted, etc.) are derived from the root, is it plausible or speakers to derive the ranks, such as Yeoman, from the root as well? Additionally, I'm re...
- 07 Dec 2019 16:06
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Miscellaneous fun facts about your conlang to share and know
- Replies: 70
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Re: Miscellaneous fun facts about your conlang to share and know
A few facts about Proto-Common's reconstruction: 1. It has [*ʍ], but not [*w], because the lang's aspirated stops became Old Common's [ħ] 2. [*ʍ] became Old Common's [t͡ʃ~d͡ʒ], which were so weakly-labialized the notation was omitted 3. While [*j̊]'s approximant status is definite, [*J] was either f...
- 06 Dec 2019 10:24
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
- Replies: 11605
- Views: 2043818
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
The language one root for soldier, which I'm planning to have become the word with a single transfix. While I'm confident that the classifications (enlisted, etc.) are derived from the root, is it plausible or speakers to derive the ranks, such as Yeoman, from the root as well? Additionally, I'm rec...