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by yangfiretiger121
22 Dec 2019 23:44
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

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 &...
by yangfiretiger121
22 Dec 2019 13:49
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

In general, are the plain bilabial trills /ʙ̥ ʙ/ placed with fricatives, with liquids, or by themselves in a phonology?
by yangfiretiger121
20 Dec 2019 15:16
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Roleplay Setting Language Family
Replies: 3
Views: 795

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/...
by yangfiretiger121
16 Dec 2019 23:45
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

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...
by yangfiretiger121
16 Dec 2019 10:44
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

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...
by yangfiretiger121
16 Dec 2019 02:40
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

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...
by yangfiretiger121
15 Dec 2019 21:25
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

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...
by yangfiretiger121
15 Dec 2019 18:03
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

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...
by yangfiretiger121
15 Dec 2019 17:03
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

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...
by yangfiretiger121
14 Dec 2019 03:24
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Re-Done Conlangs: Then and Now
Replies: 8
Views: 1183

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...
by yangfiretiger121
13 Dec 2019 22:23
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Calculating lexical similarities
Replies: 5
Views: 1908

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 "...
by yangfiretiger121
13 Dec 2019 22:13
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False cognates
Replies: 902
Views: 325249

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...
by yangfiretiger121
13 Dec 2019 00:26
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

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 ...
by yangfiretiger121
11 Dec 2019 22:08
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

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...
by yangfiretiger121
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...
by yangfiretiger121
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...
by yangfiretiger121
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...
by yangfiretiger121
08 Dec 2019 19:29
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 re...
by yangfiretiger121
07 Dec 2019 16:06
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Miscellaneous fun facts about your conlang to share and know
Replies: 70
Views: 24101

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...
by yangfiretiger121
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...