The CBB

I must have made something very similar before. p t t͡s t͡ʃ k s ʃ h m n ŋ m̥ n̥ ŋ̊ l̥ l ʁ ʋ j i ɨ u e o ä C(G)(R)(P) C any consonant G {ʋ j} R {m n ŋ m̥ n̥ ŋ̊ l l̥ h} P plosive Vowel is short if the coda is a geminate or a cluster. Vowel is long if the coda is short. And again: h + ʋ -> f h + j -> ç...

Basic syntax K'atul is a verb-final and heavily left-branching language. Its basic word order is SOV. Verbs don't really inflect. Grammatical meanings - tense, evidentiality, mood - are expressed with clitics that appear between the first and the second word. Now that I have spoken about verbs, I sa...

How do Wackernagel clitics behave if the first word is dropped?

What I hate about the conlang is that they artificially made /ɨ/ a phoneme. I bet they intended to have /ɨ/ as a phoneme, since Kirillitsa - the Russian script - has a separate glyph for it. I think something went not as planned while they were developing the sound changes from Old Russian to Russi...

Tone K'atul has a simple tone system where each syllable has either high or low tone. The high tone is marked with an accent. The tone bearing unit is a syllable unlike in many other languages where it is a mora. Vowel length or reduction does not affect tone, unless reduction goes to full elision. ...

The Neuter form of participle is also used as an instrument nominalization (while the CG form is an agent nominalization).

cimōn 'one who goes' "goer"
cimoon 'vehicle'

ehōn 'flying one'
ehoon 'plane'

Are there some juicy examples of lexicalized derivations that mean something very different from the stem?

So, what does the adnoun mean?

Are all adjectives derived from nouns and thus have an inner gender?

Are there not such things as extra-high vowels that aren't just syllabic fricatives? I vaguely recall something something Bantu, but I'm finding nothing that describes them. A good question! My understanding of the issue is maybe worse than yours, so don't consider me an authority. Yes, such vowels...

Jiimon

Nano haggaan jiimonyonônbbi. Wolun yonôn ingli(sy)cay?
nano haggaan jiimon-yon-ôn-bbi. wolun yon-ôn inglisy-cay
SG1 bad.N Jiimon-speak-HAB-NEG SG2 speak-HAB English-Q
'I don't unfortunately speak Jiimon. Do you speak English?

haggān means 'socially bad', 'face-losing'

Unstressed middle syllables are often syncoped in Arabic. After aconsonant cluster it is not possible because a three-consonant cluster is not allowed (Egyptian phonotactics is not very fond to clusters). So, Egyptian Arabic seems to solve the problem by stressing it. It could be interesting to see ...

There are many strategies for forming denominal verbs. Formation of deverbal nouns has been difficult, just tone changes.

I think N + V compounds are the simplest alternative to solve the problem.
Incorporation is not possible, so N + V compounds are always nouns.

Motion verbs The two conjugations are usually arbitrary. One verb belongs to the -a class and another to the -i class. Motion verbs make an exception. All(?) motion verb roots take both endings. -a conjugation verbs are the intransitive ones. A person or an object moves. -i conjugation verbs are tra...

p t t͡s ʈ ʈ͡ʂ k q b d d͡z ɖ ɖ͡ʐ g ɢ f θ s ʂ χ v j l ɭ m n ɲ i ɨ u e o ä Between vowels voiced stops and voiceless fricatives are merged, becoming voiced fricatives. In some initial mutation processes, voiceless stops lenite to voiceless fricatives. In stressed syllables vowels can be short or long. ...

Arabic dialects generally have right-oriented weight-sensitive stress, IIRC. Some systems are pretty complex. Do you have any specific dialect in mind? Yes, Fusha is quite much stressed like Latin, I think, though probably speakers of dialects stress Fusha like their dialecs. Let's ask how Egyptian...

That's a famous Kissinger quote, and like all good quotes, he apparently never said it.

Does anybody happen to know how Arabic dialects are stressed. There is a thead about Arabic dialects in the Teach&Share section but I didn't find the answer.

I think the system works better in Finnish. :fin: poop rude: paska - baby: kakka - formal: uloste pee rude: kusi - baby: pissi/pissa - formal: virtsa pussy: rude: pillu, - baby: pimppi/pimppa - formal: emätin = vagina penis rude: kyrpä/muna/kulli - baby: pippeli - formal: penis (penis is quite neutr...

:con: Jiimon ['wi:mɐɲ 'ɑ:ɾɔn 't͡ʃi:mɑ 'hɪlwɐn] Wiman-y aron cim-a hilwan. world-OBL go-PRS bar 'A man goes to a bar.' 1) Wimany 'in the world' is often used before indefinite subjects. It derives from the existential construction 'There is ...'. 2) Motion verbs code the goal argument as a direct obj...