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- 23 Jan 2021 14:32
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Conlang YouTube, Metal Music, Emotions, Etc. [Split]
- Replies: 67
- Views: 5573
Re: Conlang YouTube, Metal Music, Emotions, Etc. [Split]
Youtube's default setting is to hold potentially offensive comments and spam for review (you can change it to allow all comments being published immediately). So if you go to the Held for review tab, you might find some lost comments there. It is also my impression that you'll still be notified of c...
- 15 Jan 2021 19:36
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Introducing XIPA. (IPA & X-SAMPA input tool)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1381
Re: Introducing XIPA. (IPA & X-SAMPA input tool)
XIPA is now listed at https://www.frathwiki.com/Software_tools_for_conlanging ! I don't understand why you insist on writing my old username when refering to me. It's entirely irrelevant in the given context and the reason I changed it is because I don't want to use it anymore. Just noticed another...
- 14 Jan 2021 14:26
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Forum News Thread
- Replies: 99
- Views: 71175
Re: Forum News Thread
From the Admin
► Lothar von Trotha / Otto Kretschmer has been banned for refusing to cooperate with the administration and for sockpuppeting.
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- 14 Nov 2020 09:52
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: How to design your own script
- Replies: 88
- Views: 71775
- 21 Oct 2020 15:06
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Introducing XIPA. (IPA & X-SAMPA input tool)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1381
Re: Introducing XIPA. (IPA & X-SAMPA input tool)
Thanks for letting me know!Dormouse559 wrote: ↑21 Oct 2020 09:11I have also been using itIt's how I make almost all of my IPA transcriptions online. Thank you for keeping it up!
- 20 Oct 2020 20:55
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Conlang Database Project video
- Replies: 4
- Views: 392
Re: Conlang Database Project video
I'm gonna give this post the benefit of the doubt, but please elaborate on what your topic is about, instead of a dropping a link with no additional information.
- 20 Oct 2020 16:11
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Introducing XIPA. (IPA & X-SAMPA input tool)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1381
Re: Introducing XIPA. (IPA & X-SAMPA input tool)
One thing I didn't know I was missing in particular was the inventory of suprasegmentals as buttons. In particular, for some reason, the X-SAMPA codes for tones have never felt intuitive for me, even though I understood in theory that _T = "top" ˥, _H = "high" ˦, _M = "mid" ˧, _L = "low" ˨, and _B ...
- 19 Oct 2020 21:03
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: How to display conjugations in word order?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1070
- 19 Oct 2020 21:00
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Introducing XIPA. (IPA & X-SAMPA input tool)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1381
Re: Introducing XIPA. (IPA & X-SAMPA input tool)
Thank you so much for this revamped version of XIPA! I see it both looks nicer and also has more things, like the zero-morpheme marker ∅ (through a button). It's wonderful! I'd love it if you could correct a small bug that was also present in the ancient version: the ˞ (rhotic) marker for some reas...
- 18 Oct 2020 13:12
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Forum News Thread
- Replies: 99
- Views: 71175
Re: Forum News Thread
From the Admin
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- 15 Oct 2020 21:13
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: Vowel Harmony and Diphthongs
- Replies: 12
- Views: 820
Re: Vowel Harmony and Diphthongs
The existence of diphthongs like /oi/ and /eu/ in Finnish made it seem clear that the secondary vowel of a diphthong is irrelevant to vowel harmony (at least in some languages), but then I read on Wikipedia that /i/ and /e/ are neutral in Finnish, which sent me back to square one. I haven't read th...
- 15 Oct 2020 21:05
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: The Esseintial Ch’eweyõw̌e Blog
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4548
Re: The Esseintial Ch’eweyõw̌e Blog
I enjoyed reading this (which is to say the posts from this year, since I figured the previous ones were out of date). I too like the general esthetic of the language. The various processes give it an extra layer of depth without going overboard. As for the phonetic realisation, acute-accented sylla...
- 09 Oct 2020 16:47
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 400
- Views: 17521
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Why do, in some old documents, Russians call the Tlingits "колюжах" meaning thorns? I'm very confused. It's probably a variation of this name: The Russian name Koloshi (Колоши, from a Sugpiaq-Alutiiq term kulut'ruaq for the labret worn by women) or the related German name Koulischen may be encounte...
- 05 Oct 2020 19:59
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: Is there a way to display how strongly a consonant is pronounced in IPA?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 644
Re: Is there a way to display how strongly a consonant is pronounced in IPA?
An example of this would be the French word "comprendre," meaning understand. The IPA for this (as retrieved from a website, I'm not sure how accurate it is) is "kɔ̃pʁɑ̃dʁ," however when I listened to an audio of the IPA reading the final ʁ was very light. I am uncertain on how to attach a file, so...
- 05 Oct 2020 10:38
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: How necessary are noun cases?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1876
Re: How necessary are noun cases?
I agree with your point, but with emphasis on the first part, these two are possible, right? Das Buch gebe ich dir. Dir gebe ich das Buch. In Scandinavian, such frontings are common, despite there not being either case marking on nouns or number agreement on verbs. (Which in a way makes it a semi-co...
- 02 Oct 2020 08:58
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 377
- Views: 19163
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I’ve been working on a diachronic language that develops glottalized vowels from a variety of sources. I don’t particularly want glottalization to remain in the language, but I also don’t want to convert it to tone, at least not yet. What could I do with the glottalized vowels? For context, the vow...
- 30 Sep 2020 10:41
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False cognates
- Replies: 779
- Views: 204456
Re: False cognates
Finnish sitten
Swedish sedan
both meaning 'then, subsequently'
Swedish sedan
both meaning 'then, subsequently'
- 30 Sep 2020 09:47
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
- Replies: 374
- Views: 37841
Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread
I've been using Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator for years to design my own custom layouts, where I add AltGr as a modifier key for the characters I commonly use. That way I don't have to worry about any brackets having moved (as is often the case when using a layout for a different language or reg...
- 27 Sep 2020 13:24
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 377
- Views: 19163
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
How common is /ç/? Could it be reasonably contrasted with /x/ and/or /ʝ/? In Norwegian and German you have phonemic /ç/ vs /ʃ~ʂ/, which seems to me like an even narrower contrast than with /x/. Swedish has /ɕ/ vs /ɧ/ (which is basically /x/). In Swedish /j/ is commonly [j~ʝ~ʑ] which doesn't match e...
- 11 Sep 2020 15:43
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 377
- Views: 19163
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
How important is aesthetics and sound in a conlang? Obviously, a conlang needs sound to be spoken, but some conlangers aim to make a language that sounds nice to them, while others point out that a language that sounds pleasant all the time is impossible and thus aesthetics and preference isn't tha...