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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...

Visocacas wrote: ↑13 Nov 2020 20:30...

Has clawgrip given you permission to edit and repost his work?

Dormouse559 wrote: ↑21 Oct 2020 09:11

Aevas wrote: ↑19 Oct 2020 21:00I'm glad that you like it! I've been curious about whether anyone has been using it, so your comment is much appreciated

I have also been using it It's how I make almost all of my IPA transcriptions online. Thank you for keeping it up!

Thanks for letting me know!

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.

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 ...

Sequor wrote: ↑19 Oct 2020 20:04 I've never seen any acronym for them at all. I just see them called "glosses" for short.

Same. Never seen either IMG or ILG to refer to glosses.

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...

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...

I enjoyed reading this (which is to say the posts from this year, since I figured the previous ones were out of date).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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Finnish sitten
Swedish sedan

both meaning 'then, subsequently'

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...

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...

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...