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The idea is sesquisyllabic languages is that words consist of 1.5 syllables, a main syllable and a non-main syllable.

Okay, so something that springs to mind is that pronouns and adpositions also have a very low lexical or semantic content in some languages.

I still would love to read about, if you have something worked out. One example of the differences I was looking for is, that your phonemes do not change their major place of articulation depending on the position.

That's a yay from me. It is realistic to me, even if it is not naturalistic in the strict sense. I think I already talked to you in the past about ad-sentential and ad-verbal adverbs and that they are syntactically (and maybe morphologically) different in some languages. I also read something on ad-...

I do not always make hallucinogenics graduate conlangs, but when I do, I put them on here. No, seriously, most of my conlangs are more naturalistic. Also, if you have a similar project that goes more into the naturalistic conlang direction, it might be cool to have a comparison. I mean, the underlyi...

1. Does nearly every natlang that has both noun-roots and adjective-roots distinct from each other, have significantly more noun-roots than adjective-roots? 2. Does nearly every natlang that has both noun-roots and verb-roots distinct from each other, have significantly more noun-roots than verb-ro...

FUN FACT: Pansi does not have any phonetic trill consonants at all. Morphophonology Free Variation Allophony Short simple non-continuants, i.e. nasals, laterals, and plosives are optionally realized as flaps/taps, if they occur between vowels. Word boundaries and phrase boundaries are ignored for th...

/p t k/ <p t k>
/s ɬ ʃ ħ h/ <s z c g h>
/m n ɲ/ <m n j>
/l j w/<l y w>
/r/<r>

/i ɨ ʉ u/<í i u ú>
/e o/<é o>
/ɛ/<e>
/a/<a>

Next:
/mb nd/
/b d/
/p t ʈ c k q/
/pʰ tʰ ʈʰ cʰ kʰ qʰ/
/pf ts tɬ kx/
/pfʰ tsʰ tɬʰ kxʰ/
/r j w/

/i iː u uː/
/ɪ ɪː ʊ ʊː/
/e eː ə əː o oː/
/ɛ ɛː a aː ɔ ɔː/

/˩ ˥/

I will have to skip this one, too much to do in RL.

What exactly do you mean by that? A uvular trill with an alveolar lateral release? A uvular trill with a velar lateral release? As for a uvular lateral release, people have argued that uvular laterals are impossible. Anyway, I don't think any of these is attested in any natlang I know of. The close...

/m n/<m n> /p b t d c ɟ k g/<p b t d c ȷ k g> /f v s z ʃ ʒ h/<f v s z ś ź h> /ʧ ʤ/<ć j> /l ʎ/<l ľ> /ð~ɻ̞ j~ʝ w~ɣʷ/<ď y w> /r/<r> /i iː ɯ ɯː u uː e eː o oː æ æː a aː/<i í ì î u ú e é o ó è ê a á> Next: /m n̪ n n̠ / /t̪ t t̠ k ʔ/ /t̪θ t̪s̪ ts̺ ts̻ t̠ɕ t̠ʂ/ /f θ s̪ s̺ s̻ ɕ ʂ h/ /l̪~ɫ l l̠~ʎ/ /ð̞ r ɽ/ /...

[...] The other is the question of the origin of the name. "Atlantis" obviously looks like a derivative of Atlas; but if we fancifully imagine that the name is non-Greek in origin, that could be a folk etymology; in which case, it would be natural for a Greek looking to locate a place called 'Atlan...

kiwikami wrote: ↑

30 Jun 2020 09:01

"It only filters the air that one exhales."
Khıuhakukuḳaḳàhtı.
[kçɪfçǝˌgʊgʊŋǝˈɴɑçtɪ]
khu<ıv-ha<ku<~kuḳa>ḳà>h>t-ı
filter<3-breath<inwards<~EXCL>>>-DUR

Could this be nominalized to mean air conditioning?

/m mː n nː ŋ ŋː/<m mm n nn ng nng> /p pː b t tː d k kː ɡ/<p pp b t tt d k kk g> /s sː z zː ʃ ʃː ʒ ʒː h ɦː/<s ss z zz x xx j jj h hh> /v (j) ɾ rː l lː/<v (i) r rr l ll> /i y u/<i y u> /e o/<e o> /ə/<ö> /ɛ/<ä> /a/<a> Next: /m n ŋ ŋm/ /mˀ nˀ ŋˀ/ /p t̪ t k kp q ʡ ʔ/ /b d̪ d g gb/ /t̪ʼ tʼ kʼ/ /ɓ ɗ̪ ɗ/ /f...

So, I will talk about Etymology and historical linguistics. Maybe someone else can do conhistory and congeography. The facts are mostly gathered from Wikipedia and such places, so feel free to improve the story. <Aztlan> is /ˈast͡ɬaːn/ in Nahuatl and has an uncertain etymology. <Atlantis> is derived...

kiwikami wrote: ↑

28 Jun 2020 06:58

Rastattuùâtẓax ra<sta<t<tu>ù>-à>t>ẓ-à-x "I eat fish found only in the west."

These words are the reason I enjoy Alál.

/p b t d ʈ ɖ c ɟ k g/<p b t d t' d' ty dy k g> /f v s z ʂ ʐ x ɣ/<f v s z s' z' x h> /m n ɳ ɲ ŋ/ <m n n' ng> /l j w/<l j w> /r/<r> /i iː y yː ɯ ɯː u uː/<i ii ü üü ö öö u uu> /e eː o oː/<e ee o oo> /a aː/<a aa> /m~p~ɸ~β~ʙ/<b> /n~t~s~ð~r/<t> /ɳ~ʈ~ʂ~ɻ~ɽ/<s> /ŋ/<n> /kʲ q ʡ ʔ/<k q g p> /xʲ χ ħ h/<c x y h>...

Is a uvular later trill attested in any natlangs? I have it contrasting with a "typical" uvular trill and a palatalized version in one of my conlangs, thus yielding /ʀ ʀʲ ʀˡ/. What exactly do you mean by that? A uvular trill with an alveolar lateral release? A uvular trill with a velar lateral rele...

Shemtov wrote: ↑

23 Jun 2020 00:51

And who in their right mind would use <x> for /d͡z/ and /xh/ for /d͡ʒ/?

I really like this actually. It makes everyday names look like Alien Emperors. I once had a classmate called Xhuljo

I thought myself smart UNTIL you came along. I must give you creyedit. I will be studying this for a while. Edit: I kinda get it now. The weird "algebra equation" thing (auxiliary phonemes) is like a qualitative layer over the moraic structure of the word. Also, keep the popular orthography, becaus...