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/b t d k/ <b t d k> /f θ s h/ <f f́ s h> /t͡s d͡z/ <c z> /m n ŋ/ <m n g> /l j w/ <l j w> /r/ <r> /i ĩ u ũ/ <i į u ų> /e ẽ o õ/ <e ę o ǫ> /ɛ ɛ̃ ɔ ɔ̃/ <ie ię io iǫ> /a ã/ <a ą> Next: /m n ŋ ŋʷ/ /p b t d k k kʷ ɡʷ ʔ/ /pʼ tʼ kʷʼ qʼ/ /f v s z χ xʷ ɣ ɣʷ ħ h/ /ɬʼ/ /r l j w/ /i iː u uː/ /eː oː/ /ə/ /a aː/

Realizing there's something a bit sad about seeing words from Polish, Hungarian, etc. like Łódź or Szőcs and not looking at them with the same awe and confusion at their pronunciation and spelling like most other non-speakers seem to do.

Recently I'm planning to make a Sinosphere Austronesian (presumably non-Malayo-Polynesian) conlang. Is it possible for such a language to be spoken in Ryukyu islands? (Without major change in historical background; note that there is little account about Ryukyus before 1200s, so an early Austronesi...

The thing that strikes me as most unusual about /ʒɛnisn/ is that coda /s/. Under French sound changes, it would drop and lengthen the preceding vowel. If there were any palatalization, it would have already ejected a yod, which would undergo more changes with the vowel. Given that it comes from *že...

I like where this is going. The noun cases in particular are turning out in really interesting ways that remind me a lot in some ways of all the confusing and counterintuitive cases in Icelandic. Which is definitely a compliment from someone studying languages! Here are a few comments on some of thi...

Wasn't any confusing at all, and a detailed description cannot be too much long! Did some of the changes actually happen in OTL Chamic / Champan language though? None of these changes are found in proto-Chamic which is part of what makes this whole thing so incredible with the Southeast Asian Sprac...

I might've entered quite too late to this board, but I have to ask a question: how did an Austronesian language like Ởnh·Vú (and Cham, for the matter) develop its tones? I still have plenty to post to this board actually [:)]. The Sinosphere is filled with languages from many different families tha...

/m n ɲ ŋ/ <м н њ ҥ> /p b t d k g ʔ/ <п б т д к г ъ> /β s z ɮ ɕ ʑ x~h ɣ/ <в с з ш щ ж х ғ> /ʨ ʥ/ <ч џ> /l ʎ j ɰ~w/ <л љ ј~й ў> /ɽ~ɭ~ɻ~ɺ̢/ <рь> /r~ʒ/ <р> <ј> is used before a vowel, <й> is used after one /i y ɯ u/ <и ю ы ү> /ʊ/ <у> /e ø o/ <е ө о> /ɛ ɔ/ <э о̀> /æ a~ə/ <я а> /ã/ <аң> Vowel length is ty...

/p b t̪ d̪ t d ʈ ɖ c ɟ k g kʷ gʷ/ <п б ть дь т д тъ дъ кь гь к г кў гў> /ɸ s h/ <ф с х> /m n̪ n ɳ ɲ ŋ ŋʷ/ <м нь н нъ ңь ң ңў> /l̪ l ɻ ɭ j ʎ ɰ w/ <ль л р ԯ й~Ø ԯь ғ ў> /ɽ͡r/ <р> /i iː y yː ɯ ɯː u uː/ <и~ы і~ыі ү үү ә ә у~ю уу~юу> /ɛ ɛː ɔ ɔː/ <е~э ее~эе о оо> /a aː/ <а~я аа~яа> -/t̪ d̪ c ɟ n̪ ɲ l̪ ʎ/ ...

/p ᵐb t ⁿd k ᵑg/ <p b t d k g> /ɸ θ s h/ <ph th s h> /m n/ < m n> /ɹ l j w/ <r l j ŭ> /i iː y yː ʉ ʉː u uː/ <i ī y ȳ u ū ou oū> /e eː ø øː o oː/ <e ē oi oī o ō> /a aː ɒ ɒː/ <a ā oa oā> Aa Āā Bb Dd Ee Ēē Gg Hh Ii Īī Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Ōō Pp Rr Ss Tt Uu Ūū Ŭŭ Ȳȳ Next: /m n ɲ/ /p b t d c ɟ k ɡ/ /t͡s d͡z...

Salmoneus wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020 15:24The latter is from words relating to farming, ultimately meaning roughly "residence" - related to English "neighbour" (one who farms nearby) and "Boer" (farmer of Dutch origin), and German 'bauen', 'to build'.

This is also the origin of -band in husband.

I don't see you asking anything but it sounds like an interesting idea. Maybe series of voiced and voiceless spirants? Sorry, I was actually asking if people thought it would be an interesting idea. [xD] Planning on it having both /θ/ and /ð/. /ð/ is easy to derive phonologically. /θ/ though might ...

Currently thinking about making a Slavic language. My idea right now is for one that maintained Greek as its liturgical language rather than Church Slavonic and was in general more closely connected to Greece. Grammar would be similar to the Southern Slavic languages but vocabulary and phonology wou...

/t tʃ k q ʡ/ <t ch k q h> /tʼ tʃʼ kʼ qʼ/ <t' ch' k' q'> /d/ <d> /ɗ/ <n> /ɹ j ʁ̞ ʕ̞/ <r y g v> /l ʎ ʟ/ <l ly ł> /lˀ ʎˀ ʟˀ/ <lb lyb łb> /gǀ gǁ gǃ/ <c x p> /ǀˀ ǁˀ ǃˀ/ <cb xb pb> /ǀʰ ǁʰ ǃʰ/ <c·h xh ph> /i ɪ y ʏ u ʊ a ə/ <i ï u ü o ö a e> Next: /m mː n nː ŋ ŋː/ /p pː b t tː d k kː ɡ/ /s sː z zː ʃ ʃː ʒ ʒː...

Shemtov wrote: ↑25 Jun 2020 01:45 <ata> 3P.PLR.MASC /ata/ 2P.SING.MASC

Given that we're dealing with Albanian, you could tell me they were actually cognates and I would probably buy it

/p t k/ <p t c~qu> /θ s ʃ h/ <z s x j> /t͡ʃ d͡ʒ/ <ch ll> /m n/ <m n> /β̞ l j/ <b l y> /r/ <r> /i/ <i> /e o/ <e o> /a/ <a> /aɪ̯/ <ai> Notes: -<c> used before <a o>, <qu> used before <e i> -/ai/ represented by <aï> -Non penultimate stressed marked with an acute accent /ˈaɪ̯θor ˈlakan β̞oh/ <aizor laca...

(Well, assuming that <g> is supposed to be <f>, and the second <p> is likewise a typo for <r> and not the Kazakhs deciding to keep the Cyrillic <р> for no reason.) How embarrassing [:$]. Fixed those changes. No idea how I wasn't able to spot them at all. That usage of <y> and <ı> seems kind of... e...

/m n ŋ/ <m n ň> /p b t d k g ʔ/ <p b t d k g ǧ> /β f θ ð s z x ɣ/ <v f c ž s z h ğ> /ʋ l j/ <v̌ l j> /r/ <r> /i iː y yː ɯ ɯː u uː e eː ø øː ɤ ɤː o oː æ æː ɑ ɑː/ <i ꟾ ü ű y ý e é ö ő ë e̋ o ó ä a̋ a á> Aa Áá Ää A̋a̋ Bb Cc Dd Ee Éé Ëë E̋e̋ Ff Gg Ǧǧ Ğğ Hh Ii Íꟾ Yy Ýý Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Ňň Oo Óó Öö Őő Pp Rr...

/m n ŋ/ <m n ň> /pʰ b ɓ tʰ d ɗ kʰ ɡ ɠ/ <p b bp t d dt k g gk> /tʃʰ dʒ ɗʒ/ <cs ď ďt> /sʰ s h/ <s z h> /l j w/ <l j u> /i ɨ ʉ~uj u/ <i ü uy u> /ɛ ɜ ɞ~ɔj ɔ/ <e ö oy o> /æ ɑ/ <ä a> /ɨj uɛ̯ uɜ̯/ <üy úe úö> /ɔæ̯ ɔɑ̯/ <oä oa> Next: /m mʱ n nʱ ɲ ɲʱ/ /p pʰ b bʱ t tʰ d dʱ c cʰ ɟ ɟʱ k kʰ ɡ ɡʱ/ /s sʰ~h ɕ/ /l lʱ...