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by quixoticxenoglot
17 Nov 2017 15:17
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
Replies: 5100
Views: 1035780

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

m n ɳ ȵ ŋ~ɴ | m n nr ň ng p t tɬ ts tʂ tɕ k q ʔ | p t tł c cr č k q ’ pʰ tʰ tɬʰ tsʰ tʂʰ tɕʰ kʰ qʰ | ph th tłh ch chr čh kh qh b d dɮ dz dʐ dʑ ɡ | b d dl ʒ ʒr ǯ g f ɬ s ʂ ɕ x~χ h | f ł s sr š x ħ z ʐ ʑ ɣ~ʁ ɦ | z zr ž ğ h w l ɽ j | w l r y ǀ i ɪ e ɛ ɛj ɛw ǀ í i é e ei eu u ʊ o ɔ ɔj ɔw a aj aw | ú u ó...
by quixoticxenoglot
07 Nov 2017 05:48
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
Replies: 5100
Views: 1035780

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

It's been a really long time! But hi, I'm back, if anyone remembers me (and I don't blame you if you don't). Here's a wee little unnamed something that's mostly serving as an exercise in morphology right now: /m n/ m n /p t ts tʃ k/ p t c ç k /f s ʃ/ f s ş /w l j/ w~u l y~i /i ə a u/ i e~o a u Some ...
by quixoticxenoglot
16 Feb 2017 02:56
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Milloznet / Murronian
Replies: 2
Views: 964

Milloznet / Murronian

şanje Milloznet / the Murronian language Background Murronian is spoken in the Grand Duchy of Murrony, a magitech constitutional monarchy full of vast steppes and ancient forests and bustling industrial cities and pseudo-independent werewolf communes. I'm currently developing it for a D&D campa...
by quixoticxenoglot
10 Feb 2017 21:06
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: You
Replies: 946
Views: 262660

Re: You

Actual name: Salem. Alias(es): secondmoonofuranus, softchara Location: That state with all the cheese. Date of birth: 2000-01-28 (age 17). Gender: Anywhere between bigender and trans female depending on my mental state. Any pronouns are fine, I don't really have the energy to care [:P] Occupation: ...
by quixoticxenoglot
26 Dec 2016 22:59
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
Replies: 5100
Views: 1035780

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

LinguoFranco wrote:EDIT: Do I use < > for words, as well, or is that only for single letter transcriptions?
It can be for entire words, too, yes. However, unless you're comparing orthography to phonology, I'd say you don't really need them.
by quixoticxenoglot
19 Dec 2016 07:53
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
Replies: 5100
Views: 1035780

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

I'm thinking about a front/back harmony: Set 1 [close vowels]: /i, e, æ/ Set 2 "neutral" [central vowels]: /ɨ, ɘ, ɐ/ Set 3 [back vowels]: /u, o, ɑ/ V 1 V 3 V 2 -> V 1 V 2 V 2 V 1 V 2 V 3 -> V 1 V 2 V 2 V 3 V 1 V 1 -> V 3 V 2 V 2 V 3 V 1 V 3 -> V 3 V 2 V 3 Just a quick note: in many natlan...
by quixoticxenoglot
14 Dec 2016 06:22
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
Replies: 5100
Views: 1035780

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

All4Ɇn wrote:Are there any known languages irl with a contrast between voiced and unvoiced vowels?
Comanche does, as well as several other Amerind languages around those parts, but AFAIK they're not analyzed as phonemic.
by quixoticxenoglot
07 Dec 2016 17:29
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: The History of the Greater West
Replies: 38
Views: 23578

Re: The History of the Greater West

This all is very cool! I'm really conceptually fond of Simonism, not only for its strangeness, but also because Mary Magdalene being an object of worship is far better than our world's Catholic Church casting her as a whore. I just wanted to mention that a political union between South Arabia and Ca...
by quixoticxenoglot
23 Nov 2016 17:15
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
Replies: 5100
Views: 1035780

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

So, I'm thinking of adding pitch accents to my language. The low pitch (à) represents creaky voice. Could I have high vowels for the high pitch where phones like and only exist as the high pitch variances of /e/ and /o/ and are marked as /é/, /ó/, etc? That seems unlikely; AFAIK, there is no correl...
by quixoticxenoglot
27 Oct 2016 08:30
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
Replies: 5100
Views: 1035780

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

My main concern is whether it's possible to have both /θ/ and /ɬ/. Now I've always loved /θ/, and only recently have I managed to properly pronounce /ɬ/, so I'm at a big dilemma here, as I believe they would logically merge historically. Icelandic has both /θ/ and /ɬ/, and their /θ/ isn't even dent...
by quixoticxenoglot
19 Oct 2016 14:44
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
Replies: 5100
Views: 1035780

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

LinguoFranco wrote:How do yo pronounce the ipa sound [c]? I know it is a palatial plosive, but Idk how it's pronounced.
Make a [k] sound, but shift the position of your tongue forward slightly so that the blade of your touches your soft palate instead of the back of it touching your velum.
by quixoticxenoglot
13 Oct 2016 14:45
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Ciphers into Conlangs?
Replies: 22
Views: 3642

Re: Ciphers into Conlangs?

But what if you did something more radical. I'm not talking about just substituting written language characters- what if you actually used a phonetic cipher on english, then change how the grammar is arranged. Say you change word order, and/or turn prepositions into postpositions, glue particles on...
by quixoticxenoglot
29 Jun 2016 04:09
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
Replies: 5100
Views: 1035780

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

Final(lish) version of Śesniot: /m n ŋ/ m n ng /pʰ tʰ kʰ/ p t k /p t k/ b d g /tsʰ tʂʰ/ tz tź /ts tʂ/ z ź /f s ʂ χ/ f s ś h /ʋ l ɻ (j w)/ v l r (i u) /i ɛ a ɔ u/ i e a o u /ɐɪ oɪ ɐʊ/ ei oi ou syllable-finally: - /m pʰ p/ merge to [p̚], or to [m] before nasals or word finally; - /n tʰ tsʰ tʃʰ t ts tʃ...
by quixoticxenoglot
29 Jun 2016 03:55
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Tz'airuch
Replies: 23
Views: 6399

Re: Tz'airuch

Alternate romanization suggestion: /m n ŋ/ m n ń~ng /p b̥ p' t d̥ t' k g̥ k' q ɢ̥ q' ʔ/ p b pp t d tt ķ~ç ģ cķ k~c g ck ħ /t͡s d̥͡z̥ t͡s' t͡ʃ d̥͡ʒ̥ t͡ʃ'/ tz z ttz ty y tty /f v̥ f' s z̥ s' ʃ ʒ̥ ʃ' x ɣ̥ x' χ ʁ̥ χ' h/ f w ff s ż ss ş ẏ şş çh ģh sçh ch gh sch h /ʋ j l ʀ/ v j l r /i iː y yː u uː/ i ie ü...
by quixoticxenoglot
24 Jun 2016 20:04
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
Replies: 5100
Views: 1035780

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

Possibly an Isolate language of a relatively advanced Native culture of the Southern PA Allegheny River (Possibly mound-builders) whose culture was intact at contact: /m n/ /t k ʔ/ /θ s ɬ t͡ʃ x h/ /t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ t͡ɬ t͡ɬʰ/ /l/ /w j/ /i ĩ e o ə ə̃ a ã/ Wait a minute, aspiration on the affricates but not t...
by quixoticxenoglot
22 Jun 2016 03:20
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Clicklang
Replies: 10
Views: 2328

Re: Clicklang

Romanization for your consideration: /m m̥ n n̥ ɳ ɳ̥ ŋ ŋ̥/ m ḿ n ń ņ ņ́ ng ńk /p t t͡s c k ʔ/ p t c ķ k ’ /b d d͡z ɟ g/ b d z ģ g /pʰ tʰ t͡sʰ cʰ kʰ/ ph th ch ķh kh /p’ t’ t͡s’ c’ k͡x’/ p’ t’ c’ ķ’ k’ /f θ s ç x h/ f þ s ý x h /w ʍ j l l̥ r r̥/ w ẃ y l ł r ŕ /ʘ ǀ ǁ ǃ ǂ/ pẃ cŕ tŕ tł ķý /ᵑʘ ᵑǀ ᵑǁ ᵑǃ ᵑǂ...
by quixoticxenoglot
31 Mar 2016 02:06
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: When is a conlang too clunky?
Replies: 11
Views: 2822

Re: When is a conlang too clunky?

Wila lõs jaq tlozh ten jaôtwo
I walked through my garden

Given the first statement is like, exactly as long as in English (which is generally considered to be around the middle of the compactness scale), I think you're doing fine.
by quixoticxenoglot
22 Feb 2016 03:54
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
Replies: 5100
Views: 1035780

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

spanish daughterlang (based on panameño dialect)

/m n/ m n
/p t ts k/ p t tz~ti k
/f θ s ʃ h/ ph th tzh~thi/s ș~s kh/h
/w z ʒ ɦ/ v z z̦~z r

/i ɛ a u ɔ/ i e a u o
/ã ɒ̃/ ẽ ã/õ
/ɛʊ̯ aɪ̯ aʊ̯ ɔɪ̯/ eu ai au oi
/ãʊ̯ ɒ̃ɪ̯/ ẽu ãi/õi

sibilant harmony, Vɦ is realized as Vː, syllable timing
by quixoticxenoglot
19 Jan 2016 05:03
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: How to color a height map?
Replies: 5
Views: 1391

Re: How to color a height map?

I think this would probably something like what you're aiming for? You open your heightmap in it, then under the Image menu there should be a submenu called Lookup Tables: any of those will change lightness into color.
Edit: sweet holy christ is this a necropost sorry about that
by quixoticxenoglot
08 Jan 2016 23:12
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Simplelang
Replies: 17
Views: 3604

Re: Simplelang

There is a problem with this phonemic inventory, and it isn't the /f v/ contrast. Samoan and Tahitian have that as their sole voicing contrast. That's just off the top of my head - I am pretty sure I've seen that contrast in other Austronesian languages, and Papuan languages as well. No, the proble...