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by J_from_Holland
14 Apr 2020 11:24
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Does anyone else try and actually speak or pronounce their conlang or is it all on paper?
Replies: 53
Views: 12932

Re: Does anyone else try and actually speak or pronounce their conlang or is it all on paper?

I can actually speak my conlang fluently, but ofc I don't go talking to myself around other people lol Conversation soundclips: Sample 1 Sample 2 Passage with a reading voice: Example Singing in my conlang? Done that: Song 1 Song 2 All links were sourced from my conlang thread. Oh this sounds amazi...
by J_from_Holland
10 Mar 2020 11:21
Forum: Games
Topic: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs 2
Replies: 277
Views: 78964

Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

Comes kviunands from *kwīnandz?
by J_from_Holland
09 Mar 2020 15:57
Forum: Games
Topic: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs
Replies: 2298
Views: 424228

Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

Okay, I'm sorry. Take your time, shimo [:D]
by J_from_Holland
09 Mar 2020 13:29
Forum: Games
Topic: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs
Replies: 2298
Views: 424228

Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

Barmish is not a Germanic lang, not even Indo-European, but it has a fair amount of loanwords derived from either Old Norse or Proto-Germanic.

Guess the word: lothro [ˈlɔθɽɔ]

Hint:
Spoiler:
Take note that Barmish has gender-dependent vowel harmony.
by J_from_Holland
09 Mar 2020 13:21
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1108
Views: 282289

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Yeah then it's a Noun Phrase (or Nominal Phrase) and a Determiner Phrase. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determiner_phrase
by J_from_Holland
09 Mar 2020 11:26
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1108
Views: 282289

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Do you mean a DP, Determiner Phrase, in Generative Grammar?
by J_from_Holland
09 Mar 2020 08:05
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Romance tidbits
Replies: 37
Views: 8811

Re: Romance tidbits

It might have something to do with the body part: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%27s_apple#Etymology Though I suspect that the Hebrew phrase by itself is not the sole reason we see the fruit as an apple, it may have contributed. Oh, great. Although I still wonder about the timing... When does p...
by J_from_Holland
06 Mar 2020 12:03
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1677
Views: 347363

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Thanks for the comprehensive reply! Something that you seem to do differently is using a word generator. I specifically prohibit myself from using a word generator for Barmish. The only time I used it was to generate test vocabulary for the proto lang, to test the sound changes, but those words didn...
by J_from_Holland
04 Mar 2020 23:02
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: What did you accomplish today?
Replies: 734
Views: 207092

Re: What did you accomplish today?

Can I ask where your roots come from? Things like zeyetz or muova. I bet you have a protolang for them [;)]
by J_from_Holland
03 Mar 2020 20:11
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1677
Views: 347363

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Barmish has over 3000 words in the dictionary, but I didn't make an etymology for them. Now I'm trying to reverse-engineer a proto-lang for Barmish (Proto-Thyllic), but this is going painfully slow, especially with the naturalistic irregularities I'm adding (see example). Do you have any idea how to...
by J_from_Holland
23 Sep 2016 16:56
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: What did you accomplish today? [2011–2019]
Replies: 11462
Views: 1631573

Re: What did you accomplish today?

A new videos, about verb conjugation this time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBcyAq-FwTY
by J_from_Holland
10 Sep 2016 19:07
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: Bløjhvåtterskyll Conlang Course
Replies: 0
Views: 3003

Bløjhvåtterskyll Conlang Course

On this page, I'll post the new videos of Bløjhvåtterskyll Conlang Course. This is the newest video. [Click here] If anyone told me how to embed videos on this forum, I'd appreciate that a lot. [:)] I've some other videos as well, so you can check them out if you'd like. If you have suggestions or f...
by J_from_Holland
06 Sep 2016 22:06
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: What did you accomplish today? [2011–2019]
Replies: 11462
Views: 1631573

Re: What did you accomplish today?

qwed117 wrote: I noticed an English pronunciation error... conjugations should be kand͡ʒəgeɪ̯ʃənz, or something similar over kanjəgeɪ̯ʃənz
Thanks for noticing it, English is not my native language.
by J_from_Holland
06 Sep 2016 13:46
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: What did you accomplish today? [2011–2019]
Replies: 11462
Views: 1631573

Re: What did you accomplish today?

Nice! By the way, it sounds as if you had a lisp. :wat: I'm sometimes a bit lispy, but my malicious microphone makes it sound way worse than it is in real life. Does it sound as bad in other videos, or does it sound only bad in this one? When recording this video, I sat closer to my microphone than...
by J_from_Holland
05 Sep 2016 18:59
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: What did you accomplish today? [2011–2019]
Replies: 11462
Views: 1631573

Re: What did you accomplish today?

I re-recorded the audio for the introduction to my video series, because the 500 edits in the previous version slowly became noticeable in the recording. Is that video series on YouTube? What is your channel name? --- Yesterday I made a second episode for Bløjhvåtterskyll in Tiny Bits. Not sure whe...
by J_from_Holland
29 Aug 2016 20:13
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
Replies: 11605
Views: 2043865

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

I am working with a vowel system with the following monophthongs: i y ɛ u a ɔ I want the following diphthongs for sure: ɔi and ɛi I want to make one with a and either i and y. Would ai be distinct enough from ɛi in a language with so few diphthongs? Does anyone know a language that has ay? Bløjhvåt...
by J_from_Holland
27 Aug 2016 12:12
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
Replies: 11605
Views: 2043865

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

But what's better? Should I be talking English or talking Bløjhvåtterskyll with English subtitles during a grammar explanation? I recommend discussing your conlang(s) in a natlang metalanguage, and working your examples in a conlang object-language. But that's just me. I could be wrong. https://www...
by J_from_Holland
26 Aug 2016 16:26
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
Replies: 11605
Views: 2043865

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

I guess I should have used some "sarcasm points" or "irony smilies" or whatever in my post. Or maybe not; maybe you did, in fact, get that I don't recommend doing a second-language course entirely in that language. Of course, in serio, I recommend you do the bulk of the video in...
by J_from_Holland
26 Aug 2016 13:33
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
Replies: 11605
Views: 2043865

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Keep in mind some schools' insistence that courses about French should be conducted entirely in French, or courses in Spanish should be conducted entirely in Spanish, or mutatis mutandis ceteris parabus German, Japanese, Mandarin, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, etc. Do your entire video only in a c...