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- 23 Mar 2018 01:37
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Þȳðsk - a Germanic Language without Weak Verbs
- Replies: 4
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Re: Þȳðsk - a Germanic Language without Weak Verbs
Monophtongs in reduced syllables are reduced to a (a), e (e, i, æ, or y), or o (o, u, or ø), diphthongs reduce their first (syllabic) element but the non-syllabic part is unaffected. This is reflected in the orthography. In general words can't end in short vowels so long vowels in final open syllabl...
- 22 Mar 2018 23:02
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Þȳðsk - a Germanic Language without Weak Verbs
- Replies: 4
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Re: Þȳðsk - a Germanic Language without Weak Verbs
Not sure what GMP stands for, but I can definitely give the sound changes. The SCA2 annotated code is in the spoiler: V=aeiouæøy-^~123 U=aeiouæøy I=æiiøyeyy A=aeeooæøø O=oøyouøøy C=ptkbdgfþsʃhvðzʒɣlrmnŋjw P=pbfvm T=tdþsðzlrn K=kghɣŋ N=mnŋ J=ij W=uw X=123 Z=-^~ Y=aeeooeoe Q=fþshvðzɣlrmnŋjw ̄/-/_ ̂/^/...
- 22 Mar 2018 16:59
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Þȳðsk - a Germanic Language without Weak Verbs
- Replies: 4
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Þȳðsk - a Germanic Language without Weak Verbs
So I've got this to a stage where I'm reasonably happy to talk about it here. The initial seed was to make a Germanic language in which weak verbs were remodelled as strong verbs (rather than the reverse which happened in the irl Germanic languages). The phonology's mostly pretty uninteresting and s...
- 09 Mar 2018 16:05
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
English /ʃ/ developed from /sk/ in Old English (although in Northumbrian it was sometimes preserved, apparently under Norse influence).
- 09 Mar 2018 02:12
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
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Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
:lat: … [->] :esp: … periculum [->] peligro miraculum [->] milagro parabola [->] palabra crocodilus [->] cocodrilo There's a pretty regular pattern to most of these that (after voicing and some vowel reduction/elision) you have metathesis in rVDl. Cocodrilo doesn't really seem to be a metathesis so...
- 08 Mar 2018 15:56
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
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Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Similar processes are given as the reason for Spanish "arbol" from Latin "arbor" amongst others (although Spanish also has unrelated metathesis of r and l in some cases).
- 07 Mar 2018 13:48
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1317945
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
What are the differences between a fusional and an agglutinative language? Fusional languages encode multiple meanings in grammatical morphemes, -kio could be present tense, imperfect aspect, conditional mood. Agglutinating languages separate these into multiple morphemes. What else characterizes a...
- 22 Feb 2018 03:20
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1317945
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Basque may have played a role. Old Basque contrasted gemination for /n l r /, but not for stops or the labial nasal /m/. Old Basque is unlikely to have played a huge role in the development of Latin, given our current understandings of history. Isn't Old Basque usually given as the reason for Spani...
- 16 Feb 2018 15:32
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: English Dialects
- Replies: 78
- Views: 43978
Re: English Dialects
I'm fairly boring, essentially standard modern RP so am pretty close to the charts here . KIT [ɪ̈] DRESS [ɛ̝] TRAP [æ̞] LOT [ɔ̞] STRUT [ɐ] FOOT [ʊ̈] BATH [ɑ̘ː] CLOTH [ɔ̞] NURSE [ɜ̝ː] FLEECE [ïː] FACE [e̞ɪ̯̈] PALM [ɑ̘ː] THOUGHT [ɔ̝ː] GOAT [əʊ̯] GOOSE [ʉ̙ː] PRICE [a̙ɪ̯̈] CHOICE [ɔ̝ɪ̯̈] MOUTH [ɑ̘ʊ̞̯] N...
- 13 Feb 2018 01:26
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
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Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I imagine kids look them up in dictionaries and then spread them amongst themselves
edit: I doubt this is the only mechanism, but suspect most of the learning is through unofficial channels e.g. like this, or graffiti, or just from other students
edit: I doubt this is the only mechanism, but suspect most of the learning is through unofficial channels e.g. like this, or graffiti, or just from other students
- 27 Jan 2018 02:00
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: A Curious Kind of English
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7509
Re: A Curious Kind of English
Some of those (particularly the -tho words) reminds me of some of Noah Webster's suggestions that never caught one so, given the time period, it's possible this person was just another member of that trend. I think at the same time there was a trend for writing Vgh as V̂ e.g. "though" as &...
- 11 Jan 2018 05:54
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Yay or Nay? [2011–2018]
- Replies: 2876
- Views: 447010
Re: Yay or Nay?
What about unstated implicit objects? Would those use the transitive or intransitive verb, or would you disallow such sentences by requiring an explicit object. E.g. which (or what combination) of the following is/are acceptable "did you see 2 the dog" "I did see 1 " "did yo...
- 08 Jan 2018 16:07
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1317945
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Yeah, it possibly used to cost a sixpence pre-decimalisation.
- 04 Jan 2018 16:56
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1317945
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
How are these " " and ' ' used? I've learnt the standard: "word" and 'its meaning', like "al-kaatib" means 'the scribe'. But sometimes I see them used vice versa. (I'm from the UK) I was taught to use " " for direct speech, quotations, etc and wasn't really t...
- 22 Dec 2017 04:31
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Yay or Nay? [2011–2018]
- Replies: 2876
- Views: 447010
Re: Yay or Nay?
Lego is singular, it means one individual Lego brick. Hence, Legos. Well in the UK Lego refers to the company/product as a whole, not to the individual bricks. It's just one of those minor differences between Englishes on either side of the pond that really sticks out when it comes up. I believe th...
- 13 Dec 2017 01:55
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: How would you romanize Kazakh?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 14286
Re: How would you romanize Kazakh?
/m n ŋ/ <м н ң> -> <m n ň> /p b t d k ɡ q/ <п б т д к г қ> -> <p b t d k g q> /*t͡s *t͡ɕ/ <ц ч> -> <c ç> /*f *v s z ʃ ʒ *ɕ x ʁ *h/ <ф в с з ш ж щ х ғ һ> -> <f v s z ş z̧ *ş h ğ *h> /l j w/ <л й у> -> <l y w> /r/ <р> -> <r> /ɘ~ɪ ʉ ə ʊ/ <і ү ы ұ> -> <i u e o> /əj~ɘj ʊw~əw~ʉw~ɘw <и у> -> <ey ow> /i̯ɘ y...
- 13 Dec 2017 01:09
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1317945
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Now, perhaps this is to some degree a matter of taste, but having been originally introduced to linguistics by Tolkien and Zompist back when the internet was young, I can't help but feel that inconsistent use of diacritics when creating an orthography is, at best, a rookie mistake. I'd agree if it ...
- 01 Dec 2017 12:18
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1317945
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
isn't that a (maybe nasalised) bilabial click?
- 30 Nov 2017 00:30
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
- Replies: 11605
- Views: 2044131
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
English has a few with the reflex of OE /æ/, <sc> /ʃ/, and <ċ> /tʃ/ (respectively as both /æ/ & /a/, /ʃ/ & /sk/, and /k/ & /tʃ/). The situation here is fairly well understood as a case of multiple intermediate lects. In particular, the OE standard was West Saxon; Modern English descends ...
- 29 Nov 2017 17:29
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
- Replies: 11605
- Views: 2044131
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
You could potentially justify it as having two intermediate varieties, one continuing final /o/ and the other unrounding it to /a/ and then have the final variety be some sort of mixed lect, either descending from one and borrowing some words from the other, or potentially as a full-on koiné of the ...