The CBB

I'm a sucker for a posteriori languages. I probably even tried a modern gothic at some point, but even more probably I gave up after a few hours of work due to my laziness. In our timeline, the language probably died out at the tail end of the 18th century, although it is possible it survived as a &...

Can you elaborate about the confusing medial? I can indeed. The medial is, in fact, the only thing that isn't confusing, but that in itself is somewhat confusing. Allow me to explain. Argument differentiation and medial usage Áhɨní̵í̵ sentences aren't ordered on the basis of subject and object. Thi...

Sorry to be obtuse but what is the point of this game?

Áhɨní̵í̵ is inspired by Blackfoot and for some reason this old conlang of Frislander's. The main idea is for it to have lots of aspects of polysynthesis but very little actual TAM and PNG information on the verb. It's not oligosynthetic but it does favour non-simplex constructions for even basic co...

Yeah nah that is a very odd analysis. I'd say /b d ɟʝ g/ With /b d ɟʝ g/ → [β~β̞ ð~ð̞ ʝ~j ɣ~ɰ] / V _ V Yeah, everyone likes to say /b d g/, but in reality, in most dialects, <b d> have no such surface form. dejad de andar is /ðɜˈχað ðe anˈðaɾ/. I'm sorry but I just don't believe you [:(]

Yeah nah that is a very odd analysis. I'd say
/p t tʃ k/
/b d ɟʝ g/
/f s x/
/m n ɲ/
/l ɾ r/

/i u e o a/

With /b d ɟʝ g/ → [β~β̞ ð~ð̞ ʝ~j ɣ~ɰ] / V _ V

The only odd thing is the mismatch between /tʃ/ and /ɟʝ/ but cross linguistically that is by no means uncommon.

Yes that is perfectly naturalistic. It would probably also affect aji and aju if they occur.

Eschoer

Feor oinboed hegh he poeseves fun onpat lofe, thar er yts cheoned looch zif mat he poeseved fun ensor wude.
/fɪə̯ ˈai̯mbʊə̯d həθ ə pʊə̯ˈzæi̯vz fən ˈumpæt ˈluə̯f, ˌðæɾ əɾ əts ˈxɪə̯nd ˌlɔːx zəf ˈmæt hə pʊə̯ˈzæi̯vd fən ənˈsʊə̯ wau̯d/

I will also join but first I must say what a beautiful example torch that is you have there

English tight and English tighten, the former from proto-Germanic *þinhtaz, ultimately PIE *ten-, the latter from *tuhtijan, ultimately PIE *deu̯k-.

The English placename Torpenhow Hill is said to be from the combination of Old English torr , Celtic * penn , and Old English hoh , each of which mean 'hill'. Thus, the name 'Torpenhow Hill' could be interpreted as: hill-hill-hill Hill. I learnt it from someone on Reddit very recently and reposted ...

Frislander wrote: ↑18 Jan 2025 23:54 /p t k ʔ̃/
/b b̃ d d̃/
/s h̃/

/i e a o u/

Nasalisation is contrasts on vowels. Vowels are automatically nasalised before nasal consonants.

Non-nasal /b d/ lenite to [v r] in intervocalic position. /b̃ d̃/ nasalise to [m n] before nasal vowels.

Syllable structure is CV.

Very nice

That sounds cool. I've heard it suggested that Romanian was a late palataliser like Dalmatian, only since it didn't diphthongise the hell out of its vowels (which protected e.g. CĒNAM → /kai̯na/ in Dalmatian) it's mostly disguised. Your tone system makes sense; the only alternative I could see would...

/p pʰ b bʱ f v/ p ph pp pph f ff /pʷ pʷʰ bʷ bʷʱ fʷ vʷ/ b bw bb bbw v vv /t tʰ d dʱ s z/ t th tt tth s ss /tʷ tʷʰ dʷ dʷʱ sʷ zʷ/ d dh dd ddh z zz /ʈ ʈʰ ɖ ɖʱ ʂ ʐ/ c ch cc cch x xx /ʈʷ ʈʷʰ ɖʷ ɖʷʱ ʂʷ ʐʷ/ j jh jj jjh q qq /k kʰ g gʱ x ɣ/ k kh kk kkh h hh /kʷ kʷʰ gʷ gʷʱ xʷ ɣʷ/ g gh gg ggh hf fh /θ ð ʃ ʒ θʷ...

Definitely not a cringe Gaelicised Romlang

Saènde Hildegarde, majestresse i abhadesse, preche por noias. Èamen.
/ˈsɛɲdʒə ɪdʒəˈɟaʁdʒə, mɐdʒəʃˈtɾeʃə ɪ ɐˈdʒeʃə, ˈpɾeɟə pʊʁ ˈnis. ˈɛməɲ/
"Saint Hildegard, teacher and abbess, pray for us. Amen."

lsd wrote: ↑05 Jan 2025 11:54 shouldn't it be Capo Verde....

No, it shouldn't. That would mean "I castrate vegetation".

I learned that the second word of "Cape Verde" is pronounced /ˈvɜɹd(i)/ in English, and I'm suprised by how weird that feels to me. I've always pronounced it /ˈvɛɹdeɪ̯/, under the influence of Spanish (admittedly, the wrong colonizer). But /ˈvɜɹd(i)/ just sounds ugly to me [xD] It'll alwa...

:con: Ärque Iusmanäñur eṇukuen erǵont aeje. [ˈi͡uzmanæˌŋuɾ ˈeɳukʷen ˈeɾd͡ʑoⁿt ˈae̯xe] ius-m-anä-iñu=r e-ṇ-ukue-n erǵo=nt a-ije CONT.PPL-go.PL-foot-tree=1.IPFV REAL-strike.SG-fall-FACT head=3.PFV AGT-branch "I was walking in the forest when a branch fell on my head." lit. "Walking in t...

Ärque

Äraöḷestui eułerbünguintant.
[æˈɾaø̯ɭestʷi ˈeu̯ɬeɾˌbyᵑɡʷiⁿtaⁿt]
ä-ra-aöḷe-astui eu-ł-erbü-angui-nt=ant
PAT-1SG.POSS-hover-car COMPL.PPL-do.with.hand.SG-stuff-eel-3.PFV=EQU
"My hovercraft is full of eels."

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:con: Ärque Ärque is intended to be as pithy as possible, although I couldn't quite get it down to two words; we'll have to live with three. It is however quite different in formation from Micamo's original - literally, "the party having been delayed, I was informed by the host (dissapointingly...