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by teotlxixtli
12 Apr 2023 02:30
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347145

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

What vocabulary is almost never derived? I know that demonstratives are pretty much never derived, and personal pronouns are only occasionally so, but since adpositions can come from verbs or possessive phrases, and conjunctions like "and" (at least in English, anyway) derive from adjectiv...
by teotlxixtli
17 Mar 2023 23:27
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Overcoming the first hurdle
Replies: 13
Views: 875

Re: Overcoming the first hurdle

I get to my first hurdle when making all the root words I’ll use to derive the grammar later on down the line. It can be a tedious process deciding how I want the imperative to form or whatever. I just remind myself of the immense pride I felt when my first conlang was “done” (placed in quotation ma...
by teotlxixtli
19 Aug 2022 04:18
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347145

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

These are all very good responses! I was frustrated how lots of my conlangs had combinations of features found in the real world and I wanted to have something a bit more diverse. What I didn’t want to do was stretch credulity past the breaking point
by teotlxixtli
18 Aug 2022 03:01
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347145

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

What kind of linguistic features always co-occur? Which ones are mutually exclusive? Although I’m sure it exists I can’t think of a language off the top of my head that has both tone and grammatical case (for example)
by teotlxixtli
03 Aug 2022 16:20
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Replies: 570
Views: 155201

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

On WALS online I see Eyak has neither bilabials nor nasals and Maxakalí has no fricatives nor nasals, so I have to wonder… what about a language with no bilabials or fricatives? I may have to revisit that idea Here's another, possibly more exotic possibility: n ŋ t d k g q ʔ tʰ kʰ qʰ t’ k’ q’ w ɾ i...
by teotlxixtli
03 Aug 2022 03:30
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Replies: 570
Views: 155201

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

On WALS online I see Eyak has neither bilabials nor nasals and Maxakalí has no fricatives nor nasals, so I have to wonder… what about a language with no bilabials or fricatives? I may have to revisit that idea Now that I’ve got the time to think more about it, here’s a Pama-Nyungan-type possibility...
by teotlxixtli
02 Aug 2022 19:17
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Replies: 570
Views: 155201

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

On WALS online I see Eyak has neither bilabials nor nasals and Maxakalí has no fricatives nor nasals, so I have to wonder… what about a language with no bilabials or fricatives? I may have to revisit that idea
by teotlxixtli
03 Jun 2022 00:21
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: The Annals of the Fornaxium
Replies: 2
Views: 894

Re: The Annals of the Fornaxium

Here's the full schematics for each of the celestial bodies in the solar system: Solis Major K Class Star 4.45 kK temperature Yellow orange color 0.625 solar masses Class VI (Subdwarf) Solis Minor M Class Star 3.7 kK temperature Orange red color 0.45 solar masses Class VI (Subdwarf) The Inner Sphere...
by teotlxixtli
02 Jun 2022 01:17
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: The Annals of the Fornaxium
Replies: 2
Views: 894

The Annals of the Fornaxium

Hello, all! This forum will be where I post worldbuilding information about my setting, the Fornaxium (derived from Latin fornax , meaning "forge"). Any input is much appreciated, because I only know enough to know I know very little. As a note, names will be placeholders that don't have r...
by teotlxixtli
21 May 2022 18:54
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Maps: how my countries and cities look like
Replies: 10
Views: 2783

Re: Maps: how my countries and cities look like

Great googly moogly! These maps are absolutely astounding to be hand drawn. Really impressive work here
by teotlxixtli
17 May 2022 18:56
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347145

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

How do applicatives form? I’ve got a proto-lang and I want it’s daughter to have benefactive, locative, and instrumental applicatives but I’m not sure from what they descend or how they get attached to the verb You can form them from serial verb compounds. For example, with an instrumental you coul...
by teotlxixtli
17 May 2022 12:49
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347145

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

How do applicatives form? I’ve got a proto-lang and I want it’s daughter to have benefactive, locative, and instrumental applicatives but I’m not sure from what they descend or how they get attached to the verb
by teotlxixtli
16 May 2022 15:34
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: What did you accomplish today?
Replies: 734
Views: 206940

Re: What did you accomplish today?

I woke up in the middle of the night when it was technically today (but before dawn) and got to 1,000+ words in my Nilo-Saharan inspired proto-lang
by teotlxixtli
07 May 2022 04:17
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlanging Features you Avoid
Replies: 150
Views: 31006

Re: Conlanging Features you Avoid

I’ve never liked implosives, especially the palatal implosive. They just seem like so much more work to pronounce than other consonants. Also coda /r/ (the trill, that is) annoys me personally because /i/ is hard for me to pronounce before it. And the vowel /æ/ feels like nails on a chalkboard to me...
by teotlxixtli
26 Oct 2021 00:08
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347145

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

Mee (Ekari, Ekagi) has a velar lateral/uvular affricate sound and no fricatives. UPSID also mentions Andamanese and Panare with less exotic affricates and no fricatives. I was thinking of doing the following system, after challenging myself to have a particularly simple phonology: m n ɲ (ny) p t k ...
by teotlxixtli
25 Oct 2021 20:13
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347145

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

Are there any languages with affricates but no fricatives?
by teotlxixtli
15 Oct 2021 18:17
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347145

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

How do languages with multiple degrees of past tense emerge? What auxiliary verbs/constructions do they come from? I'm looking to have four past tenses in this new language I'm working on and I'm struggling to understand how such things come about
by teotlxixtli
10 Oct 2021 21:39
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347145

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

A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G# Those are the twelve tones of western music, of which all western music is comprised in all genres and time periods. If you used this method you could “translate” classical pieces backwards or write a pop melody that encodes actual linguistic information So, ...
by teotlxixtli
10 Oct 2021 02:59
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347145

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

I love the concept behind Solresol: a language that can use music and colors to express sentences. However, I find the execution of Solresol to be lackluster. My biggest qualm are the syllables. I get they are based on music notes: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, but I find that only seven of them is ...
by teotlxixtli
09 Oct 2021 22:04
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347145

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

I love the concept behind Solresol: a language that can use music and colors to express sentences. However, I find the execution of Solresol to be lackluster. My biggest qualm are the syllables. I get they are based on music notes: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, but I find that only seven of them is ...