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Long time watcher, first time commenter: I really like Commonthroat! I'm not sure I entirely agree with you about the range of sounds a dog could produce given conscious control over their vocalizations, but it's an interesting limitation to work within and I think you've done well with it – in part...

After spending decades on top, Classical Yiklamu has been dethroned from its position of largest conlang lexicon by a conlang called M̄av̄ī, created by someone who calls himself Imjustadudeontheinternet. M̄av̄ī has 100,000 words, all defined with a Toki Pona definition, and was created for the sole...

What are some mellifluous/beautiful/soft sounds or sound combinations for you? /kl/ reminds me of drops of water. /çʲ/ reminds me of shifting snow. How on earth do you palatalize /ç/? Wish I had a way to record here, but the sound that I have wanted to add to a language for a while sounds like that...

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Nice to meet you, Salem! We have a number of other non-binary posters here, although I don't think I've met an otherkin here before. Not sure if we have any other Furries. Likewise : ) What a fascinating medley of conlangs you've got under your belt! How much do you know about Frisian? Well thank y...

There's Ultimate Ridley's Nióruais ( Conworkshop , Reddit ) as a pretty solidly good, if strange, example. Interesting. Good to know. Though, what makes it strange, exactly? It does some decidedly odd things with lenition and with the broad-slender distinction (due to historical sound change); as a...

There's Ultimate Ridley's Nióruais (Conworkshop, Reddit) as a pretty solidly good, if strange, example.

Spanish quejarse "to complain, quarrel"
English quash "to defeat, annul"
Yiddish קוועטשן‎ kvetshn "to squeeze, pinch, complain" (→ English kvetch "to complain incessantly")

Hey everyone. My account on the old ZBB dates back to 2014, so I'm sure I made one here too before at some point, though it's now long since lost to time and memory, so I guess I'm a "long-time lurker, first-time poster"? : p Either way – hi, I'm Salem. I'm a twenty-two year old American o...

And potentially X-TR sleep could have a causative meaning, "X puts something to sleep"? Neat idea either way! Neat to see you finally posting, criminalmammal! I wondered about your screenname. You may introduce yourself at Introduction thread and fill out the survey at You . I'm pleasantl...

A reflexive case is an old idea discussed on the board earlier. But what if a language has two core cases, one used for transitive/bivalent verbs and obe used for intransitive/monovalent verbs. When a transitive/bivalent verb appears with an intransitive case, the clause is interpreted reflexive. X...