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by Omzinesý
09 Sep 2012 20:26
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1317798

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

Doesn't anybody really know a language that uses a VERB to emphasize clauses, except English "do"? I'm confused. Do you mean an auxilliary/helping verb, VSO\VOS, or something like inverted interrogative order? Could you give an example sentence? English is the only language I know having ...
by Omzinesý
09 Sep 2012 13:42
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Finnic Glottal Stops and Gemination [Split Thread]
Replies: 6
Views: 2101

Re: Finnic Glottal Stops and Gemination [Split Thread]

Back to the original topic, Seto marks a sound as indefinite as stöd with the letter <q>.
You probably know more about Seto. Good that it got clear.

About supposing, no, I'm not gonna philosifize.
by Omzinesý
09 Sep 2012 13:15
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1317798

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

Doesn't anybody really know a language that uses a VERB to emphasize clauses, except English "do"?
by Omzinesý
09 Sep 2012 13:12
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1317798

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

Tonal languages have tones, no stresses. That may or may not be a statistical likelihood, but it's definitely not absolutely true. There is at least one living natural language with tone, and stress, and syllable-weight, in which tone is sensitive to both weight and stress. Light unstressed syllabl...
by Omzinesý
08 Sep 2012 17:42
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Suomen kielen keskusteluketju | Finnish Conversation Thread
Replies: 177
Views: 146605

Re: suomi

Kiitti! Tein taas uuden synkronisen havainnon kielen muutoksesta. On aina kiva huomata joku juttu, ja sitten pokkana väitää, että se on yleistymässä suomessa. Kysymyssana "miksi" spesialisoituu tarkoittamaan vain syytä: Miksi teit sen? - Koska tuntui siltä. Kun taas kysymyssana "miksi...
by Omzinesý
08 Sep 2012 17:33
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Finnic Glottal Stops and Gemination [Split Thread]
Replies: 6
Views: 2101

Re: Ny dansk ortografi

Seto (South Estonian) uses <q> for final gemination. Source? All I've ever heard is that it's used for /?/, which historically corresponds to the Finnish gemination phenomenon. Let's say it's the glottal stop then, but isn't the Finnish final gemination a glottal stop if we are forced to idenfy an ...
by Omzinesý
08 Sep 2012 17:27
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1317798

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

Does anyone know languages that lack stress or were it doesn't matter where you put the stress? Georgian is a good example too. Of course it has intonation but no stress. Tonal languages have tones, no stresses. In some languages like Latin, stressing is based on heavy syllables, so the stress has ...
by Omzinesý
08 Sep 2012 17:25
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1317798

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

English is the only language I know having 'do' (or any corresponding verb) as a marker of an emphasised expression. 'I DO know him' expression How common is that? What other languages do that? I don't know about verbs like "Do", but many langues just use an adverb or something similer in...
by Omzinesý
08 Sep 2012 12:26
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Finnic Glottal Stops and Gemination [Split Thread]
Replies: 6
Views: 2101

Finnic Glottal Stops and Gemination [Split Thread]

Jeg versøker ikke skrive dansk, lol.

Seto (South Estonian) uses <q> for final gemination.

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Xonen: Split from Ny dansk ortografi.
by Omzinesý
08 Sep 2012 11:01
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1317798

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

English is the only language I know having 'do' (or any corresponding verb) as a marker of an emphasised expression.

'I DO know him' expression

How common is that?
What other languages do that?
by Omzinesý
04 Sep 2012 11:13
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Rkuom culture
Replies: 4
Views: 2156

Re: Rkuom culture

Could the Tree Cats mate with normal domestic cats? Maybe - maybe not. Their relationship is very similar to that of humans and simpamzees. A human could maybe have a descendant with simpanzee, but it's considered unmoral. Similarly the Tree Cats consider domestic cats as animals. Some people do ha...
by Omzinesý
04 Sep 2012 10:58
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Rkuom culture
Replies: 4
Views: 2156

Re: Rkuom culture

You have a great imagination. Very rich. I like the whole idea of you culture - especially the two tribes. And the tribe of the tree-cats! Thank you! I like it, too. 1. Why is the lifespan of the humans so short? If they live at the early Iron Ages I think that could be a good guess of the lifespan...
by Omzinesý
02 Sep 2012 17:56
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Other Creativity
Replies: 1362
Views: 358673

Re: Other Creativity

Not as numismatic as Vampireshark's awesomenesses, but here goes Ladies and Gents, I give you... The Stabberstill NOT a pet of humans, though the Graevelorum like them. This lynx-sized descendant of rodents (nutria or brown rat, or some lab-hybrid gone wrong) is one of the typical pedators/opportun...
by Omzinesý
02 Sep 2012 16:22
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Rkuom culture
Replies: 4
Views: 2156

Rkuom culture

I thought to make an AMA of my new conculture Rkuom, but then I began to ask myself and already wrote some pages. This can be an AMA if somebody finds something to ask about, of course I'm happy for feedback. If you are busy, you can well skip boring parts and go back to the Tree Cats, which is the ...
by Omzinesý
02 Sep 2012 16:13
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Language practice thread
Replies: 6104
Views: 1004270

Re: Language practice thread

Jag använder alltid för komplicede ordföljd i svenska. Jag gör det också i finska ock mina texter är lätta att känna för SOV -strukturen, men där vet jag när det bara är ett inslag av min stil. I svenska kan det ofta vara konstigt, fast det inte vore fel. I always use too complicated word orders in ...
by Omzinesý
02 Sep 2012 11:22
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
Replies: 5100
Views: 1035748

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

Esmelthien wrote:
Omzinesý wrote: /t͡s/ <z>
(with /t͡s/ <c>)
Why is <c> better for /ts/ than <z>?
by Omzinesý
02 Sep 2012 11:18
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: What theme does your conworld have?
Replies: 63
Views: 13311

Re: What theme does your conworld have?

My Rkuom world is mostly iron age that is fantasy. Magic appears but it's more like a religion or mystics, the shaman field. So it's possible to interprete the world without anything supernatural. People are half hunters half farmers. All conworlds must however have an interesting "what if"...
by Omzinesý
01 Sep 2012 11:57
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
Replies: 5100
Views: 1035748

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

/p pʰ t tʲ tʰ k kʲ kʰ/ <b p d dy t g gy g> /t͡s/ <ts> I like that. It's simple but complicated simultanously. Why don't you try to find simple romanizations for all consonants. For example /p pʰ t tʲ tʰ k kʲ kʰ/ <b, p, d, t, c, g, q, k> /t͡s/ <z> The wowels should have some allophony.
by Omzinesý
29 Aug 2012 22:15
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
Replies: 11605
Views: 2043929

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

thaen wrote:I need ideas for what more to put in my Verbs section of the Zendorian guide. I've already got TAM, deverbal affixes, and polarity affixes. What now?
Do you mean that you need new categories for the lang or are you just wondering how to describe it well?
by Omzinesý
29 Aug 2012 13:33
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
Replies: 5100
Views: 1035748

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

2-4 wrote:/m n/ ‹m n›
/p t k b d/ ‹p t k b d›
/s z h/ ‹s z g›
/l j w r/ ‹l j v r›

/i iː u uː/ ‹y ŷ w ŵ›
/a aː/ ‹h ĥ›
Why is /h/ marked with <g> ang /a/ with <h>.