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- 07 Feb 2024 11:52
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Romanization game #2
- Replies: 3333
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Re: Romanization game #2
/p b t d tʃ dʒ k kʷ g gʷ/ <p b t d ch j k kw g gw> /f v θ s z ʃ ʒ h/ <f v th s z sh zh h> /m n/ <m n> /l ɹ j/ <l r y> /i ɪ ʊ u/ <ee i oo ew> /e ɛ ɜ ə ə˞ o/ <ay e u a er oe> /aː æ ɑ ɑ˞/ <ah a o ar> Ambiguous sequences resolved with a hyphen /aː diɪ̯d nɑt hæjə̯v sɛkʃuəl ɹəlɛi̯ʃənz gʷiɪ̯θ dæjə̯t gʷʊmən...
- 07 Feb 2024 09:30
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1666
- Views: 345321
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
So, if a language has a simple tone system (let's say just high and low), would there be a difference between a low tone melody and a toneless melody? Well, it depends on the language. Usually speaking, if a language has a fairly uncomplicated binary low/high tone distinction, low tone is unmarked....
- 06 Feb 2024 12:00
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Romanization game #2
- Replies: 3333
- Views: 309610
Re: Romanization game #2
/p pʰ b t tʰ d k kʰ g kʷ kʷʰ gʷ/ ⟨ p ph b t th d k kh g q qh w ⟩ /s z x ɣ h/ ⟨ s z j v h ⟩ /m n ŋ/ ⟨ m n ng ⟩ /l j w/ ⟨ l y u ⟩ /r/ ⟨ r ⟩ /i iː u uː/ ⟨ i iy o ou ⟩ /a aː/ ⟨ a ae ⟩ Next: /p k ʔ/ /b d̺/ /ɗ̻ ɗ̺/ /m n̻ n̺ ɲ ŋ/ /s̺/ /ʋ ɫ̻ ɾ̺/ stressed vowels: /i ɛ o a/ unstressed vowels: /ɨ ɐ/ All conson...
- 05 Feb 2024 12:01
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
- Replies: 568
- Views: 154705
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Probably what eastern Grasslands Click languages will look like:
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p k ʔ
b d̺
ɗ̻ ɗ̺
m n̻ n̺ ɲ ŋ
s̺
ʋ ɫ̻ ɾ̺
i
ɛ o
a
- 05 Feb 2024 08:51
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Romanization game #2
- Replies: 3333
- Views: 309610
Re: Romanization game #2
Nice inventory. Like polynesian but with /f r/. /p t k ʔ/ ⟨ p t k h ⟩ /f v s h/ ⟨ f v s j ⟩ /l/ ⟨ l ⟩ /r/ ⟨ r ⟩ /m n ŋ/ ⟨ m n g ⟩ /i u/ ⟨ i u ⟩ /e o/ ⟨ e o ⟩ /a/ ⟨ a ⟩ Next – Nuxalk but the stops are fricatives, the ejectives are stops and clicks, the fricatives are approximants and the approximants...
- 05 Feb 2024 08:23
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Ai 12.0 (still a Lakes Plain language)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 539
Re: Ai 12.0 (still a Lakes Plain language)
I will also point out that all of the attested Lakes Plain microinventories still hold to the typological generalization whereby pairs of consonants of the same PoA are distinguished by MoA, something that seems to be an organizing principle for even the smallest inventories - e.g. Rokotas with the...
- 04 Feb 2024 09:14
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Ai 12.0 (still a Lakes Plain language)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 539
Re: Ai 12.0 (still a Lakes Plain language)
The only further I can see /b t d ɸ s/ going would be the loss of /t/, merging with /s/. At what point would people just be talking static? If there is to be a phonemic bounce-back to a larger inventory, I imagine there could be potentially strange phonemes to derive until a most balanced state, li...
- 04 Feb 2024 06:16
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: The Click languages
- Replies: 9
- Views: 887
Re: The Click languages 2: Return of the Clicks
Who wants to completely restart this family from scratch? I do! Also since I find it amusing I will be making proto-Click2 peoples unreasonably advanced, with unanalysable words for things like "earplug" and "download speed" and "ballpoint pen". Presumably modern Click2...
- 04 Feb 2024 04:26
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Kokhene Scratchpad
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1431
Re: Kokhene Scratchpad
Thinking of absolutely obliterating proto-Click with the following inventory: Roots could either be trochees (ˈCV(C)V) or dactyls (ˈCV(C)V(C)V), the latter deriving from earlier trochee+trochee reduplicants. Foot-initial consonants were: p t b d s x Foot-medial consonants were: m n β ɾ ɣ Combined wi...
- 04 Feb 2024 02:34
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Kokhene Scratchpad
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1431
Re: Kokhene Scratchpad
For some reason I just love Babm. i ʲu u ɜ ɑ b bi dzu bu bœ bɑ g dzi dzu dzu gɜ gɑ ʔ ʔɜ ʔɑ m mi ɲu mu m̩ mɑ ŋ ni ɲu ŋu ŋ̩ ŋɑ l dzi dzu lu ɹ̩ lɑ h s̩ ɸ̩ hɜ xɑ /ʲu/ comes from earlier ɯ, i.e. /i ɯ u ə ɑ/, halfway between Ogami and Chacobo. And while we're at it, /b g ʔ m ŋ l h/ < /b g t,k m n,ŋ d p/. ...
- 03 Feb 2024 21:41
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
- Replies: 568
- Views: 154705
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Mmm. I agree. As usual I can't stop myself from reducing the number of consonants as much as possible: /t c k k͡p/ /b ɾ ɟ g͡b/ /i u/ /ẽ/ Syllables C(V) #CC, CC# → CaC CɾC → CɾaC CCC → CaCC At word boundaries /ɾ/ is realised as zero b ɾ ɟ g͡b → m n ɲ ŋ͡m / _ẽ i u → e o / c ɟ k͡p g͡b _ k → c /_i k → k...
- 03 Feb 2024 07:38
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
- Replies: 568
- Views: 154705
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
South American + Australian + Ramu languages + Hiw + Yimas, perchance? /p pʷ t̺ t̻ ʈ c k kʷ/ /b bʷ d̺ d̻ ɖ ɟ ʔ ʔʷ/ /ɡ͡ʟ w/ /i ɨ/ /ĩ ɨ̃/ Syllable structure is C(V); plain C syllables surface as [Ca]. /i ɨ/ are lowered to [ə ɔ] following /pʷ ʈ c kʷ bʷ ɖ ɟ ʔʷ w/ (what do you mean, of course that's a na...
- 03 Feb 2024 02:08
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Ai 12.0 (still a Lakes Plain language)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 539
Ai 12.0 (still a Lakes Plain language)
Ai Over the past few years I've been working on and off on an a posteriori Lakes Plain conlang, something that to my knowledge has never been done before. I made a thread about it previously, but I don't like that version any more, and I now have (hopefully) a better understanding of syntax than I ...
- 01 Feb 2024 12:20
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Fredauon Fun Facts
- Replies: 88
- Views: 4652
Re: Fredauon Fun Facts
No, actually not, they remain pretty mysterious. They must understand some form of communication because they were able to comprehend the signals send by the group of Fredauon linguists. They also must have some of societal control since they were able to enforce the agreement among individual Othe...
- 01 Feb 2024 09:45
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1666
- Views: 345321
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
So, on the page for Polysynthesis, Wikipedia lists two types of polysynthetic languages: affixal and compositional. How accurate is this? Is there any overlap between the two in natlangs? If you want a good conlang-specific intro to polysynthesis, there's this guide from the old ZBB. As for Wikiped...
- 31 Jan 2024 11:44
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Fredauon Fun Facts
- Replies: 88
- Views: 4652
Re: Fredauon Fun Facts
Fredauon Fun Fact #9: One of the strangest incidents in the history of Fredauon was an encounter with the paradimensional beings known as The Others, who can move wilfully through time and timelimes but irreversibly and involuntary through three-dimensional space. Yo, I had this idea once too. I wa...
- 27 Jan 2024 02:08
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
- Replies: 568
- Views: 154705
- 27 Jan 2024 00:30
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Fredauon Fun Facts
- Replies: 88
- Views: 4652
Re: Fredauon Fun Facts
Were the birds ever flighted, or did they just evolve straight from land-dwelling dinosaurs? Difficult question. Do we know for sure how flightlessness came about in Earth birds? I think, I tried to read up on it and there are competing analyses. Right now, I think, I have to say that at least some...
- 26 Jan 2024 02:09
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
- Replies: 568
- Views: 154705
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Thinking about reviving Ánni. With lots of tones presumably. I never liked old Ánni very much but the idea was interesting. t k i u ps ts i͡a u͡a m n ɪ ɸ s e ø o w ɫ̪ z j ɛ ɔ a kǀ kǃ ŋǀ ŋǃ And hey, thinking of re-vamping Ai too: /b d k/ /s h/ /i y u ɛ œ ɔ a/ b d k → [β l ʕ] / V_V h → [x] / _œ With p...
- 25 Jan 2024 22:09
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Fredauon Fun Facts
- Replies: 88
- Views: 4652
Re: Fredauon Fun Facts
Were the birds ever flighted, or did they just evolve straight from land-dwelling dinosaurs?