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- 22 Jan 2023 08:48
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
So lately, I have been interested in vowel harmony systems based on advanced tongue root, and it seems fairly straightforward. From a non-linguist's perspective, it seems that ATR is really just a harmonic contrast between tense and lax vowels? I know retracted tongue root is a thing, where vowels a...
- 21 Jan 2023 02:59
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1679
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Anyone have any tips for consonant clusters? Most of my conlangs tend to be CVC, but I want to make a syllable structure that is more complex. The thing is, I'm picky with phonotactics, and I want to know if there are any rules or tendencies when it comes to clusters aside from perhaps the most well...
- 12 Jan 2023 02:49
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1679
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
How unusual is it, cross-linguistically, to have syllable weight determine stress, but having no phonemic long vowels? WALS has 18 of the 239 languages with weight-sensitive stress marked as "Coda Consonant" (as opposed to "Long Vowels" or "Long Vowels and Coda Consonants&q...
- 11 Jan 2023 16:18
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1679
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
How unusual is it, cross-linguistically, to have syllable weight determine stress, but having no phonemic long vowels?
- 30 Nov 2022 19:25
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1679
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
So, what if you had words like /'kaː.po/ vs /'kam.po/? It'd be allophonic, then, right?
Like, the stressed vowel is only long if the stressed syllable is open. If it's closed, then it's short.
Like, the stressed vowel is only long if the stressed syllable is open. If it's closed, then it's short.
- 30 Nov 2022 18:26
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1679
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Does it still count as phonemic if long vowels can only occur in stressed syllables, or would that make it allophonic? I have heard some languages claimed to have long vowels, but that these vowels are always stressed or are only found in stressed syllables. As long they aren't predictably long in ...
- 30 Nov 2022 17:42
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1679
- Views: 347960
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Does it still count as phonemic if long vowels can only occur in stressed syllables, or would that make it allophonic?
I have heard some languages claimed to have long vowels, but that these vowels are always stressed or are only found in stressed syllables.
I have heard some languages claimed to have long vowels, but that these vowels are always stressed or are only found in stressed syllables.
- 29 Nov 2022 07:39
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1110
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Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
So, I heard that the Gheg dialect of Albanian has phonemic vowel length.
Are long vowels in Gheg tied to stress in any way, and can more than one long vowel occur in a word?
Are long vowels in Gheg tied to stress in any way, and can more than one long vowel occur in a word?
- 26 Nov 2022 07:12
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What did you accomplish today?
- Replies: 735
- Views: 207508
Re: What did you accomplish today?
I finally setting on phonotactics and a prosody system that I am actually happy with, after so many revisions and scrapped projects.
- 25 Nov 2022 07:06
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Have You Made a Polysynthetic Conlang?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1836
Re: Have You Made a Polysynthetic Conlang?
I've made a few sketches of polysynthetic conlangs, but scrapped them pretty early due to boredom. I don't think it had anything to do with polysynthesis itself, I think it's just my ADHD that leads me to abandoning most of my projects before making any real progress. The closest I've come is with m...
- 25 Nov 2022 03:06
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1679
- Views: 347960
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I'm toying with making a conlang with height based vowel harmony: vowels in a word must agree with each other based on height. I came up with a pretty simple system that distinguishes high and low vowels: High: /i ə u/ Low: /e a o/ One thing I want to do is have a neutral vowel that is opaque, so th...
- 07 Nov 2022 20:23
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: The Qayaba Language
- Replies: 6
- Views: 496
Re: The Qayaba Language
I like the allophony section. Two questions: Is /kp/ a cluster or an allophone of another phoneme? It shows up in slashes in the allophony section but not in the inventory. Second, does [ts] as an allophone of /t/ before /i/ merge with /ts/? So, does [ts] from /i/ also have [tʃ] as ist allophone? A...
- 07 Nov 2022 00:22
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: The Qayaba Language
- Replies: 6
- Views: 496
Re: The Qayaba Language
Looks solid to me - I'll be looking forward to seeing more! I assume the second 'x' in "x~χ" is an uvular fricative? You might have to use a different symbol, the "long x" from the IPA sadly doesn't work on the CBB. Also, does the ';' in "/ka.;siː.bi/" stand for anythi...
- 06 Nov 2022 02:27
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: The Qayaba Language
- Replies: 6
- Views: 496
The Qayaba Language
Qayaba is my recent conlanging project, one that I feel particularly inspired about, so I figured I'd share what I have so far. It has an agglutinative morphology and CVV/CVC phonotactics. Only /n l/ can occur in the coda. Otherwise, syllables are either CV or CVV. Below is an overview of the phonol...
- 29 Oct 2022 10:04
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1679
- Views: 347960
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
So, if you have a register tone language where contour tones can only occur in syllables with a long vowel, does that mean a rising or falling melody is impossible in a morpheme that lacks long vowels?
- 27 Sep 2022 08:25
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What is the newest word in your conlang?
- Replies: 76
- Views: 22543
Re: What is the newest word in your conlang?
I just made the first ever word for my new conlang: /su.'ka/. It means "tree."
- 20 Sep 2022 02:57
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1679
- Views: 347960
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
How do you evolve stress in a conlang? I want my conlang to have a lexical pitch accent a la Japanese or Ancient Greek. I'm thinking about having it start out with a standard stress accent, but overtime the things that distinguishes the stressed syllable from unstressed (like length) disappear overt...
- 09 Jul 2022 18:06
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Yilcho Conlang
- Replies: 5
- Views: 640
Re: Yilcho Conlang
The tone system was lightly inspired by Hausa, which, iirc, has no rising tone. Right, that makes sense. The difference being that Hausa allows Low-High-sequences inside word tone melodies, IIRC. I could see one of two things happening: 1. The stem keeps its falling tone, while the falling tone suf...
- 08 Jul 2022 18:44
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Yilcho Conlang
- Replies: 5
- Views: 640
Re: Yilcho Conlang
Interesting tone system. I like it. Simple yet quirky. Here are some comments, perspectives and questions. 1. Instead of atonal, many descriptions use the term toneless. I think it might also make sense for you to distinguish contour tones (falling on a single syllable) from complex melodies or mel...
- 07 Jul 2022 20:27
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1938
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Re: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
What is needed to sustain a permanent settlement in the mountains. I'm thinking of a small village rather than a whole kingdom like the Incas. Obviously, there should be substenance farming, but what else is needed, and why would mountain people choose to rely primarily on farming as opposed to herd...