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by dva_arla
18 Jan 2021 20:26
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: My Proto-Language and Where to Go from Here
Replies: 7
Views: 2131

Re: My Proto-Language and Where to Go from Here

Some comments: 2. tʃ is realized as dʒ word-medially and ʃ word-initially tʃ > ʃ is, typologically and phonetically speaking, more likely to happen coda-finally than coda-initially. (edit: I stand corrected. You have perhaps read of Tamil.) But if you're going to voice all initial /tʃ/'s (presumably...
by dva_arla
18 Jan 2021 19:44
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Modern Danubian Gothic Scratchpad
Replies: 16
Views: 4158

Re: Modern Danubian Gothic Scratchpad

Man, this excites me. Will Danubian Gothic be a part of the Balkan sprachbund? Why of course! Though I don't know how much Balkan-y Dobrogean shall be. I fancy that the Sprachbund might have radiated from the _westernmore_ part of the Balkans (viz. ca. the modern borders straddling Serbia, Romania,...
by dva_arla
17 Jan 2021 00:44
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Modern Danubian Gothic Scratchpad
Replies: 16
Views: 4158

Modern Danubian Gothic Scratchpad

Meanwhile let's do a "Gothlang" because why not. Let's see which, of Tocharian and this language, takes off, and which, if not both, gets stuck in the mud and back into the shelf. Background Modern Danubian or Dobrogean Gothic ( dunviska gutska ) is a language spoken in the country of Dobr...
by dva_arla
14 Jan 2021 18:59
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Back on the Grid : Modern Tocharian Scratchpad
Replies: 1
Views: 1457

Back on the Grid : Modern Tocharian Scratchpad

I must admit that this project is a mere retreat; having stumbled upon quite a stumbling block in my Khotanese project (a quite trifling one, but one which had virtually halted any appearance to further progress and one that never ceases to haunt me daily) I decided to take a break from the latter--...
by dva_arla
06 Sep 2020 16:46
Forum: Games
Topic: Sound Changes Game v2
Replies: 2046
Views: 230145

Re: Sound Changes Game v2

<łzüwzöj / ղզյուվզյոյ >

[ˌled͡zøːv̤ˈʕøː] > [ˌɫ̥zʏvzˈøj]
by dva_arla
03 Sep 2020 18:20
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Ummaví? (credited to Sheikh_Kristophe)
Replies: 0
Views: 2303

Ummaví? (credited to Sheikh_Kristophe)

The idea of an "Esperanto of the Muslim World" sound interesting -- I would like to learn the language if a complete grammar and lexicon of it has already been made, or if they are not (as it seems currently) participate in the language's construction. The problem is that the only existing...
by dva_arla
29 Aug 2020 02:01
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: Is Irish North Germanic plausible?
Replies: 4
Views: 2178

Re: Is Irish North Germanic plausible?

Very plausible, given that some cities in Ireland were founded by Vikings, most notable being Dublin and Wexford, the latter in particular being a Viking town "for about three hundred years" (Wikipedia). An VSO word order, while plausible, would be much less likely than another Gaelic-infl...
by dva_arla
27 Aug 2020 17:03
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: A 'Sino-Turkic' altlang
Replies: 19
Views: 4335

Re: A 'Sino-Turkic' altlang

Regarding Goguryeo: AIUI, all that is really known is that Korea - or at least, the south of Korea - was once inhabited by speakers of Japonic, and that those speakers were overrun by invading Koreanic speakers from the north. It's not entirely clear, however, when this transition happened, or whic...
by dva_arla
27 Aug 2020 15:45
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: A 'Sino-Turkic' altlang
Replies: 19
Views: 4335

Re: A 'Sino-Turkic' altlang

First of all, I must thank every commenter to this board for encouraging me to move on with my conlang-projects -- all of which for most of the part are hampered and stunted enough. If you need help accessing books on Khotanese, you need to make friends over the internet and facebook. Find me on fac...
by dva_arla
08 Aug 2020 18:11
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: A 'Sino-Turkic' altlang
Replies: 19
Views: 4335

Re: A 'Sino-Turkic' altlang

Which should I use for /ʂ/?
a) ß
b) x
c) ş
d) sz
e) sh (might be confused for the sequence /sx/)
f) Other
by dva_arla
06 Aug 2020 06:20
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Dâhî nezû داهى نزو - a Para-Balto-Slavic lang
Replies: 4
Views: 1610

Re: Dâhî nezû داهى نزو - a Para-Balto-Slavic lang

Sound Change: Consonants (until Proto-Caspian) P.B.S ś, ź > P.Casp s, z (as in Slavic and Latvian) P.B.S š from RUKI retracted to P.Casp. x (as in Slavic). Unlike Slavic though, there wouldn't be any 'first and second palatalisations', leaving the language with no /š/. (Palatalisation may happen at...
by dva_arla
05 Aug 2020 10:13
Forum: Games
Topic: Sound Changes Game v2
Replies: 2046
Views: 230145

Re: Sound Changes Game v2

<nævinjaislqulil>

[ŋɛɰæŋˈkɒppʌɪ̯] > [gɛɣɰæ̃ːˈgɒ͡ɔp͡fʌ͡ɯɣ]
by dva_arla
05 Aug 2020 05:43
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: A 'Sino-Turkic' altlang
Replies: 19
Views: 4335

Re: A 'Sino-Turkic' altlang

I have settled on a system to transcribe the three tones of Tuktin in the Romanisation . Any suggestions for the Hangul? Tone 0 - short, high. The default:- ms 'we', Tone 1 - long, level/high:- mơ̂ 'horse', tala̛ 'sea', Tư̈ktiˋn Tone 2 - long, drop-rise (cf. Mandarin 3rd tone or An. Greek circumflex...
by dva_arla
05 Aug 2020 04:53
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Dâhî nezû داهى نزو - a Para-Balto-Slavic lang
Replies: 4
Views: 1610

Re: Dâhî nezû داهى نزو - a Para-Balto-Slavic lang

Sound Changes -- Vowels The link below contains a Table showing the list of outcomes of Proto-Balto-Slavic vowels in Old Church Slavonic, Prussian, Pro. E. Baltic, Lithuanian, Latvian, and two possible outcomes for Proto-Caspian (whence Dahaean is descended). I'd love to display the table in this p...
by dva_arla
05 Aug 2020 04:13
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Ởnh·Vú- Chamic Language
Replies: 293
Views: 99013

Re: Ởnh·Vú- Chamic Language

Wasn't any confusing at all, and a detailed description cannot be too much long! Did some of the changes actually happen in OTL Chamic / Champan language though?
by dva_arla
04 Aug 2020 21:04
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Dâhî nezû داهى نزو - a Para-Balto-Slavic lang
Replies: 4
Views: 1610

Re: Dâhî nezû داهى نزو - a Para-Balto-Slavic lang

Some words from Wiktionary: hand: rang رنگ daughter: doghd دغد brother: barâdir sister: ispesar, ispêsar, ispes mother: mâdir, mâ father: dâdir, dâ smoke: dûm God: bagh (an Indo-Iranian loan, I know) snow: sinê nest: nezd beard: bol dream: sob, somm wolf: org, borg, gorg hundred: send apple: lôla (w...
by dva_arla
04 Aug 2020 19:50
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Dâhî nezû داهى نزو - a Para-Balto-Slavic lang
Replies: 4
Views: 1610

Dâhî nezû داهى نزو - a Para-Balto-Slavic lang

Porphyrogenitos's Neugrotien inspired me to make this one. If you're reading this, thank you, and best of luck on your own lang! The Dahaean language (Dahean: داهى) is a language spoken in the south-eastern coasts of the Caspian Sea. It is descended from a third branch of the Balto-Slavic language (...
by dva_arla
04 Aug 2020 18:48
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Neugrotien - Para-Slavic lang
Replies: 20
Views: 4846

Re: Neugrotien - Para-Slavic lang

I want to do it this way since if I start out with the post-palatalized Slavic consonant system, then I have to work with /tʲ dʲ ts dz tʃ (dʒ) ʃ sʲ ʒ ř rʲ lʲ nʲ/. Either I apply a bunch of sound changes to iron all these out into the mold of Latin, or I apply original sound changes to them that hav...
by dva_arla
02 Aug 2020 20:54
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: A 'Sino-Turkic' altlang
Replies: 19
Views: 4335

Re: A 'Sino-Turkic' altlang

yangfiretiger121 wrote: 02 Aug 2020 17:42 Please reorient the stops and nasals to be horizontal, like the other sonority classes.
I had arranged the letters according to their collation order (ABC, a-ka-sa, etc.) in Tuktin, but I'll add a separate list for the phonology.
by dva_arla
02 Aug 2020 16:17
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: A 'Sino-Turkic' altlang
Replies: 19
Views: 4335

Re: A 'Sino-Turkic' altlang

Perhaps I should change the name of the language (and the people) to Tüktin (< *Türk-Tekin, the mythical founder of the Tuktins)? Phonology Consonants Tuktin contains no phonemic distinction of voicing or aspiration. Both phenomena, however, may occur in free variation. Some Tüktins, for instance, a...