The CBB

In a tribute to the band Chat Pile, I created the following word:

čat n. pile, stack, collection

I have returned. I think.

At work on something new. I'll draft a post about it soon.

Diza ava loti sayiṭako ozaṭi-tiľ paḳi. It's been a while since I spoke to you all. Ňip pəyasyo ay dapoyə. Dəyak ṭobi-čə dizi əjayyo ši, sabyə-čə ayo ši. I'm grateful for the changing weather. The afternoon finally doesn't hurt here anymore. Avza ňip pəyasko lotəna ľadi-yo ňipi-mi ayo-čə loti-kaja ə...

I like this. Makes me want to try my hand at a Romance language.

Getting close to me. Suppose I should probably make a conlang.

HolyHandGrenade! wrote: ↑09 Nov 2024 18:06 I’m trying to make a map for a world that is mostly ocean. How do I make realistic-looking islands (using Inkarnate)?

By using something other than Inkarnate.

Also, remember not everything has to be useful: things can just be there as obstacles to overcome (which is the general intent of hostile agents in games). True! I think MumboJumbo once tried to play Minecraft for I think it was 100 hours without killing any (hostile?) mobs to see how far he could ...

¿Dónde él piensa todos las comidas de los Estados Unidos venen de? Where does he think all the American foods come from? ¿Se puede usar una preposición pendienda en español, como en inglés? ¿Es verdad? One can use a dangling preposition in Spanish, like in English? Really? No. No. Sería "¿ De ...

Also, remember not everything has to be useful: things can just be there as obstacles to overcome (which is the general intent of hostile agents in games).

Hiatus until further notice: Part Two Due to the decreasing time available to me, and the burnout that has plagued me for a long time, I will again be mostly off of the CBB for some time. I will most likely be able to respond to PMs and quotes, and I love notifications so hesitate not, but I will b...

ɶʙ ɞʛ wrote: ↑10 Oct 2024 21:33 Alignment chart: pronunciation of <eu>

————————Lawful———Neutral———Chaotic———
Good—————/eu̯/————/e.u/————/əʉ̯/, /əɨ̯/
Neutral————/ju/————/ø/, /ɯ/——/ɔʏ̯/, /əi̯/
Evil——————/ev/————/ɹ̩/, /z̩/———//

This is correct.

/t k/ /s h/ /m n/ /r l/ /i u/ /e/ /a/ CVC* syllable structure. Acceptable internal clusters: /mm nn rr ll st sk ht hk/. Permitted word-final codas: /n s r/. /h/ is elided intervocalically. Syllable nuclei may be /a e i u/, or a diphthong /ai au eu/. Stress is ultimate with a word-final coda, penulti...

HolyHandGrenade! wrote: ↑04 Oct 2024 16:15 Today I went to the Wikipedia page for Navajo grammar and learned that the legends were true.

Of which legends do you speak?

As a teenager, I have heard and used bro increasingly outside of the vocative, without articles, such as the sentence: “bro just went crazy” I've increasingly heard this as well. At first mostly among "popular" people, chiefly men, but I'm now hearing it from nerdier types. I wonder how c...

I don't know what I'll think when I'm older, but at the moment I wouldn't want to live that long either. I don't want to slowly decline over decades, each day more tired than the last ...

Here's a second language derived from that proto. (ʷʉ ʲɨ rather than ʷə ʲə) p t k b d ɡ f s x > b d ɡ v z ɣ v z ɣ / V_V pʰ tʰ kʰ > f s x ŋ > ɣ ʷʉ ʲɨ > u i x ɣ > ∅ / !_V[stressed] x ɣ > h r / _V[stressed] C₁C₂ > C₂C₂ [hr] durevə "water (nom.)" durevi "water (acc.)" durevuzə "...

Now some sound changes from that. (ʷə ʲə rather than ʷʉ ʲɨ) Nʷ > w̃ intervocalically; > w otherwise f x > h Kʷ Pʷ > P sʲ xʲ > ʃ ə > ∅ / V[+stress]C[-aspirated]_ ə > a / V[+stress]{CC, C[aspirated]}(C)_ Cʰ > hC / !_V dʷəheh "water (nom.)" dʷəhefʲ "water (acc.)" dʷəhefsa "lake...

-(s)ə Nominative noun -(s)ʲə Accusative/oblique noun -(s)ʷəsə Nominative augmentative noun -(s)ʷəsʲə Accusatuve/oblique augmentative noun -(s)ʲəkʰə Nominative diminutive noun -(s)ʲəkʰʲə Accusative diminutive noun -n-ə First person imperfective verb -n-ək Second person imperfective verb -n-ʲə Third p...

Another one /p t k/ /pʰ tʰ kʰ/ /b d ɡ/ /f s x/ /m n ŋ/ Stressed vowels: /i u e o a/ Unstressed vowels: /ə ʷə~ʷʉ ʲə~ʲɨ/ Root structure: (CV[unstressed])CV[stressed](C) Roots are ambiguous as to part of speech; the suffixes they receive clarify that. *dʷəxef: dʷəxefə "water (nom.)" dʷəxefʲə...

This is evil. I love it.