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- 05 Jan 2023 02:47
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Peripheral Euro features
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1276
Re: Peripheral Euro features
I think that English and the Romance languages all sharing the same perfect construction consisting of a verb that is roughly shaped like "have" and a past participle is pretty strange, and that similarity is even stronger in Spanish and Italian where the other half of the construction co...
- 04 Jan 2023 10:03
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Peripheral Euro features
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1276
Re: Peripheral Euro features
I think that English and the Romance languages all sharing the same perfect construction consisting of a verb that is roughly shaped like "have" and a past participle is pretty strange, and that similarity is even stronger in Spanish and Italian where the other half of the construction con...
- 03 Jan 2023 10:34
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Guess the Word in Romlangs 2
- Replies: 669
- Views: 116976
Re: Guess the Word in Romlangs 2
(related to but not necessarily derived from)shimobaatar wrote: ↑03 Jan 2023 00:22Is it related to galērum?qwed117 wrote: ↑02 Jan 2023 19:57GoshDiggityDangit wrote: ↑02 Jan 2023 18:31 Is /r/ present in the original Latin word?
i.e gar-, gār-?
- 02 Jan 2023 20:19
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
- Replies: 762
- Views: 193827
Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Curious to ask, I was looking at the most recent relay, and was curious if anyone has tried a relay where people pass recordings of themselves speaking the language, alongside a grammar; in essence, the torches are audio files, rather than written texts?
- 02 Jan 2023 19:57
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Guess the Word in Romlangs 2
- Replies: 669
- Views: 116976
Re: Guess the Word in Romlangs 2
GoshDiggityDangit wrote: ↑02 Jan 2023 18:31 Is /r/ present in the original Latin word?
i.e gar-, gār-?
- 02 Jan 2023 17:45
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Guess the Word in Romlangs 2
- Replies: 669
- Views: 116976
Re: Guess the Word in Romlangs 2
shimobaatar wrote: ↑02 Jan 2023 15:53Hmm… probably not, but is it related to garum?qwed117 wrote: ↑17 Dec 2022 21:16shimobaatar wrote: ↑16 Dec 2022 18:04 Did it begin with either <ga-> or <gā->? In other words, was the nucleus of the first syllable a monophthong?
- 02 Jan 2023 03:08
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2022
- Replies: 249
- Views: 13427
Re: Lexember 2022
These are all excellent! My favorite is probably *təŋgáyskik > köj3 , if I had to pick just one. It's definitely an interesting word, the path is roughly as follows *təŋgáyskik > tʰəŋ'geskɯk > tʰəŋ'ŋɤskɯk > tʰŋɤ˩skɯ > tʰŋɤ˩sk > tʰŋɤɕ˩ > kəɕ˥˩ The really evident part is that losing most unstressed s...
- 01 Jan 2023 08:52
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2022
- Replies: 249
- Views: 13427
Re: Lexember 2022
So I've been absent for a bit because I've been reworking HTAP to have a bit of 'diachrony' behind it, and now that I'm (sort of) finished with that, I'm gonna post some Lexember words Lexember 20-31 20 köj3 /kəɕ˥˩/ land, ground (as opposed to water, sky, underground) from *təŋgáyskik 21 e̋k2döng3öj...
- 28 Dec 2022 17:06
- Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
- Topic: Word-Final <r> in Portuguese
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9462
Re: Word-Final <r> in Portuguese
Popped up Duolingo Portuguese to test, and no, the word final /r/ appears as [x], which is, to my knowledge, fairly standard for Brazilian Portuguese. It might be a little bit more front than the typical uvulo-velar [x̠] I hear most English speakers use for /x/, but it's definitely a velar fricative
- 28 Dec 2022 16:52
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
- Replies: 881
- Views: 275177
Re: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
:eng: handaxe and :deu: Handaxt (a small axe to be held in one hand) If they mean the same thing, what's the misfortune? I'd say in common parlance, a hatchet can be referred to as a handaxe, but the traditional definition of handaxe is the human archeological remains of knapped flint or chert, whi...
- 25 Dec 2022 04:53
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: CBB Conlang Relay XV - RESULTS
- Replies: 153
- Views: 11515
Re: CBB Conlang Relay XV - RESULTS
Oh huzzah! It's a Christmas miracle! [:D] Wild! It looks like the beehive was conjured out of a Boral expression for "crowd"? Seems so! The Boral aucoum can mean both "beehive" and "swarm, crowd" [xD] When I saw loglorn's translation, my first instinct was that 'beehiv...
- 19 Dec 2022 07:56
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2022
- Replies: 249
- Views: 13427
Re: Lexember 2022
thang2 - to roll, to rotate, to reoccur, (metaphorically) to be unchanging I really like the metaphorical extension of this word to mean "to be unchanging"! si1-chang2 - to crack (only used adversatively) If I might ask, could you possibly elaborate regarding what you mean by "advers...
- 17 Dec 2022 22:17
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Quick Diachronics Challenge v2
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3120
Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge v2
ɶʙ ɞʛ: majˈlu ʎʎũ mʕaɟˈɟu < ma:ʎˈɲu Clade is right; think more about the pharyngeal fricative with regards to the reconstruction nɜˈjɔl nɔlˈlon ɲæ˩ɲæʊ˩˥ < nalˈɲɔl Clade is right and you have the right sort of structure down, ie n(Nucleus)(lateral)n(Nucleus)(lateral), but think a bit about [ɲæ˩ɲæʊ˩˥]...
- 17 Dec 2022 21:16
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Guess the Word in Romlangs 2
- Replies: 669
- Views: 116976
Re: Guess the Word in Romlangs 2
shimobaatar wrote: ↑16 Dec 2022 18:04 Did it begin with either <ga-> or <gā->? In other words, was the nucleus of the first syllable a monophthong?
- 14 Dec 2022 22:04
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Guess the Word in Romlangs 2
- Replies: 669
- Views: 116976
- 13 Dec 2022 05:19
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2022
- Replies: 249
- Views: 13427
Re: Lexember 2022
Lexember 12
si1-chang2 - to crack (only used adversatively)
si1-chang2 - to crack (only used adversatively)
- 12 Dec 2022 03:20
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2022
- Replies: 249
- Views: 13427
Re: Lexember 2022
Lexember 11
thang2 - to roll, to rotate, to reoccur, (metaphorically) to be unchanging
thang2 - to roll, to rotate, to reoccur, (metaphorically) to be unchanging
- 10 Dec 2022 07:41
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2022
- Replies: 249
- Views: 13427
Re: Lexember 2022
Lexember 10
ti1 - No! (negative response to a positive polar question)
ti1 - No! (negative response to a positive polar question)
- 09 Dec 2022 12:45
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2022
- Replies: 249
- Views: 13427
Re: Lexember 2022
Lexember 9
ka2 - No! (negative response to a negative polar question), also, "what?" when a speaker is unsure of what they've heard
ka2 - No! (negative response to a negative polar question), also, "what?" when a speaker is unsure of what they've heard
- 09 Dec 2022 04:06
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2022
- Replies: 249
- Views: 13427
Re: Lexember 2022
Had a final on the seventh (went rough)
Lexember 7
mier3 - sweetness, sweet, dulcor
Lexember 8
khwön1 - bitterness, pungency, especially of otherwise sweet things, eg. orange rinds.
Lexember 7
mier3 - sweetness, sweet, dulcor
Lexember 8
khwön1 - bitterness, pungency, especially of otherwise sweet things, eg. orange rinds.