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Sure! Le vulpile brun salde rapidment sybre le quen pigriçous. /lə vulpiːl brun sæld rəpidmənt sibr lə ken pigrisus/ DEF.MS fox brown jump-PRES.SG quickly over DEF.MS dog lazy The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Ti pude portar yn cavall á yne river, mais ti nu pude obligarle biver abe. /ti...

200: E 201: A 202: A Could we also see those example sentences in other Romance languages for comparison? Sure! I'll do comparisons with French, Spanish, and Italian. English: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Brettaniot: Le vulpile brun salde rapidment sybre le quen pigriçous. French: L...

200. E
201. A
202. A

200: b 201: c 202: a Could we get a look at a sample text in Brettaniot as is it is now? Sure! Le vulpile brun salde rapidment sybre le quen pigriçous. /lə vulpiːl brun sæld rəpidmənt sibr lə ken pigrisus/ DEF.MS fox brown jump-PRES.SG quickly over DEF.MS dog lazy The quick brown fox jumps over the...

The results are in! -- 197) Should Modern Brettaniot have an orthography reform? d) No. 198) Should diphthongs be reintroduced via loanwords? a) Yes. 199) It is 1783 CE. Should Carle I name separate heirs for the Spanish and British thrones? If they do not have separate heirs, the heir would be Carl...

197. C
198. A
199. A
200. E - Maria Luisa, Holy Roman Empress - Daughter of Carle I

The results are in! -- 195) What sound changes would you like to see in Modern Brettaniot? a) /ə/ > /∅/ | VC_CV (proposed by Artaxes) 196) What grammatical changes would you like to see in Modern Brettaniot? a) There will be no grammatical changes. (proposed by shimobaatar) -- 197) Should Modern Bre...

shimobaatar wrote: ↑10 Aug 2019 03:01 Thank you for the update!

No problem!

195: a 196: a (No changes.) I feel as though I don't know enough about the current grammar of the language to propose anything for Question 196. It hasn't changed much. I've kept all the pronouns the same for the past few rounds. Here are the basics for the verbs: Verbs only conjugate for Number an...

195. short /i u/ > /ɪ ʊ/

The results are in! -- There was a two-way tie for most of the questions. For the ones where there was still a tie, the tie was broken with a random number generator. 189) What should happen to the long vowels of Early Modern Brettaniot? a) They should be retained. 190) What should happen to the con...

189. H
190. C
191. B
192. B
193. B
194. A

The results are in! -- 188) What sound changes would you like to see in Early Modern Brettaniot? These will be the some of the last sound changes to happen. a) /s z/ → /ʃ ʒ/ after /u i j w/ (proposed by Artaxes) -- There was a two-way tie for most of the questions. 189) What should happen to the lon...

Artaxes wrote: ↑05 Aug 2019 14:41 In my opinion the long vowels should be saved.

I don't really care what happens to them to be honest. I was just trying to see if you guys wanted to decide something different.

The results are in! - 183) Should Spain and Britain undergo a personal union? a) Yes. 184) What should happen to short /i u/? d) They are retained as /i u/ 185) What should happen to short /a/? a) /a/ > /æ/ 186) What should happen to the consonant clusters /tj dj sj zj/? c) /tj dj sj zj/ > /sj zj sj...

183. A
184. A
185. A
186. B
187. A

The results are in! - 180) This will be one of the last sound changes in Early Modern Brettaniot. How should the phoneme /aː/ be developed? b) The phoneme /oː/ becomes /aː/ when a low vowel follows. 181) Are there any sound changes you would like to see in Early Modern Brettaniot? a) short /e o/ → /...

Here are mine: KIT [ɪ] DRESS [ɛ] TRAP [æ] LOT [ɑ] STRUT [ə] FOOT [ʊ] BATH [æ] CLOTH [ɑ] NURSE [ɚ] FLEECE [i] FACE [ɛɪ̯] PALM [ɑ] THOUGHT [ɑ] GOAT [ɔʊ̯] GOOSE [uʊ̯] PRICE [aɪ̯] CHOICE [ɔɪ̯] MOUTH [æʊ̯] NEAR [iɚ] SQUARE [ɛɚ] START [ɑɚ] NORTH [ɔɚ] FORCE [ɔɚ] CURE [jɔɚ ~ jɚ] - [jɔɚ] is mostly in careful...

180. C - /eː oː/ > /jaː waː/ (in stressed syllables)
181. B - /iː uː eː oː/ > /ai au ei ou/
182. B

The results are in! - 177) It is 1655 CE. In order to compromise with the Protestants, King Ranucce II has decided to create a parliament called the Council of the People to govern the country alongside him that is composed of commoners and nobles that are both Protestant and Catholic, although the ...