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by Creyeditor
20 Feb 2024 18:23
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347207

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

I know you did not mean that. I was hoping that the two descriptions are extensionally the same even if they are intensionally different.
by Creyeditor
20 Feb 2024 16:37
Forum: Games
Topic: Sound Changes Game v2
Replies: 2046
Views: 230039

Re: Sound Changes Game v2

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[ˌʕunʊnˈd͡ðiˌɛ:ˈrɛə̯] > [ˌʕuwnʊwnˈd͡ðiˌɛ:jˈrɛə̯]
by Creyeditor
20 Feb 2024 15:39
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347207

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Just to clarify: your idea is to lose vowel length but keep the synchronic latin stress rule leading to many (diachronic) stress shifts, right? Sounds naturalistic but I would frame it slightly different. You lose vowel length, keep stress positions (so in a way 'lose' the synchronic stress rule) an...
by Creyeditor
19 Feb 2024 21:19
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Replies: 570
Views: 155246

Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread

[...] /p t ts k/ /f s x/ /m n/ /v~w l/ [...] ps px tf tx tsf tsx kf ks (fs) fx sf sx (xf) (xs) ml (nv) vl (lv) I like the /pn kn/ cluster. I should maybe add them (and also /fn/) and allophonically devoice nasals in there. And maybe [f] is really an allophone of /v/ (or [v] of /f/) at least in clus...
by Creyeditor
19 Feb 2024 20:47
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Twin Aster (Man in Space’s conworld megathread)
Replies: 142
Views: 98873

Re: Twin Aster (Man in Space’s conworld megathread)

I like the Africanist-typewriter style.
by Creyeditor
19 Feb 2024 17:40
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: Does this make sense?
Replies: 2
Views: 248

Re: Does this make sense?

Can you just say that -ra and -re are case markers (e.g. nominative and accusative) and the noun phrase before the verb is the topic? The noun phrase after the verb would be the focus. I think this would match your sentences with your translations. Non-overt categories (as your topic position) can b...
by Creyeditor
19 Feb 2024 17:17
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Fredauon Fun Facts
Replies: 99
Views: 5296

Re: Fredauon Fun Facts

Fredauon Fun Fact #16: Music-wise, there is a gradient continuum on The Continent from the 3/4 time signature, downbeat music, with 12 notes to a octave, and prominent Shengs in the area north of the Great Mountains to the pentatonic, polyrhythmic, drum and string-heavy music in the southern parts....
by Creyeditor
18 Feb 2024 23:11
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347207

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

That depends on a lot of factors. Acoustically, [ʊ] and [o] are very close, so they are likely to merge. But this doesn't mean that this is the most likely in all contexts. If /ʊ/ and /ɔ/ share some other phonetic property (e.g. being short (as in German) or having a retracted tongue root (as in som...
by Creyeditor
18 Feb 2024 09:37
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347207

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Isn't Korean like this?
by Creyeditor
18 Feb 2024 00:25
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random ideas: Morphosyntax
Replies: 900
Views: 207214

Re: Random ideas: Morphosyntax

Which reminds me of a thought I had recently: v-drop. Some languages can drop arguments if they can be inferred from the context, a v-drop language drops the verb/predicate whenever possible. Yasa tano _. I food _ 'I (eat) the food.' Yasa _ lada ko suka. I _ in the bed 'I (sleep) in the bed.' I gues...
by Creyeditor
17 Feb 2024 13:13
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random ideas: Morphosyntax
Replies: 900
Views: 207214

Re: Random ideas: Morphosyntax

Closest thing I can think of right now is German varieties that fuse prepositions with articles. zu-m Haus to-the.DAT.N house 'to the house' zu-nem Haus to-a.DAT.N house 'to a house' So you need to specify definiteness on the preposition in principle. Well, unless you have a demonstrative/strong art...
by Creyeditor
15 Feb 2024 22:36
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Fredauon Fun Facts
Replies: 99
Views: 5296

Re: Fredauon Fun Facts

Not at all. All people have 'the spark' but the spark can only rise back through the heavenly spheres back to the main deity at the time of death if the person has accumulated enough knowledge in their lifetime. Folk religion assumes that each sphere has a specific deity that quizzes you on your kno...
by Creyeditor
14 Feb 2024 22:23
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Fredauon Fun Facts
Replies: 99
Views: 5296

Re: Fredauon Fun Facts

Fredauon Fun Fact #15: The main religion of the Wizard Republic is similar to Gnosticism *here on Earth* in that humans possess a divine 'spark' of knowledge that was seperated from the highest deity by mistake. It is different, however, that there is no secret knowledge; instead knowledge is activ...
by Creyeditor
14 Feb 2024 22:19
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1107
Views: 282095

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Not trying to go full philosophical here, but couldn't you say that a singular entity contrast with other potential but non-existent entities if the same kind? I was thinking of stuff like "There is only one god and his name is X", which implies that any claim that something with name Y is...
by Creyeditor
12 Feb 2024 09:35
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: How do your languages treat (in)definiteness?
Replies: 28
Views: 1177

Re: How do your languages treat (in)definiteness?

Omlueuet has an indedinite article but not a definite one. Kobardon has inflectional suffixes on nouns that express number and definiteness.
by Creyeditor
10 Feb 2024 21:38
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Fredauon Fun Facts
Replies: 99
Views: 5296

Re: Fredauon Fun Facts

Fredauon Fun Fact #14:
Ginkgo are one of the most common and most diverses clades of (wild or cultivated) trees on Fredauon.
by Creyeditor
10 Feb 2024 13:45
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347207

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Just concerning the "obstruent influence tone without bearing it"-question. Depressor consonant is a good key word. Onset obstruents can synchronically and phonetically influence tone because they require a certain state of the glottis for their voicing value which restricts the possible r...
by Creyeditor
09 Feb 2024 16:02
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Fredauon Fun Facts
Replies: 99
Views: 5296

Re: Fredauon Fun Facts

Well, flying wouldn't work that way. Three problems You would need to know what to change in order to make a flying human. You would want to use your legs and arms less to get lighter bones but more in order to get more muscles. Provided you find a solution, you would still need to rely on random mu...
by Creyeditor
09 Feb 2024 15:45
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1675
Views: 347207

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

[ka˥.na˥] [ka˩.na˩] [ka.na] Those are the underlying tone melodies for each of them. The third one, however, can be rising, falling or low depending on the adjacent morphemes. That suggests that you have marked H and L tones, and then a separate unmarked tone. Which is perfectly naturalistic. I see...
by Creyeditor
09 Feb 2024 08:43
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Fredauon Fun Facts
Replies: 99
Views: 5296

Re: Fredauon Fun Facts

Fredauon Fun Fact #13: Evolution on Fredauon is Lamarckian in the following restricted sense: characteristics gradually acquired by use or disuse of certain body parts are inheritable. This is because cells inside organs that are used more frequently or less frequently change their internal buildin...