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/ə/ is inserted between any two consonants /ə/ > /i/ when adjacent to any of /pʲ t͡ɕ bʲ d͡ʑ ⁿd͡ʑ ɬʲ ɕ ʑ mʲ ɲ j ʎ/ /ə/ > /u/ when adjacent to any of /p p̪͡f b ᵐb f v m/ /ə/ > /a/ when adjacent to any of /q χ ʁ/ /ə/ > /o/ when adjacent to /ɫ/ /ə/ > /e/ elsewhere /ə/ does not exist in the language's p...

Semitic? Ehhh... I guess with the ablaut and pharyngeals? It doesn't really make sense to me geographically speaking. Grammatically speaking - ehhhhhn, I guess? But you might as well chalk it up to somewhere else.

I have a feeling I'm kicking a hornets' nest, but does this cast doubt on common views of Indo-European?
(In other words a regular Tuesday, but still.)

Apparently there's a semantic map of Pluractionality (by Simone Mattiola 2016) https://www.verduria.org/download/file.php?id=488 Leave it to linguists to put all the stuff you only knew subconsciously in full view. Who needs drugs. This field expands my mind constantly. Is there such thing as infle...

I like this. I do wonder if they ever said the quiet part out loud though.

lurker wrote: ↑23 Sep 2024 23:37 Previously I had a dedicated complementizer <F> that you stuck before the relative clause.

That sounds like a feature in West Semitic.

In any case, feel free to send me any long grammar shenanigans.
I need to get my head back in the game with Commonthroat.

Keep well, Languages Mackenzie. Will miss you.

An idea for a religion. Members of this religion think that continents are gods and worship them. Priests fall over oneselves to explain how continents can do all things that human can do while still being large landmasses without human body. I had an idea like this. I'll post it here eventually. I...

I like using the idea of computer simulations as an analogy for our universe, and I believe the universe is computed based on metaphysical principles somewhat beyond our ken, but possible observable and possible able to be theorized on. I'm no chakra-loving hippie; I'm not fond of ridiculous stuff l...

Found this thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy2MqQ_uNIY
Same guys who made Vamos a la Playa. Screams 80s.

Dreamt just before my absence of a cross between the people from Harry and his Bucket Full of Dinosaurs, and and ARG/cult something where if I didn't do some stuff to stop it, the world would fall to darkness and evil forces, and I had to keep on guard from being manipulated. Only finished two out o...

Howdy!

That's some good stuff!

Clusters /pʃ tʃ kʃ/ become /psʰ tsʰ ksʰ/. Clusters /px tx kx/ become /pˠ tˠ kˠ/, creating a 3-way distinction in unvoiced stops. /ɬ l r r̥/ become velarized to /ɬˠ lˠ ʁˠ ʀˠ/. /mbʲ ndʲ ŋgʲ/ lenitiate to /mvʲ nðʲ ŋʝ/. /h̪͆ ɦ̪͆ h̪͆ʲ ɦ̪͆ʲ/ become /ɸ̫ β̫ θʲ ðʲ/. Clusters of the following are now illegal ...

I've been listening to a lot of Arabic recordings the past while. I've discovered that /θ/ can morph into /ɬ/, particularly before nasals.
So, the word "female" - /ʔunθā/ - might be realized as [ʔunɬā].

Maybe something long and interesting? Or a story or illustration?
Or something that you don't consider a mere "fun fact," but actually extremely central.

I think the Middle East is also a good model for that, to whatever degree. At some point, urbanization, historical events, and increased nonlineal religiosity will make shires more moot (pun intended) (less moot?). As a good model, Jewish tribal distinctions were basically erased due to the exiles t...

Hello there everyone. After being active on this site for more than half a year, I disappeared suddenly last month. What happened? I needed to get out. There's hardly anything worth doing in my hometown, most of my friends don't live here anymore, my time was being wasted (posting on the CBB took ti...

That sounds like a nightmare.

I mean, if it's crazy enough, they'd buy it. If you and your friend both met G-d, you wouldn't let go of Him or him.

I had an idea. May they make a shire meeting to discuss this.

I made one, where the word for "warrior" - h'iy - sounded like the word for "donkey" - h'iý. Used as an insult to foreign invaders in a dirge