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by Imralu
11 Dec 2023 07:44
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1676
Views: 347349

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

Th/e/nk. I meant more widespread, something found in RP and GenAm. What dialect is that though? I've seen it given with /eɪ/ in the area around New York? Australian. And with no other crossover between /e/ and /æ/ (actually there *is* one example in the opposite direction; h/æ/llo). Both are widesp...
by Imralu
08 Dec 2023 06:19
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1676
Views: 347349

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

Not that English spelling and pronunciation have a great correspondence, but the pronunciation with /e/ doesn't even make sense looking at broader patterns in the language. The only instances of stressed <a> saying /e/ that I can think of are "any" and "many". (Curious if anyone...
by Imralu
07 Dec 2023 04:09
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1676
Views: 347349

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

I think he ─ and I, for what it's worth ─ are using the same vowel we use in "consonant." I'm not trying to defend condescending prescriptivism, which it may very well be, but I find the latter pronunciation more natural. As I said, the issue I really took was the way he expressed it, but...
by Imralu
07 Dec 2023 02:27
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1676
Views: 347349

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

Could you elaborate? I don't remember anything about pronunciation... Right near the beginning when they're introducing topic. She says it as conson/æ/ntal (in agreement with the Oxford, Cambridge, Merriam Webster and American Heritage dictionaries), and he just keeps insisting that it's conson/e/n...
by Imralu
05 Dec 2023 19:03
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2023
Replies: 319
Views: 13817

Re: Lexember 2023

I might have to yoink your customary-agentive suffix destinction. Esperanto does something similar with -anto and -isto I believe Yeah, its primary use has more of a connotation of "should" than -isto does and I use it a lot. It more or less provides a non-episodic interpretation and indi...
by Imralu
05 Dec 2023 16:23
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2023
Replies: 319
Views: 13817

Re: Lexember 2023

6th of Lexember zam "be a wheeled vehicle" from the ornative za "with", "having" plus yum "wheel". zaram "be a large, wheeled vehicle", with the augmentative infix -ar- . Zam evolved out of tihased (litters/palanquins/sedan chairs) to which wheels w...
by Imralu
05 Dec 2023 07:01
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: An Ant Language [in-language name to be determined]
Replies: 11
Views: 490

Re: An Ant Language [in-language name to be determined]

lurker wrote: 04 Dec 2023 22:10I really wish linguists could come up with a more general term for the unit below morpheme that doesn't imply it has to be a sound.
Emes. 😎
by Imralu
05 Dec 2023 06:57
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1676
Views: 347349

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

Arayaz wrote: 04 Dec 2023 16:16Also: Relevant.
Wow, he really lost me with his dogmatic assertions about the pronunciation of (tri)consonantal.
by Imralu
05 Dec 2023 05:47
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1938
Views: 656268

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

But then the question becomes if you can go into space as easily a we take a flight then why have this overengineered train thing? Because it's fun? 🤣 If you enjoy thinking about it, a nutcase gajillionaire space tree doggo might like the idea too. Just throwing out ideas, but maybe also, one way o...
by Imralu
04 Dec 2023 15:14
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1938
Views: 656268

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

I'm no economist, so I have no idea if this would make sense, even for a Kardashev II civilization, particularly since I've already established that normal space colonies exist to fill this need. But the idea just sounds too cool to ignore. You could justify it if your society has rampant capitalis...
by Imralu
04 Dec 2023 15:01
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2023
Replies: 319
Views: 13817

Re: Lexember 2023

5th of Lexember

yumenauh "be a pulley" (from yum "be a wheel", -e- LK2, nauh [nau̯ʍ] "be a rope")
by Imralu
04 Dec 2023 05:56
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Lexember 2023
Replies: 319
Views: 13817

Re: Lexember 2023

1st of Lexember heŋam 'be a couple", 'be a pair of lovers' (from he 'two' + ŋam 'be loved sexually/romantically') 2nd of Lexember hedož 'be a fork' (in a path, road, river. lightning etc.), figuratively also: 'be a dichotomous decision with life-changing consequences' 3rd of Lexember šigam 'us...
by Imralu
29 Nov 2023 04:57
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False cognates
Replies: 902
Views: 325298

Re: False cognates

* Georgian კაკაბი [kʼakʼabi] "patridge" * Maori kākāpō [kaːkaːpɔː] "kakapo" both words are used to indicate types of birds, though different types As far as I can tell, these are derived from the birdcalls via onomatopoeia, so it may not be too surprising. Yes, kākā in Māori is ...
by Imralu
29 Nov 2023 04:37
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Step-cousin and step-step-cousin
Replies: 3
Views: 632

Re: Step-cousin and step-step-cousin

Yes. And don't forget a step-step-step-cousin, a step-parent's step-sibling's step-child. With three steps being taken, we may as well just say "walking-cousin". I'm weird with kinship terms. On the one hand, I don't really like the topic of family very much, so all my conlangs have very s...
by Imralu
28 Nov 2023 07:14
Forum: Translations
Topic: A saw B and died
Replies: 36
Views: 5548

Re: A saw B and died

ok, relative and mobile genders... I was wondering what the "DEF=" gloss meant... DEF.R1 = definite, rank one. Not really genders though. They fulfil some of the same functions as gender, disambiguating between 3rd person referents (although more reliably than gender does, because it fall...
by Imralu
27 Nov 2023 14:23
Forum: Translations
Topic: TC: I watered my flowers yesterday [ADDED MORE]
Replies: 21
Views: 4427

Re: TC: I watered my flowers yesterday [ADDED MORE]

Eo[...] eo[...] /ɛɔ[...] ɛɔ[...]/ Eo[...] eo[...] 1SG[...] 1SG[...] I [...] Eo[...] el [...] eo[...] /ɛɔ[...] ɛɔ [...] ɛɔ[...]/ Eo[...] el [...] eo[...] 1SG[...] 1SG [...] 1SG[...] I [...](I[...]) [...] The pronunciation and the gloss is the same, so why is the instance I've marked red spelt <el> i...
by Imralu
27 Nov 2023 14:15
Forum: Translations
Topic: A saw B and died
Replies: 36
Views: 5548

Re: A saw B and died

oops, it's a gender thing... and if both participants have the same... No, it's not, that's just the analogy I used. It's based on rank, which I've explained here (although some of it might be a bit outdated or a poor explanation of how it's conceptualised now). In my example, I've given the woman ...
by Imralu
27 Nov 2023 07:34
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1676
Views: 347349

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

In English, one can nominalize a verb and state its patient by using the genitive (" the eating of vegetables is beneficial for one's health"). In addition, one can state the agent with a possessive construction (" my running in the rain has left me wet"). I assume that English ...
by Imralu
25 Nov 2023 17:16
Forum: Translations
Topic: A saw B and died
Replies: 36
Views: 5548

Re: A saw B and died

:con: Balog: Wež o hhuŋ šev ellas da yog oo . Wež ohhuŋ šev e llas da yog ee . does this mean that oo/ee particles reverse morphosyntactic alignment... No, not at all. There is no morphosyntactic alignment to speak of because there is no transitivity. Ee and oo are basically just pronouns that rela...
by Imralu
25 Nov 2023 05:26
Forum: Translations
Topic: A saw B and died
Replies: 36
Views: 5548

Re: A saw B and died

:con: Balog: Wež o hhuŋ šev ellas da yog oo . wež oo=huŋ | šev ee=las | da <iy>-og oo use.eye DEF.R3=man | visible DEF.R4=woman | then <INCEP>-to.death DEF.R3 The man saw the woman and died (somehow). Wež ohhuŋ šev e llas da yog ee . wež oo=huŋ | šev ee=las | da <iy>-og ee use.eye DEF.R3=man | visib...