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Wow, this is the first post I've made in Almea...it feels good. Down to business: In Isma?n, as you probably know, exists a set of alveolo-palatal fricatives. Is that some sort of double articulation of [s] and [x]?

What are some "quirks" of languages that you know/know of (conlang or natlang)? I'll give a few examples to show you what I mean and also to contribute: French: Stress pronouns - Used whenever stress is applied to a word. Ex. Moi, je ne parle pas fran?ais! (Me) I don't speak French! Special "pronoun...

con quesa wrote:

Whenever I see Ktuvok, I am reminded of Tuvok, from Star Trek: Voyager.

So it's not just me...

Me too!

bicoherent wrote:Cor: That'll be consonant harmony, not vowel harmony. Reportedly, very few languages have consonant harmony.

That'd only be consonant harmony if the only voiced/voiceless distinction were in consonants. In many of my conlangs, however, the vowels are also distinguished by voicing.

Is voiceless/voiced harmony feasible?