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- Mon Jan 02, 2012 12:17 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #94: Face and Politeness)
- Replies: 974
- Views: 178986
Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #30: Numerals)
A new episode is out: Conlangery #31: Demonstratives
- Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:14 pm
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: Conlingual Telephone VI
- Replies: 77
- Views: 31809
Re: Conlingual Telephone VI
The small passage was fun. I keep taking the translation back to English stage because my conlangs aren't documented enough for long passages. If another relay of this general length comes up again I think I'll hop in with one of my conlangs.
- Sun Dec 25, 2011 2:59 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: ZBB member photos, part 5. (Something for the weekend, sir?)
- Replies: 5496
- Views: 774565
Re: ZBB member photos, part 5. (camel toes.)
I guess I should put a more recent photo of myself. I hope I look more or less the same. :) Wow that looks so little how I remember you, especially your cheeks. I thought I remember them being more appley, but hey the last time I saw one of your SCAdian pictures was like 2008 or so, so the memory i...
- Sun Dec 25, 2011 2:44 am
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: Conlingual Telephone VI
- Replies: 77
- Views: 31809
Re: Conlingual Telephone VI
Received and sending final translation to English.
- Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:59 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #94: Face and Politeness)
- Replies: 974
- Views: 178986
Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #29: Romanization)
I pronounce it ajdi3\lEkt.
@Bob Johnson: Do you have ɪ in idea or ideal as well?
@Bob Johnson: Do you have ɪ in idea or ideal as well?
- Mon Dec 19, 2011 4:12 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #94: Face and Politeness)
- Replies: 974
- Views: 178986
Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #29: Romanization)
It was choppy for a while. It was clean until you guys mentioned the quality was bad then it sounds like George adjusted something, then I really couldn't understand anything until about the 13 minute mark when it cleared up. Featuring a natlang occasionally should be pretty good. I just put in a su...
- Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:51 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 619907
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Your vowel system looks a lot like that of Sanskrit to me, so a look at the developments in Indo-Aryan languages may be helpful. The language is Indo-Iranian so yeah the systems are similar. But thank you for the suggestion. I had only been looking at Old Persian and Avestan for inspiration, I had ...
- Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:25 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 619907
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Not only plausible but likely.Solarius wrote:Is h changing to ʔ plausible?
- Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:25 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 619907
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Okay so Proto-Halauzhani has a lopsided frequency of vowels and dipthongs. In order from most frequent to least frequent they are a a: ai au i i: r= u u:. /a/ is the most frequent by far (having come from *e, *o, and *a). I have a feeling this will balance some in daughter languages. What are some p...
- Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:45 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #94: Face and Politeness)
- Replies: 974
- Views: 178986
Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #28: "Correlatives")
I don't think the author of Gomain is L1 English, mostly due to the Slavic vibe George picked up and the typo of "everjone". As for the offensive word in the B's, it is listed as offensive, so the closest word pragmatically does seem to be the one used. I have a conlang with a couple swear that almo...
- Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:26 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Istion - an Age of Sail Conworld.
- Replies: 488
- Views: 73835
- Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:54 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: vocabulary prominence
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1708
Re: vocabulary prominence
Are there dictionaries that somehow mark which words are more common? My only thought would be the order in which they are listed.
- Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:45 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: vocabulary prominence
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1708
vocabulary prominence
What is it called when certain words are used more frequently and other synonyms (or near synonyms) are used in more restricted situations? What area of linguistics would this fall under? I find the rise and fall of usage of words interesting. Outside of syntax it seems to be a primary culprit for m...
- Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:09 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 619907
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
A quick google search showed final stops becoming fricatives in a bunch of languages, though most of them were under some sort of condition, e.g. dorsal consonants only or following a back vowel. I would however expect p > ɸ or at least something voiceless (e.g. h). Also note you don't need to have ...
- Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:08 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #94: Face and Politeness)
- Replies: 974
- Views: 178986
Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #27: Irregularity)
I haven't listened to the podcast yet - but I'm trying to copy it to my ipod and just realised that the reason it's not been copying is because it's so large - 114 MB? Guys! That's massive! Your biggest one before was 66 MB and that's still really pushing it. (As a comparison, the other podcasts I ...
- Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:23 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #94: Face and Politeness)
- Replies: 974
- Views: 178986
Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #27: Irregularity)
"gigantic piles of grammatical joy" probably the best line yet in all the episodes.
- Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:35 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Lexicon Building
- Replies: 4308
- Views: 793270
Re: Lexicon Building
horse!!! yea, I like this word. Proto-Halauzhani asha < Proto-NE-Iranian acwa : horse zhaya: horse that likes to run, someone with initiative axvasha: fast horse, having fast horses rzhasha: exceptionally fast horse, an exceptional person, an innovator, avant-garde xvasha: strong horse, having stron...
- Sat Dec 03, 2011 6:54 pm
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: Conlingual Telephone VI
- Replies: 77
- Views: 31809
Re: CLT VI - looking for conlang -> English transators for e
I'll do Kannow to English.
- Wed Nov 30, 2011 8:28 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: the Old Granny thread
- Replies: 624
- Views: 190109
Re: the Old Granny thread
Honeyplops, please , you can do so much with a microwave that it's not even funny. The only thing that's lacking is imagination. I'd love to know some of those recipes. The most I ever did was shredded cabbage, veggie boulion, and kielbasa in water and microwave it into a make-shift soup. Even thou...
- Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:55 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Istion - an Age of Sail Conworld.
- Replies: 488
- Views: 73835
Re: Istion - an Age of Sail Conworld.
I'm not part of the project (at least at the moment) but I have some questions about the PVQ clicks. Are they all velar for the secondary part of the click? I have a hard time reading IPA diacritics, is that contrasting voice and nasalization or stiff and creaky voice?
- Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:23 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: the Old Granny thread
- Replies: 624
- Views: 190109
Re: the Old Granny thread
Indeed. Being a "poor college student" does not automatically mean "eating horribly". When I had to cook on my own when I lived in Germany and the UK, the standard fare included risottos, pasta, sausages, chicken cooked in various ways, and other interesting dishes. Keep in mind, at least around he...
- Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:55 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #94: Face and Politeness)
- Replies: 974
- Views: 178986
Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #26: Emphasis)
No, there is only way I can record the whole call with Audacity, and that involves using my headset. It sounds like Kereb has an idea oh what is going on but for clarity I was using Audacity and it sent output to my headset but was taking input from my laptop. Too bad this wasn't your situation sin...
- Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:06 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #94: Face and Politeness)
- Replies: 974
- Views: 178986
Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #26: Emphasis)
Have you checked to make sure your computer is actually using your microphone? Just today I was doing some recording and I sounded quiet and there was a background hum/hiss. Then I realized it was taking from the wrong device, it turns out it was using the laptop's microphone for use with the webcam.
- Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:47 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: "You don't sound X"
- Replies: 32
- Views: 5742
"You don't sound X"
How is "You don't sound [insert nationality/dialect]." rendered in other languages? It seems like it would be rather idiomatic. I wouldn't think many languages would use a similar structure.
- Wed Nov 23, 2011 9:05 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
- Replies: 2878
- Views: 642185
Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
Oh god, we truly are nerdy. My first instinct was "why didn't he just use sunt and have it all in Latin?".Kereb wrote:they are nerdissimus inter nerdes