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by Mbwa
Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:38 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
Replies: 2278
Views: 499802

Re: Post your conlang's phonology

I was gonna say ogonek. I like that, especially considering you got the macrons too.
by Mbwa
Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:08 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: How to design a non-European phonology
Replies: 622
Views: 166803

Re: How to design a non-European phonology

Inspiring. Props for the effort.
by Mbwa
Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:31 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Replies: 2827
Views: 613946

Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread

Maybe you could have something where stressed vowels can be either long or short, and short stressed vowels also merge as /ə/.
by Mbwa
Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:51 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Replies: 2827
Views: 613946

Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread

Arzena wrote:How might I justify a sound change of /ɒ/ to [ɛ] in the environment R_ ?
R = /r ɾ w/
You don't need to justify it.
by Mbwa
Sat Jul 02, 2011 2:49 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: English /r/
Replies: 47
Views: 8469

Re: English /r/

well... I tried both links and got a message that the file could not be found or something like that.
by Mbwa
Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:03 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: English /r/
Replies: 47
Views: 8469

English /r/

I don't think this has been discussed in depth recently. Anyway, the English /r/ is kinda weird. It's usually referred to as an alveolar approximant (except I think in Scotland /r/ can be realized as a flap most of the time?), but there's other stuff going on with it that varies a lot. Catford says ...
by Mbwa
Wed Jun 29, 2011 2:02 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Replies: 2827
Views: 613946

Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread

I wonder how stable /s ʃ ʂ ɕ/ would be
by Mbwa
Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:58 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: How do you pronounce "Wikipedia"?
Replies: 136
Views: 17809

Re: How do you pronounce "Wikipedia"?

Umega wrote:
YngNghymru wrote:I'll give you a hint: /ʍ/

i don't say it loud enough or emphatic enough on that syllable to produce a voiced sound
ever?
by Mbwa
Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:40 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: How do you pronounce "Wikipedia"?
Replies: 136
Views: 17809

Re: How do you pronounce "Wikipedia"?

[w@M\@w@4@j@]

i speak lazy american

sometimes the [@4@] is even squashed to [@] when i feel like eating more potato chips
by Mbwa
Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:35 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Replies: 2827
Views: 613946

Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread

How about glottal stop + nasal sequences?
by Mbwa
Sun Jun 05, 2011 2:17 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Replies: 2827
Views: 613946

Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread

maybe /s/ is phonetically velarized, although then you'd have to justify that dunno how retarded this is, but maybe there could've been an earlier /s_d s/ contrast, and the (post)alveolar /s/ velarised to sharpen the contrast. then the /s_d/ could go a few different routes. I'd say it depends on th...
by Mbwa
Wed May 18, 2011 10:07 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
Replies: 1058
Views: 221636

Re: Confusing headlines

a victim of dog bites?
by Mbwa
Tue May 17, 2011 2:35 pm
Forum: C&C Archive
Topic: Transitive vs. Intransitive
Replies: 36
Views: 9597

Re: Transitive vs. Intransitive

transexualitive
by Mbwa
Tue May 17, 2011 5:59 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2
Replies: 812
Views: 203603

Re: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2

If anyone gives a "fucsh", the real origin of the word (actually an acronym) lies with the Inquisition and later, New World persecutions of "different" people. The acronym F.U.C.K was used in records of torture and execution to mean For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. So, there ya have it. My history te...
by Mbwa
Tue May 10, 2011 6:23 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Creativity of the day
Replies: 1704
Views: 323386

Re: Creativity of the day

Image
by Mbwa
Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:23 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Creativity of the day
Replies: 1704
Views: 323386

Re: Creativity of the day

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/5897/managersonly1.jpg http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/218/managersonly2.jpg http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/9391/managersonly3.jpg couldn't fit the whole thing in my scanner, so it's pretty big. this makes it harder to get the full picture but it would stret...
by Mbwa
Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:42 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Replies: 2827
Views: 613946

Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread

I've got a vowel shift, but in order to preserve the inventory I want, the order needs to be kinda weird. The starting inventory is /a e i o u a: e: i: o: u:/, with this vowel shift: i: u: > ai au e o > { a e: o: > i u i u > e o a: a > a @ to end up with /a { e i o u @ ai au/. The order of changes s...
by Mbwa
Fri Mar 04, 2011 7:33 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Replies: 2827
Views: 613946

Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread

maybe you could do:

a > @ when in a final syllable
s > j / _#
x > w / _#
@j > i
@w > u
by Mbwa
Thu Mar 03, 2011 6:48 am
Forum: C&C Archive
Topic: Arve
Replies: 24
Views: 4994

Re: Arve

I don't have time to say anything more in depth right now, but this is kickass.
by Mbwa
Sun Feb 27, 2011 2:01 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Replies: 2827
Views: 613946

Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread

I thought of a way I could justify it: an earlier form of the language had 2 tones: high and low. There was a sort of tone harmony, with basically the same rules I described. stress fell on the first high tone syllable, and EXCEPT FOR this stressed syllable, adjacent vowels must match in tone. high ...
by Mbwa
Sun Feb 27, 2011 1:07 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Replies: 2827
Views: 613946

Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread

dude, that definitely works.
by Mbwa
Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:11 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Replies: 2827
Views: 613946

Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread

Stress falls on the first syllable with a long vowel, but I have this other rule: on either side of the stressed syllable, vowels must match in length. In other words: the syllable after the stress must have a short vowel, unless the stress is word-initial. No, I mean you can have short vowels or l...
by Mbwa
Sat Feb 26, 2011 1:06 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Creativity of the day
Replies: 1704
Views: 323386

Re: Creativity of the day

Interesting concreature. Why is it asymmetrical, though? Thanks. It's not supposed to be well-thought out or anything, i just drew it. It's asymmetrical because I'm not that great at drawing. This thing is supposed to be the cover of an album for my noise project. I'm gonna add some color and a bac...
by Mbwa
Sat Feb 26, 2011 12:51 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Creativity of the day
Replies: 1704
Views: 323386

Re: Creativity of the day

Image
by Mbwa
Fri Feb 25, 2011 8:07 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Yet Another English Spelling Reform Thread
Replies: 117
Views: 24554

Re: Yet Another English Spelling Reform Thread

Has anyone ever considered a spelling reform that marks stress?