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Stuff Unfortunately I don't speak Romanian, that would probably make this whole thing a lot easier. I didn't realize there was a difference between "Proto-Romanian" and "Proto-Eastern-Romance". I'd be interested in information on either. I'll definitely take a look at your conlang; it's good to kno...

Does anyone know where I could find information on Proto-Romanian? Specifically, a lexicon of reconstructed words and a grammar would be ideal, but I'd also take sound changes from Latin in a pinch. I'm trying to do an a posteriori Eastern Romance conlang and finding it surprisingly difficult to get...

Dagati dogakou [dɔgɑqɔw] Unnamed dwágaqwa [ˈtʷakaqʰʷa]
Dagati totoga [tɔtɔgɑ] Unnamed twátwaga [ˈtʰʷatʰʷaka]
Dagati tagotodiu [tɑgɔtɔdju] Unnamed tagwatwádye [tʰakʷaˈtʰʷatʲə]
Dagati diakogau [djɑqɔgɑw] Unnamed dyáqwaga [ˈtʲaqʰʷaka]

kRnmä DkäK [ðqäX] Unnamed theggáxh [θəˈqaχ]
kRnmä DnDäckäK [ðnðätʃqäX] Unnamed thenẽthăcheggaxh [θənə̃ˈθãtɕəqaχ]
kRnmä DväkRnä [ðväqr:nä] Unnamed thaggerenă [θaqəɻəˈnã]
kRnmä DäVkä [ðäʙqä] Unnamed tháxhweggwa [ˈθaχʷəqʷa]

This is a cool project; you've inspired me to make my own attempt at it. I'm excited to see your next segment.

I use LaTeX to format a dictionary. Although usually I just end up looking at the raw .tex file instead of the PDF it outputs.

nkampo- to segment into equal pieces.

You should group your affixes by category; it's way easier to look at what's going on when in some kind of ordered fashion as opposed to your big list there. If there's any organizational scheme to it, I can figure it out. Something like this: past bla blah mood blah boop bleep etc. Also, you seem t...

My proto-lang contains the phonemes /dʑ g/ in its inventory and a descendant language lacks those two phonemes, how can I eliminate them realistically? Thanks! dʑ > dz > dz̻ > dð > ð > ∅ g > k > x > h >∅ Thank you :) You could even go down a different root and have: dʑ > ʑ > j > ∅ g > ɣ > ɰ > ∅ I'd...

Daedalon, all your vowel changes work. And what could be done to with [w̃] and [j̃] ? They might just lose the nasalisation. You could also have them influence surrounding sounds, so that [gw̃a] > [ŋw̃a] > [ŋʷa] or [ŋʷã] or something similar. Intervocalically or word-initially, perhaps > [nw] and [n...

Ahzoh wrote:A consonant chart

What about the vowels?

[ɡ̊] is typically the same as [k]. It's used sometimes to indicate that the underlying phoneme is /g/. I think it may be used in some languages to indicate a third level of voicing, but I can't think of any examples right now. [n̊] can be approximated by [hn], yes. However, [n̊] and [hn] are not the...

Would it be too confusing/ugly to have <hb hd hg>, and thus <hBenésia>? (with the initial lowercase to keep with the Irish style of course)

Proto-Tlusa tata [taˈta] Bìlechte tata [ˈtadɛ]
Proto-Tlusa cuta [cuˈta] Bìlechte cuta [ˈcudɛ]
Proto-Tlusa kata [kaˈta] Bilechte kata [ˈkadɛ]
Proto-Tlusa tatad [taˈtað] Bilechte tatad [tɛˈdad]

I began an isolating project recently. So far the only morphological complexity I'm planning on is verbal aspect marking, nominal classifiers, and compounds. Serial verbs will be prominent, along with word order as an expression of grammatical features of the sentence. Another language I've done is ...

Proto-Tlusa ikitidi [iˈkitiði] Bìlechte ikitidi [ɪgɪˈdiðɪ]
Proto-Tlusa kudud [kuˈðuð] Bìlechte kudud [kʊˈðˠudˠ]
Proto-Tlusa kidud [kiˈðuð] Bìlechte kidud [kɪˈðudˠ]
Proto-Tlusa ti [ti] Bìlechte ìtik [ɨˈdiʔ]

Hathe thitèi [ðitə̥ʔi] Bìlechte ìditi [ɨ.ˈði.dɪ]
Hathe chichê [tɕi̥ˈɕɛˤː] Bìlechte tshishex [tɕɪ.ˈɕeʁ]
Hathe itê [ʔidɛˤː] Bìlechte itex [ɪ.ˈdeʁ]
Hathe thôvu [ðɔˤːwu] Bìlechte ìdowo [ɨ.ˈðo.wɔ]

Tsifióo tai [tɛ] Bìlechte tei [tej]
Tsifióo tsipíf [tsɪ'pif] Bìlechte tsipif [tsɪ'pif]
Tsifióo tsipiíf [tsɪpɪ'if] Bìlechte tsipeyèf [tsɪ'pejɜf]
Tsifióo tsíputsiff ['tsiputsf:] Bìlechte tsiputìf [tsɪ'putɨf]

Tsols Oswahe cozeicol [koˈʑikol] Bìlechte koshikol [kɔˈɕikɔlˠ]

How likely is a one-step shift of /sj/ > /ɕ/, specifically as compared to the likelihood that it would just go /sj/ > /ʃ/?

I'm probably guilty of Eskimo bias, yeah. From a paper I found titled "Covert Tense in Jarawara": Ohi nenano amaka. ohi na-hina-no ama-ka cry AUX-IRR+M-IP.N+M SEC-DECL+M ‘He almost cried.’ So in Jarawara at least, the auxiliary appears to be more of something to attach morphemes onto in situations w...

Are there any languages with strong polysynthetic tendencies that also make use of auxiliary verbs? It seems unlikely, but I'm no expert.

Wow. This is inspiring. I'm hoping to see more of it when you get the chance; I love what you're doing with this.

Seems like it has potential. There's definitely details and features that need to be worked out, but that'll come with time I'm sure.

Kutorene knjoreïce [knxoɾejitse] Bìlechte kìnchoreyetse [ˈkɨ̃nxɔˌrˠeˌjetsɛ]