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by Pogostick Man
Tue Feb 06, 2018 10:39 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Tutorial: Making a Realistic Triconsonantal Language (beta)
Replies: 42
Views: 33449

Re: Tutorial: Making a Realistic Triconsonantal Language (be

Any update on this? I'd love to see Part II.
by Pogostick Man
Sun Oct 01, 2017 8:46 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The dream thread
Replies: 1807
Views: 311456

Re: The dream thread

I think that last night/this morning, I legitimately dreamed about Saudi Arabia legalizing driving for women.
by Pogostick Man
Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:49 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: What are you reading, watching and listening to?
Replies: 469
Views: 135611

Re: What are you reading, watching and listening to?

" I Wish I Was Thomas Bangalter " by Dreams West My dad was so done with Netflix once they started raising prices because we don't even find a need to use it much anymore. Neither he nor I watches movies all that often, and my mom tends to prefer Malayalam movies IIRC, which are much, much easier to...
by Pogostick Man
Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:47 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 301557

Re: Venting thread

Every time I think I've gotten to the point where I'm content to have given up, I get proven wrong.
by Pogostick Man
Wed Sep 27, 2017 8:02 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Conlang relay [relocated] (aka "The Cursed Relay")
Replies: 2538
Views: 881102

Re: Conlang relay [relocated] (aka "The Cursed Relay")

Could someone get that Teyetáti lexicon back up please? Because I could really do with some more input from that language. I should probably also see about adding more Tari to the table. Yep . I should probably (finally) get back to Tkeḏ sometime this weekend…it'd be nice to revisit T1, one of my f...
by Pogostick Man
Sun Sep 17, 2017 10:04 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Game
Replies: 2673
Views: 495801

Re: Sound Change Game

Old Laqar ningəne [ˈniŋgɐne] → Proto-Macro-Antarctic *niñgana [niŋgana] Old Laqar nəgnində [ˈnɐgnindɐ] → Proto-Macro-Antarctic *nañdinda [naŋdinda] Old Laqar nəgnattetü [nɐgˈnættʰetʰy] → Proto-Macro-Antarctic *nañdeteti [naŋdeteti] Old Laqar nəgandiše [nɐˈgændiɕe] → Proto-Macro-Antarctic *nagendiśe ...
by Pogostick Man
Sun Sep 17, 2017 6:19 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Conlang relay [relocated] (aka "The Cursed Relay")
Replies: 2538
Views: 881102

Re: Conlang relay [relocated] (aka "The Cursed Relay")

Some provisional progress. Commentary is invited and welcomed. It seems that a bit over five years ago, Legolasean wrote a two-sentence article about the continent wherein he names the people "Zashai-kas" 'Sun people'. I've tried to keep reasonably close to that name (taking <z> as an affricate), co...
by Pogostick Man
Sun Sep 17, 2017 11:51 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Conlang relay [relocated] (aka "The Cursed Relay")
Replies: 2538
Views: 881102

Re: Conlang relay [relocated] (aka "The Cursed Relay")

Thank you very much!

Just to make sure I have this right (because I'm having a little trouble making sure the colors are correct), roughly north-to-south is Cfa, Dfa, Dfb, Dfc, correct?
by Pogostick Man
Sun Sep 17, 2017 4:28 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Conlang relay [relocated] (aka "The Cursed Relay")
Replies: 2538
Views: 881102

Re: Conlang relay [relocated] (aka "The Cursed Relay")

What sorts of biota/ecosystems might be found in "Antarctica"? I'd like to know so I can get a better picture of the inhabitants and their environment.
by Pogostick Man
Sat Jul 22, 2017 9:43 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Conlang words that happen to resemble real words
Replies: 80
Views: 51392

Re: Conlang words that happen to resemble real words

Soap wrote:repair "catfish" ... from Mumba, a distant ancestor of all of the above languages.
For whatever reason, this amuses me to a high degree.
by Pogostick Man
Sun Jul 09, 2017 4:02 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Conlang relay [relocated] (aka "The Cursed Relay")
Replies: 2538
Views: 881102

Re: Conlang relay [relocated] (aka "The Cursed Relay")

I have a few questions regarding the general history and background of Akana. Would anybody be able to get on either Discord (preferred) or IRC in order to discuss this? Also, I've been noting people updating various Akana-related topics in this thread. Is it OK to post updates here as well or shoul...
by Pogostick Man
Sun Jul 09, 2017 1:17 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: The glebst of Gleb
Replies: 187
Views: 66456

Re: The glebst of Gleb

The vowel system of seed 2113634539 (online version):

ŋʲ̩ ŋ̩ˤ̟ ŋ̩ ŋ̩ˤ ŋ̩ʷ ŋ̩ʷˤ
i ɪ̈ˤ ɯ ʊ̜ˤ u ʊˤ
a ã aˤ ãˤ ɒ ɒ̃ ɒˤ ɒ̃ˤ
by Pogostick Man
Fri Jul 07, 2017 7:12 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Conlang relay [relocated] (aka "The Cursed Relay")
Replies: 2538
Views: 881102

Re: Conlang relay [relocated] (aka "The Cursed Relay")

Go ahead! Since you're working on an almost entirely undescribed continent, there's nothing you really need to be aware of, apart from the settling date which you've already got right. Cool, thanks! Might I suggest you change the name to something which is easier to remember though? Qwa:s !etfãmuǝ:...
by Pogostick Man
Wed Jul 05, 2017 8:41 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Conlang relay [relocated] (aka "The Cursed Relay")
Replies: 2538
Views: 881102

Re: Conlang relay [relocated] (aka "The Cursed Relay")

Would anybody mind if I started working on my "Antarctic" proposal again? I know I've let it fall to the wayside…

If I'm given the go-ahead, please let me know if there's any important timeline, historical, or cultural things I need to be aware of.
by Pogostick Man
Sun Jul 02, 2017 12:42 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Game
Replies: 2673
Views: 495801

Re: Sound Change Game

Proto-Indo-European nebh g2n 1ey ye2 [nepʼʰ kʼən hej jeʔ] → Proto-Sisok Tlar Kyana *nepA kanC heC jeʔD → Old Sisok Tlar Kyana *nipA2 kãC2 hiC1 i̯eD2 → Muy Baon Sisok Tlar Kyana nìp kản hí iȅ [nip˩ kãˀ˦˥ hi˧˩˧ i̯eˀ˨˩] Proto-Indo-European nebh g2n ye yow do [nepʼʰ kʼən je jow tʼo] → Proto-Sisok Tlar K...
by Pogostick Man
Fri Jun 30, 2017 10:45 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: The glebst of Gleb
Replies: 187
Views: 66456

Re: The glebst of Gleb

Ladies and gentlemen, this is it. We've hit peak gleb. Call in a 5152 on the online version, because I think it dropped some bad acid. I present to you the phonology and allophony of seed 1157342009. Nasal mʰ̥ m mˤ nʰ̥ n nˤ ɲʰ̥ ɲ ŋʰ̥ ŋ ŋʰʷ̥ ŋʷ ŋˤ ŋʷˤ ɴʰ̥ ɴ ɴʰʷ̥ ɴʷ ɴˤ ɴʷˤ Prenasalised stop mpʰ mb ntʰ...
by Pogostick Man
Fri Jun 02, 2017 11:04 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: The glebst of Gleb
Replies: 187
Views: 66456

Re: The glebst of Gleb

As far as I'm aware, gleb cannot do that.
by Pogostick Man
Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:02 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: The glebst of Gleb
Replies: 187
Views: 66456

Re: The glebst of Gleb

Seed 1989477703: /u a æ/ for the vowels.
by Pogostick Man
Sun Apr 02, 2017 9:46 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Game
Replies: 2673
Views: 495801

Re: Sound Change Game

unnamed descendant /'ʎi.jet/ → Proto-Dujajikiswə *yiyet /ˈjijet/
unnamed descendant /'dʑi.ɨ.ʎit/ → Proto-Dujajikiswə *jiəyit /ˈtʲiəjit/
unnamed descendant /'tɕedʑ.dʑe.ä/ → Proto-Dujajikiswə *jejjea /ˈtʲetʲːea/
unnamed descendant /'pu/ → Proto-Dujajikiswə *pu /pu/
by Pogostick Man
Fri Mar 31, 2017 9:30 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 784049

Re: Lexicon Building

hwhatting wrote:Next: beech (tree)
Proto-Dujajikiswə dɛkkis /ˈt̪ɛkːis/ 'type of tree'

Next: limp, walk with a limp
by Pogostick Man
Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:35 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Caber Logograms
Replies: 68
Views: 26409

Re: Caber Logograms

While possession would seem (to me) to be an easily constructed extension of observation, I'm not sure the same argument for obligation would be as convincing. So, 'my eyes are toward it' does suggest possession (or at least tentative possession) it does not suggest (to me) that something "must be ...
by Pogostick Man
Tue Mar 28, 2017 8:31 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Caber Logograms
Replies: 68
Views: 26409

Re: Caber Logograms

I'm thinking that one Caber cognitive metaphor would be SEEING IS POSSESSION . Then, from POSSESSION IS OBLIGATION , one could logically extend this to SEEING IS OBLIGATION . Maybe some verb tenses could be derived from 'see'—perhaps a future tense, or a desiderative. So you could get constructions ...
by Pogostick Man
Sun Mar 26, 2017 12:35 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Replies: 2827
Views: 613903

Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread

Richard W wrote:
Click wrote:{[w] [j]} → [h] / C_
No justification in general, but historically Latin to Spanish has gone half-way along tj > th. Affrication of /tw/ is known from Greek.
I'll go one further, that looks plausible to me just on its face. I'm pretty sure I've at least seen *j → h before.
by Pogostick Man
Tue Mar 21, 2017 10:40 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Caber Logograms
Replies: 68
Views: 26409

Re: Caber Logograms

Well, I got all the content words digitized. Now all that's left is a few prepositions, I think. ---------------- Been working on a descendant logography: Calligraphic Caber. Most glyphs get flipped ninety degrees counterclockwise, although a few (like 'dissolve') escape this. I was going for a Nadu...
by Pogostick Man
Fri Mar 17, 2017 11:22 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Happy Things Thread
Replies: 969
Views: 370380

Re: Happy Things Thread

I finally got most of the Caber logograms digitized (all I have left to do of the extant glyphs are draw some of the prepositions).