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- Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:27 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Languages with optional person indexing on verbs
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2564
Re: Languages with optional person indexing on verbs
Bantu languages have optional object marking on verbs (here's a paper about this) . As far as I know you don't find optional subject agreement though. Here's the first example from that paper from Chichewa (SM is "subject marker", OM is "object marker", and FV is the "final vowel" that appears on Ba...
- Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:39 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: ZBB member photos, part 5. (Something for the weekend, sir?)
- Replies: 5496
- Views: 790610
Re: ZBB member photos, part 5. (camel toes.)
Go to the Wikipedia article on interrobangs and copy+paste.
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- Sun Oct 02, 2011 8:56 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #94: Face and Politeness)
- Replies: 974
- Views: 181878
Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #17: Aspect)
I would recommend the ZBB's MisterBernie's Baranxeï, as he has somewhat recently made some additions to his thread here.
It's rather detailed, very interesting, and very creative.
Though someone might have already suggested it...
It's rather detailed, very interesting, and very creative.
Though someone might have already suggested it...
- Sat May 21, 2011 10:02 pm
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: Chinese whispers / retrofitting game
- Replies: 209
- Views: 38467
Re: Chinese whispers / retrofitting game
Replace all words with nearest English equivalent using Gedit's spellcheck, then run text through Bad Translator 10n times for each chunk n of 250 characters. Actual size oak Kosiguin agreement in the air. Tina is not idle, ready to be a window, T-roof sales history of a taxi for a long time Banv co...
- Tue May 17, 2011 8:25 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Words that are their own opposites
- Replies: 107
- Views: 14679
Re: Words that are their own opposites
"Bitch" varies wildly among dialects, and even just by the tone of the speaker's voice.
- Wed Sep 29, 2010 6:29 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
- Replies: 2878
- Views: 652625
- Wed Sep 29, 2010 6:26 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2
- Replies: 812
- Views: 209282
- Sun Sep 26, 2010 1:15 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Velarization
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1253
- Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:37 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Velarization
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1253
Velarization
Are there any languages that contrast plain consonants and velarized ones (no velarized/palatalized contrast, but plain/velarized) on consonants other than /l/?
- Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:58 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Hurrian
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5351
- Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:59 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: ZBB member photos, part 5. (Something for the weekend, sir?)
- Replies: 5496
- Views: 790610
- Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:17 pm
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: [Updated 6/18] Proto-Deithas grammar pdf (you better look)
- Replies: 59
- Views: 13644
- Fri Aug 13, 2010 8:04 am
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: Most difficult aspect of your native language for foreigners
- Replies: 128
- Views: 57801
- Mon Aug 09, 2010 1:06 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Restrictive use of IPA...
- Replies: 67
- Views: 16746
- Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:40 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Lexicon Building
- Replies: 4308
- Views: 810629
- Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:34 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Lexicon Building
- Replies: 4308
- Views: 810629
- Sun Feb 14, 2010 6:10 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
- Replies: 2878
- Views: 652625
- Sun Feb 14, 2010 6:00 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Weird natlang phonologies
- Replies: 121
- Views: 35500
- Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:16 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
- Replies: 2878
- Views: 652625
- Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:09 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Weird natlang phonologies
- Replies: 121
- Views: 35500
Thanks.finlay wrote:Fixed.Gaxa wrote:Fur has [z] as an allophone of /j/
[] stand for allophones/phonetic transcriptions, // for phonemes.
- Sat Feb 13, 2010 9:26 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Weird natlang phonologies
- Replies: 121
- Views: 35500
Fur has [z] as an allophone of /j/