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by Ngohe
Sat Nov 22, 2014 4:41 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
Replies: 2278
Views: 499829

Re: Post your conlang's phonology

The current phonology of Nizhmel: Initial consonants: /pʼ t̪ʼ ʈ͡ʂʼ kʼ/ /pʰ t̪ʰ ʈ͡ʂʰ kʰ/ /p t̪ ʈ͡ʂ k/ /s ʂ/ /z ʐ/ /m n/ /l/ /r/ Vowels: /i e̞ a o̞ u i̯e̞ i̯o̞ u̯o̞/ Coda consonants: /p˺ t˺ k˺~ʔ˺/ /s ʃ/ /z ʐ/ /m n~ŋ/ Syllable structure is (C)V(C). Many stems (and a few roots) are bisyllabic. In those...
by Ngohe
Sat Mar 29, 2014 1:51 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Double inflection?
Replies: 10
Views: 3367

Re: Double inflection?

In my conlang, nouns can be treated like adjectives, e.g.: rámi: cat messá: friend rámi messá: cat who is also a friend Adjectives typically agree with the nouns they modify in case and number. But if a noun inflected for one of these is used as an adjective, and the noun it modifies is also inflec...
by Ngohe
Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:33 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Wakeu
Replies: 9
Views: 6668

Re: Wakeu

There has been some development of the language. Most notably, I have been working on a writing system, which basically works like this: (1) Every consonant, and every long vowel, is written by one grapheme. This means that a typical root will contain three graphemes. (2) For most consonants and lon...
by Ngohe
Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:35 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Lexical categories for beginners?
Replies: 32
Views: 6460

Re: Lexical categories for beginners?

It's with parts of speech as with philosophical concepts like "time", "existence" or "justice" - we can understand them in an everyday sense, but it quickly becomes more problematic when we seek to formally define them in an absolute, universal way, applicable anywhere and anytime. I think the preli...
by Ngohe
Sun Jan 05, 2014 8:51 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: A near-open back vowel? ɔ̞ or ɔɒ
Replies: 17
Views: 4702

Re: A near-open back vowel? ɔ̞ or ɔɒ

I think my <lot>-vowel is somewhere between /ɒ/ and /ɔ/. But anyway, I agree with the preceding poster: Yes, the IPA chart is not symmetrical and generally thinking of the symbols on it as anything but very vague representations of sounds kept apart in different languages leads to insanity. /ɔ/ or /...
by Ngohe
Sun Dec 01, 2013 7:45 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: How to design a non-European grammar
Replies: 70
Views: 25161

Re: How to design a non-European grammar

The best conlang in the world: :wink: 5p: - postnominal relative clauses with inflected relative pronouns (e.g. English "who" vs. "whose") - a periphrastic perfect formed with 'have' plus a passive participle (e.g. English "I have said") - a preponderance of generalizing predicates to encode experie...
by Ngohe
Sun Nov 24, 2013 9:12 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Wakeu
Replies: 9
Views: 6668

Re: Wakeu

I uploaded a lesson - or at least a beta version thereof - some things may be changed/fixed. Possibly more lessons will be coming.
by Ngohe
Tue Nov 19, 2013 3:09 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Wakeu
Replies: 9
Views: 6668

Re: Wakeu

Here is the first part of a short story I am writing in Wakeu. (Note that not all words in the story are listed in the dictionary ) I suppose the language can be characterised as Polynesian-Micronesian crossbreed. I don't think I'm going to include /s/ or some other fricative in the foreseeable futu...
by Ngohe
Tue Nov 19, 2013 3:46 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Wakeu
Replies: 9
Views: 6668

Re: Wakeu

I have been thinking of adding one or two fricatives - probably /s~S/ and /x~h/ (which could fit into the light-dark pattern). But I have not decided anything yet. Occasionally I have used fricatives in some loanwords in some TC's.

The dark counterpart to /t/ should be /k/.
by Ngohe
Tue Nov 19, 2013 12:46 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Wakeu
Replies: 9
Views: 6668

Re: Wakeu

Sorry, I made some mistake with the phonemes :P Fricatives and glides are in free variation: /ʝ~j/ and /ɣ~ɰ/. And /mˠ should be among the dark consonants. The grammar is influenced by Polynesian languages - which was my main focus of attention a few years ago when I started conlanging. The secondary...
by Ngohe
Mon Nov 18, 2013 2:56 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Wakeu
Replies: 9
Views: 6668

Wakeu

I have finally decided to create a Wakeu thread here on the ZBB. In this first post, I shall - not very surprisingly - deal with phonology. I'll focus on two features - the dark-light contrast, and the three-moraic morphemes. The dark-light contrast Wakeu has a rather limited phoneme inventory. I ha...
by Ngohe
Sun Nov 17, 2013 3:37 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
Replies: 2278
Views: 499829

Re: Post your conlang's phonology

I've been trying to revive Nizhme l. It's current phoneme inventory looks like this: 1. Onsets Aspirated plosives: /pʰ tʰ ʦʰ~ʧʰ kʰ/ <ph th ch kh> Tenuis plosives: /p t ʦ~ʧ k/ <p t c k> Voiced plosives: /b d ʣ~ʤ g/ <b d j g> Voiceless fricatives: /f s ʃ x~h/ <f s sh h> Voiced fricatives: /v z ʒ/ <v z...
by Ngohe
Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:49 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Looking for a source on implosives
Replies: 14
Views: 3915

Re: Looking for a source on implosives

I think I read somewhere that it's quite natural that voiced plosives turn into implosives, since this enhances the audible contrast with plain voiceless plosives. Prenasalisation can arise for the same reason.
by Ngohe
Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:44 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: ZBB Conlang Index (check the first post)
Replies: 43
Views: 25782

Re: New ZBB Conlang Index

I have a website for my main conlang (Wakeu): http://constructedlanguages.net/cwa.html (Though I'm mostly on the other board...)
by Ngohe
Thu Aug 23, 2012 9:11 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: accents
Replies: 100
Views: 16414

Re: accents

I'm not sure about Cockney and other non-standard Southern BE accents though. Cockney I think uses /ɛ/ where I would use /æ/. When I imitate something like "thanks", that's roughly what I get. And I think I read it somewhere on Wikipedia. The Cockney [ɛ] is still the same phoneme as /æ/ in other En...
by Ngohe
Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:12 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Diachronics of clicks?
Replies: 12
Views: 4001

Re: Diachronics of clicks?

Nortaneous wrote:
I once read an article about /kt/ sequences in some language outside Africa (might've been German or something) being realized allophonically in somewhat clickish ways.
Could it have been this article?

Weak clicks in German?
by Ngohe
Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:53 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: accents
Replies: 100
Views: 16414

Re: accents

Well... I don't know your dialect. *I think* London English would use /ˌkɑnˈtɑɚ/ [ˌkʰɑnˈtʰɑː], instead of /ˌkɑnˈtɵ ˞/ [ˌkʰɑnˈtʰɵː], but I'm not sure. /kæntɑ:/... Hmm... /æ/... The fact that Spanish textbooks describe /a/ as "a as in f a ther" makes many learners (with NAE as their L1 anyway) prefer...
by Ngohe
Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:02 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 640252

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

Flower [ˈflaʊ̯.ə] ~ [flaː] Flour [ˈflaʊ̯.ə] ~ [flaː] Flier [ˈflɑɪ̯.ə] ~ [flɑː] Flayer [ˈflɛɪ̯.ə] Flair [flɛː] Floor [flo̞ː] Flora [ˈflo̞ː.ɹə] four [fo̞ː] poor [pʰo̞ː] cure [ˈkʰjɵə̯] fury [ˈfjɵə̯.ɹi] No variety of English has uvulars, especially not fucking syllabic epiglottalized uvular approximants...
by Ngohe
Sun Jul 22, 2012 12:51 pm
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: Odd natlang features thread
Replies: 354
Views: 145285

Re: Odd natlang features thread

Wattmann wrote:
I find this to be very true - the only loanwords I've found in Icelandic are "djók" and "djóka", that is, "joke" and "to joke"
I have found many, many more.
by Ngohe
Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:52 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 640252

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

<evil> /iːvɪl/ [ˈɪi̯vɫ̩ ~ ˈɪi̯vo ~ ˈɪi̯vɤ]
<get> /gɛt/ [gɛt ~ gɛt̚ ~ gɛʔ̚]
<jet> /ʤɛt/ [ʤɛt ~ ʤɛt̚ ~ ʤɛʔ̚]
<cat> /kæt/ [kʰæ̞t ~ kʰæ̞t̚ ~ kʰæ̞ʔ̚] (I don't know if I should transcribe the vowel [æ̞] or [a̝]; I may even have something like [a])
by Ngohe
Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:44 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Pazmat
Replies: 72
Views: 15924

Re: Pazmat

Adjectives do not agree with their nouns in case or number (they were planned to, but I cannot make it look nice at all). They can be derived from other word classes by adding "-ni". There are different kinds of adjectives that can be derived from the same noun. Suppose we have the nouns "X". What ...
by Ngohe
Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:12 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Pazmat
Replies: 72
Views: 15924

Re: Pazmat

Chagen wrote:
How does this work? Do they have different forms of conjunction, or what?
Yes. An example is that the Locative ending for Human is "-īdh" while the Locative ending for Magical is "-necj".

Locative endings on verbs? Should it perhaps be "noun classes", since you talk about "declensions"??
by Ngohe
Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:04 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Your Native Language
Replies: 228
Views: 34545

Re: Your Native Language

Swedish