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by Herr Dunkel
Fri Nov 15, 2013 7:11 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Efficiency of languages and conlangs
Replies: 25
Views: 6281

Re: Efficiency of languages and conlangs

I'd disagree. A Greek I hang out with regularly speaks some rapid-fire Greek, as did the Greeks in Greece proper.
by Herr Dunkel
Fri Nov 15, 2013 5:49 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Conlanger's Ideal Software Friend
Replies: 27
Views: 8611

Re: The Conlanger's Ideal Software Friend

Would be fun to do one in brainfuck. Would be more fun to saw off both legs without painkillers. I am reminded that, once again, no matter the field, there is always a joke that a novice will make in order to appear witty and well-informed. >+<+[>[>[-]+<-]>[<+>>+++++++++++++++[>++++++>++>+++++>+++<...
by Herr Dunkel
Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:13 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Game
Replies: 2673
Views: 513778

Re: Sound Change Game

Linguifex wrote:Tsols Oswahe titeye [tiˈt͜ɕeje]
:> Proto-Bakarh *tithaŋa [titʰæŋæ] :> Proto-Southern-Bakaric [ˈscʰɛɲɛ]
by Herr Dunkel
Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:01 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Conlanger's Ideal Software Friend
Replies: 27
Views: 8611

Re: The Conlanger's Ideal Software Friend

Would be fun to do one in brainfuck. Would be more fun to saw off both legs without painkillers.
by Herr Dunkel
Thu Nov 14, 2013 7:19 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Messed Up Mythology
Replies: 30
Views: 7762

Re: Messed Up Mythology

People you're all looking at the wrong place; Japanese myths are the way to go. Susanoo craps in temples and throws flayed horses at other gods, Izanagi pisses and makes a handful kami and a river, Ukemochi makes a feast by shitting and vomiting in plates, then you have the Akaname that licks crap o...
by Herr Dunkel
Sat Sep 28, 2013 1:41 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: SCA2 questions
Replies: 87
Views: 30250

Re: SCA2 question

The yers behave pretty damn strange, so even if he uses the symbols for the yers, instead of his current convention to denote them with short vowels, he probs can't think of a way to make Havlík's Law to work which is what I think he was gettin at

(damn ninjas)
by Herr Dunkel
Thu Sep 19, 2013 3:04 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Most Insane Languages
Replies: 27
Views: 23808

Re: Most Insane Languages

WHO DIDN'T NOMINATE SAANICH FOR ORTHOGRAPHY FUCKERY I WAS GOING TO BUT KEPT GETTING DISTRACTED, SERIOUSLY I HAD THE FUCKING WINDOW OPEN SAYING FUCKING SAANICH ON 3 LINES saanich is optimized for typewriters, so at least it is optimized for *something* surely it is better than the other salishan lan...
by Herr Dunkel
Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:52 am
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: resources
Replies: 722
Views: 315749

Re: resources

Oh goddamn it here is sth. from Karanjia on Avestan (Avestan - Teach Yourself!) :|
by Herr Dunkel
Wed Sep 18, 2013 2:43 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Wenetic Scratchpad- NP: Gods above.
Replies: 82
Views: 35337

Re: Wenetic Scratchpad- NP: Firstborn Daughter. Come say "aw

Chagen wrote:Your weak verbs show that the Subjunctive has merged in the Present Passive. How does the language deal with this when a clause normally requires the subjunctive?
There are a septilliard languages that don't distinguish the active and subjunctive.
by Herr Dunkel
Wed Sep 18, 2013 2:39 pm
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: resources
Replies: 722
Views: 315749

Re: resources

Oh, I didn't see.
(T)he(y) put it below Young Avestan so my brain just skipped to Old Persian.

Edit:
Just so this post isn't useless, I also found an Avestan glossary
by Herr Dunkel
Wed Sep 18, 2013 5:17 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Ktarh Scratchpad
Replies: 49
Views: 10310

Re: Ktarh Scratchpad

:> Tense, person, number In Kti, these three categories are usually conflated into one suffix, so I'll treat them together. Ktarh tense is called that out of convenience: the tenses are more often than not tense-aspect combinations. The reason some of these tenses are called tenses is that Kti alrea...
by Herr Dunkel
Wed Sep 18, 2013 4:17 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: PIE Root-Extensions
Replies: 10
Views: 3205

Re: PIE Root-Extensions

Nostratic's just one of the assumed predecessors.
I'm a subscriber to Indo-Uralic, so that's another alternative :roll:
by Herr Dunkel
Wed Sep 18, 2013 3:36 am
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: resources
Replies: 722
Views: 315749

Re: resources

Oh lol that link includes every stage excepting Old Avestan
by Herr Dunkel
Wed Sep 18, 2013 3:27 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Hengese
Replies: 5
Views: 1514

Re: Hengese

No, the practice is to make threads on a non-pruning subforum when you plan on doing some more serious work.
by Herr Dunkel
Sun Sep 15, 2013 11:46 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Romanization challenge thread
Replies: 3842
Views: 871973

Re: Romanization challenge thread

Tosk as Rusanov's: /m n ɲ ŋ/ <q m ü e> /p b t d c ɟ k g/ <u w p b c č l r> /ts dz tʃ dʒ/ <pv bf po ba> /f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ h/ <i j k g v f o a t> /ɾ r ɫ l j/ <x ö d y ŋ> /a e ə o i y u/ <s š ï h z ž ħ> /mbuʃni ɲə enə tə maðe me ujə mbi zjar ðe kuɾ tə fiɫojə tə vlojə/ <qwħomz üï šmï pï qsgš qš ħŋï qwz f...
by Herr Dunkel
Sun Sep 15, 2013 7:53 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Romanization challenge thread
Replies: 3842
Views: 871973

Re: Romanization challenge thread

A challenge for experienced conlangers: Romanize the following OK Consonants : m n ŋ~w <q m e> p t k c <u p l c> b d g ɟ <w b r č> pʰ tʰ kʰ cʰ <ku kp kl kc> bʱ dʱ gʱ ɟʱ <gw gb gr gč> f s h x ʃ <i v k t o> v z ɦ ɣ ʒ <j f g d a> l r ʁ <y x ö> j ɥ <ŋ ü> Stressed vowels : a: e: i: o: y: o̯a <s š z h ž ...
by Herr Dunkel
Sun Sep 15, 2013 6:50 am
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: resources
Replies: 722
Views: 315749

Re: resources

I found a rather good grammar of Old Avestan by Skjærvø
by Herr Dunkel
Sun Sep 15, 2013 6:29 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: An Attempt to Fix English Spelling (AKA Mission: Impossible)
Replies: 72
Views: 14930

Re: An Attempt to Fix English Spelling (AKA Mission: Impossi

Also /liːd /riːd/ vs. /lɛd rɛd/, compare /spiːd/ vs. /spɛd/
by Herr Dunkel
Sat Sep 14, 2013 3:53 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: From X-SAMPA phonology to screenreader-friendly script
Replies: 93
Views: 20262

Re: From X-SAMPA phonology to screenreader-friendly script

Oh my... I... I never knew. Rusanov can go suck a quintuple hydra dick that ableist bastard. Wow. Kti: Consonants /t d k ?/ <t d k ' > /s z S Z x/ <s z sh zh h> /m n r/ <m n r> Vowels /i i: u u:/ <i ī u ū> /E E: 3/ 3/: O O:/ <e ē æ ǣ o ō> /a a:/ <a ā> (The vowels are written as letters with a macron...
by Herr Dunkel
Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:20 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Conlanging Software Wish List
Replies: 31
Views: 8142

Re: Conlanging Software Wish List

An inflection engine, which takes into account all rules of inflection and displays various inflected forms. This engine should be capable of handling inflection with affixes, clitics, independent particles, or discontinuous morphology (infixes, stress shifts, apophony, etc.). With the same technol...
by Herr Dunkel
Tue Jul 16, 2013 3:08 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Kool map game
Replies: 369
Views: 100195

Re: Kool map game

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Boingopolis, popularly known as Boingia, is a huge city-state on the Mellow Swamplands. Its politics involve jumping around all day while spewing bullshit.
by Herr Dunkel
Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:34 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Replies: 2827
Views: 633559

Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread

Assuming /ɶ/ is your rounded /æ/, I would say this looks OK.
by Herr Dunkel
Sun Jun 23, 2013 3:12 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Replies: 2827
Views: 633559

Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread

/ŋeri/ or /geri/ from me then. /fari/ or /feri/ just seems a bit too-entusiastic.
Russian all the way on it :P
by Herr Dunkel
Sat Jun 22, 2013 5:59 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Standard Average Altaic
Replies: 45
Views: 9753

Re: Standard Average Altaic

Mongolian, Turkish, Japanese, by your powers combined I am Standard Average Altaic