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by TallaFerroXIV
Fri Jul 22, 2011 12:25 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 663914

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

middle [mɪdl]
milk [mɪɫk̚]
mill [mɪl]
mall [mɑɫ]
mild [mɑɪld̚]

exaggerate [eg'zædʒəɹe:t̚]
by TallaFerroXIV
Sat Jul 16, 2011 5:51 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: How do you pronounce "Wikipedia"?
Replies: 136
Views: 18456

Re: How do you pronounce "Wikipedia"?

[wɪkj'pi:dja]

I don't have any particular accent, but I would say it most resembles the American.
by TallaFerroXIV
Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:07 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
Replies: 2278
Views: 511771

Re: Post your conlang's phonology

finlay wrote:i mean the superscripts
palatal fricatives with a point of dentalization. Somewhere between /ʃ/ and /tʃ/.
by TallaFerroXIV
Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:17 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
Replies: 2278
Views: 511771

Re: Post your conlang's phonology

lol! corrected. I should stop posting things in a hurry.
by TallaFerroXIV
Sun Jun 19, 2011 4:55 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
Replies: 2278
Views: 511771

Re: Post your conlang's phonology

Here's an updated version of Dor phonology: Consonants: /p b t d k g pʰ tʰ kʰ f s z tʃ dʒ l ɬ r ɹ m n ŋ/ Vowels: -stressed [unstressed] i[ɪ] u[ʊ] e[ə] o[ə] ɛ[ə] ɔ[ə] ɑ[a] Consonant clusters: onset or in word, not coda*. aspirated voicless plosive + /s/ /tʃ/ /l/ /ɬ/ /r/ /mb/ /nd/ /ŋg/ Diphthongs: iɑ ...
by TallaFerroXIV
Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:17 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
Replies: 2278
Views: 511771

Re: Post your conlang's phonology

How do you spell it in English then?

Or is that not the problem. Because even though you stated something you didn't like, you didn't justify it.

Be a bit clearer.
by TallaFerroXIV
Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:07 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
Replies: 2278
Views: 511771

Re: Post your conlang's phonology

*sight* Okay....
by TallaFerroXIV
Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:47 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
Replies: 2278
Views: 511771

Re: Post your conlang's phonology

Here is the phonology of my WIP lang. Phonology: /p p ɦ b t t ɦ d k k ɦ g/ <p ph b th d k kh g> /f s z t ʃ d ʒ/ <f s z c zh> /ɬ l/ <ł l> /r ɹ/ <rr r> m n ŋ/ <m n ŋ> /i e ɛ ɑ ɔ o u/ <i e é a ó o u> Consonant clusters: plosive+ fricative, liquid,nasal Fricative+liquid,nasal liquid (lat)+ r, ɹ (and vis...
by TallaFerroXIV
Mon Apr 25, 2011 12:38 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
Replies: 2278
Views: 511771

Re: Post your conlang's phonology

Why, because people who don't know IPA will see a pronunciation guide? 1) How many people who don't know IPA will be reading your blog and 2) even if they read it and don't know IPA, if they come from a different dialect/have a different pronunciation than the standard your using, they will be usin...
by TallaFerroXIV
Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:43 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2
Replies: 812
Views: 208836

Re: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2

The also use the article lo instead of el . Phonetically, Valencians have no reduction in their non stressed vowels. Differences between Welsh dialects include: * Form of the demonstrative * Form of the third person singular masculine pronoun * Degrees of gender concord * Use of plural adjectives *...
by TallaFerroXIV
Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:46 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2
Replies: 812
Views: 208836

Re: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2

The also use the article lo instead of el.

Phonetically, Valencians have no reduction in their non stressed vowels.
by TallaFerroXIV
Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:23 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 808429

Re: Lexicon Building

hadamizikion - man of old things.


Next: walled city
by TallaFerroXIV
Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:56 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2
Replies: 812
Views: 208836

Re: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2

Valencian an Catalan being the same language. Are you saying that's an example of quackery? Because I can't even tell when I'm reading something written in "Valencian" until I hit a shibboleth like seua , vinguera , or eixida . Not so much quackery as ignorance of dialectal differences; it's probab...
by TallaFerroXIV
Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:58 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2
Replies: 812
Views: 208836

Re: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2

Valencian an Catalan being the same language.
by TallaFerroXIV
Sun Mar 13, 2011 1:10 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 808429

Re: Lexicon Building

amyalion -place of many.



NEXT: Flank (military term)
by TallaFerroXIV
Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:15 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 808429

Re: Lexicon Building

Dunbar:

Majkat Bagranationalo -Cycle of Bagranat (Earth)



Next: Mountain slope with no vegetation, only rocks.
by TallaFerroXIV
Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:13 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 808429

Re: Lexicon Building

Clitar afgaion. -Horse's nail


NEXT: A stele, ancient tablets with inscriptions.
by TallaFerroXIV
Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:45 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 808429

Re: Lexicon Building

Tetroklan beatle fortress


NEXT: rugged coastline.
by TallaFerroXIV
Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:26 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Replies: 2827
Views: 630102

Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread

I want to branch out my conlang.

How would I got from [um] to [ov]. and from [um] to [os]?
by TallaFerroXIV
Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:54 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 808429

Re: Lexicon Building

Artsadzgvnnida - Exact extension

Next: conscription
by TallaFerroXIV
Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:14 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Invent an Idiom
Replies: 362
Views: 80787

Re: Invent an Idiom

toshdil si'amural zot un'sija

Arrive-before to the sea than the river.

Arrive to the sea before the river.


NEXT: Murphy's law
by TallaFerroXIV
Wed Mar 09, 2011 4:36 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Invent an Idiom
Replies: 362
Views: 80787

Re: Invent an Idiom

hunar miznvzirin
Clothes of old practices.


NEXT: River plane running into the sea.
by TallaFerroXIV
Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:54 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Invent an Idiom
Replies: 362
Views: 80787

Re: Invent an Idiom

To be extremely cruel to someone/To damage someone for life (from a traumatic experience)
fitobardaz: eternal bad.



NEXT: to shoot an arrow from a horse
by TallaFerroXIV
Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:50 pm
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: Weird phrases from real languages
Replies: 323
Views: 185892

Re: Weird phrases from real languages

Catalan:
Question: Cap cap cap?
Answer: Cap cap cap.

Translation:
Any head fits?
No head fits.