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Nambikwara /p t tʃ k ʔ/ p t c k ˀ /(f) s/ f s /(m) n j w h l~r/ m n y v r /a e o i u/ a e ı o u + nasality and creaky voice ą a’ syllable structure: C(w)(h)(ˀ)V(t k ˀ h n) Hatˀa ko’khàıˀtohnáhęrá. Nˀhákˀaı, yą̀tınáhęrá. Yˀóhˀatılıàtų̀ˀą̀, nàtąuą̀, tˀáse’kˀa’lá ąnų̀ˀakˀísanáhę́ra. Hatˀá tı̨nkakhàıˀl...

Vian /p b t d ts dz ʈ~tʂ ɖ~dʐ tɕ dʑ k g/ p b t(h) d(h) t(i) d(i) tr dr k(i) g(i) k(h) g(h) /ⁿb~m ⁿd~n ⁿdʑ~ɲ/ m n(h) n(i) /f s ʂ ɕ x/ f s(h) sr s(i) h /w l j/ v l j /a ɒ e ə o i u ɿ ʮ/ a o ei e ou i u y v /aɴ ɒɴ eɴ əɴ oɴ iɴ uɴ/ an on eın en oun ın un /m̩ n̩ ɲ̩ ŋ̩/ m n nj ng Four tones: /à ā á â/ as ...

kahyo – china cup Do you mean a cup made of china, or the sailing competion? A cup made of china, of course. mya'a – mock someone by parroting their own words I like this one, but I already have; nuka - joke; banter; tease; mock senta - mimic; satirize; mock; irony; sarcasm ...I'm not sure I need a...

Yay!

kahyo – china cup
mya'a – mock someone by parroting their own words
pele – volcano
petle – blow a raspberry

Is this thread still open for suggestions?

Is [œ ø ʏ y] backing to [ɔ o ʊ u], perhaps via [ʌ ɤ ɯ̽ ɯ] plausible? How else to get rid of front rounded vowels without simply unrounding them or them leaving semivowels everywhere?

There’s a plenty of ways to derive labials and nasals. ☺

For example, rhinoglottophilia can produce nasals out of guttural consonants and labials can arise from velars before rounded vowels.

A quick question since I'm finally trying to settle down with the sound history of Kišta. Suppose that there's a change of Vi sequences to plain long vowels VV with optional fronting or raising but this change doesn't happen for all vowels. Is this type of a straightening generally more likely to h...

Azatri. I expect a highish score as I intend it to look vaguely European. 1. Absence of any phonemic POA for stops further back than velar [half mark for only one stop-POA behind velar, or for prominent allophonic stops behind velar] ✔ 2. Phonemic voicing ✔ 3. Phonemic voicing only on stops and fric...

Is word-initial VC → CV (metathesis) plausible?

jliumuu baknń ssemdas cuiinis üurgguiinń jalsas fagnas aruu ggodń juugrus laajas Huh, it turns out that using a vaguely Spanish orthography does not make a very not Spanish-y language look like Spanish. I think I can do better. /p t k kʷ/ p t c/cu cu/cü /b d g gʷ/ b/mb d/nd g/ng/gu/ngu gu/ngu/gü/ng...

I think the Croatian version of Metapedia maintains Croatian is directly descended from Sanskrit. Facepalm.

Anejom̃?

masako wrote:Next: teaberry / boxberry / checkerberry

maga [ˈmaˑɣɐ] n berry

Next: clarify

Arve krachso [ˈtʂʰɔçʏɥ] → Rant tsrosy [ˈtʂʰosɵ]
Arve zoutrachru [tsʊ̥ˈr̥ɔʂʊw] → Rant tsrósru [ˈtʂʰoːʂʊ]
Arve tackou [ˈtʰɔkʊw] → Rant toku [ˈtʰokʊ]
Arve pappatzus [pɐ̥ˈpʰɔtsʊs] → Rant pótsus [ˈpʰotsʊs]

/m n/ μ ν /p b t d k g/ π β τ δ κ γ /t͡s d͡z t͡ʃ d͡ʒ/ τσ·τσυ τζ·τζυ τσ·τσι τζ·τζι /f v s z ʃ ʒ x h/ φ υ σσ·συ ζ·ζυ σ·σι ζ·ζι χ ̔ /r l j/ ρ λ ι /i ɛ a ɔ u/ ι ε α ο υ /ɛʊ̯ aʊ̯/ ευ αυ /ɛɪ̯ aɪ̯ ɔɪ̯ uɪ̯/ ει αι οι υι The dialytika is used to disambiguate between diphthongs and vowel sequences. Συρυοιε, τσ...

It is.

Chengjiang wrote:Next: business

c̣ˤenda [ˈkˤɘ̃dɐ] n business, occupation, work

bıznıs [ˈbiznɪs] n business

Next: coal

This is Iscilian, a romlang trying too hard to be unique. /m n nˤ ɳ ɳˤ ŋˤ/ m n nˤ ṇ ṇˤ mˤ /p b t d tˤ dˤ ʈ ʈˤ ɖ ɖˤ c ɟ k ɡ kˤ ɡˤ/ p b t d tˤ dˤ ṭ ḍ ṭˤ ḍˤ c̣·cı ġ·gı c g pˤ·c̣ˤ·cˤ bˤ·ġˤ·gˤ /ts dz tsˤ dzˤ tʂ dʐ tʂˤ dʐˤ tɕ dʑ tɕˤ dʑˤ/ ts·tc dz·dg tsˤ·tcˤ dzˤ·dgˤ tṣ·tc̣ dẓ·dġ tṣˤ·tc̣ˤ dẓˤ·dġˤ tı·ṭı·tsı·...

Romian lacjó [ˈlatɕjo] → Latin LÁTIŌ → Iscilian latıo [ˈlatɕɔ]
Romian lacjun [ˈlatɕjun] → Latin LÁTIUM → Iscilian latıo [ˈlatɕɔ]
Romian lacon [ˈlatɕɔn] → Latin LATIṒNEM → Iscilian tˤıon [ˈtɕˤɔ̃]

/m n ŋ/ m n g /p t k c~ç q ʔ/ p t c k x /β ɬ ɣ/ v l h /ɻ j/ r y /i u e ə o a/ ı u e ə o a Gırek amcavcəvachət hetlenxute valxət. Ǝnınelxən uyge egınkeykəlxın, ətlanxohtə genkayvanlak halvavlen. Kənver genkayvanlan, gırek ıxhət henmeygevlınet, ənqenat nəkorahənretkenat. /ŋireq amcaβcəβacɣət ɣetɬenʔut...

Kabardian /m n/ m n /p pʼ b t tʼ d k kʼ (g) (kʲ) kʲʼ kʷ kʷʼ gʷ q qʼ qʷ qʷʼ ʔ ʔʷ/ p ph b t th d k kh g kı khı ku khu gu q qh qu qhu h hu /ts tsʼ dz tʃ tʃʼ dʒ qχ qχʷ/ ts tsh dz tı thı dı kg kgu /f fʼ v s z ɬ ɬʼ ɮ ʃ ʒ ɕ ɕʼ ʑ x ɣ xʷ χ ʁ χʷ ʁʷ ħ/ f fh v s z sl slh zl sı zı cı chı yı c y cu x gx xu gxu r...

Cherun serjisarka [se˞ːcisɑ˞kæ] → Proto-Crescent *sẹ́cısạke → Chóng sásá [ˈsázá]

Works in Croatian the same way as in English, yep.

What does ‘the language is syllabic’ mean?

Also, you wrote that your conlang has no consonant clusters, but below you wrote that possible syllable onsets are C{y, w}, which are consonant clusters.