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ɬənɓœx ŋɛt

/m n ŋ/
/p t ɟ k g ɢ~ɣ ʔ/
/ɓ ɗ/
/k' q'/
/ts tʃ/
/tɬ/
/ɸ s ʃ x~h/
/w j/
/ɬ/
/l/

/i~ɪ y u/
/ɛ œ ə o/
/ɑ/

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I'm trying to figure out how to get velarized consonant contrast in a daughter lang from what's essentially Latin with [tɬ], [θ], [kˀ] and a few other things thrown in. I was thinking maybe from long vowels (somehow?), but you'd all know better.

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[mlɐʃəŋ] /m n ŋ/ /p b t d k~kʷ g~gʷ Ɂ/ /tɬ tʃ dʒ/ /f v s z ʃ h/ /ɾ~ɹ j/ /l/ /i u/ /e o/ /ɛ ə ɔ/ /a~ɐ~ɑ/ gʷǝtɬǝzo nʃakʷan nʃtogolːu I was going for a Romance/West African vibe, but I thought that using IPA for the vowels looked a bit too clashing. Here are the variations on <c> and <g> in my current ...

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Rasgad scin car, sen togh? What is this language that they are speaking? Fo yociu. Mlaragǝmci? [fo jotʃu mlɐɾɐgǝmtʃi] I don't know. Assholese? ( Ragǝmci is a term that roughly translates to "impolite" but carries the weight of "asshole" or even "motherfucker" depending on location. Ra- is a noun cl...

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Here's one I call [d̪awu ŋil].

/m n ɳ ŋ/
/b ɓ t̪ d̪ t d ɗ ʈ ɖ tˀ dˀ k g q ɢ ʔ/
/w j h/
/r ɽ/
/l ʎ ɭ/
/i iː a aː u uː/

ɳaːd-giːgjuːʎa qi-waraːwtˀ niːn li-ɽuwtaːwtˀ d̪iː-ɭuwŋaːwh. kaːwdˀ, d̪awu niːn ɳit liː-jaːwaː, dˀuw jalmi jaːwaː.

Have fun.

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I'm trying to derive two languages from a common ancestor. There'll be two others to be worked out later as well. Any ideas for a rather open inventory? I'm thinking of [ᴚ] for some solutions. Zabantun (a.k.a. Old Xšazaric) /m, n/ /p b, t, d, k, g/ /ɸ, β, θ, ð, s, z, ʃ, ʒ, x/ /tʃ, dʒ, xʃ or ɧ/ /j, h...

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Next: Sorry to have kept you waiting. Rtafao: Enzho raz roma nai edrave da. [ˈenʒo ɾaz ˈɾoma ˈnai eˈdɾave da] sorry(informal) as because I.of wait.PFV you "Sorry as because of me you have waited." If you were in a more formal situation, yongenezh would be used instead of enzho . A little extra grov...

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Bordurian.

...Along with several maps of the country.

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I dunno, they just always seem to do a lot of the typical evil empire things. I mean, has a ktuvok ever tried to talk with a human on the same level? Ever? Has a ktuvok ever been an international traveler? Maybe you should make a couple of those life-of-this guy bios for some non-humans. Assuming th...

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Why do the ktuvoks seem to be Always Chaotic Evil? The only people who disagree are the Irreanists, but so far everything you've portrayed them doing confirms everyone else. For someone who wrote in the PCK that eeeevil villains are a hoary cliché, you're doing a good job of making the ktuvoks pure ...

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Vuvgangujunga wrote:"Miriwosu onanto raji kumiko monōshi anma"

Google Translate wrote:Ann and radicals Kumiko massage thing to sell to suck millimeter

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Elector Dark wrote:How do you go about pronouncing <this is definitely not for the faint of heart>, and what's your prosody like when you're saying it.

[ðɪʪ ɪʫ ˈdɛːfɪnɪʔli naʔ foɹ ðə ˈfɛɪnʔ əv haːɹt]
This is definitely not for the faint of heart.

Hmm, I use a lot more glottal stops than I thought...

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Next word: spine Zabantun: ŧukustam - courageous bone, literally "bravebone". Sawunaz: þukosum - inherited from Zabantun. The meaning is a bit separated from its constituents, as ustam changed to osum but ŧuk changed into þu . Thus, it's not really a compound word anymore but rather a standalone me...

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Torco wrote:this world sounds awesome for a Ocarina of Time style Adventure RPG

Tell me about it, I'm getting incredible Terraria vibes from this.

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Theta wrote: Next word: copper

Zabantun:
kitugraf
A combination of kit (metal) and graf (orange), with a vowel in between to acommodate for limited phonotactics.

Next word: decorative flag

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Maldita sea, este lugar es jodido original. Props to you.

Also, based on Torco's comment I seriously believe that there should be a small fifth faction known as Los Golpeadores de las Caras.

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Let me get this straight. You're asking us to debate what an "important language" is, in a vacuum - i.e. without having answered "important for what?" - and therefore only a matter of individual prejudices about what's important to find important. How is this very different from asking which langua...

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Aramaic was surely important; it was the official language of the Persian Empire at a time when it contained 44% of Earth's population. It may have also been Jesus' language, but I'm not sure how relevant that really is. It's not like Muhammad and Arabic. Also Proto-World if it ever existed, which I...

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Oy, I'm really digging this conworld. It's very well-developed; I like the focus you have on common people. Definitely going to be reading through every post you've got!

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This made my day. I fully expected it to be a Black Speech-type knockoff, but then you took shit literally. I'm kind of ashamed with myself for finding this so damn funny.

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Wait, you're naming settlements and such after forumites? Nifty! I think I'll do that to some extent in Avarun. Say, Torco? How exactly do people view that song in Chile? Do vosotros sing it in bars/pubs every Independence Day? And does Argentina ever seem annoying? And do you think that Bolivia sho...

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vampireshark wrote:
Torco wrote:Torcoval ? xD
Da, I like to take names from real-life places and some screen names of people on this board and massively butcher/adapt them for place names. I'm not very creative in that respect.

Ooh, ooh! What am I? Shanghai-Arkansas?

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Diplomat, ambassador krekunav Krekun means "to make diplomacy"*, and derives from prekun ("to argue") with the first consonant changed to reflect kru , meaning "peace" which in turn derives from kur ("good", but not in the strictly moral sense). Av is an agentive suffix. A kraekunav is an active di...

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No wait... Yeah, I suppose I could learn both at once now that you mention it - only problem is, I don't have enough time. :( I never understand how someone can not have the time to learn another language. Just expose yourself to the language, and it'll come. You don't need to do any more active le...

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My history's pretty boring compared to some of the stuff I've seen here. Half my family speaks English, the other half Farsi. My father tried to teach me Farsi when I was younger but it didn't work. However, I have vowed that Farsi will definitely be my third language (when I'm finished with Españo...

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