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Since we've been swapping around the same four words for the past three months, I thought I'd post some new ones: English Ravine [ɹə.ˈvin] → Acadian Raviń [ˈɾɐ.vĩ] English Bowers Spring [ˈbaʊ.ɚz spɹɪŋ] → Acadian Báavarzaspreń [ˈba.ɐ.ˌvɐɾ.zɐs.ˌpɾɛ̃] English Oak Hill [oʊk hɪl] → Acadian Waćeu [ˈwɐ.tʃɛ...

What region is this language spoken in?

Bristel wrote:I can imagine Seattle's dialect getting more sibilant and creaky over time as they tire of the "neutral accent" claims.

Hey, write some stuff up about it!

Which is the case in New England since the neighbouring dialects are all rhotic.

Yes, since it's happening right now in the New England region.

Basically people in and around Boston stopped dropping/r/ from syllable codas as the dialects of New England blended together.

Well the earliest changes were taken from changes already affecting the dialect (such as the NCVS and the Canadian Shift). Later changes (such as the Newfoundland Merger and vowel breaking) are currently affecting nearby dialects of English, and spread to Acadian by mid-millennium. The last few chan...

So I'm curious as to the future of languages around the world and how they will change and evolve. And that was the inspiration for my conlang Acadian, which is a projection of my level New England dialect one thousand years into the future. So what I would like to see is what you think will happen ...

Greenlandic Acadian 1. Vua [ˈvu.ɐ] 2. Tu [tu] 3. Hri [r̥i] 4. Fuar [ˈfu.ɐɾ] 5. Fóav [ˈfɔ.ɐv] 6. Śeś [ʃɛʃ] 7. Sabveń [ˈsɐb.vɛ] 8. Fuartuz [ˈfu.ɐɾ.ˌtuz] 9. Nóa [ˈnɔ.ɐ] 10. Tań [tɐ] 11. Alaveń [ˈɐ.lɐ̋.ˌvɛ̋] 12. Tvauv [tvauv] 13. Sarti [ˈsɐɾ.ti] 14. Fuarti [ˈfu.ɐɾ.ˌti] 15. Fefti [ˈfɛf.ti] 16. Śeśti [ˈʃ...

Standard Acadian 1. Vuań [ˈvu.ɐ̃] 2. Tú [ty] 3. Hri [r̥i] 4. Fuar [ˈfu.ɐɾ] 5. Foav [ˈfɑ.ɐv] 6. Śeś [ʃɛʃ] 7. Saveń [ˈsɐ.vɛ̃] 8. Ja [jɐ] 9. Noań [ˈnɑ.ɐ̃] 10. Tań [tɐ̃] 11. Alaveń [ˈɐ.lɐ.ˌvɛ̃] 12. Tvauv [tvauv] 13. Sartiń [ˈsɐɾ.tĩ] 14. Fuartiń [ˈfu.ɐɾ.ˌtĩ] 15. Feftiń [ˈfɛf.tĩ] 16. Śeśtiń [ˈʃɛʃ.tĩ] 17....

Well I decided on 200,000 years since that would give us a good number of millennium-long increments to have our fun, and also because I'd just recently watched the Doctor Who episodes that took place on Satellite Five, 200,000 years in the future. So the date was stuck in my mind.

Of course in 6000 years or so it'll be almost impossible to see many similarities to modern English, if any. But what might it sound like? As to the questions you asked, except for the immortality one the answers are up to you. Want to put a technological collapse in? Go for it. Want to send the dia...

I'm starting from a New England dialect. All the mergers I've put in are listed in the sound shift list. We've got the NCVS (but only before nasals), Canadian raising and the Canadian Shift, as well as the Newfoundland Merger later on. But that's all in the first step. What sound shifts will affect ...

So, as we all know, languages change over time. That's probably the most obvious statement in linguistics, but how much they change can vary. Some, like Spanish, change slowly, while others like English change more rapidly and diverge. And while over the span of years and decades it might not sound ...

How far removed from English is this?

Oveu-breń cari márli. Eć a-naspaśauti Aćiarień.
[ˈɑ.vɛ.ˌu-bɾɛ̃ ˈkɐ.ɾi ˈmaɾ.li. ɛtʃ ɐ-ˈnɐs.pɐ.ˌxau.ti ˈɐ.tʃi.ˌɐ.ɾi.ˌɛ̃.]
Bring 1S FUT curry marlin. Be 3S PRS specialty INDF Acadian.
I'll bring some blue marlin curry. It's an Acadian specialty.

How much phonological erosion can one expect in a thousand years in regards to place names? Here are some examples of varying levels of erosion, arranged in order from least erosion to most. Which is the most realistic in a thousand years? Loring Hill: Luareneu, Lurenju, Luru Purgatory Chasm: Pargat...

It was preserved as a standard using pictures and written glosses. The teaching of ASL is heavily structured and formalised, and users of it are very careful not to introduce changes and colloquial signs into translations, since others wouldn't be able to understand. Of course, the deaf of this time...

O-daźiar zá omia-úz Láńgveź Soań. [ɑ-ˈdɐ.ʒi.ˌɐɾ za ˈɑ.mi.ˌɐ-yz ˈlãg.vɛʒ ˈsɑ.ɐ̃.] Desire 1S PRS CONJ use 1S SUBJ Language Sign. I wish I knew Sign Language. Eć itilisám većen iśi. [ɛtʃ ˈi.ti.ˌli.sam ˈvɛ.tʃɛn ˈi.ʃi.] Be 3S PRS useful EMP here. It's very useful here. Pipu zá źiaspić láńgveźeź defreń z...

It a pah fi Tahk an Kaykos Aylan. (Translation please?) Like the Portuguese? I suppose. The thing is that /o/ in English was realised in New England as a diphthong which was broken centuries ago to /u.ɐ/. So the only back rounded vowel left is /u/. No, mi in memba. A wo ye yu lif? No, I can't recal...

Yu se olda oda Karibyan Aylan? Angwila? Kaykos Aylan? Sen Luca? Nevis? Do you know all the other Caribbean Islands? Anguilla? Caicos Islands? Saint Lucia? Nevis? Jaat. Vau, lapli av zań. [ˈjɐ.ɐʔ. vau, ˈlɐ.pli ɐv zɐ̃.] Yes. Well, most of them. Yes. Well, most of them. Kaykos? Dafoań-jo za Máńśiź Ćia...

Ye, it a smol aylan (twi taym ten-tu mayl) de fo-ten mayl Sos-Is fi Jameka. Acali, it a swel Smol Sajiwa (wan taym twi mayl) de sis mayl Wes, an wan smol smol aylan (smol pas wan mayl) de wan mayl Nos-Is. Yes, it's a small island (three times twelve miles) at fourty miles South-East from Jamaica. A...

O-pos zá omas-eńśradus mi fiań. [ɑ-pɑs za ˈɑ.mɐs ˈɛ̃x.ɾɐ.ˌdus mi ˈfi.ɐ̃.] Think(emotionally) 1S PRS CONJ introduce 1S JUS me REFL. I feel like I should introduce myself. Moa niań eć Daneś Bane. [ˈmɑ.ɐ ˈni.ɐ̃ ɛtʃ ˈdɐ.nɛʃ ˈbɐ.nɛ.] My name be 3S Dennis Bennett. My name is Dennis Bennett. Ávgo tvanitú ...

Zá tudu e-reń eńśrasteń većen. Luaćja eć Sajiwa? O-cuanjasu e nuavia. O-gaźiduat zá eć eń za Farega Cárebień, ba azar ca zá fátt, zá o-gaźiduat naśeń abea e. Eć dáaboa Źamiaca? [za ˈtu.du ɛ-ɾɛ̃ ˈɛ̃x.ɾɐs.ˌtɛ̃ ˈvɛ.tʃɛn. ˈlu.ɐ.ˌtʃjɐ ɛtʃ sɐ.ˈdʒi.wɐ? ɑ-ˈku.ɐnˌjɐ.su ɛ ˈnu.ɐ.ˌvi.ɐ. ɑ-ˈgɐ.ʒi.ˌdu.ɐʔ za ɛtʃ ...

Çuvvakkoçim ama [ˈama] → Proto-Acadian *ama [ˈa.mə] → Acadian áma [ˈa.mɐ] Çuvvakkoçim maģa [ˈmaʝa] → Proto-Acadian *maya [ˈmaɪ.ə] → Acadian moaja [ˈmɑ.ɐ.ˌjɐ] Çuvvakkoçim ca⅁ [kaŋ] → Proto-Acadian *kong [kaŋ] → Acadian cáń [kã] Çuvvakkoçim abb [abː] → Proto-Acadian *ahb [ab] → Acadian ám [am] I feel ...