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Jā ṣṭatau tśhasa kkota "Cherokee" phei "Ani-Yunwiya" takkaja
That's true for tribe names too, like "Cherokee" vs "Ani-Yunwiya"

invacuate: to confine (people) to a closed area in an emergency situation

Znex wrote:Tʃa sek ʃi wemu hasai?
And what is its name?

(Having rapidly selected an orthography for it)

Tśhio-Thātastykha ṣṭataja siā, phei phakā thaṣṭataja siuta
I call it Proto-Coastal, but the people don't call it that.

nu kʼota ɻai kukapʼā stʼōɻa ā kʼiuka
This is a new old language of mine

tɕotu kiakʰaikʰa-pʼiau kʼaʂā-kukapʼā skʼiuka
It's a daughter language from a previous reconstruction-game
(It was a year ago and never really got of the ground, so I guess I'm safe to use it)

Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, is known for using obscure words of Latin origin, examples of which...

execration, an act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred
inculcate, to teach through repetition
inanition, emptiness

Is ɬ θ attested? Would it require intermediary steps?

Based on that, is it reasonable to generate a dental/alveolar split like this?
tɬ,tl tθ t̪

linguoboy wrote:QI had some examples of domain names which were easily misdivided. The only one I can recall offhand is penisland.

The Italian site of energy company Powergen: power genitalia

Council cuts 'threat' to rural bus services

On the third reading I realised cuts was a noun and that the council wasn't ending its threat.

<к р р̀ å о ԏ ш и г ѐ а ы̀ ҡ н с т у д е ӧ ґ ф ң л ж ы ь ю в у́ з м б п д̀ у̀ т̀> м н ң /m n ŋ/ п б т т̀ д д̀ к ҡ г ґ /p b t tʷ d dʷ k kʷ g gʷ/ ф в с з ш ж /f v s z ʃ ʒ/ л ԏ р р̀ /l ɬ r rʷ/ и ы у́ ю у ы̀ /ʲi i y ʲu u ɯ/ е ӧ ѐ о /e ø ɤ o/ а å /a ɒ/ ь - Soft sign, used to palatise a preceeding conson...

/aneska/ Aneska

/p tʰ t tʃ dʒ k/ <p tt t tsz tzs k>
/f s ʃ ʒ x/ <f s sz zs h>
/m n r l/ <m n r l>
/i u/ <i u>
/e ɛ: o/ <e é o>
/a/ <a>

Soréreteszas aneskas krim nu ne hal, szane sal nom répireas ne. Tszar hé, szani meno kras, teno ni. Kekar tzsetum sotszoleszu kras.

It's worth pointing out that this thread is nearly two years old, and there was nothing but the original post until mèþru necroed it yesterday.

Kathaa vahyézé [ʋaˀjə˥zə˥] :> Proto-Southern bajádá [baɟádá] :> Tikkòn patrará [paʈará] Kathaa shoomézi [ʃo:mə˥zi] :> Proto-Southern cúmádi [cúmádi] :> Tikkòn sümár [sʉmár] Kathaa màngehvéyé [ma˩ŋəˀʋə˥jə˥] :> Proto-Southern màŋabájá [màŋabáɟá] :> Tikkòn manngatrá [maŋːaʈá] Kathaa shohvèzèyee [ʃoʔʋə˥...

1. ə added to words ending in a consonant cluster 2. retroflex liquid + alveolar obstruent :> retroflex obstruent 3. stressed close vowels break into close-mid + schwa <Bi Nut Sede ve-dasunt burs syba-baz, be turba'a law-ke klaw bu i durjt.> /bɪə nʊət ˈsɛdɛ bɛdasˈʊəntə ˈbʊəʂə ˈsybabaz, bɛ ˈtʊəɽbaʔa ...

I distinguish vile and vial, as I have [f] in vial.

Please provide a sentence that demonstrates that the language is not Direct Alignment. Dropping of verbs is not an element of alignment, so that is not evidence against.

Nannalu wrote:

ivazaéun wrote:If you're accepting new participants, I'm still interested.

Sure thing You'll be Team 2

Much obliged! I've signed up under the same name (minus acute accent).

If you're accepting new participants, I'm still interested.

I've not done anything like this before, but I'd like to take part, if I may?

finlay wrote:Doesn't seem to be any cross referencing between the different fields

Order of Subject, Object and Verb : SVO
Order of Subject and Verb : VS
Order of Object and Verb : OV

No, there doesn't!

From 2038383709:

^ŋ͡ɱg͡ɣ͡b͡v

A prenasalised labiodental-velar co-articulated affricate thing.

Seed 2143205685: Only five distinct pharyngealised nasal consonants?

/ɶ/ is not attested in any natlang, let alone as a language's only front rounded vowel.

Bol Ou káuŋa [ˈka.u.ŋa] Middle Tatrìny kónnga [ˈkɔ́ŋːa]
Bol Ou támanau [ˈta.ma.na.u] Middle Tatrìny tánnahu [ˈtánːahu]
Bol Ou káuto [ˈka.u.do] Middle Tatrìny kóttu [ˈkɔ́tːu]
Bol Ou káŋašauna [ˈka.ŋa.ʒa.u.na] Middle Tatrìny kátrahuna [ˈkáʈahuna]

Ticonderan dzhec [dʒɪc] Middle Tatrìny trís [ʈís]
Ticonderan ce [cɪ] Middle Tatrìny si [si]
Ticonderan kle [klɪ] Middle Tatrìny kani [kaˈni]
Ticonderan dyushec [djuˈʃɪc] Middle Tatrìny trüsís [ʈyˈsís]

Matrix wrote:Of course, there are plenty of real world flags that don't follow all of those principles. Especially 4.

Obviously. There wouldn't be any need to write the guide if all flags already followed them...