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- Sun May 13, 2018 9:15 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Aʻatun Scratchpad: Inventory questions
- Replies: 116
- Views: 64723
Re: Altrunian Conlang Scratchpad: Inventory questions
Aren't you spending a lot of time obsessing about sound change if it's for an RP setting? Or for any sort of setting, really. It's not really my business but if you're feeling pressed for time (which is almost always the case if you're creating languages for a purpose other than the simple fun of it...
- Sat May 12, 2018 7:43 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 870849
Re: Romanization challenge thread
Miar /pʰ tʰ tʷʰ cʰ kʰ kʷʰ/ /p t tʷ c k kʷ/ /ʔb ʔd ʔdʷ ʔɟ ʔg ʔgʷ ʔ/ /ⁿb ⁿd ⁿdʷ ⁿɟ ⁿg ⁿgʷ/ /s sʷ x xʷ h/ /ⁿz ⁿzʷ/ /l lʷ r rʷ j w/ /m n nʷ ŋ ŋʷ/ /ħ ħʷ ʕ ʕʷ ̃ʕ ̃ʕʷ/ /a aː ə əː (ɨ)/ (s)(P)(R|N|H)(ʷ)V(R|N|H)(P)(s)(ʷ) All roots are monosyllabic and at least CVC, and the inherent vowel is ə. Resonants, nasa...
- Sun Apr 29, 2018 8:43 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 870849
Re: Romanization challenge thread
/p t k/ <p t k> /m n ŋ/ <m n ñ> /ɾ/ <r> /r̥/ <rr> /β ð s ɣ/ <v d s g> /w l j/ <w l j> /h/ <h> /i y u e ø o ɛ œ ɔ a ɒ/ <ij üw uw i ü u e ö o a aw> /ɨ/ <0> /aan-ɔhɛ tetɨkyn ɒl llɒð || œβwar maaβɔrɣɛ βoɣ lœn || nnɒr rki ɣaβɛ ɣarja ɣamryrp jɛhu ɣamhaβyl ɣamtep ɔmaɣɔ kɨte ðoð njo lyn Sinar || nnɒr ɣamlro...
- Sat Mar 03, 2018 11:37 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Haida and Na-Dene
- Replies: 161
- Views: 67108
Re: Haida and Na-Dene
For example, I haven't read all that much on it, but I tend to hear from outsiders that Core Altaic "was disproven decades ago" or some dismissive thing like that, whereas I almost never see that same attitude from actual specialists in TM&T. I think the problem with research into Altaic is that at...
- Sat Mar 03, 2018 6:04 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 870849
Re: Romanization challenge thread
Toda /p t t̠s̠ t̠ ʈ tʃ k/ p th ts t tr/rt tsh k /b d d̠z̠ d̠ ɖ dʒ g/ b dh ds d dr/rd dsh g /f θ s s̠ ʂ ʃ x/ f x z s sr/rs sh kh /ʒ ʐ/ zh zr/rz /ɬ̪ l̪ ꞎ ɭ/ lh l hrl rl /r r̠ ɽ/ rh rr r /m n ɳ/ m n nr/rn /j w/ j w Most consonants can occur palatalized. /a e ø o i y ɨ u/ a e ö o i ü y u /aː æː øː oː iː...
- Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:10 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 870849
Re: Romanization challenge thread
/bentʂ˦non˦/ <benchwnonw> /p t ʦ tʂ ʧ k ʔ/ <p t c ch ty k 0> /pʼ tʼ ʦʼ tʂʼ ʧʼ kʼ/ <p' t' c' ch' ty' k'> /b d ɡ/ <b d g> /m n/ <m n> /s ʂ ʃ h/ <m sh sy h> /z ʐ ʒ/ <z zh zy> /r/ <r> /l j/ <l y> /i e a o u/ <a e i o u> /ja/ can be analyzed as one nucleus. /m/ and /n/ can be syllabic. /a˩ a˨ a˧ a˦ a˥ a˨...
- Fri Dec 29, 2017 10:17 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Cases
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2847
Re: Cases
The usual way this works in eurasian languages is that you have a smallish list of core cases that have historically fused with postpositions to create a larger list of cases. Examples exist in Uralic (mostly Finnic but I think some of the eastern ones do this too), Tsezic and some of the lesser IE ...
- Thu Dec 28, 2017 4:27 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 870849
Re: Romanization challenge thread
/lɑkʰɑɾ/ Lâkâr /m n/ m n /b d dz dʑ g/ b d dz j g /pʰ tʰ tsʰ tɕʰ kʰ/ p t c ch k /tsʼ tɕʼ kʼ/ c' ch' k' /z ʑ ɣ/ z zh gh /s ɕ x h/ s sh x h /ɾ l/ r l /j w/ y w /i y u/ i ü u /e ø o/ e ö o /ɐ ɔ/ a ŏ /æ ɑ/ ä â /nexɒdɐ kʼitɕʰwɐkʼɐzɐ wikʰæ kʰetʰmutɕʰæzɐ kʰejæ tʰe ɐtsʼæ ɾɔwmuwokʼɐzɐ læwɐ ɕejmutɕʰæzɐ kʰæn ɐ...
- Tue Dec 26, 2017 3:37 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 870849
Re: Romanization challenge thread
attempting to optimise for frequency and not looking *too* dumb Zu yGejaez /pʰ tʰ cʰ kʰ/ <p t q k> /p t c k ʔ/ <bb dd jj gg x> /ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ/ <b d j g> /ⁿb ⁿd ⁿɟ ⁿg/ <mb nd nj mg> /m̥ n̥ ɲ̥ ŋ̥/ <hm hn hny hng> /m n ɲ ŋ/ <m n ny ng> /s h/ <s h> /ɬ ç ʍ/ <z c f> /l j w/ <l y w> /æ ɒ e ɤ o i ɯ u/ <ae a e o u...
- Sat Dec 23, 2017 8:36 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 870849
Re: Romanization challenge thread
/pʰ tʰ cʰ kʰ/ <ph th ch kh> /p t c k ʔ/ <p t c k x> /ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ/ <b d j g> /ⁿb ⁿd ⁿɟ ⁿg/ <mb nd nj ngg> /m̥ n̥ ɲ̥ ŋ̥/ <mh nh nhy ngh> /m n ɲ ŋ/ <m n ny ng> /s h/ <s h> /ɬ ç ʍ/ <lh yh wh> /l j w/ <l y w> Vowels: /æ ɒ e ɤ o i ɯ u/ <a â i e o î u û> Nînyelhî yîlh nggâ erûlâ. Xâ ndeny khe xois elixung, xâ ...
- Wed Dec 13, 2017 6:10 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 870849
Re: Romanization challenge thread
/m n ŋ~ɴ/ <m n ng> /p b t d k g q ɢ/ <p b t d k g q gh> /(f v) s z ʃ ʒ (ɕ tɕ x) h/ <(f v) s z sh zh (sh ch x) h> /ɾ l j w/ <r l j w> /i̯ɘ y̯ʉ ɘ ʉ æ/ <e ö i ü ä> /u̯ʊ ə ʊ ɑ/ <o y u a> The Kazakh vowel system isn't actually *that* fucked up, you know, /bɑɾləq ɑdɑmdɑɾ təwməsənɑn ɑzɑt ʒæni̯ɘ qɑdɘɾ qɑsɘj...
- Sat Nov 18, 2017 11:25 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 870849
Re: Romanization challenge thread
/m n̪ n ɳ ɲ ŋ/ /p t̪ t ʈ c k/ /θ s ʂ ʃ x h/ /w ð ɾ ɽ j ɨ̯/ /a e ə ɚ o i ɨ u/ plus length /ʃkəθaːt pɻ̩ɽan̪ n̪ewaːɳ xoːʃcəɾɨ məŋəːʂɻ̩ kəɾuhewəːɳe kɨɽuwaːjenɨ ɨːxeːʂʈ θeːpaʃirɨ təːɳaːɳ ɻ̩ːmɨːɾɨ poːwɻ̩ː ʈɻ̩ɽaʈ ʂoxɨhe ɻ̩ːpas ŋəːhuːʂ mowɨjeː t̪əːkʂəθɨ ʃɲəwɨːs pəːsatɨ juðɨːʂ jaɨ̯ŋaʈ ʈɻ̩ːhəmp kɨːhɨxak ʈʂəʃɲɨ/
- Tue Mar 28, 2017 6:29 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 870849
Re: Romanization challenge thread
An as-of-yet unnamed conlang /n ɲ/ <n ň> /t̪ t͡s t͡ʃ d͡ʒ k/ <t c č ř k> /θ s ʃ ç~x~h/ <z s š h> /l̪ j w/ <l j w> /r/ <r> /i y u e ø ɤ o æ ɑ/ <i ü u e ö õ ä a> /sod͡ʒ yl̪ aθul̪ju ustæhe atuktɤ | kæne nuʃ ɤxsuntɤ yr øst͡ʃiç na kunuhɤ wulin | hoʃ yntewæ ajlo serke θikte | øwet haɲɤ nujut͡ʃtɤ/ <sořül az...
- Thu Feb 09, 2017 9:23 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: I return! Conlang help? [Edited: 2/9]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2879
Re: I return! Conlang help? [Edited: 2/8]
wrongTaskuhecate wrote:I doubt anyone will remember me
come back on IRC, we've been missing you
- Sun Jan 29, 2017 2:27 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
- Replies: 2278
- Views: 513666
Re: Post your conlang's phonology
i should stop making naming languages, wtf am i doing m n ɲ m̥ n̥ ɲ̥ p t ts tʃ k mb mbʙ ndð nd ndr ndz ndʒ ŋg ɸ θ s ʃ x β z nz w r l j w̥ r̥ l̥ a e i o u + length <Shimith, Ndripâme! Ndhik ik-kats in inna nârengîn tûm!> /ʃimiθ | ndripaːme || ndðik ikkats in inna naːreŋgiːn tuːm/ shim-ith | ndripâm-e...
- Sun Jan 15, 2017 10:21 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
- Replies: 2278
- Views: 513666
Re: Post your conlang's phonology
idk what this is called but it's a thing m n ŋ tʰ p t k~ɣ s x h w r j l i ɨ u e a <sangga hyrywaw timenimd nangnyryndag / nein naxawa turxaw timenergu yrynang> [ˈsaŋka hɨrɨˈwaw ˌtʰimeˈnimt ˌnaŋnɨˈrɨntak | nejn ˈnaxawa ˈtʰurxaw ˈtʰimeˌnerku ɨrɨˈnaŋ] /saŋka hɨrɨwaw tʰimenimt naknɨrɨntak | nejn naxawa ...
- Fri Jan 13, 2017 4:24 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Standard Average You
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12426
Re: Standard Average You
This thread was good, I will necro it. 1. >=4 Plosive POAs, including at least one non-plain velar dorsal. 2. No or an incomplete palatal series. 3. A large (7 or more qualities) vowel system, often including length or nasality also. 4. Realis/Irrealis mood distinction. 5. No or few dedicated nonfin...
- Fri Dec 02, 2016 7:12 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
- Replies: 6633
- Views: 769157
Re: Help your conlang fluency
eyáá uvɛ́ʁii ŋkííminɛw uhàydzè ɴɢɔrʐùʔuŋ yèdhùùphiwégǫʔ
are you really talking about politics in your conlangs
eyáá |
EXCL |
u |
CONJ- |
bɛ́q |
make |
-ii |
-PFV.REAL |
ŋkíím |
language |
-nɛw |
-2pPOSS |
u- |
CONJ- |
hày |
do |
-ye |
-SIM |
ɴɢɔr- |
people- |
ʐùʔ |
rule |
-ŋ |
-INF |
yè- |
INTR.EGO- |
dhùù |
talk_informally |
-phí |
-APPL |
-we |
-INT |
-kǫʔ |
-DUB |
are you really talking about politics in your conlangs
- Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:46 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 870849
Re: Romanization challenge thread
Ndasti:
/m (n)/ <m n>
/p~b t~d tʃ~dʒ k~ɡ/ <b d j g>
/ᵐb ⁿd ⁿdʒ ᵑɡ/ <mb nd nj ng>
/ts(ʰ)/ <c>
/pʰ tʰ tʃʰ kʰ/ <p t č k>
/ᵐpʰ ⁿtʰ ⁿtʃʰ ᵑkʰ/ <mp nt nč nk>
/s h/ <s h>
/w l r/ <w l r>
/i a u/ <i a u>
/iː aː uː/ <ii aa uu>
/ei~eː ou~oː/ <e o>
/m (n)/ <m n>
/p~b t~d tʃ~dʒ k~ɡ/ <b d j g>
/ᵐb ⁿd ⁿdʒ ᵑɡ/ <mb nd nj ng>
/ts(ʰ)/ <c>
/pʰ tʰ tʃʰ kʰ/ <p t č k>
/ᵐpʰ ⁿtʰ ⁿtʃʰ ᵑkʰ/ <mp nt nč nk>
/s h/ <s h>
/w l r/ <w l r>
/i a u/ <i a u>
/iː aː uː/ <ii aa uu>
/ei~eː ou~oː/ <e o>
- Sat Nov 05, 2016 7:56 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
- Replies: 2878
- Views: 653828
Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
I have made a description of Dama Diwan grammar in 4 lines on an A4 page, and by using conventional abbreviations it can be shorter. E.g. -o =NMLZ/PASS, -o-n =ACC, -a-n=GEN, -e=ACT, -e-n=ACT TRANS, -a=ADV; head-last direction. But, to make it easily and well understood by giving examples, a good de...
- Sat Nov 05, 2016 7:49 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 870849
Re: Romanization challenge thread
Miar Things that can't be syllabic: /pʰ tʰ tʷʰ cʰ kʰ kʷʰ/ <p t t(w) c k k(w)> /p t tʷ c k kʷ/ <b d d(w) j g g(w)> /ʔb ʔd ʔdʷ ʔɟ ʔg ʔgʷ/ <ƀ đ đ(w) x q q(w)> /ⁿb ⁿd ⁿdʷ ⁿɟ ⁿg ⁿgʷ/ <mb nd nd(w) nj nq nq(w)> /s sʷ x xʷ/ <s s(w) kh kh(w)> /ⁿz ⁿzʷ/ <z z(w)> Things that can be syllabic: /l lʷ r rʷ j w/ <l ...
- Sat Nov 05, 2016 1:09 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 870849
Re: Romanization challenge thread
/p t t͡s t͡ʃ t͡ʃʷ kʲ k͡ʟ̥ kʷ k͡ʟ̥ʷ q qʷ/ <p t c č čw k kl kw klw q qw> /b d gʲ gʷ ɢ ɢʷ/ <b d g gw gh ghw> /s ʃ ʟ̥ ʟ̥ʷ χ χʷ h/ <s š l lw x xw h> /z ʒ ʒʷ ʁ ʁʷ/ <z ž žw r rw> /m n ŋ r w j/ <m n ng rr w y> /i e a o u ə/ + length phonemic on all except /ə/ <i ii e ee a aa o oo u uu ä> some gibberish: /tʃ...
- Fri Oct 21, 2016 4:04 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Ilosean Shayana, AKA this is your English on space drugs.
- Replies: 54
- Views: 14258
Re: Ilosean Shayana, AKA this is your English on space drugs
Nort - I actually did a fair bit of experimenting (i.e. talking to myself) with this and decided that strong aspiration can more or less "override" palatalization phonetically to the point of the latter being barely discernible, and that the palatalised aspirates therefore wouldn't be distinctive e...
- Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:12 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: How quickly can you sketch out a grammar?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3068
Re: How quickly can you sketch out a grammar?
My revised & extended advice is to just make shit up and integrate it into a coherent system later. As a worked example, let's say I wish to make a language spoken by a people who live in a very mountainous area. So now I can decide some interesting cultural tidbits already, without knowing anything...
- Fri Oct 14, 2016 12:42 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Favorite/least favorite features from natlangs
- Replies: 59
- Views: 14972
Re: Favorite/least favorite features from natlangs
the best IE language is scottish gaelic, because it has /ɯ ɤ/
in related opinions, the correct aesthetic is the austroasiatic one:
in related opinions, the correct aesthetic is the austroasiatic one:
- ridiculous clusters
- back unrounded vowels
- in general too many vowels
- phonation/tone