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- Wed Feb 11, 2015 12:14 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 635841
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
I have this lang with several dialects which differ in palatalisation of velars (The velar inventory is limited to /k ɣ/ with [x] allophonically), but I'm not sure what to do with several clusters: Standard: [k] -> [s] [sk] -> [s] initially or [ss] internally [ɣ] -> [j] [x] -> [x]? [j]? [ʃ]?? [sx] -...
- Sun Jul 20, 2014 5:47 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Hermaphrodite Conworld
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3117
Hermaphrodite Conworld
This is basically a thought experiment: the conworld itself is in all aspects similar to Earth (Climate, star, size etc., etc.) but the crucial difference is that the dominant species (a kind of humanoids I shall from hereon refer to as "humans" or "humanoids") are hermaphrodites. They basically loo...
- Wed Jul 16, 2014 5:04 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 875290
Re: Romanization challenge thread
Consonants: /p t c k kʷ ʔ ʔʷ/ <p t c k qu ' 'u> /s ʃ h hʷ/ <s sh h hu> /z l j w/ <z l y w> /m n ɲ ŋ ŋʷ/ <m n j g gu> Vowels: æ a e œ o i ɨə ʉ ə <ae a e oe o i ia u e> /e ə/ are contrasted (as are roundedness and ʉ) by their accents for tone; /ə/ is always toneless except in diphthongs (I believe). e...
- Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:25 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Game
- Replies: 2673
- Views: 515699
Re: Sound Change Game
Riktas Rammay faḍazaci [ɸaɖazatsi] :> Proto *fadasatsi [ɸadasatsi] :> YUC (Yet Unnamed Conlang) fadazasti [fadazas'ti] Riktas Rammay zip'aci [zipʼatsi] :> Proto *siphatsi [sipʰatsi] :> YUC siphasti [sipʰas'ti] Riktas Rammay zap'awa [zapʼawa] :> Proto *saphawa [sapʰawa] :> YUC sapha ['sapʰa] Riktas R...
- Sun Jul 13, 2014 4:20 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Unisex names
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8867
Re: Unisex names
I recently discovered the Flemish name "Lieve" can also be masculine... It was originally a feminine name "Godelieve", a variant of masculine Germanic Goteleib. I have no idea how this shift occurred, because "lieve" as an adjective means "kind, lovely, sweet", which doesn't really sound like the ki...
- Tue Jul 08, 2014 3:38 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Game
- Replies: 2673
- Views: 515699
Re: Sound Change Game
Yēdo gāṛe [gaːɻɛ] Proto *gale Yet Unnamed Conlang gara ['ga:ra]
Yēdo ṛèxêṛe [ɻɛ̤xɛ̤ːɻɛ] Proto *lexele YUC oshara [ɯ'ʃa:ra]
Yēdo nêde [nɛ̤ːd̪ɛ] Proto *nede YUC nada ['nada]
Yēdo gāge [gaːgɛ] Proto *gage YUC gaja ['gaɟa]
Yēdo ṛèxêṛe [ɻɛ̤xɛ̤ːɻɛ] Proto *lexele YUC oshara [ɯ'ʃa:ra]
Yēdo nêde [nɛ̤ːd̪ɛ] Proto *nede YUC nada ['nada]
Yēdo gāge [gaːgɛ] Proto *gage YUC gaja ['gaɟa]
- Sat Oct 05, 2013 2:11 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: The native grammar of Caďinor
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5493
Re: The native grammar of Caďinor
On the other hand, why would anyone be that interested in the language of "the barbarians"? That's the whole point of the word "barbarian".
- Sat Oct 05, 2013 5:09 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 875290
Re: Romanization challenge thread
I think there won't be full lines of the language in the story though (maybe in an appendix of sorts): basically a well-developed naming language - characters, cities and some unearthly concepts relating to magic and stuff. The first sketch had too plain a consonantal system (Basically English witho...
- Sat Oct 05, 2013 4:32 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 875290
Re: Romanization challenge thread
The story is going to be written in English. The effect on speakers of French, German or whatever other language would be completely different (Well, not completely. You can safely use <sh> for /S/ in conlangs targeted at speakers of one of those two languages even though they are written <ch> and <...
- Fri Oct 04, 2013 10:47 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 875290
Re: Romanization challenge thread
I am not looking for them to distinguish between retroflex/postalveolars and alveolopalatals: it's more like finding an alternative way to spell <sh zh ch j>. <sy zy ty dy> has the drawback that people will tend to vocalize the <y>. Maybe use <sch> for /ɕ/? (I saw this one in a transliteration for R...
- Fri Oct 04, 2013 10:19 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 875290
Re: Romanization challenge thread
- It is not very clear how <x q> should be pronounced (On the other hand, it may be the best option without resorting to <ś ć>) Just a note here, this argument always strikes me as somewhat stupid. First off, <x> has a long history as a sibilant letter and if I am any sort of example there are even...
- Thu Oct 03, 2013 3:02 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 875290
Re: Romanization challenge thread
Isiworian (A redone version of an earlier sketch, Fulgar. I wasn't too happy with the rather plain consonantal inventory and the completely irregular oddball verbs, so I decided to redo it). As it is intended for a story, I would like a transliteration without diacritics: /p b t d k g/ <p b t d k g>...
- Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:33 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Game
- Replies: 2673
- Views: 515699
Re: Sound Change Game
Late Marsuna: tägee [tägeː] Protolang Withoutaname tage [tage] Fulgar tar [tæɹ] (Capital dialect) [tɑɾ] (Northern dialect) [taʐ] (Eastern dialect)
- Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:13 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2
- Replies: 812
- Views: 210587
Re: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2
Err... I was going to object too, but then I realized I have some remote (remote as in "we know of their existence only because they are mentioned somewhere in the family tree") cousins who moved to Michigan three or four generations ago. They'll probably have Californian relatives...
- Sat Sep 28, 2013 4:04 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Personal pronouns genesis
- Replies: 36
- Views: 8139
Re: Personal pronouns genesis
Dutch "jullie" (You-plural) is a compound of "je-lui" of "je-lieden" (both meaning you-people). Admittedly, it incorporates another personal pronoun, but I think a second person pronoun based on "people" alone is not inconceivable. (The disappearing Dutch pronoun "men" (one), seems to be a parallel ...
- Fri Sep 27, 2013 8:38 am
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: The Dutch Topic
- Replies: 45
- Views: 43397
Re: The Dutch Topic
Boe! ("Boo!")
- Thu Sep 26, 2013 11:07 am
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: The Dutch Topic
- Replies: 45
- Views: 43397
Re: The Dutch Topic
Very well. Want a throat sweet? :P I'm just joking.... I don't know enough about Dutch to know what to ask. What Tenses, Aspects, Moods and Persons do Dutch verbs mark? Tenses and aspects Ok, here I go. I just try to translate the English names literally to English. Onvoltooid Tegenwoordig (present...
- Mon Sep 23, 2013 12:22 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Game
- Replies: 2673
- Views: 515699
Re: Sound Change Game
Ketas tahtowa [tɑχtəʢɑ] Fulgar taktoga ['tæktowgɑ]
- Sun Sep 22, 2013 3:17 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Game
- Replies: 2673
- Views: 515699
Re: Sound Change Game
Arve stopestus [ˌçøpɪˈçus] Fulgar öpikyus ['øʏpɪkjʊs] or ['øʏpɛkjɔs] (Pick your dialect)
- Sat Sep 21, 2013 1:41 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Non-IE auxiliary verbs
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7009
Re: Non-IE auxiliary verbs
My point is that both languages use a similar verb (iru= to exist (animate)). So I was wondering why this verb was chosen and not some other.
- Sat Sep 21, 2013 3:14 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Non-IE auxiliary verbs
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7009
Re: Non-IE auxiliary verbs
I like those Basque auxiliaries. Exactly what I was looking for.
Does anyone know the etymology of Japanese -iru-forms (as in mite iru (is seeing) and matte iru (is waiting) They look suspiciously much like their English equivalent.
Does anyone know the etymology of Japanese -iru-forms (as in mite iru (is seeing) and matte iru (is waiting) They look suspiciously much like their English equivalent.
- Fri Sep 20, 2013 12:07 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Non-IE auxiliary verbs
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7009
Non-IE auxiliary verbs
Does anyone have any good resources on auxiliary verbs in a non-IE language?
- Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:40 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Mouse Language?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 38465
Re: Mouse Language?
Mice say "piep" [pip] in Dutch, and "chu" in Japanese (if my memory serves me right.)
- Thu Sep 12, 2013 2:22 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 875290
Re: Romanization challenge thread
Currently nameless lang: Stops: /b d g/ Fricatives~Approximants: /β ð ɹ~z ɰ~ɣ/ Nasals: /m n/ Liquids: /r l/ Vowels: /i e a o u/ Length is contrastive, as are five level tones (with very little to no tone sandhi): /a˥ a˦ a˧ a˨ a˩/ Most of this doesn't cause any problems, but I'm a little uncertain ab...
- Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:29 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Wierdest and Most Alien Conlang
- Replies: 47
- Views: 11811
Re: Wierdest and Most Alien Conlang
Why not conjunctions and interjections?