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by Ithisa
Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:34 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Con-Programming Languages
Replies: 25
Views: 7977

Re: Con-Programming Languages

The government controlling program in my conworld is written in a far-future dialect of Scheme, with all the keywords in my conlang. I even have an interpreter for it :P
by Ithisa
Sat Jul 13, 2013 7:21 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Standard Average Altaic
Replies: 45
Views: 9410

Re: Standard Average Altaic

Aspiration differences also exist in fricatives: /ʒ ʃ/ gets whispered into [ʃ ʃʰ]. Mandarin has contrasts based on this. I dare say unaspirated fricatives are very rare but they do exist pervasively when whispering.
by Ithisa
Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:58 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Standard Average Altaic
Replies: 45
Views: 9410

Re: Standard Average Altaic

My conlang (which I posted on CBB but not here) is pretty much a Standard Average Altaic relex with some disambiguators that allow Latin-style free-word-order to be used. It is difficult to think of a, say, Japanese sentence that cannot be grammatically translated, word by word, case by case, cliti...
by Ithisa
Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:10 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Standard Average Altaic
Replies: 45
Views: 9410

Re: Standard Average Altaic

My conlang (which I posted on CBB but not here) is pretty much a Standard Average Altaic relex with some disambiguators that allow Latin-style free-word-order to be used. It is difficult to think of a, say, Japanese sentence that cannot be grammatically translated, word by word, case by case, clitic...