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Well, I mean, we have a pretty thorough understanding of what the biology and geography of the region were like, and we know in broad strokes what kinds of technology were being used in the area. That's a lot of stuff you wouldn't have to make up.

Carinnaha sununyufgis [sunuɲjuɸkis] →Wendoth sononjukes [ʂonoˈɲṳːcəʂ] → Yewedu neňùčeṣ [nəɲṳˈtʃɛʂ] Carinnaha anikisdafdumdihinyukahis [anikʼistaɸtumteχeɲjukʼɑχes] → Wendoth anekiṭãṭonṭecenjoqaces [anəci̤ːˈʈa̤ːʈonʈəçəɲoqaçəʂ] → Yewedu nečìṭàṭēṭešeňekešeṣ [nətʃi̤ʈa̤ʈeːʈəʃəɲəkəˈʃɛʂ] Carinnaha namihikan...

Kanna sinunyʌʔphisʌ [sɨn̺uɲəʔpʰɨsə˩] :> Rrom Tem Jehnom senru nyepese [s̪əˈɳu ɲəpʰəˈz̪e] Kanna anneichichʌsʌ'tha·pʌʔmʌʔtei'yaʔnyisha [an̺ːeʧɨʧəsə˩tʰa:pəʔməʔte˩jaʔɲɨʃa] :> Rrom Tem Jehnom an nre jesetá bemet'e yenyexa [an ɳe tɕəz̪əˈtʰaː pəməˈt'e jəɲəˈʑa] Kanna ʌngkammiyʌʔchibhonyisʌ [əŋkam:ɨjəʔʧɨβoɲɨ...

Not sure what you mean; the table for Hupa Vowel Phonemes lists "ɪ ~ e", and notes that all of the vowels can be short or long. In any event, my statements were mostly based on notes I took a while back from Victor Golla's California Indian Languages , rather than on the Wikipedia articles I linked ...

Other systems with more back than front vowels include Valley Yokuts I'm pretty sure /a/ in Valley Yokuts is a front vowel, though it would naturally be more central than /i/, so the system is actually very symmetrical. Considering that /uː/ is not usually phonetically distinguished from /ɔː/, you ...

Salenzian (Gallarene Dialect) niwla [niˈɫa] :> Proto-Coastal-Western nila [níɫɐ́] :> U Bol níla [ˈni.la] Salenzian (Gallarene Dialect) s'niwla koriwla [sniˈɫʔɔʕiˈɫa] :> Proto-Coastal-Western sànilʔoğila [sɐ̀níɫʔóɣíɫɐ́] :> U Bol aníuoyila [aˈni.wo.ji.la] Salenzian (Gallarene Dialect) vaisa [vaiˈsa] :...

Kanha əhnɨǥə̀ [əhn̺ɨɰə˩] :> Mhakh Thandim anhiwā [ən̥ɪˈwə̤ː] Kanha šəhniǥə̀ khaˑrɨǥə̀ [ʃəhn̺ɨɰə˩ kʰa:rɨɰə˩] :> Mhakh Thandim sanhiwā káriwā [sən̥ɪˈwə̤ː ˈkʰaɾɪwə̤ː] Kanha vəhyɨsə̀ [vəhjɨsə̀˩] :> Mhakh Thandim wahyisā [wəj̊ɪˈsə̤ː] Kanha ečisəˑsə̀ ǥəhzɨsə̀ [eʧɨsə:sə˩ ɰəhzɨsə˩] :> Mhakh Thandim édsisásā...

For me, a lot of linguistics terms: "velar" /ˈvɛlɚ/, "alveolar" /alviˈoʊlɚ/... That's not how those are pronounced? >_> I always make a mess of "palatalization" for some reason; I can't say I even have a standard pronunciation, because I usually say it one way and then correct myself, and then give...

Hlu ᵫnnolᵫq [kɯn.noː.lɯʔ] :> Satnímʔa (western dialect) ʔịịnọlị [ˈʔɪːnɔlɪ] Hlu xinnolᵫq cheqłᵫsłᵫq [çin.noː.lɯʔ cʰeʔ.ɬɯs.ɬɯʔ] :> Satnímʔa (western dialect) siinoli keelli [ˈsiːnoli ˈkeːlli] Hlu vᵫyyeqsᵫq [vɯj.jeʔ.sɯʔ] :> Satnímʔa (western dialect) vịịjasị [ˈʋɪːjasɪ] Hlu ᵫllasᵫs łᵫxxaqsᵫq [ʔɯl.laː.sɯ...

Oh, huh, I tried Wayback Machine, but I must have done something wrong. Thanks Pole!

Does anybody have a backup of Iŋomœ́? The grammar wasn't on the Wiki and it appears that the page it was on went down recently. In retrospect, I've looked at it enough (since one of my languages is a granddaughter) that I really should have saved a backup myself. >_<

Xanínə àlâra [ˈɐlɒːrɐ] → Yipta onowlo [ɔnɔwlɔ] Xanínə šəlãre cəcràsra [ʃɨˈlɒːre tsʰɨtsˈrɐsrɐ] → Yipta syunowlo tsitslasla [ʃjunɔwlɔ tsitslasla] Xanínə vəyèc [ʋɨˈjets] → Yipta wiyits [wijits] Xanínə əràs rəšàc [ɨˈrɐs rɨˈʃɐts] → Yipta ilas lisyats [ilas lisjats] Xanínə tərè [tʰɨˈre] → Yipta tili [tili...

Hathe athèrere [ʔaðəɾeɾə] :> Yewedu ālerere [ʔaːl̪ərəˈre] Hathe sàthèsèri kikiresiire [sɨðəzəɾi ciɟiɾeɕi̥ʔiɾə] :> Yewedu ṣeleṛeri čiǰiresire [ʂəl̪əɻəˈri tʃidʒireːs̪iˈre] Hathe viyiki [vijici̥] :> Yewedu wiyič [wiˈjitʃ] Hathe irèsi risèki [ʔirəɕi̥ risə̥ci̥] :> Yewedu ires riṣeč [ʔiˈres̪ riˈʂetʃ] Hath...

Duhai v3ua5 [ɰɤ˩˧ua˥˦] :> Pre-Wendoth [ɣoˈʔuʔa] :> Wendoth haųų [ʁa̰u̯ˈṵ] :> Yewedu hu [ɦu] Duhai sv3sy6ma5 [sɤ˩sz̩˧˦ma˥˦] :> Pre-Wendoth [soˈzima] :> Wendoth sazhem [ʂaˈʒəm] :> Yewedu zē [z̪eː] Duhai m3ua5 [m̩˩˧ua˥˦] :> Pre-Wendoth [ˈmuʔa] :> Wendoth mų [mṵ] :> Yewedu mu [mu] Duhai sv3sy6ua5 [sɤ˩sz...

Xanínə vàlyəžə [ˈʋɐljɨʒɨ] → Proto-Coastal-Western waľizi [wɐ˥ʎi˥zi˥] → U Bol wáyisi [ˈwajizi˥] Xanínə xèmməžə [ˈχemːɨʒɨ] → Proto-Coastal-Western xèʔmizi [χeʔ˩mi˥zi˥] → U Bol šeemísi [ʃeːˈmizi] Xanínə mènyəvġə [ˈmenjɨʋʁɨ] → Proto-Coastal-Western mèňiwiği [me˩ɲi˥wi˥ɣi˥] → U Bol meŋíwiyi [meˈŋiwiji] Xa...

Xanínə Va Súda [ʋɐ ˈsuːdɐ] → Yewedu Va Ṣūḍa [va ʂuːˈɖa]
Xanínə Àba Yúva [ˈɐbɐ ˈjuːʋɐ] → Yewedu Eba Yūva [ʔəˈba juːˈva]
Xanínə Lətòzo Yū [lɨˈtʰozo juː] → Yewedu Leṭheẓu Yū [l̪əʈʰə'ʐu juː]
Xanínə Vappúvdū Yovéda [ʋɐpˈpʰuːʋduː joˈʋeːdɐ] → Yewedu Vephūḍū Yevēḍa [vəpʰuː'ɖuː jəveː'ɖa]

I was recently watching an episode of Making a Murderer , a documentary series chronicling events that took place in a rural part of Wisconsin, and one individual who was interviewed used the word "supposably" several times in place of "supposedly." I had heard a joke about this phenomenon once, but...

I'm about as monolingual as anybody, but in terms of languages I studied in school, Spanish is the one I dedicated the most effort to, since it's a pretty practical language to learn here in California. I hope to come back to it one of these days, so that I can develop some actual competence with th...

he alphabet, here http://www.superman-through-the-ages.com/fortress-of-solitude/kryptonian/alturniansky_mirror/K-alphabet.php of this period was also very interesting, with 118 characters, and different in its structure from any human writing system that I know of, because it used characters that r...

I'm probably not the first to have asked this, but I was wondering if anyone knew of any precedent for vowel nasalization changing into some other vowel-marking of syllable-level feature, like tone or phonation. I know I've seen this in some conlangs, but are there any real-world cases where this is...

If the ʔụk thing bothers you so much, why not consider cultures which consider men to have something in them which makes them more human / partly divine / otherwise superior to women. I mean it's usually just semen, but ʔụk did instantly remind me of that. And look at how it's considered in-culture...

Matrix, that's a lot of neat ideas! I'm curious, though; is Maikros a setting where magic is clearly and verifiably real? And if so, are the gods actual individuals that a person could potentially meet and interact with? The way you write about the Sublime Goddess, it sounds like she's actually some...

Well, the thing with ʔụk doesn't make sense. Women are generally considered to have more powerful magic than men in traditional societies from everything I've read and heard (including violent magic that harms and even kills people), and that kind of attitude survived in Europe through women being ...

I think one of the things that attracts me to conlanging is that it gives me an opportunity to learn about features of real-world languages which I might not otherwise have been aware of. By the same token, since I find religious beliefs and institutions to be a fascinating topic of study, I'd be re...

I'm game; here's what I've come up with: Eiprek Hafspel [ˈeɪ̯prɛk ˈhafspɛl] is a human from a family of traders originating in the city of Raap [raːp], which lies near the border between Trahern and Braydon. Located at a crucial mountain pass, the alpine settlement was formerly an independent city-s...