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Eh..., I find your improper and nonstandard use of Cyrillic to be an eyesore, much like someone using "e" for /d/ and "b" for /o/.

I mean like affix-only sound changes, like the example abovd.

WeepingElf wrote:How about this: prepositions merge with demonstratives, and the resulting adverbs become applicative prefixes?

How does that work? And, while my language is Noun-Adjective, demonstratives come before the nouns.

Could sound changes be restricted to word classes?

In example, i/y/_B in affixes only and where B=bilabial

No, my original question was about prepositions, not postpositions.

I like this text, I should something of the like for my Vrkhazhians:
If you're Vrkhazhian...

Salmoneus wrote:I think if it doesn't represent vowels, it can't be an alphabet.

My conlang Vrkhazhian is written in an abjad that only represent vowels at the end of words (mostly corresponding to the gender endings), and even then only three of the six.

Could a preposition before a noun end up prefixed to a verb (in SOV word order)? One possibility is applicative voice; where the preposition is used to mark the voice: I with the pen wrote :> I the pen with-wrote I for her kill would :> I her for-killed would Then you could drop the promoted noun; ...

It seems that consonant clusters in the onset position are allowed. Are there patterns like CCVCV that nemand a consonant cluster to appear? What happens if two consonants of a root cannot form a cluster? Syllable structure of Vrkhazhian is complex, being (C)CV(C).CV(C).CV(C)(C) Epenthesis breaks u...

Could homoorganic stops be inserted between nasals and rhotics only, as opposed to including laterals and other liquids?

Could a preposition before a noun end up prefixed to a verb (in SOV word order)? Why not, through prepositions > adverbs > prefixes? But it is the location that makes me feel it can't, and I could never figure out how to get something on one side of a word into being on the other side, not without ...

Could a preposition before a noun end up prefixed to a verb (in SOV word order)? Why not, through prepositions > adverbs > prefixes? But it is the location that makes me feel it can't, and I could never figure out how to get something on one side of a word into being on the other side, not without ...

Could a preposition before a noun end up prefixed to a verb (in SOV word order)?

Could a language have /ð/without /θ/?

Zaarin wrote:

احمکي ارش-ھجن wrote:Is the condition ɾ/ɹ/V_V possible? ɾ/ɹ/_C?

ɾ/ɹ/V_V seems less likely to me, but ɾ/ɹ/_C is reasonably common. It happens (I believe) in some dialects of Aramaic, for example.

Maybe it is unlikely, but for why? Is this not lenition?

Is the condition ɾ/ɹ/V_V possible? ɾ/ɹ/_C?

SoapBubbles wrote:Interestingly FrathWIki has now crashed and thats why Ive always saved my pages to my computer as HTML on both wikis. Nothing is forever,

How did you do that?

gestaltist wrote:

Neek wrote:that awful ziggurat logo

KneeQuickie’s logo isn’t exactly pretty, either, you know...

It is IMHO a poorly-drawn humanoid penguin. But I don't expect everyone to be an artist.

Well if that isn't the most interesting revelation.

How are these sound changes? F = front(ed) vowel B = back(ed) vowel L = lowered vowel U = uvular(ized) consonant Hīmōšīkā /æ æ: ɑ ɑ: ɛ ɛ: e e: ɪ ɪ: i i: ə ə: ɔ ɔ: o o: ʊ ʊ: u u:/ (long in open syllables, short in closed syllables) /m n ŋ/ /p p̰ b t t̰ d k k̰ g q̰ ʡ ʔ/ /f s z x ɣ ħ h/ /w r r̰ j/ /l ɬ...

I dunno where else to ask this, but... is there such thing as a language having too many unconditional sound changes? Especially, if there are more of such than conditioned ones?

This is one of the best conlangs I have seen lately. I have been following its build-up at FrathWiki with interest, and shall continue to do so. This is one of the rare instances of triconsonantal root language that is neither a rip-off of Semitic nor giving away its artificiality at first glance. ...

I have been working on this conlang since February 20 of 2014. So almost two years. Since then, I have gained much knowledge about triconsonatal root systems and the diachronics and applied that knowledge to my conlang. This language is diachronically derived from another conlang of mine, Taksheyut ...

For my 3con language, how do I diachronically come up with patterns that geminate the final consonant of a root and patterns that geminate the first consonant of a root? Reduplication and syncope could work: Say that every other vowel backwards from the end of a word is deleted, unless that would r...

For my 3con language, how do I diachronically come up with patterns that geminate the final consonant of a root and patterns that geminate the first consonant of a root?