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Nortaneous wrote:Some labialless American languages have something very similar to labialization, but that involves cupping the tongue instead of moving the lips. I can't remember what it's called, but it's apparently also attested in some dialects of British English on /ɒ/.

Do you mean sulcalization?

You don't have to have θ or ð change ubiquitously into one sound... something like θ/ʃ/_F where F is a front vowel, θ/r/V_V, θ/x/_C and θ/s/_ elsewhere is perfectly fine, and has the benefit of making your changes look more natural and less, hm, forced I guess. Edit: so in your example you'd get Sh(...

Ean wrote:Ρέστος μυ φίνε οις... ε βης ο δη σεία βον, σοις τρίστε.
Réstos mu phíne ois... e bēs o dē seía bon, sois tríste.
My vacation is over today... so even if there's good weather, I'm still sad.

That's what, Latin with sound changes based off Greek? Or some mix of those two IE branches?

Albanian: /m n ɲ ŋ/ < м н њ ҥ > /p b t d c ɟ k g/ < п б т д ќ ѓ к г > /ts dz tʃ dʒ/ < ц ѕ ч џ > /f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ h/ < ф в ѳ ҙ с з ш ж х > /r ɾ l ɫ j/ < ƥ р љ л й > /a e ə o i y u/ < а е ъ о и ь у > ати ьнъ ќъ йе нъ ќиел, у шъњтърофтъ емри ьт. арѳтъ мбретъриа йоте; у бъфтъ дъшира йоте, си нъ ќиел, е...

Why not just learn classical Latin? It's not that hard, the language as a whole is remarkably regular and comprehension of even huge texts such as the Aeneid is easy after some study. Latin is remarkably regular? There are a handful of paradigms that are repeated throughout, so I'd definitely say s...

Why not just learn classical Latin? It's not that hard, the language as a whole is remarkably regular and comprehension of even huge texts such as the Aeneid is easy after some study.

Sā́ níɣwā indoeurópikā ésti, yān φrégū dī́ksin. Albánikā tān evū́, ar áddan éywan séχeti, douṣánt sperrā́an. Sádan negnū́ṣkan, pā́ tān gérβtī. Spéðnas, yas tān wék, negríφt, ka dā́mē énē newézeti. /'sa 'nʲawa indoeu'ropeka 'aste ja 'ragu 'diʃe | al'baneka ta a'vu ar 'ad 'ew 'saha du'ʃan pa'r:a: | '...

Tapaj Trade Talk is spoken in the Tapaj valley, around the city of Kukuna. Tapaj is split between three language families, two on each side of the Lulanat river, and one stradling the river; a fourth provides a substrate but has since gone extinct. This situation has led to the arisal of a very sim...

I think he means "χ̞" as compared to "χ".

My own aesthetic sense is quite different from that of Tolkien's, so it's certainly not universal even if common to prefer soft phones. Phones I quite like: ( x-sampa ) k m v z x E Phones I dislike: b p w u 2 h I'm not sure what the pattern here is, if there is any. I do tend to really like voiced ...

Ivo?

Da ne si bǔlgarin?

Ambrisio wrote:How about this sound change?

dw -> erk

As I understand it went dw > dg > tk > rk > erk. Using exactly that set of changes in a conlang might be too meta, I think.

- you shake hands with everyone, for everything. The tighter the grip, the more successful you are. - shaking hands is a contest of who has the hardest grip. - whilst shaking hands, you squeeze somewhat hard, just to intimidate the other person You are really fond of hand-shaking, aren't you mate?

Could anyone help me romanize this? I can't really think of a good way to approach it. Syllables : (C)(C)V C1: any consonant C2: /b ɾ l/ V: any vowel Consonants : / m̥ m n̥ n ŋ̥ ŋ / / pʰ p b tʰ t d kʰ k g / / s x h / / r ɾ l / Vowels : / i u / / e ẽ o õ / / a ã / Sample : /heɾepɾa buloneha ba melɾa ...

I think French, Esperanto and Albanian are pretty ugly, they combine the worst features of Western, Central and Eastern Europe respectively. The orthographies are also sub-par in my opinion. I generally don't like tonal languages or ones with too many vowels or consonants. I love languages like Pro...

ásçetoń - noun, ásçet + oń
1. arousal
2. (archaic) excitement

Next: interest

I think French, Esperanto and Albanian are pretty ugly, they combine the worst features of Western, Central and Eastern Europe respectively. The orthographies are also sub-par in my opinion. I generally don't like tonal languages or ones with too many vowels or consonants. I love languages like Prot...