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Is this particular change affecting glottalised vowels plausible?

• [iˀ] [ɨˀ] [uˀ] [eˀ] [əˀ] [oˀ] [aˀ] → [i̯ɤˀ] [ɨ̯ɤˀ] [u̯oˀ] [i̯ɤˀ] [ɨ̯ɤˀ] [o̯ɒˀ] [e̯ɑˀ]

• [iːˀ] [ɨːˀ] [uːˀ] [eːˀ] [əːˀ] [oːˀ] [aːˀ] → [i̯ɤːˀ] [ɨ̯ɤːˀ] [u̯oːˀ] [i̯ɤːˀ] [ɨ̯ɤːˀ] [o̯ɒːˀ] [e̯ɑːˀ]

Cedh wrote:

Click wrote:Could [l] → [lˤ] → [ʕ] and [ð] → [θ] → [ɬ] → [ɬˤ] → [ħ] be a plausible means of developing a pharyngeal series?

Yes. The [ð] → [θ] part would likely go along with devoicing of any other voiced fricatives though.

Can [z] still stay intact even though all other fricatives devoice?

Could [l] → [lˤ] → [ʕ] and [ð] → [θ] → [ɬ] → [ɬˤ] → [ħ] be a plausible means of developing a pharyngeal series?
If two glides are adjacent to each other, would it be plausible for the left one to be ejected into the previous syllable, e.g. [ˈtenwja] → [ˈtewnja]?

Cushitic?

Czech as Croatian /m n ɲ/ m n nj /p b t d c ɟ k g/ p b t d ć đ k g /ts (dz) tʃ (dʒ)/ c dz č dž /(f) v s z ʃ ʒ x ɦ/ f v s z š ž h g /r̝ r l j/ r r l j /a e o i u a: e: o: i: u: au eu ou/ a e o i u a e o i u au eu ou Všihnji lide se rođi svobođnji a sobje rovnji co do dustojnosći a prav. Sou nadanji ...

Is {[p] [t] [k]}[l] → [tɬʷ] → [tʂ] plausible?

Chengjiang wrote:Next: measure

mıóto [mʸóto] v tr measure (amount, size, etc.)

Next: jump

I am working on a descendant of one conlang of mine, and several interesting ideas popped into my head while I was being outside today. Firstly, the language loses the ancestral polypersonal agreement system and replaces it with a new one which marks subject person and transitivity, so there are two...

Vạın-Ruâq-Toȧn Consonants /m n ŋ/ m n q /ᵐb ⁿd ⁿdʒ ᵑg/ b d y g /p t tʃ k/ p t x k /f s/ f s /v ð/ v c /l r/ l r Vowels /i u e o a ɤ ɯ/ ı u e o a ua* oa* * au ao after /u/ and /o/ /ʰV Ṽ/ hV Vn , vowels are assumed to be nasalised before /n/ – if that isn’t the case, /Vn/ is written Vn’ Tones a á à ǎ...

hwhatting wrote:Next: next (yes, it's meta day)

takku [ˈtʰɑ́ˀkʊ] v tr follow

Next: after, beyond

Italian /m n ɲ/ m n ň /p b t d k g/ p b t d k g /ts dz tʃ dʒ/ c ʒ č ǯ /f v s z ʃ/ f v s z š /j w l r ʎ/ ı u y r λ [Cː] CC , [tsː dzː tʃː dʒː lː ʎː fː vː sː zː ʃː] tc dʒ tč dǯ ty tλ pf bv ts dz tš /a ɛ e i ɔ o u/ a ɛ e ı ɔ o u /aː ɛː eː iː ɔː oː uː/ á ɛ́ é í ɔ́ ó ú /ai ɛi ei ɔi oi ui au eu ɛu/ aı ɛı...

Emilian Nasals: /m n ɲ/ m n ň Plosives: /p b t̪ d̪ k g/ p b t d c g Fricatives: /f v s̠ z̠ s̪ z̪/ f v š ž s z Liquids: /l r/ l r Approximants: /j/ y Affricates: /ts̠ dz̠/ tš dž Unstressed vowels: /ɐ e ɪ o ʊ/ a e ı o u Stressed short: /a ε~æ e i ɔ~ɒ o u/ á ɛ́ é í ɔ́ ó ú Stressed long: /aː εː eː iː ɔ...

CatDoom wrote:Next: thread

unak [ˀʊˈnɒʰk] n thread

Next: intersperse

Can you provide an example text?

I think the change could be achieved by metathesis intervocalically and word-finally, but a more difficult case is with word-initial PN clusters. Could an epenthetic [ə̆] appear before all consonant clusters, allowing for metathesis to occur without violating the sonority hierarchy, and then delete?

Is unconditional PN → ⁿP plausible?

P and N is shorthand for plosive and nasal, and ⁿ is prenasalisation.

Are the following sound changes plausible?

1. [pt] [kt] → [tʂ] [tɕ]
2. {[w] [j]} → [h] / C_
3. Vj Vw → jV wV

R.Rusanov wrote:Dzugong dGudzong thibetan Tibetan

Tibeto-Burman?

In vicinity of the northern Andes?

A variety of Quechua?

Considering my obsession/fixation (emphasis by Click) on this linguistic aspect and my impatience, I simply cannot wait years... I must work on it now... I just need information, and examples. Get over yourself. Another issue is that I don't want a large amount of modal/auxiliary verbs, they seem t...

This should be in the Questions Thread in Ephemera or in C&C Quickies at most, but anyway here’s a solution. You don’t need to use database to have a searchable lexicon – just hit Ctrl+F to get a search box.

@Dewrad, I quote another conlanger in regards to your critique of my imperatives and causatives: There are plenty of good reasons to analyze an imperative or causative morpheme as an aspect: It may not be one semantically, but that doesn't mean it can't behave like one morpho-syntactically. For exa...

Old-Bzaåduo hwewastya [hʷəwasʲtʲa] → Proto-Psodian pvevastya → Mɛrə poʼɔ̀tɛ [pᵝoˈᵝɔ̀tᶝɛ̆]