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- Wed Feb 10, 2016 7:59 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
- Replies: 2278
- Views: 499712
Re: Post your conlang's phonology
Marshallese isn't a conlang, Nort
- Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:19 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
- Replies: 2639
- Views: 301296
Re: Venting thread that embraces everyone without distinctio
So I'm taking an "advanced phonetics and phonology" course and we have two textbooks. One of them is "The Sounds of Language" by Elizabeth Zsiga and this book is REALLY bad. Almost every example has one or more(!!) blatant transcription errors. I can't believe I paid for this shit.
- Sat Jan 30, 2016 4:39 pm
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: The Correspondence Library
- Replies: 568
- Views: 284412
Re: The Correspondence Library
Blust, Robert: The Austronesian Languages, Revised Edition (2013) Proto-Polynesian to Luangiua h > 0 q > 0 r > l f > h k > ʔ t > k n > ŋ w > v (the resultant consonant inventory is a little strange: /p k ʔ m ŋ l v s h/) It also seems that ʔ was lost word initially but this could possibly be an arti...
- Thu Jan 28, 2016 8:23 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: ZBB Census 2016
- Replies: 127
- Views: 53118
Re: ZBB Census 2016
Basics Username: thetha Name: you won't trick me you nazis Other nicknames (including good stories, if you have any): Birthplace: Place of residence: Any particular reason you live there now? Occupation: sometimes I help people learn math Pets (+5 extra credit if you provide photographic evidence):...
- Sun Jan 24, 2016 12:23 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 841889
Re: Romanization challenge thread
/m n/ - m n /p t ts tʃ k q/ - p t tz ch c/qu c̄ (qu before <i e ē>) /pʰ tʰ tsʰ tʃʰ kʰ qʰ/ - p' t' ts' ch' c'/qu' c̄' /b d dz dʒ g/ - b d dz ll g /s ʃ χ/ - s x j /z ʒ ʁ/ - z ȳ ḡ /r l/ - r l /ʋ j/ - v y /e ɐ ɨ o/ - e a ü u /iː eː æː ɒː oː uː/ - i ē ā o ō ū Syllables are (C)V(C). Stress is phonemic. As...
- Sat Jan 16, 2016 2:13 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Word Initial Glottal Stop v. Zero
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5085
Re: Word Initial Glottal Stop v. Zero
That hypothesis strikes me as not so productive, because if we assume that all so-called utterance initial vowels really do have a glottal stop in front of them, it becomes a lot more difficult to explain languages which develop word initial consonants like /h, j, w, ŋ/ out of apparently nothing. p...
- Fri Jan 15, 2016 9:36 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: What foreign language have you dedicated the most effort to
- Replies: 57
- Views: 13138
Re: What foreign language have you dedicated the most effort
I've studied Spanish on and off since I was in the single digits, for school reasons and also for people I was friends with, but I still am not really fluent in it at all.
- Fri Jan 15, 2016 9:13 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Word Initial Glottal Stop v. Zero
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5085
Re: Word Initial Glottal Stop v. Zero
That hypothesis strikes me as not so productive, because if we assume that all so-called utterance initial vowels really do have a glottal stop in front of them, it becomes a lot more difficult to explain languages which develop word initial consonants like /h, j, w, ŋ/ out of apparently nothing. I ...
- Mon Jan 04, 2016 4:00 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 613683
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
j > s has happened many times in languages throughout the world, it's not unusual at all.
- Sat Jan 02, 2016 7:33 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Nice sounding natlangs
- Replies: 391
- Views: 66098
Re: Nice sounding natlangs
I'm not objecting to the claim of silent letters, I'm objecting to the claim that it sounds like syllables are missing and that this phenomenon is any more markedly present than in any proper european language.
- Fri Jan 01, 2016 8:51 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Fun/interesting stories about language use
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9417
Re: Fun/interesting stories about language use
you have to give them credit for being economical though
- Thu Dec 31, 2015 7:21 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
- Replies: 3108
- Views: 639779
Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
[pʰɔɪn'tsɛɾə]
not sure, never heard of it
['dɑ:ɫiə]
['fjʉʃə]
['ʃɛfɫɜɹə]
not sure, never heard of it
['dɑ:ɫiə]
['fjʉʃə]
['ʃɛfɫɜɹə]
- Wed Dec 30, 2015 9:23 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Nice sounding natlangs
- Replies: 391
- Views: 66098
Re: Nice sounding natlangs
I haven't really got that impression in the Danish that I've heard.
- Sun Dec 27, 2015 3:33 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 841889
Re: Romanization challenge thread
/p t tɕ k ʔ/
/b d dʑ g/
/m n ɲ ŋ/
/f v s z ɕ ʑ x (h ɦ)/
/l r w j/
/i e ɛ a u o ɔ (ə)/ + 3 tones: /à ā á/
(M)CV(N, ʔ)(+H)
+H makes /à ā á/ surface as [a:˨˨ a:˧˨ a:˥˧]
[bəʑùŋ kɛ̄ ʔədʱá ná mbēŋ fù:ʔ ī zʱɔ:˥˧ rətɕī nèʔ tàʔ. kəʑāʔ ǹ pʰò: lé ʔətɕàŋ sɔ̀ ɦa:˥˧.]
/b d dʑ g/
/m n ɲ ŋ/
/f v s z ɕ ʑ x (h ɦ)/
/l r w j/
/i e ɛ a u o ɔ (ə)/ + 3 tones: /à ā á/
(M)CV(N, ʔ)(+H)
+H makes /à ā á/ surface as [a:˨˨ a:˧˨ a:˥˧]
[bəʑùŋ kɛ̄ ʔədʱá ná mbēŋ fù:ʔ ī zʱɔ:˥˧ rətɕī nèʔ tàʔ. kəʑāʔ ǹ pʰò: lé ʔətɕàŋ sɔ̀ ɦa:˥˧.]
- Fri Dec 25, 2015 1:33 pm
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: Bizarre Sound Changes
- Replies: 190
- Views: 93146
Re: Bizarre Sound Changes
The Mizo sound change has a nice comparison with the set of changes that happened in several northern Athabaskan languages. The set of phonemes *s *tsʰ *ts' *z *ts shifted to *θ *tθʰ *tθ' *ð *tθ and then went kind of wacky from there. Dogrib has them as xʷ kʷʰ kʷʼ w kʷ and Hare has them as f f ʔw w ...
- Tue Dec 22, 2015 4:56 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 613683
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
lol they were providing English as an example of liquid elision
- Sun Dec 20, 2015 5:09 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Happy Things Thread
- Replies: 969
- Views: 370248
Re: Happy Things Thread
Well, maybe the people should stop pretending that reading the spoilers is a serious business and start enjoying the works regardless of whether they know the ending or not. Or am I mistaken and an unexpected ending is everything a good work has to offer? Don't be so stupid, there are planes of exi...
- Thu Dec 17, 2015 9:53 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 613683
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Seems totally fair then.
- Thu Dec 17, 2015 9:09 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 613683
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
f > s has happened before but I don't know where the aspiration is coming from
- Fri Dec 11, 2015 6:37 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
- Replies: 2639
- Views: 301296
Re: Venting thread that embraces everyone without distinctio
hmm interestingViktor77 wrote:bonified
(171k hits on the google apparently)
- Sat Dec 05, 2015 5:30 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
- Replies: 2639
- Views: 301296
Re: Venting thread that embraces everyone without distinctio
I managed to find a book a while back about the phonological history of the southern Ryukyuan languages (i.e. those not including Okinawan and its closest relatives) but after looking through it a few times I have come to the conclusion that it is completely indecipherable. The author uses an idiosy...
- Sun Nov 15, 2015 10:27 pm
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: The Correspondence Library
- Replies: 568
- Views: 284412
Re: The Correspondence Library
What is $ supposed to refer to here?
- Sat Nov 14, 2015 7:52 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Correlation between language features and location of origin
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4093
Re: Correlation between language features and location of or
what the heck manAbi wrote: (usually in ghetto speak)
- Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:41 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Correlation between language features and location of origin
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4093
Re: Correlation between language features and location of or
I once saw a documentary on TV about the San, and they have a story that the language they speak contains so many clicks because if they speak with each other during the hunt, the sound it makes is more "natural" than speaking without clicks, and hence doesn't scare away the animals. JAL I've heard...
- Thu Nov 12, 2015 12:52 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Navajo - Pronominal Affix Question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1559
Re: Navajo - Pronominal Affix Question
The 3rd person affix for space marks an argument that really is spacial in nature. compare: sik'az PERF-cold.STAT 'it's cold (an object)' hoo zk'az AREA-PERF-cold.STAT 'it's cold [in here]' ji zk'az 4-PERF-cold.STAT 'one is cold' a zk'az INDEF-PERF-cold.STAT 'something [an unknown thing] is cold' wh...