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- Sat Feb 15, 2014 5:38 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 867496
Re: Romanization challenge thread
Insular Kett /p ɓ t tʙ̥ ts k/ p b t tv z c /f s x h/ v s h ∅ /m n ŋ/ m n g /l r/ l r /j ɥ w/ ı y u /a e/ a e – Geminated /ŋ/ is written ng . – /j/ and /w/ are written ȷ and v word- or syllable-initially. – /ej/, /eɥ/ and /ew/ are also written ı , y and u . Rakyanne caıbann varryz, em nıan vurus ben...
- Sat Feb 15, 2014 5:28 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 867496
Re: Romanization challenge thread
Romanise this, because why not. /mʷ m mʲ nʷ n nʲ ŋʷ ŋ ŋʲ/ /pʷ p pʲ tʷ t tʲ kʷ k kʲ ʔʷ ʔ ʔʲ/ /βʷ β βʲ ðʲ ð ðʷ ɣʲ ɣ ɣʷ/ /rʷ r rʲ w ɰ j/ /ɨ ə ä/ /ɨ́ ə́ ä́/ /ɨ̀ ə̀ ä̀/ + phonemic stress /ˈpʲə́ðʷɨ ʔʲä̀ˈtə ˈjɨ ˈwɨ́kʲɨ̀ ˈpə́ ˈβʲäɰə́ mä́ˈtʷə̀rə nʲɨ́tʲäˈkä́ ˈŋə́mə ˈðə ˈmʲə̀βʷä ʔʷä́ˈnə ˈnʷɨ̀pʷä ˈβə̀ðʲə́ ˈʔä ...
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 3:07 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 867496
Re: Romanization challenge thread
Romanise this, because why not. /mʷ m mʲ nʷ n nʲ ŋʷ ŋ ŋʲ/ /pʷ p pʲ tʷ t tʲ kʷ k kʲ ʔʷ ʔ ʔʲ/ /βʷ β βʲ ðʲ ð ðʷ ɣʲ ɣ ɣʷ/ /rʷ r rʲ w ɰ j/ /ɨ ə ä/ /ɨ́ ə́ ä́/ /ɨ̀ ə̀ ä̀/ + phonemic stress /ˈpʲə́ðʷɨ ʔʲä̀ˈtə ˈjɨ ˈwɨ́kʲɨ̀ ˈpə́ ˈβʲäɰə́ mä́ˈtʷə̀rə nʲɨ́tʲäˈkä́ ˈŋə́mə ˈðə ˈmʲə̀βʷä ʔʷä́ˈnə ˈnʷɨ̀pʷä ˈβə̀ðʲə́ ˈʔä ɣ...
- Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:59 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Guess the Language, anyone?
- Replies: 1352
- Views: 227346
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
I have no clue at all, but could it be Dogon?
- Wed Jan 22, 2014 2:30 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Slavic male names in -a
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3034
Re: Slavic male names in -a
Ivica is a transparent diminutive of Ivo.
- Fri Jan 17, 2014 2:53 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Conlang words that happen to resemble real words
- Replies: 80
- Views: 53398
Re: Conlang words that happen to resemble real words
Safe?Imralu wrote:What word is that supposed to sound like?Nortaneous wrote:[seʰɸ] 'oracle'
- Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:46 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 867496
Re: Romanization challenge thread
piɕkowa lol, pickowa... cunt Kensiu /p b~bm t d~dn c ɟ~ɟɲ k g~gŋ ʔ/ p b t d ty¹ dy¹ k g 0² /m n ɲ ŋ/ m n ny¹ gn³ /ɸ s ɣ h/ f s gh h /w ɻ j l/ v r y l /a ɛ ʌ ɔ e ə o e̝ ɚ o̝ ɪ i ɯ u ie/ â e a o é á ó er ar or í ı ú u ıe /ã ɛ̃ ʌ̃ ɔ̃ ẽ õ ẽ̝ õ̝ ɪ̃ ĩ ɯ̃ ũ ĩẽ/ Vn ¹ Written yt , yd and yn syllable-finally...
- Mon Jan 13, 2014 2:46 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 867496
Re: Romanization challenge thread
Tangut or too many vowels /pʰ p b tʰ t d tsʰ ts dz tʂʰ tʂ dʐ kʰ k g ʔ/ pʼ p b tʼ t d tsʼ ts dz tšʼ tš dž kʼ k g ʼ /s ɬ ʂ x/ s c š h /v z ʐ ɣ/ v z ž x /m n ŋ/ m n ng /l r/ l r /a a: ã ạ aʳ a:ʳ/ a aʼ an at ar arʼ /æ æ: æ̃ æʳ/ ae aeʼ aen aer /ɨa ɨa: ɨã ɨạ ɨaʳ ɨa:ʳ/ ya yaʼ yan yat yar yarʼ /ia ia: iã i...
- Thu Jan 09, 2014 6:14 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
- Replies: 6633
- Views: 764267
Re: Help your conlang fluency
Kekeríg, Lyra!
[ˈk̟ʰɛkɛˌrıːˤ | ˈɬʉɣɔ]
Welcome back, Lyra!
[ˈk̟ʰɛkɛˌrıːˤ | ˈɬʉɣɔ]
Welcome back, Lyra!
- Thu Jan 02, 2014 5:09 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
- Replies: 2878
- Views: 651677
Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
On Baranxe'i script:
MisterBernie wrote:much constructive, very contributioncromulant wrote:I see tits.
- Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:26 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 867496
Re: Romanization challenge thread
p pʼ b t tʼ d k kʼ g kʷ kʷʼ gʷ q qʷ – p ph b t th d k kh g ku khu gu q qu ts tsʼ dz tʃ tʃʼ dʒ – c ch y ty tyh dy f v s z χ ʁ χʷ – f v s z x gh xu m n l r j w – m n l r ı u a e ə o i ɨ u – a eı e o ıe ı u əj jə ji ij – eï ïe ëı ıë Adeïmekte seıppet der raıguırınc serıebareï eme emxuızoneï se bartı. U...
- Tue Dec 31, 2013 6:31 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 867496
Re: Romanization challenge thread
dGudzong Tibetan /pʰ p b tʰ t d ʈʰ ʈ ɖ c ɟ kʰ k g ʔ/ pʼ p b tʼ t d ṭʼ ṭ ḍ tṣ dẓ cʼ c g ˀ /tsʰ ts dz tɕʰ tɕ dʑ/ tsʼ ts dz tśʼ tś dź /ɸ β sʰ s z ʂʰ ʂ ʐ ɕʰ ɕ ʑ xʰ x ɣ h ɦ/ f ̣f sʼ s z ṣʼ ṣ ẓ śʼ ś ź ċʼ ċ ġ h ḥ /m̥ m n̥ n ȵ̊ ȵ ŋ̊ ŋ/ km m kn n kń ń kṇ ṇ /l̥ l r j w/ kl l r y v /ʰp ʰt ʰʈ ʰc ʰk ʰts ʰtɕ/ kp...
- Tue Dec 31, 2013 5:57 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: If natlangs were conlangs...
- Replies: 120
- Views: 30292
Re: If natlangs were conlangs...
Same goes for Miyako.
- Tue Dec 31, 2013 4:37 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Lexember
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42147
Re: Lexember
Lexember 26ᵗʰ nem [ˈnɛm] v it abound; flourish – Only one word – nem 'abundance; flourishing' – is derived from today's word, using the action nominalisation which takes form of a zero suffix. Lexember 27ᵗʰ yésv [ˈʏ̯ɛːsɸ] v tr guard; watch – This word is considered somewhat archaic in modern usage,...
- Mon Dec 30, 2013 12:54 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Risha Cuhbi grammar
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9387
Re: Risha Cuhbi grammar
This is a very minor nitpick, but you apparently forgot to place /ɳ/ in the consonant inventory table.
- Mon Dec 30, 2013 5:06 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Lexember
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42147
Re: Lexember
Lexember 24ᵗʰ erés [ɛˈrɛːs] n sun – The word for 'shine' is derived by means of zero-derivation – it is erés , keeping the same pronunciation. Derived from this word is erésag [ɛˈrɛːsɒˤ] 'light' (← 'who shines') . – This word can be compounded with tı [ˈt̠ʲʰi] 'peak; top', valt [ˈɸɒɬt] 'bottom' and...
- Sun Dec 29, 2013 10:53 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Lexember
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42147
Re: Lexember
Lexember 23ʳᵈ – An onomatopœic word for today.
rav [ˈrɒɸ] v it bark
rav [ˈrɒɸ] v it bark
- – The action of barking is also rav, and it retains the same pronunciation.
– Adding the agentive nominaliser yields ravag [ˈrɒβɒˤ] (rav + -ag AGT), which is obviously the Rant word for 'dog'.
- Sat Dec 28, 2013 4:41 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
- Replies: 2278
- Views: 512045
Re: Post your conlang's phonology
Why don’t voiced aspirates become fricatives, leaving the plain voiced stops in place?
- Fri Dec 27, 2013 5:14 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Lexember
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42147
Re: Lexember
Lexember 22ⁿᵈ lavı [ˈɬɒβɪ] v it crawl – The action of crawling is also lavı , so it retains the same pronunciation. – Agentive nominalisation by means of suffixing yields lavıag [ˈɬɒβɪ̯œˤ] 'reptile; serpent' ( lavı + -ag AGT ; 'reptile; serpent' ← 'who crawls') . – More in line with the weekly topi...
- Wed Dec 25, 2013 11:54 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: The Miniature Conlangs Thread
- Replies: 55
- Views: 15746
Re: The Miniature Conlangs Thread
I was thinking about reworking my main conlang Kaıpó, when the following idea popped into my head: patientive nominalisation is done by means of suffixing the non-speaker pronoun on the verb that is to be nominalised, e.g. ano 'catch' → anoı 'catch; haul; prey'. This makes zero sense on a first glan...
- Wed Dec 25, 2013 10:49 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Lexember
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42147
Re: Lexember
Lexember 20ᵗʰ ırmán [ɪrˈmɒːn] v it branch out; fork; furcate – The corresponding action noun is ırmán 'furcation'. – Appending the agentive nominaliser -ag , ırmánag [ɪrˈmɒːnɒˤ] 'branch' ( ırmán + -ag AGT ; 'branch' ← 'which branches out') can be derived. Lexember 21ᵗʰ tev [ˈt̠ʲʰɛɸ] v tr collect; h...
- Tue Dec 24, 2013 7:32 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Lexember
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42147
Re: Lexember
Catching up – five days in one post. Lexember 15ᵗʰ smat [ˈsm̥ɒʰt] v tr play (a team sport) Lexember 16ᵗʰ mev [ˈmɛɸ] n tree tsýr [ˈtsʉːr] v tr begin; start; undertake – Zero-derivation expectedly yields tsýr 'beginning; start'. – Adding the agentive suffix -ag , one gets tsýrag [ˈtsʉːrɒˤ] 'mover-shak...
- Mon Dec 23, 2013 8:15 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Conlang Reconstruction Game 2014: we have a forum
- Replies: 97
- Views: 39097
Re: Conlang Reconstruction Game 2014
Count me in.
- Wed Dec 18, 2013 2:58 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Lexember
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42147
Re: Lexember
Lexember 13ʳᵈ tyk [ˈtʰʉʰk] v it chatter Appending the agentive suffix to tyk yields tykag [ˈtʰʉkɒˤ] 'chatterbox; chatterer' ( tyk + -ag AGT ) , and the action of chattering is tyk , with the same pronunciation as the verb. Lexember 14ᵗʰ suáryı [ˈsʊ̯ɒːrʏ̯ɪ] v tr compete with Agentive nominalisation ...
- Mon Dec 16, 2013 4:17 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Lexember
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42147
Re: Lexember
Lexember 11ˢᵗ sítty [ˈs̠ʲiːʰtʏ] v tr gossip; spread rumours A síttyag [ˈs̠ʲíʰtʏ̯œˤ] is a gossiper, while sítty [ˈs̠ʲiːʰtʏ] is the very act of gossiping itself. Lexember 12ⁿᵈ tnég [ˈtn̥ɛːˤ] v tr worship In temples, colloquially called tnégtı [ˈtn̥ɛːˤtɪ] (← tnég + -tı LOC ) , worshippers – tnéyagı [ˈ...