I'm fascinated by the idea of this place, which i hesitate to call the "Almean Switzerland." is there any chance we could find out more about this place, Zomp? a short story, perhaps? even better- some linguistics- all the major languages of the place are completely undocumented...
heck, if you could give me some concrete sound changes for Proto-Eastern > Proto- :ch ia- :sh a, then i could create my own little version of Tei, just for fun.
Belshai!
Belshai!
[quote="Nortaneous"]Is South Africa better off now than it was a few decades ago?[/quote]
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Re: Belshai!
twas one of my first almea forum questions, but i didn't get much info eitherbrandrinn wrote:I'm fascinated by the idea of this place, which i hesitate to call the "Almean Switzerland." is there any chance we could find out more about this place, Zomp? a short story, perhaps? even better- some linguistics- all the major languages of the place are completely undocumented...
heck, if you could give me some concrete sound changes for Proto-Eastern > Proto- :ch ia- :sh a, then i could create my own little version of Tei, just for fun.
But then, i want skourene stuff a lot more!
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He who is also known as Ben
He who is also known as Ben
Well, i'm also interested in the near-isolate, Tei. is it analytic like the southern :ch ia- :sh a languages? what sound changes has it undergone from protoEastern? has been more influenced by Littoral or Karazi neighbors? sorry to ask pointless questions, Zomp, but i'm interested.
[quote="Nortaneous"]Is South Africa better off now than it was a few decades ago?[/quote]
Nothing to apologize for; I appreciate the interest. I like Tei too. The problem with Chia-Sha is that its languages were influenced by all their neighbors throughout time, which means that before I can get to it, all those families have to be developed to some extent first. Tei dropped out of the process early, so it isn't influenced by native Luduyni languages as the rest of Chia-Sha langauges are; on the other hand, it'll have heavy Lenani influence. I picture its core vocabulary as less than 50% Chia-Sha.brandrinn wrote:Well, i'm also interested in the near-isolate, Tei. is it analytic like the southern :ch ia- :sh a languages? what sound changes has it undergone from protoEastern? has been more influenced by Littoral or Karazi neighbors? sorry to ask pointless questions, Zomp, but i'm interested.