Nice sounding natlangs
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Asahi, give it a rest. As you said earlier, you "shall not quarrel with [Legion] any longer", so don't.
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Only three of each?? :/
Likes:
Inuit
Japanese
Mandarin
Dislikes:
French
Semitic languages
Danish
Likes:
Inuit
Japanese
Mandarin
Dislikes:
French
Semitic languages
Danish
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I love how most people seem to dislike French.
(Though it can sound nice occasionally, depending on who's saying what, I guess.)
(Though it can sound nice occasionally, depending on who's saying what, I guess.)
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It sounds so faggy sometimes.
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אבל שפות שמיות הן אדירות!Qwynegold wrote:Only three of each?? :/
Likes:
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Japanese
Mandarin
Dislikes:
French
Semitic languages
Danish
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何?Mr. Z wrote:אבל שפות שמיות הן אדירות!Qwynegold wrote:Only three of each?? :/
Likes:
Inuit
Japanese
Mandarin
Dislikes:
French
Semitic languages
Danish
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But Semitic languages are awesome!Qwynegold wrote:何?Mr. Z wrote:אבל שפות שמיות הן אדירות!Qwynegold wrote:Only three of each?? :/
Likes:
Inuit
Japanese
Mandarin
Dislikes:
French
Semitic languages
Danish
Seriously, how can you not like them? The triconsonantal roots, the emphatic consonants, the complex synthetic structures, their beautiful scripts... They're practically perfect.
Languages I speak fluentlyPřemysl wrote:Oh god, we truly are nerdy. My first instinct was "why didn't he just use sunt and have it all in Latin?".Kereb wrote:they are nerdissimus inter nerdes
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I know this isn't the three for each category, but over time I expose myself to more languages
Like:
1. Hebrew (especially when it is sung)
2. German
3. I can't really say whether this is a language, but I really liked my high school Latin teacher's accent. He originally came from Haiti, and he occasionally rolled his r's. Now that I think of it maybe Haitian Creole? I'm not sure, because I don't remember him speaking in Creole.
Dislike:
1. So far nothing.
Edit: Corrected the spelling of "originaly" to "originally". I'm usually anal about spelling mistakes too, and it seems that Internet Explorer (at least the version used in this library) does not have spell check.
Like:
1. Hebrew (especially when it is sung)
2. German
3. I can't really say whether this is a language, but I really liked my high school Latin teacher's accent. He originally came from Haiti, and he occasionally rolled his r's. Now that I think of it maybe Haitian Creole? I'm not sure, because I don't remember him speaking in Creole.
Dislike:
1. So far nothing.
Edit: Corrected the spelling of "originaly" to "originally". I'm usually anal about spelling mistakes too, and it seems that Internet Explorer (at least the version used in this library) does not have spell check.
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Re: Nice sounding natlangs
Likes:
- Finnish
- Icelandic
- Kannada
Dislikes:
- Danish
- most American English
- Russian
Also, too throaty, and I say that as a Germanophone.
- Finnish
- Icelandic
- Kannada
Dislikes:
- Danish
- most American English
- Russian
Because of the triconsonantal roots, the emphatic consonants, the scriptsMr Z wrote:Seriously, how can you not like them? The triconsonantal roots, the emphatic consonants, the complex synthetic structures, their beautiful scripts... They're practically perfect.
Also, too throaty, and I say that as a Germanophone.
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Ok, the emphatic consonants may seem ugly to some people, and even though I believe the Arabic script is awesome, I understand why one might not like it so much... But the triconsonantal roots? They're just genius!MisterBernie wrote:Likes:
- Finnish
- Icelandic
- Kannada
Dislikes:
- Danish
- most American English
- Russian
Because of the triconsonantal roots, the emphatic consonants, the scriptsMr Z wrote:Seriously, how can you not like them? The triconsonantal roots, the emphatic consonants, the complex synthetic structures, their beautiful scripts... They're practically perfect.
Also, too throaty, and I say that as a Germanophone.
As for the throatiness thing: Modern Hebrew isn't throaty. It's just as throaty as German. And Maltese isn't very throaty either, AFAIK, except for the pharyngeals, but those are only two... (right?)
Languages I speak fluentlyPřemysl wrote:Oh god, we truly are nerdy. My first instinct was "why didn't he just use sunt and have it all in Latin?".Kereb wrote:they are nerdissimus inter nerdes
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العربية, 日本語
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Definitely. Nonconcatenative morphology is so in right now.Mr. Z wrote:Ok, the emphatic consonants may seem ugly to some people, and even though I believe the Arabic script is awesome, I understand why one might not like it so much... But the triconsonantal roots? They're just genius!MisterBernie wrote:Likes:
- Finnish
- Icelandic
- Kannada
Dislikes:
- Danish
- most American English
- Russian
Because of the triconsonantal roots, the emphatic consonants, the scriptsMr Z wrote:Seriously, how can you not like them? The triconsonantal roots, the emphatic consonants, the complex synthetic structures, their beautiful scripts... They're practically perfect.
Also, too throaty, and I say that as a Germanophone.
As for the throatiness thing: Modern Hebrew isn't throaty. It's just as throaty as German. And Maltese isn't very throaty either, AFAIK, except for the pharyngeals, but those are only two... (right?)
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Oh, aren't they? I like them best.Antirri wrote:Definitely. Nonconcatenative morphology is so in right now.Mr. Z wrote:Ok, the emphatic consonants may seem ugly to some people, and even though I believe the Arabic script is awesome, I understand why one might not like it so much... But the triconsonantal roots? They're just genius!MisterBernie wrote:Likes:
- Finnish
- Icelandic
- Kannada
Dislikes:
- Danish
- most American English
- Russian
Because of the triconsonantal roots, the emphatic consonants, the scriptsMr Z wrote:Seriously, how can you not like them? The triconsonantal roots, the emphatic consonants, the complex synthetic structures, their beautiful scripts... They're practically perfect.
Also, too throaty, and I say that as a Germanophone.
As for the throatiness thing: Modern Hebrew isn't throaty. It's just as throaty as German. And Maltese isn't very throaty either, AFAIK, except for the pharyngeals, but those are only two... (right?)
Languages I speak fluentlyPřemysl wrote:Oh god, we truly are nerdy. My first instinct was "why didn't he just use sunt and have it all in Latin?".Kereb wrote:they are nerdissimus inter nerdes
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العربية, 日本語
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Right that it's not very throaty, but wrong about the pharyngeals, for the standard dialect at least; it has /ħ/ with uvular and palatal allophones, and historic /ʕ/ which has changed into diphthongization.Mr. Z wrote:And Maltese isn't very throaty either, AFAIK, except for the pharyngeals, but those are only two... (right?)
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Good, so even less pharyngeals. I remembered seeing /ħ/ and /ʕ/ in the orthography, but I guess they aren't pronounced anymore.Astraios wrote:Right that it's not very throaty, but wrong about the pharyngeals, for the standard dialect at least; it has /ħ/ with uvular and palatal allophones, and historic /ʕ/ which has changed into diphthongization.Mr. Z wrote:And Maltese isn't very throaty either, AFAIK, except for the pharyngeals, but those are only two... (right?)
Maltese and Hebrew aren't throaty. That's 2 non-throaty Semitic standards.
Languages I speak fluentlyPřemysl wrote:Oh god, we truly are nerdy. My first instinct was "why didn't he just use sunt and have it all in Latin?".Kereb wrote:they are nerdissimus inter nerdes
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Amharic doesn't have any pharyngeals either, and its emphatics are ejectives, not pharyngealized pulmonic stops.Mr. Z wrote:Good, so even less pharyngeals. I remembered seeing /ħ/ and /ʕ/ in the orthography, but I guess they aren't pronounced anymore.Astraios wrote:Right that it's not very throaty, but wrong about the pharyngeals, for the standard dialect at least; it has /ħ/ with uvular and palatal allophones, and historic /ʕ/ which has changed into diphthongization.Mr. Z wrote:And Maltese isn't very throaty either, AFAIK, except for the pharyngeals, but those are only two... (right?)
Maltese and Hebrew aren't throaty. That's 2 non-throaty Semitic standards.
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I see ejectives as throaty as well... But if Mister Bernie doesn't, then alright! That's 3 Semitic standards without pharyngeals, anyway.Antirri wrote:Amharic doesn't have any pharyngeals either, and its emphatics are ejectives, not pharyngealized pulmonic stops.Mr. Z wrote:Good, so even less pharyngeals. I remembered seeing /ħ/ and /ʕ/ in the orthography, but I guess they aren't pronounced anymore.Astraios wrote:Right that it's not very throaty, but wrong about the pharyngeals, for the standard dialect at least; it has /ħ/ with uvular and palatal allophones, and historic /ʕ/ which has changed into diphthongization.Mr. Z wrote:And Maltese isn't very throaty either, AFAIK, except for the pharyngeals, but those are only two... (right?)
Maltese and Hebrew aren't throaty. That's 2 non-throaty Semitic standards.
Languages I speak fluentlyPřemysl wrote:Oh god, we truly are nerdy. My first instinct was "why didn't he just use sunt and have it all in Latin?".Kereb wrote:they are nerdissimus inter nerdes
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Re: Nice sounding natlangs
Ejectives are as throaty as any other phoneme you make, because it's essentially just another configuration of the glottis alongside voiced and voiceless (but because you're closing the glottis entirely, it is labelled non-pulmonic, because the sound it makes does not come from your lungs). Your primary articulator is still oral.Mr. Z wrote:I see ejectives as throaty as well... But if Mister Bernie doesn't, then alright! That's 3 Semitic standards without pharyngeals, anyway.Antirri wrote:Amharic doesn't have any pharyngeals either, and its emphatics are ejectives, not pharyngealized pulmonic stops.Mr. Z wrote:Good, so even less pharyngeals. I remembered seeing /ħ/ and /ʕ/ in the orthography, but I guess they aren't pronounced anymore.Astraios wrote:Right that it's not very throaty, but wrong about the pharyngeals, for the standard dialect at least; it has /ħ/ with uvular and palatal allophones, and historic /ʕ/ which has changed into diphthongization.Mr. Z wrote:And Maltese isn't very throaty either, AFAIK, except for the pharyngeals, but those are only two... (right?)
Maltese and Hebrew aren't throaty. That's 2 non-throaty Semitic standards.
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But it sounds throaty, at least to me.finlay wrote:Ejectives are as throaty as any other phoneme you make, because it's essentially just another configuration of the glottis alongside voiced and voiceless (but because you're closing the glottis entirely, it is labelled non-pulmonic, because the sound it makes does not come from your lungs). Your primary articulator is still oral.
Languages I speak fluentlyPřemysl wrote:Oh god, we truly are nerdy. My first instinct was "why didn't he just use sunt and have it all in Latin?".Kereb wrote:they are nerdissimus inter nerdes
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I'm fond of
Occitano-Romance (Occitan + Catalan) And sexy Liz agrees!
Boston accent Ben Affleck's Bostonian
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I'm not fond of
American English (with rhotic and nasalized vowels)
Castilian ([x] - [θ] Spanish)
Parisian French
Occitano-Romance (Occitan + Catalan) And sexy Liz agrees!
Boston accent Ben Affleck's Bostonian
Ryukyuan languages Learn Okinawan!
I'm not fond of
American English (with rhotic and nasalized vowels)
Castilian ([x] - [θ] Spanish)
Parisian French
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DIEIzambri wrote:I'm fond of
Boston accent Ben Affleck's Bostonian
Boston accents are the worst of the AmE varieties
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No, Hebrew has that voiceless uvular trill everywhere.Mr. Z wrote:Good, so even less pharyngeals. I remembered seeing /ħ/ and /ʕ/ in the orthography, but I guess they aren't pronounced anymore.Astraios wrote:Right that it's not very throaty, but wrong about the pharyngeals, for the standard dialect at least; it has /ħ/ with uvular and palatal allophones, and historic /ʕ/ which has changed into diphthongization.Mr. Z wrote:And Maltese isn't very throaty either, AFAIK, except for the pharyngeals, but those are only two... (right?)
Maltese and Hebrew aren't throaty. That's 2 non-throaty Semitic standards.
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It's a voiced uvular approximant. Sounds even less throaty than European langs. And besides, we're not taking English throatiness as the point of reference; you guys don't even have /x/.Nortaneous wrote:No, Hebrew has that voiceless uvular trill everywhere.Mr. Z wrote:Good, so even less pharyngeals. I remembered seeing /ħ/ and /ʕ/ in the orthography, but I guess they aren't pronounced anymore.Astraios wrote:Right that it's not very throaty, but wrong about the pharyngeals, for the standard dialect at least; it has /ħ/ with uvular and palatal allophones, and historic /ʕ/ which has changed into diphthongization.Mr. Z wrote:And Maltese isn't very throaty either, AFAIK, except for the pharyngeals, but those are only two... (right?)
Maltese and Hebrew aren't throaty. That's 2 non-throaty Semitic standards.
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Re: Nice sounding natlangs
Hebrew sounds all /haʁaʃaχaʃaʁahaʃaʁim/ to me