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by cedh
27 Jun 2022 11:19
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1678
Views: 347433

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

I'm currently trying to develop a phonology where clusters don't occur except in very few cases, but there's also has a large number of a specific type of geminate - one where the first in the pair is effectively a standalone, syllabic consonant. E.g. /axxa/ is realized as [a.x.xa] (or probably mor...
by cedh
18 Jan 2022 09:59
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: The great Asta thread - not soon enough
Replies: 39
Views: 25850

Re: The great Asta thread - not soon enough

A number of body part nouns in combination with the adverbial suffix and replacing the noun class prefix with personal/possessive prefixes carry modal meanings that in English. The most common ones include: -awisəx 'think that' from xawəx 'mind'; -a‘yusəx 'want to, need to' from xa‘yux 'heart'; -ə‘...
by cedh
06 Jan 2022 10:35
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1678
Views: 347433

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

I made up a nice pattern for words. Then I, for some reason, decided that it has to have aspirated nasals. But it wasn't easy to add them and still make the system look nice. They cannot appear as G because it is the sonorant position, but if they appear as C, aspiration of nasals works differently...
by cedh
05 Dec 2021 12:45
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Random ideas: Morphosyntax
Replies: 900
Views: 207250

Re: Random ideas: Morphosyntax

My language Ronc Tyu has something like that too, with several different stages of grammaticalization appearing in the language simultaneously depending on the morpheme in question. The first stage is productive head-initial compounding, which can happen with almost any noun as the head (and both no...
by cedh
11 Jul 2021 12:31
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1678
Views: 347433

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Also: woah, unexpected syllabification. I'd always assumed it would be /kast.n/ and /leb.n/ as it would be in English. Again, a real tongue-twister you have there! I actually say [zIN], even though other people say it should be [zIN:] if monosyllabic. That also means <gähnen> 'yawn' and <gehen> 'go...
by cedh
10 Jul 2021 20:34
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1678
Views: 347433

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Are there any documented languages with a syllabic ŋ? German has it in <sagen> [za:.gŋ] It's not phonemically a syllabic /ŋ/ though, it's an allophone of word-final /ən/~/n/ after velar consonants (also after /k ŋ/ as in <Balken> [bal.kŋ], <singen> [zɪŋ.ŋ], but cf. after non-velars: <Kasten> [kas.t...
by cedh
27 Apr 2021 10:55
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Overcorrecting
Replies: 6
Views: 1375

Re: Overcorrecting

I agree with Sal that the default situation would be "If speakers of Z learn B, they will not have the distinction, because B does not have the distinction to learn." However, I think it's plausible that at least some of these native speakers of Z might indeed preserve the distinction even...
by cedh
17 Apr 2021 13:34
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: What did you accomplish today?
Replies: 734
Views: 207139

Re: What did you accomplish today?

I like this a lot. Especially this part: Although it might be reborrowed from a dialect or sister language where the glides are instead fortified (/w j/ > /p k/ in coda and /w: j:/ > /b g/) thus producing: abs-um (special possessive stem: abā- / abê- ) ags-im (special possessive stem: agā- / agê- )
by cedh
13 Mar 2021 22:36
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Other Creativity
Replies: 1362
Views: 358624

Re: Other Creativity

Thanks a lot for this feedback, I'm glad you like it!
Vlürch wrote: 13 Mar 2021 21:55 What do you do in the band? Sorry for asking such a stupid question...
Well, there are only four instruments in the band, and two of them are of the same type [:D]
I play the guitar (on 90% of this album it's the one on the left ear).
by cedh
13 Mar 2021 13:12
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Other Creativity
Replies: 1362
Views: 358624

Re: Other Creativity

My band has released its first album!

It contains six instrumental pieces in a style somewhere between post-rock, post-metal, progressive, and alternative. Maybe some of you might like our music... (I definitely do, but I'm of course biased [;)] )
by cedh
25 Feb 2021 15:04
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Typological voting game
Replies: 186
Views: 40707

Re: Typological voting game

Unbounded stress types B) Right/Right (second choice: C) Left/Left) Secondary Stress B) Secondary stress is not present Vowel length inventories First choice: A) /i ɨ u e a/ + /ei əɨ ou eː aː/ Second choice: E) /i ɨ u e a/ + /iː ɨː uː eː aː/ Chapter 20: Fusion of Selected Inflectional Formatives A)...
by cedh
12 Feb 2021 09:46
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Yay or Nay?
Replies: 215
Views: 47804

Re: Yay or Nay?

@Ahzoh how about largely keeping the original system but modify the /e/ to something else and change the length of the -i, -a and -u endings? I can't really do anything to the /e/ because as I have it's basically like /n/ is the plural marker in basic state while /:/ is the plural marker in constru...
by cedh
10 Feb 2021 20:22
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282365

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

I use a doubled perfect frequently too. So much that a good friend of mine regularly calls me out on that "because it makes no sense". Yeah, the doubled perfect is one of the things some people feel very critical of, like with what case to use after "wegen". It's a change I woul...
by cedh
09 Feb 2021 22:37
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282365

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

I've been thinking about how I speak lately and now I've got some questions for my fellow German speakers here. I. Would you call the construction "ich bin tanzen" a progressive? If so, is there a difference for you between "ich bin am Tanzen" and "ich bin tanzen"? I f...
by cedh
07 Feb 2021 09:12
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 193824

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

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by cedh
01 Feb 2021 21:33
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Typological voting game
Replies: 186
Views: 40707

Re: Typological voting game

Chapter 13: Tone
B) Simple tone system (two-way contrast)

Stress
C) Predictable stress, weight-sensitive
by cedh
27 Jan 2021 09:41
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Typological voting game
Replies: 186
Views: 40707

Re: Typological voting game

My vote for #131 Numeral bases is E: Extended body part system.


As for consonant inventories, what about merging C and H as the following?

C+H
/p t k k'/
/m n/
/s/
/w r j/

with /p/ allophonically realized as [h] in coda position and possibly also between vowels.
by cedh
20 Jan 2021 16:40
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Typological voting game
Replies: 186
Views: 40707

Re: Typological voting game

Consonant inventory: H, A

H)
/t k kʼ/
/s h/
/m n/
/j w/
/r/

A)
/m n/
/p t tʼ ʃ t͡ʃʼ k kʼ ʔ/
by cedh
06 Jan 2021 22:49
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Typological voting game
Replies: 186
Views: 40707

Re: Typological voting game

10: B) Contrastive nasal vowels absent

Consonant-inventory submission:
/t tʼ k kʼ ʔ/
/s h/
/m n r/
by cedh
06 Jan 2021 14:18
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Clusters of Stops
Replies: 14
Views: 4118

Re: Clusters of Stops

Georgian famously has "harmonic clusters", which consist of a labial or coronal obstruent followed by a dorsal obstruent of the same laryngeal specification (e.g. voiced /bɡ, dɡ/, voiceless /pk, tk/, ejective /p’k’, t’k’/), and which behave like unitary segments in a number of morphophonol...