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by Esmelthien
07 Dec 2017 17:27
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Just for fun
Replies: 2
Views: 1189

Re: Just for fun

When I initially saw the chart I imagined the symbols'd all be in a single column rather than hanging off the side of the main line, more like so:
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by Esmelthien
08 Jul 2015 02:49
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: Question about labialized consonants.
Replies: 8
Views: 1731

Re: Question about labialized consonants.

Russian has all of /C Cʲ Cj Cʲj/, right?
by Esmelthien
19 Apr 2015 00:37
Forum: Translations
Topic: UDHR
Replies: 15
Views: 5185

Re: UDHR

:eng: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. :dan: Alle mennesker er født frie og lige i værdighed og rettigheder. De er udstyret med fornuft og samvittighed, og de bør...
by Esmelthien
13 Apr 2015 23:02
Forum: Games
Topic: Guess The Language!!!
Replies: 5400
Views: 667952

Re: Guess The Language!!!

Immi daga uimpi geneta, lana beđđos et iouintutos. Blatus ceti, cantla carami. Aia gnata uimpi iouinca, pid in cete tu toue suoine, pid uregisi peli doniobi? Aia gnata uimpi iouinca pid in cete tu toue suoine? Aia mape coime, adrete! In blatugabagli uorete, cante snon celiIui in cete! Nimmi mapos, ...
by Esmelthien
13 Apr 2015 18:44
Forum: Games
Topic: Guess The Language!!!
Replies: 5400
Views: 667952

Re: Guess The Language!!!

Immi daga uimpi geneta, lana beđđos et iouintutos. Blatus ceti, cantla carami. Aia gnata uimpi iouinca, pid in cete tu toue suoine, pid uregisi peli doniobi? Aia gnata uimpi iouinca pid in cete tu toue suoine? Aia mape coime, adrete! In blatugabagli uorete, cante snon celiIui in cete! Nimmi mapos, ...
by Esmelthien
05 Apr 2015 19:44
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: I swear my conlang is becoming a relex of Ithkuil
Replies: 27
Views: 7219

Re: I swear my conlang is becoming a relex of Ithkuil

GrandPiano wrote:
Dezinaa wrote:The "tick-tock" sound is probably /!/, and alveolar/retroflex click (varies). Some languages slap the tongue onto the bottom of the mouth after the release, which is probably closer to what you're talking about, qwed.
Like this?
Yup, that's /!/.
by Esmelthien
03 Apr 2015 04:57
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Artificial grammar rules in natlangs
Replies: 84
Views: 16615

Re: Artificial grammar rules in natlangs

Standard Dutch has a contrast between hen/hun (3.pl), where the former is accusative, and the latter is genitive/dative. IIRC this rule was implemented when some guy wrote a grammar on Dutch and decided it would be fancy and neat.
by Esmelthien
27 Feb 2015 17:50
Forum: Translations
Topic: I saw a man in the building. Who is in the building?
Replies: 22
Views: 5295

Re: I saw a man in the building. Who is in the building?

Sesily ni tyhingka konaqech.
se-sily ni ty-ingka ko-na-qech
ᴘᴀsᴛ-see 1s ᴘᴀᴛ-person ɪɴᴇ-ʟᴏᴄ-building
I saw someone in the building.

Somewhat ambiguous.
by Esmelthien
10 Jan 2015 03:53
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Non-English Orthography Reform
Replies: 294
Views: 118508

Re: Non-English Orthography Reform

Dutch: /m n ŋ/ <m n ng> /p b t d k g/ <p b t d k g> /f v s z ʃ ʒ χ ɦ/ <f v s z sj zj ch h> /ʋ l j ʀ/ <w l j r> /i y ɪ u/ <i/ie u/uu iCC ou> /eɪ̯ øʏ̯ oʊ̯/ <e/ee eu o/oo> /ɛ ɵ ə ɔ/ <eCC uCC y oCC> /a ɑ/ <a/aa aCC> /ɛɪ̯ ɜy̯ ɑʊ̯/ <ei au ao> /iʊ̯ yʊ̯ uɪ̯/ <iew uuw ouj> /eːʊ̯ oːɪ̯ aːɪ̯/ <eew ooj aaj> Er ...
by Esmelthien
26 Nov 2014 11:46
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: Polysynthesis and consonant gradation
Replies: 43
Views: 11679

Re: Polysynthesis and consonant gradation

If you need some more resources on polylangs with lots of morphophonology, here's Chukchi: clicky
by Esmelthien
23 Nov 2014 00:42
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Pancake (working title) - Collaborative conlang
Replies: 90
Views: 22073

Re: Pancake (working title) - Collaborative conlang

IE-inspired you mean, I'm assuming? Honestly, I'm not sure. There's so many fun things in all the world's languages, and besides, IIRC we had more votes for semitic/create our own than IE, didn't we?
by Esmelthien
21 Nov 2014 15:48
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Proto-CBBian: A collablang protolang and a collabfamily
Replies: 71
Views: 13947

Re: Proto-CBBian: A collablang protolang and a collabfamily

Hah, I learned about this today in IE! You're thinking of Verner's law.
by Esmelthien
21 Nov 2014 13:22
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Proto-CBBian: A collablang protolang and a collabfamily
Replies: 71
Views: 13947

Re: Proto-CBBian: A collablang protolang and a collabfamily

Nasalisation's fine. What about rising/falling tone on long vowels?
by Esmelthien
15 Nov 2014 02:44
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Pancake (working title) - Collaborative conlang
Replies: 90
Views: 22073

Re: Pancake (working title) - Collaborative conlang

I honestly want either <â> like Romanian or <õ> like Skolt Saami, but <y> with <j> for /j/ is cool too. I mostly just don't want i with diacritics.
Although, I'm fine with <ı>, but that'd confuse the alphabetisers.
by Esmelthien
15 Nov 2014 02:23
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Con-Script Development Centre
Replies: 1180
Views: 253878

Re: Con-Script Development Centre

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/t͡ɬ ɬ/?

The diacritic seems to represent a stop turning into a fricative.
by Esmelthien
12 Nov 2014 10:37
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Pancake (working title) - Collaborative conlang
Replies: 90
Views: 22073

Re: Pancake (working title) - Collaborative conlang

Well, the reason I prefer <õ> is that, for one, it's used in a natlang, just like your propositions, but not only that, it actually has some width, ensuring that its diacritic doesn't interfere with surrounding letters, unlike what happens with <i> with diacritics next to other letters that have the...
by Esmelthien
10 Nov 2014 20:46
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Proto-CBBian: A collablang protolang and a collabfamily
Replies: 71
Views: 13947

Re: Proto-CBBian: A collablang protolang and a collabfamily

What about West Greenlandic with a palatal series, possible a front rounded or back unrounded vowel series? That's got a lot of room for change, I'd say.
by Esmelthien
06 Nov 2014 22:26
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Pancake (working title) - Collaborative conlang
Replies: 90
Views: 22073

Re: Proposing to create a conlang with multiple people

Sure, that looks fine, but I'd prefer for /ɨ/ to have a single grapheme dedicated to it, perhaps we could use õ? Also, I really want j for /j/. If we decide to add /ʐ/ or /ʒ/ I'd say we use ž.
by Esmelthien
02 Nov 2014 01:29
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Pancake (working title) - Collaborative conlang
Replies: 90
Views: 22073

Re: Proposing to create a conlang with multiple people

Apart from Omnesian they all sound pretty nice for me, but Pancake is fine, too.