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Creyeditor wrote:How did the voiced word initial plosives come about? Was the first syllable deleted?

No. Those came about mostly as a result of a sound rule voicing the initial consonant of every word. That's why there are languages with /w/ as an initial and not just /ʍ/.

Since no one else has chimed in since about Wednesday, I figure I can at least reveal the answer. The proto-word is /kʷjøh˥˩-ɟa˥˩/, with an optional suffix in ɟa˥˩/. The biggest thing no one could catch on to was the mutation of /jø/ and the re-analysis of /kʷj/ as /kᶣ/ in certain languages (I.E. th...

Two last hints.

I derived these words from the proto-language. Use them to find the word in question.

k͡piː˥˩zə˩
k͡pʲeː˩zʲə˩
hjeu˧˩
çew˥˩
ʔʲø̰
c͡çœ̰

You guys are also fairly close, but for the wrong reasons. I'm impressed at your efforts. I'll give the answer sometime tomorrowthis week/month.

Because no one else wants to, I will. http://i.imgur.com/e4nKUaw.png I'll give a few hints because that's the kind of person I am 1: They are ALL related 2: The proto-language had some sort of tone or voice modality 3: There was an OPTIONAL suffix 4: The original word was bi-syllabic 5: One of the a...

Sabella Urba The city of the three brothers. Sabellan proper, also known as Urban Sabellian or Sabella Urbanhe, is the dialect spoken in the city-state of Sabella. The ASLL (Acadanja de lha Fancua Sabellanhe et Literadura) specifically defines the main area of Sabellan Proper dialects as the environ...

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Fun, but somehow slightly underwhelming.

I re-did my phonology (AGAIN) and translated a sentence! Fuji is the sacred mountain of Japan; and for thousands of years it has been scaled by pilgrims who come from every province of the empire. Pihcananág Poojhi Tawirtuawar Njónipoon; Raicanzananágajháoh wimutawirnahiid rihígananáganzáásh gikwóih...

And what’s going on with the rest of the map? The rest of the map is a general location chart for where other cultural groups live on this continent. The Blue are the Amerian people, the Red is the Asterian People, the Yellow is the Kaimic people, and the Orange are the Iketurese. Only the Iketures...

It has crossed my mind that people probably expect the Sarikans to have super weapons or something like that in this world. They do not, or at least not many of them. The Sarikans (in general) in this period of time have enough modern military-grade small guns to field about 2 platoons worth of sold...

Are the Sarikans culturally homogenous? Are they the only ethnicity/culture to inhabit the region? It's hard to tell. On the eastern coast of the island there is a language called Uytaryo, but the people who speak it claim to be Sarikan. Furthermore, as I have already described, they could be a num...

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This song sums up The Federation. They hold extensive influence in all four three continents on Jynral.

The latest story is absolutely brilliant. Keep up the good work, Micamo!

pretty dank meme you got here sir.

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I like it. Does the example sentence have any real meaning, or is it gibberish meant simply to demonstrate phonotactics and such? Speaking of phonotactics, I assume C and V are "any consonant" and "any vowel", but how do you define S? Is it only /s/, or maybe only the 3 "s ...

p pʰ b t tʰ tʷ k kʰ kʷ
s sʰ sʷ
m n nʷ
l lʷ j
a e i o u
CV(V)(S)

Sample sentence:
kukasʰokiak sotʷekonu pae poi aesu josʰi manemijakema sʷulakalasʷekotosisukajasi.

For context, a lot of the issues in Sarikan culture (especially for those who live in the north) revolve around the fact that the birth rate is steadily decreasing, thus the population of ethnic Sarikans is going down by quite a bit. There haven't been many issues in the past regarding sexuality, bu...

/p pʰ t tʰ k kʰ/ <b p d t g k> /f v s z ʂ ʐ ɕ ʑ x ɣ/ <f v s z sg zg sy zy h gh> /t͡s ʈ͡ʂ t͡ɕ/ <ts tsg tsy> /m n nʲ nˠ/ <m n ny ng> /j w/ <y w> /r rʲ rˠ/ <r ry rg> /t͡r̥ t͡r̥ʲ t͡r̥ˠ/ <tt tty ttg> /ɬ ɬʲ ɬˠ/ <l' ly' lg'> /t͡ɬ t͡ɬʲ t͡ɬˠ/ <tl' tly' tlg'> /l lʲ lˠ/ <l ly lg> /i ɪ e ɛ̃/ <ii i e en> /ɨ ʏ ɘ ...