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- 03 May 2024 01:01
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I don't remember if I've asked this already or not, but can anyone tell me about how topic-prominence works in Imonda? I'm just really curious how a topic prominent language works outside of Asia. Here's a good post on it: https://cbbforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=329472&hilit=imonda#p329472 That gr...
- 02 May 2024 20:30
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I don't remember if I've asked this already or not, but can anyone tell me about how topic-prominence works in Imonda?
I'm just really curious how a topic prominent language works outside of Asia.
I'm just really curious how a topic prominent language works outside of Asia.
- 01 Apr 2024 22:11
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Would anyone here know anything about the Papuan language, Imonda?
From what I read it has a topic-comment system, and I'm curious how it compares to languages like Japanese in that area? Can't find too many good resources, though.
From what I read it has a topic-comment system, and I'm curious how it compares to languages like Japanese in that area? Can't find too many good resources, though.
- 29 Mar 2024 17:29
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
What do you think of this vowel harmony system? Is it plausible?
It's /a e i ɤ o ɯ u/
/o u/ are rounded
/ɤ ɯ/ are unrounded
/a e i/ are neutral
It's /a e i ɤ o ɯ u/
/o u/ are rounded
/ɤ ɯ/ are unrounded
/a e i/ are neutral
- 22 Mar 2024 03:53
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Usani Language and Scratchpad
- Replies: 5
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Re: Usani Language and Scratchpad
-/x~x/ is supposed to be free variation between the voiceless velar fricative and the voiceless uvular fricative, but it didn't show up that way, for some reason. The realization of this phoneme varies depending on the individual speaker. The CBB ─ all PHPBBs, for that matter ─ display the voiceles...
- 22 Mar 2024 00:45
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Usani Language and Scratchpad
- Replies: 5
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Usani Language and Scratchpad
Usani is my latest conlanging project so far, and one that I am content with the direction it is heading in. Usani's phonology isn't super complicated. At most, a syllable can be either CVV or CVC. However, the coda is limited to a handful of consonants, although I might change that, later. Here are...
- 21 Mar 2024 21:13
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
So, I read somewhere that Persian has the vowels /æ ɒː e i oː uː/. Why are some of them long and some short? Most languages that have phonemic vowel length tend to have them come in pairs like /a aː i iː u uː/, while in Persian, it seems that back vowels are long, and front ones are short. Are there...
- 19 Mar 2024 19:18
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Conlang word easter eggs?
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Re: Conlang word easter eggs?
I have one word I keep tossing into my various projects: /kaine/, which is the color white. It's a reference to a character named Kaine from the Nier games, who has white hair and a white dress.
- 12 Mar 2024 19:13
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
How unusual would it be for a language to have phonemic breathy voiced stops, but no regular voiced nor aspirated stops?
- 28 Feb 2024 19:41
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
So, does the morphological typology of a language and the complexity of tone melodies show any correlation?
Like, is an analytic language more like to just have HL and LH, while an agglutinative language has LHL?
Like, is an analytic language more like to just have HL and LH, while an agglutinative language has LHL?
- 21 Feb 2024 17:42
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
How weird would it be for a language with split-ergativity to encode grammatical aspect in the verb, but uses the ergativity split for some other criteria than aspect? Like the split is based on animacy, for instance? An animacy-based split is I think more common than an aspect-based one. Is that s...
- 21 Feb 2024 16:37
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
How weird would it be for a language with split-ergativity to encode grammatical aspect in the verb, but uses the ergativity split for some other criteria than aspect? Like the split is based on animacy, for instance?
- 08 Feb 2024 23:10
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
[ka˥.na˥] [ka˩.na˩] [ka.na] Those are the underlying tone melodies for each of them. The third one, however, can be rising, falling or low depending on the adjacent morphemes. That suggests that you have marked H and L tones, and then a separate unmarked tone. Which is perfectly naturalistic. I see...
- 08 Feb 2024 19:27
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
[ka˥.na˥]
[ka˩.na˩]
[ka.na]
Those are the underlying tone melodies for each of them. The third one, however, can be rising, falling or low depending on the adjacent morphemes.
[ka˩.na˩]
[ka.na]
Those are the underlying tone melodies for each of them. The third one, however, can be rising, falling or low depending on the adjacent morphemes.
- 08 Feb 2024 14:40
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Well, in the case of my conlang, toneless words are realized as low toned in isolation, but only words with a low tone melody, toneless words have different realizations depending on the adjacent tones of other words. In this case, would the low tone still be considered unmarked? I have been ponder...
- 07 Feb 2024 17:59
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
So, if a language has a simple tone system (let's say just high and low), would there be a difference between a low tone melody and a toneless melody? Well, it depends on the language. Usually speaking, if a language has a fairly uncomplicated binary low/high tone distinction, low tone is unmarked....
- 07 Feb 2024 02:59
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
So, if a language has a simple tone system (let's say just high and low), would there be a difference between a low tone melody and a toneless melody?
Like, the word /ka.na/ has a Low tone melody, but /ka.na/ is atonal, but takes the tone of whatever word it attaches to?
Like, the word /ka.na/ has a Low tone melody, but /ka.na/ is atonal, but takes the tone of whatever word it attaches to?
- 31 Jan 2024 23:09
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
So, on the page for Polysynthesis, Wikipedia lists two types of polysynthetic languages: affixal and compositional.
How accurate is this? Is there any overlap between the two in natlangs?
How accurate is this? Is there any overlap between the two in natlangs?
- 27 Jan 2024 23:00
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What do you associate with SOUNDS?
- Replies: 12
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Re: What do you associate with SOUNDS?
[t͡ʃ] is tasty, associated with food like ch icken, ch imichangas, and ch alupas. It makes me think of Mexican food. [ s ] is spicy, hot or warm. [l] is soft and euphonious. Like wind or water, it just flows well. [k] is abrupt, but not as abrupt as [p] or [t]. It kinda has a stony sound to me, lik...
- 27 Jan 2024 16:42
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What do you associate with SOUNDS?
- Replies: 12
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Re: What do you associate with SOUNDS?
[t͡ʃ] is tasty, associated with food like ch icken, ch imichangas, and ch alupas. It makes me think of Mexican food. is spicy, hot or warm. [l] is soft and euphonious. Like wind or water, it just flows well. [k] is abrupt, but not as abrupt as [p] or [t]. It kinda has a stony sound to me, like the a...