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- 15 Jan 2020 20:31
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Speedlang IX (Jan 17-19)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 11546
Re: Speedlang IX (Jan 17-19)
Yeah, sounds great but I'll see if I have time to participate!
- 17 Feb 2019 23:41
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: English Dialects
- Replies: 79
- Views: 45851
Re: English Dialects
Mine's a Scottish accent, though one with a slight Doric hint (since I'm from the North-East), though more general since my parents come from different parts of Scotland. KIT ɪ DRESS ɛ TRAP a LOT ɔ STRUT ʌ FOOT ʏ BATH a CLOTH ɔ NURSE ɪɚ FLEECE i FACE e PALM a THOUGHT ɔ GOAT o GOOSE ʏ PRICE ʌɪ (not q...
- 17 Feb 2019 22:54
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
- Replies: 597
- Views: 163789
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Hey! A wee experimentation, sorta based on Swedish and Osage. /p pʰ pː t tʰ tː k kʰ kː ʔ/ <b p hp/pp d t ht/tt g k hk/kk ’> /f s ʃ x h/ <f s sj gj h> /ʋ~w l j ʁ̞/ <v l j r> /m n/ <m n> /i ĩ y~ʉ/ <i į u> /e ø o õ/ <e ö o ǫ> /æ ɑ ɑ̃/ <ä a ą> Allophony Aspirated stops can realised as stop + [x] ([ʃ] be...
- 06 Jul 2018 21:19
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
- Replies: 11605
- Views: 2079885
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
This is just a quick idea that popped into my head, and I'm not even sure if I'm planning on using this idea, but I was wondering if "voiceless harmony" is something that exists, or seems feasible. As in, a system similar to Guarani, except an entire syllable must be voiceless (with a voic...
- 07 May 2018 17:20
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Speedlang VIII (May 4, 5, 6)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 11191
Re: Speedlang VIII (May 4, 5, 6)
Thanks for the interesting rules! Prosody is probably my favorite part of phonology but by having to make it grammatical, it added an extra dimension to the challenge. Well done. This was very fun and I definitely want to participate in more. I could agree more! This was my first speedlang event, a...
- 05 May 2018 16:11
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Speedlang VIII (May 4, 5, 6)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 11191
Re: Speedlang VIII (May 4, 5, 6)
Consonants Nasals /m n̺ ɳ~nʳ/ <m n n> Stops /p t̺ ʈ~tʳ k q/ <p t t k q> Fricatives /s̺ ʂ χ~ʀ/ <s s x> Rhotic /ɽ~r/ <r> Vowels Front /i i: y y: e e: ø ø:/ <i ii y yy e ee ęę> Central /a a:/ <a aa> Back /o o: u u:/ <o oo u uu> The above vowels in unstressed syllables Front [ɪ ɪj ʏ ʏj ɛ ɛj œ œj] Centra...
- 02 May 2018 18:58
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Speedlang VIII (May 4, 5, 6)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 11191
Re: Speedlang VIII (May 4, 5, 6)
I would also like to take part, and it's my first time, so I'll just wing it!
Also, my girlfriend is called Maria, and I sing her that to annoy her all the time, so I will share your enthusiasm through that song.
- 28 Apr 2018 15:51
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
- Replies: 5100
- Views: 1053008
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
/i~ɨ/ /e~ə o/ /a/ Central vowels are fronted adjacent to palatal consonants. This phonemic inventory seems really interesting (I may just have to adapt/steal it for myself, if that's alright with you 😁). May I just ask whether you intended for the fronting rule to occur next to the palatalised bila...
- 24 Dec 2017 22:01
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Question about languages in an 'unstable' conworld
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6562
Re: Question about languages in an 'unstable' conworld
.... after finishing dissertation for school. .... What's your doctorate in? Oh, wow, I'm not quite there yet! I'm in sixth year of secondary school (Scottish system), so I have to do dissertations for my "Advanced Higher" subjects. But I hope to be going to the University of Edinburgh to...
- 24 Dec 2017 19:27
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Question about languages in an 'unstable' conworld
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6562
Re: Question about languages in an 'unstable' conworld
Thanks for all the replies guys! This blew up way more than I'd been expecting. I haven't been able to reply to over the past week or so because I'm just after finishing dissertation after dissertation for school. Nonetheless, here I am. On Mass Effect: no, I haven't played them. I'm really not a vi...
- 13 Dec 2017 17:16
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Question about languages in an 'unstable' conworld
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6562
Re: Question about languages in an 'unstable' conworld
.... they appear see-through and blurred, rather like the jittering air above an open fire, for example. Somewhat like the Divinities in Robert Jackson Bennett's "City of Stairs". ( ? ) I've not familiar with that book actually, I may have to check it out sometime then. Also, I think what...
- 09 Dec 2017 19:01
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Question about languages in an 'unstable' conworld
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6562
Re: Question about languages in an 'unstable' conworld
I like your premise. I would like to hear more about the Onlookers, if you don't mind. I'm just glad that you like it! I suppose an explanation of the Onlookers definitely comes more under worldbuilding but I figure that I may as well talk about them here, rather than starting a new topic. The Onlo...
- 07 Dec 2017 17:28
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Question about languages in an 'unstable' conworld
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6562
Re: Question about languages in an 'unstable' conworld
Why should language depend on civilization? The parts of each language that are still relevant to non-history-writing, non-city-building, non-metallurgy-using life, will continue to evolve as normal. (Or do the Onlookers always knock them back to before the Neolithic and therefore before farming?) ...
- 06 Dec 2017 20:24
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Question about languages in an 'unstable' conworld
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6562
Question about languages in an 'unstable' conworld
...that statement probably needs a bit more explanation. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure if this is the correct place to post such a question (since it kind of borders conlangery and conworldry) but I think it's more relevant to the former. So here goes! In my current conworld (tentatively dubbe...
- 27 Aug 2017 11:52
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
- Replies: 5100
- Views: 1053008
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
I've nae been able to post anything for a while (due to my Higher exams and such) but here's one I've come up with [:D] /m n ŋ/ /p t k/ /b d ɡ/ /ɓ̰ ɗ̰/ /t͡s d͡z ɗ͡z̰/ /s z h/ /w l/ /i e ɑ u/ Allophony /s z/ are before a high vowel, [θ ð] elsewhere /p b/ become [ɸ β] before or after another obstruen...
- 26 Aug 2017 19:14
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
- Replies: 5100
- Views: 1053008
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
I've nae been able to post anything for a while (due to my Higher exams and such) but here's one I've come up with [:D] /m n ŋ/ /p t k/ /b d ɡ/ /ɓ̰ ɗ̰/ /t͡s d͡z ɗ͡z̰/ /s z h/ /w l/ /i e ɑ u/ Allophony /s z/ are before a high vowel, [θ ð] elsewhere /p b/ become [ɸ β] before or after another obstruent...
- 21 Apr 2017 20:57
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
- Replies: 5100
- Views: 1053008
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
/p t k q/ <p t k q> /θ s ʃ ʁ/ <th s sh q> /w l r j/ <w l r y> /m n ŋ/ <m n ng> /i e ɛ a ɔ o u/ <i é e a o ó u> Planning to use coronal harmony for /θ s ʃ/. Also, planning to use fronting harmony (so /i e ɛ/ harmonise and /ɔ o u/ harmonise - /a/ is neutral). A deliberately simple phonology for a name...
- 01 Mar 2017 22:25
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
- Replies: 11605
- Views: 2079885
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Does it seem realistic for a language (based on the Semitic/Berber languages) to have [rˤ] but not [r]. Also, would [ʁ] or [ʀ] seem like a reasonable allophone for [rˤ]? Cheers Edit: [rˤ] could mean [ɹˤ] instead, if that makes more sense. I think there are some actual varieties of Arabic that have ...
- 01 Mar 2017 22:03
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
- Replies: 11605
- Views: 2079885
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Does it seem realistic for a language (based on the Semitic/Berber languages) to have [rˤ] but not [r].
Also, would [ʁ] or [ʀ] seem like a reasonable allophone for [rˤ]?
Cheers
Edit: [rˤ] could mean [ɹˤ] instead, if that makes more sense.
Also, would [ʁ] or [ʀ] seem like a reasonable allophone for [rˤ]?
Cheers
Edit: [rˤ] could mean [ɹˤ] instead, if that makes more sense.
- 22 Feb 2017 21:58
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
- Replies: 5100
- Views: 1053008
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Consonants (21 ~ 28) p t d k g tˤ kˤ f s sˤ (z zˤ) ʃ ʃˤ (ʒ ʒˤ) ɬ ɬˤ (ɮ ɮˤ) l lˤ rˤ~ʁ j w m n Vowels (6) i i: a a: u u: or, more accurately, this: ɪ i: ə a:~ɒ: ʊ u: Vowels become pharyngeal after a pharyngeal consonant. Pharyngeals may be realised as ejectives. /lˤ/ may be realised as a [ɫ]. /ɬ ɬˤ/ b...