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- 27 May 2024 19:10
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Commonthroat: a language that only a dog could probably pronounce
- Replies: 145
- Views: 30587
Re: Commonthroat: a language that only a dog could probably pronounce
There seem to be about 10 to 15 odor words in languages that use them, which I find interesting as that's about how many base color terms languages have. Huhhh? Didn't Berlin and Kay find a maximum eleven basic color categories (white, black, red, green, yellow, blue, brown, purple, pink, orange, g...
- 27 May 2024 19:06
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1145
- Views: 303907
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Welcome to the board, Akubra! First up: Probably don't trust ChatGPT on its own, especially for less-well-known fields like linguistics. Ideally, use Google or Wikipedia (and don't trust Google's AI search overviews, either). And ideally, check the sources for it. That said, the distinction between ...
- 27 May 2024 18:44
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Analysis swap : ŋɡitɕ
- Replies: 10
- Views: 198
Re: Analysis swap : ŋɡitɕ
Can we get IPA, please? As it is, I don't know whether to read, say, <ee> as [eː] or [ . i], for example. I slip out of the fold of the multiverse and act as if I've been there all along. "Eel," I say, guessing that it was a greeting due to its position in the utterance, and perhaps due t...
- 27 May 2024 04:06
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum [comments encouraged!]
- Replies: 159
- Views: 10108
Re: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum [comments encouraged!]
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- 0 · Proto-Highland-XXX
- 1000 · Proto-Highland, Proto-Xúuuatxia, Proto-XXX, Njabad
- 27 May 2024 04:01
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum [comments encouraged!]
- Replies: 159
- Views: 10108
Re: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum [comments encouraged!]
Okay, I didn't like how Rúuuädjia and Xvótxie looked, and I wanted to do some other stuff differently too, so disregard that post. I'll have something new up today or (more likely) tomorrow.
- 27 May 2024 00:05
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum [comments encouraged!]
- Replies: 159
- Views: 10108
Re: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum [comments encouraged!]
Because :3
Thanks! I'm really glad to be part of the CBB, and I get a bit sentimental with the round numbers.
- 26 May 2024 18:00
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Analysis swap : ŋɡitɕ
- Replies: 10
- Views: 198
Re: Analysis swap : ŋɡitɕ
Oh, oops. Somehow I missed that.
- 26 May 2024 17:58
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Analysis swap : ŋɡitɕ
- Replies: 10
- Views: 198
Re: Analysis swap : ŋɡitɕ
I'd love to be part of this! Where in the remnants of the USA are we?
Edit: Oh, are we doing monolingual or do they speak English too?
- 26 May 2024 17:54
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: A small thought regarding werewolves: Sherlock Holmes as The Terminator
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2927
Re: A small thought regarding werewolves: Sherlock Holmes as The Terminator
Bisexual people may or may not be cisgender, but we're all attracted to both males and females. Bigender people may or may not be monosexual, but they feel some male in them and some female in them. ah, the difference is getting down to business... Really? I think this is a pretty simple difference...
- 26 May 2024 00:15
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: A small thought regarding werewolves: Sherlock Holmes as The Terminator
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2927
- 25 May 2024 01:23
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: A small thought regarding werewolves: Sherlock Holmes as The Terminator
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2927
Re: A small thought regarding werewolves: Sherlock Holmes as The Terminator
If you can custom-design your alternate form, could be nice for trans folks as well!
- 24 May 2024 20:31
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Analysis Swap: Alushi
- Replies: 64
- Views: 2336
Re: Analysis Swap: Alushi
"Khaþ ota?" he says, cocking his head to the side. "Do you mean 29) khayh otaklu? Or 30) khaþ otahak?" He claps his hands together once. "Whatever you meant, though, you're right. It's getting late, anyway. Come on, everyone, let's get back." The board's post #237,273!
- 24 May 2024 18:52
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum [comments encouraged!]
- Replies: 159
- Views: 10108
Re: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum [comments encouraged!]
2c2ef0 ■ ■ ■ ■ ( 6ca950 0111fd 424220 99a9fd ) Here begins ends my ramble. Haššáya W̌a! Hello! Lhvver Áéyidít, ne xuňáégawoluf. I've come to talk with you again. Lhfọvevier Elh eyieševo éweš, I don't know what I'll say, Erụụħangụjerụ a kụụw ụụħụjel ụụħụket. but I want to say something. Arskiilz Gvu...
- 24 May 2024 18:08
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Analysis Swap?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 2582
Re: Analysis Swap?
I'd hate to see this die.
- 24 May 2024 17:34
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Analysis swap: Abaniscen
- Replies: 79
- Views: 2565
Re: Analysis swap: Abaniscen
"Bi 'lesian' cananar," I say. "Lesian le?"
- 24 May 2024 17:30
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Kahóra: the Language of Dreams
- Replies: 10
- Views: 459
Re: Kahóra: the Language of Dreams
I would say that this looks like a pitch accent plus word melody system, which has definitely been suggested before for some natlangs. Oh, cool! Which natlangs? I find the terms upstep and downstep a bit confusing because they usually refer to tonal registers (the overall pitch level that tones are...
- 24 May 2024 15:56
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Kahóra: the Language of Dreams
- Replies: 10
- Views: 459
Re: Kahóra: the Language of Dreams
Tones The Kahóra tonal system is one of the following: A pitch accent system A misunderstanding of what pitch accent is The least naturalistic tonal system in existence There are four "tones" in Kahóra: The UPSTEP <á> ─ all syllables before it are mid tone, and it and all after are high. ...
- 24 May 2024 15:09
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: Rhymes in languages with/without consistent endings
- Replies: 7
- Views: 461
Re: Rhymes in languages with/without consistent endings
I really should stop trying to be smart I was going purely off of my own internal compass of "this rhymes / this doesn't rhyme," which are calibrated to what I think is the modern English tradition (the one found in, say, rock music, or poems that people write for school). Most of your exa...
Re: Hvednakpa
https://imgur.com/a/1EPlaDp idk if that works, but it should be like a thing showing how one talks about time in Hvednakpa. K, didn't work..... It worked, I think. There's an image there; I (and I assume you) just can't see it because of some other problem. Images on the board never display for me,...
- 23 May 2024 18:31
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum [comments encouraged!]
- Replies: 159
- Views: 10108
Re: Arayaz's thread so that she doesn't flood the forum [comments encouraged!]
Miscellany and Cleanup 2 Mountains, locations, timelines, relations LOCATION OF NJABAD *ə *ʌ → e / V[+front](C)_ ; → o / V[-front](C)_ I realize I've done basically exactly this in Njabad, lol. So Njabad's speakers might have contact with the Jóvotxie. Perhaps I'll situate the Njabad-speaking islan...