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- 05 Feb 2024 00:11
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1137
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Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
In the frase ''hermoso día'', is ''día'' a indirect o direct object? How it is when there are no verbs in a sentence? ''Beautiful day''.
- 28 Jan 2024 13:07
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1137
- Views: 299336
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
...perhaps, if that's serious and not trolling, you could be more specific!? Look, you see those letters, right? They form a line . I mean, no, not literally a single line, but the symbols, the letters, are arranged in a row, aren't they? There are two ends of that row, yes? Left, and right. Now im...
- 24 Jan 2024 16:49
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1137
- Views: 299336
Difference between Abugida and Alpha-Syllabary
What's the difference between an Abugida and an Alpha-Syllabary?
- 22 Jan 2024 21:41
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: What are your favorites writing systems in the world?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1352
Re: What are your favorites writing systems in the world?
What do you mean by featurility?
- 20 Jan 2024 21:56
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: What are your favorites writing systems in the world?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1352
What are your favorites writing systems in the world?
What are in your opinion the most beautiful writing systems in the world?
- 19 Jan 2024 23:00
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Writing systems
- Replies: 6
- Views: 861
Writing systems
Which writing system is usually the most complicated, uncommon, the hardest to learn? Which one is the best when you want to write more by writing fewer characters?
- 19 Jan 2024 15:06
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Serious question about writing systems
- Replies: 3
- Views: 715
Re: Serious question about writing systems
Great question! I was thinking about it, but I hadn't thought to combine words like that yet. I think I would say ka + ti. Do logograms have a single symbol for every existing thing?
- 19 Jan 2024 14:45
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Serious question about writing systems
- Replies: 3
- Views: 715
Serious question about writing systems
If I make a language that has small units of meaning of one syllabe (for example, let's think that /ka/ means ''women''), and I create a syllabary type of writing system for it, supposing that the symbol ''O'' stands for /ka/, is it a syllabary or a logogram?
- 05 Nov 2023 00:18
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Indecipherable languages
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15841
Re: Indecipherable languages
Another thought: perhaps it is indeciperable because the spoken conlanguage only exists on some old VHS tapes or weathered SONY audio cassettes that aren't as crisp as they used to be, so even assigning IPA values is trickier than anyone would like...from there, it may be be hard to distinguish som...
- 30 Oct 2023 23:28
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Indecipherable languages
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15841
Re: Indecipherable languages
You can't decipher languages. All languages are impossible to decipher unless you know what they say (or can guess). Linguists decipher languages ideally by having a bilingual transcription that tells them exactly what the unknown language text says, and finding patterns in how the unknown language...
- 30 Oct 2023 20:46
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1761
- Views: 369406
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
How to make a language/code indecipherable or very hard to decipher/learn? What are the key points? Well, based on past stumbling blocks, there are a number of options; 1. Only present enough of the language/script to put on name tags, funerary monuments, or "good luck" objects. 2. No tri...
- 29 Oct 2023 23:41
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1761
- Views: 369406
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
How to make a language/code indecipherable or very hard to decipher/learn? What are the key points? How does linguists decipher languages?
- 29 Oct 2023 19:21
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Indecipherable languages
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15841
Indecipherable languages
What does have in common indecipherable languages? How does linguists decipher languages? What can you do to make a conlang difficult to learn/decipher? (or near impossible)
- 29 Oct 2023 14:00
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: It is possible to nasalize every vowel?
- Replies: 8
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It is possible to nasalize every vowel?
One can nasalize every vowel? How do you nasalize things like /y/?
- 26 Oct 2023 00:04
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Beautiful sounds
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12295
Beautiful sounds
What are some mellifluous/beautiful/soft sounds or sound combinations for you?
- 25 Oct 2023 23:58
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Curious but serious pronounciation problem
- Replies: 3
- Views: 14469
Curious but serious pronounciation problem
Hello everyone. What happens to me is that after learning German and masterizing /ʀ/ trill, now that I learn French I can't pronounce /ʁ/ because /ʀ/ comes from my throat. Any help?
- 22 Oct 2023 14:32
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Softness and poeticity
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7331
Re: Softness and poeticity
Thank you very much to all! I want to consider everything that has been said, but I have the problem that I'm not linguistic and I haven't done a conlang before. How did you start making languages? Should I go for all the elaboration I could or should I avoid saturation or burnout?
- 18 Oct 2023 22:02
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Softness and poeticity
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7331
Softness and poeticity
What are the things I should know if I want to create a conlang that sounds poetic, beautiful or romantic, maybe like Farsi or French? (I know this is subjective, but what the majority of people thinks. I know that most people find French or Farsi beautiful languages).