Yes it does but then the isn’t a link anymore; either way the interesting bit was that the preview showed it as working.qwed117 wrote:Does this work better?Adarain wrote:Two Drums and a Cymbal Fall off a CliffEgerius wrote: ba-dum-tsss...
Really? That emoticon showed properly in the preview…
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- 09 Aug 2017 00:09
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Jokes
- Replies: 460
- Views: 203061
Re: Jokes
- 08 Aug 2017 13:04
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Jokes
- Replies: 460
- Views: 203061
Re: Jokes
Two Drums and a Cymbal Fall off a CliffEgerius wrote: ba-dum-tsss...
Really? That emoticon showed properly in the preview…
- 19 Jul 2017 14:32
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Ape Shall Not Kill Ape
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3904
Re: Ape Shall Not Kill Ape
:con: Semụr Le fenlèhn ụdîl ọle fenlèhn lenǂgộr. [lɛ fɛnˈlɛ̀n̥ ɯˈdîl ʌlɛ fɛnˈlɛ̀n̥ lɛŋ͡ǂʌ̂ɾ] (just noticed my stress placement is wrong. Oh well.) ∅-∅-le fenlèhn udîl V-∅-le fenlèhn le-nǂgộr NOM-COLL-ANI person(ANI) TR.NEG.IMP.PRS.PRO ACC-COLL-ANI person(ANI) ANI-kill Apes must not kill apes or Apes...
- 18 Jul 2017 22:04
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1317729
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I reckon this is the first comment I’ve got about that quote, and I’m pretty sure I’ve had it in my signature either since I’ve joined the CBB or since shortly thereafter. It’s definitely my favourite stanza(?) from the Hávamǫ́l.
- 18 Jul 2017 20:37
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1317729
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
In Ergativity, Dixon makes a little summary list of all split systems known to exist which split based on animacy/topic-worthiness. There are example languages given to each system, but no example sentences sadly. All systems follow the rule that for more animate NPs you find accusative marking, and...
- 18 Jul 2017 19:31
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1317729
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I'd be curious to know the answer to that question too. Outside of IE, I mean. No IE languages distinguish nom/acc in the neuter that I know of (Adarain is right about Hittite, where neuters take on ergative alignment--not sure about the other Anatolian languages). But what about outside of IE? Is ...
- 18 Jul 2017 16:58
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1317729
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
For example all western IE languages I’m aware of do not distinguish nominative and accusative in the neuters. Which (if any) languages possessing masculine, feminine, and neuter genders also morphologically distinguish--usually or always--accusative from nominative? Germanic languages. Except in t...
- 18 Jul 2017 14:07
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1317729
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
For example all western IE languages I’m aware of do not distinguish nominative and accusative in the neuters. Which (if any) languages possessing masculine, feminine, and neuter genders also morphologically distinguish--usually or always--accusative from nominative? Germanic languages. Except in t...
- 17 Jul 2017 22:03
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1317729
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
What alignment is rarest in natlangs? This question has the false premise of assuming there to be a finite number of alignments. Basically all languages are either purely nom/acc or show some kind of split system (bear in mind however that many languages we consider to be purely accusative are actu...
- 17 Jul 2017 16:48
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Yay or Nay? [2011–2018]
- Replies: 2876
- Views: 446947
Re: Yay or Nay?
Wow, this is a really beautiful phone inventory. It is beautiful on its own, but clicks would also really fit it, because you already have a contrast in aspiration/voicing and also affricates. So I would say, yes add clicks. Be sure to connect the MOAs to the other consonants though, so voiceless n...
- 17 Jul 2017 15:00
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Yay or Nay? [2011–2018]
- Replies: 2876
- Views: 446947
Re: Yay or Nay?
Back in ye olden days, I had a plan for Mesak to have a substrate language/civilization, and said language would have clicks. However, I’ve since repurposed Semụr as said substrate. Do I add clicks to its phonology? This is the phone inventory, where parentheses are allophonic only: http://i.imgur.c...
- 14 Jul 2017 15:49
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
- Replies: 11605
- Views: 2043848
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Pretty sure he actually wanted to know if any languages fused subject and object pronouns into a single pronoun, because that's what he asked. I believe the answer is 'yes', but can't prove it. Just though I'd go back to this with some kinda obvious examples I missed Italian does it but only with t...
- 14 Jul 2017 02:30
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
- Replies: 881
- Views: 275137
Re: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
I would've expected speakers to change one of the pair, even just in terms of tone, so as to avoid confusion. But then, maybe natlangs are more tolerant of possible ambiguity than I'd be. [:P] In Korean, "arm" is pal and "foot" is bal . This makes me think of how the pair 姉 ane ...
- 14 Jul 2017 01:00
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Yay or Nay? [2011–2018]
- Replies: 2876
- Views: 446947
Re: Yay or Nay?
I am working on a language with a phonology inspired by eastern slavic languages. I basically have a lot of palatalized consonants and have the following vowels: i~ɪ u~ʊ e~ɛ o a I like that Russian has allophony in its vowels depending on the consonant context (or maybe it is the reverse, I don't r...
- 13 Jul 2017 14:10
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Yay or Nay? [2011–2018]
- Replies: 2876
- Views: 446947
Re: Yay or Nay?
I like the infix more personally, however you could always consider a mix of the two: Have a suffix -i that is generally realized as final /ɪ/ but metathesizes with the final consonant in a VC_# environment to become Vi̯C#, perhaps depending on the qualities of the vowels and consonant or whether th...
- 12 Jul 2017 12:47
- Forum: Teach & Share
- Topic: Finiteness and nonfinite verb forms
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10890
Re: Finiteness and nonfinite verb forms
What I'm mostly lacking here is examples of how these categories crop up in other languages. What would be some good example sentences to go asking around for translations?
In particular I'm still not quite sure about the distinction of infinitives and converbs.
In particular I'm still not quite sure about the distinction of infinitives and converbs.
- 11 Jul 2017 18:38
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Al made Bob convince Carl to give Ellie Dobbin for Fran
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9934
Re: Al made Bob convince Carl to give Dobbin to Ellie for Fr
:sui: Swiss German (a) D’Alice het dr Bob drzua brocht, dr Karl z’überreda für da Fran d’Ellie am Dobbin z’ge. d=Alice het dr Bob drzua brocht, dr Karl z=überreda für da Frank d=Ellie am Dobbin z=ge. DEF=Alice AUX DEF Bob to_it brought, DEF Karl to=convince for DEF.ACC Frank DEF=Ellie DEF.DAT Dobbin...
- 08 Jul 2017 00:03
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What did you accomplish today? [2011–2019]
- Replies: 11462
- Views: 1631562
Re: What did you accomplish today?
I’ve finished yet another speedlang, this time in 5 days. I present to you Neo-Rhaetian, the most extinct language I’ve made so far: https://github.com/Adarain/Speedlanging/blob/master/3rd%20Challenge.pdf note: some footnotes containing URLs don’t show up properly on the web render, at least in my b...
- 28 Jun 2017 02:42
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Languages Aren't Hard!
- Replies: 49
- Views: 10313
Re: Languages Aren't Hard!
:che: Swiss German: Sprocha sin nit schwer! ['ʃpɾɔːχɐ sɪn nɪt ʃʋɛːɾ] Languages are not hard. sproch-a sin nit schwer language-PL COP.IND.PL NEG difficult* *the word literally means “heavy” :che: Vallader: Linguas nu sun greiv. Languages are not hard. The gloss, as it turns out, is identical to the o...
- 12 Jun 2017 14:55
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Guess The Language!!!
- Replies: 5400
- Views: 667893
Re: Guess The Language!!!
Spoken in Brazil?