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- 18 Nov 2023 03:05
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: How many of your conlangs do you keep?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4818
- 17 Nov 2023 20:37
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Dluure najja
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9803
Re: Dluure najja
The idea was that they work like Turkish ğ. a+ɰ -> a: ə+ɰ -> ə: i+ɰ -> ɨ(:) u+ɰ / u+w -> u: i+j -> i: But I think it's about morphology if the analysis is meaningful. If the glide emerges in some environments, probably before a vowel, it's meaningful to analyze it on the underlying level. Dluure Na...
- 17 Nov 2023 20:11
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Make Love
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4613
Re: Make Love
…. * PIV sex between human adults, vs. …. By "between human adults", do you mean only sex wherein both partners are over the age of consent? Or do you just mean "sex between postpubescents" (e.g. sex between a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old in Texas)? One of those, not sure which...
- 17 Nov 2023 00:09
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Dluure najja
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9803
Re: Dluure najja
I'm also considering if long vowels should be analysed as vowel + glide combinations. Maybe not all of them. But maybe all, or most, of them. Can most of your phonemic diphthongs be analyzed as a vowel which has been one or more ot the following; Post-labialized or Post-palatalized or Pre-labialize...
- 17 Nov 2023 00:05
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1679
- Views: 347549
- 16 Nov 2023 17:37
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Commonthroat: a language that only a dog could probably pronounce
- Replies: 57
- Views: 22328
- 16 Nov 2023 01:08
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
- Replies: 570
- Views: 155391
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
@Shemtov :
Whence cometh the name “Waanic”?
It seems somewhat similar to the name of an Australian Aboriginal language that is unfortunately recently extinct.
Whence cometh the name “Waanic”?
It seems somewhat similar to the name of an Australian Aboriginal language that is unfortunately recently extinct.
- 16 Nov 2023 01:05
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Naming Practices
- Replies: 54
- Views: 33895
Re: Naming Practices
Woe to the tenth child, for he shall be Nameless. Not really! If the (say) tenth-or-later son’s father has enough uncles, and the son’s mother has enough granduncles, they can just continue the pattern already established, as long as they don’t duplicate a name of the father or an older brother. Or...
- 15 Nov 2023 15:41
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: What are the Benefits of Conlang ?? (on a practical and personal level)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1016
Re: Benefits of Conlang ??
In addition to the benefits others have already mentioned, I have found that, when I expected two or a handful of features could go together in a natlang, but as far as anyone knows never have gone together in any natlang, by trying to construct a conlang with that bundle of features, I could find o...
- 15 Nov 2023 15:27
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Make Love
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4613
Re: Make Love
@BobiBob, & @Ossicone : To me, if there is going to be a binary dichotomy of sexual acts, what “feels” most “natural”, is: * PIV sex between human adults, vs. * Every other kind of sex. That’s subjective, and is not based on any study of cultural diversity on this topic. So, my subjective “feeli...
- 14 Nov 2023 15:53
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Make Love
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4613
Re: Make Love
I know I've mentioned this before but I still find it amusing. The first verb is samal . It is used for man on top sex. Esem apja. e-sem apʲa 3m-sex.PST 3f.ABS "He had sex with her." The second is atjural . It is used for woman on top sex. It is considered the more neutral of the two. (So...
- 14 Nov 2023 15:49
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Make Love
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4613
Re: Make Love
Welcome to your first post on CBB, josbrod96!
And good morning! You joined the bboard about an hour after I started reading it this morning!
And good morning! You joined the bboard about an hour after I started reading it this morning!
- 14 Nov 2023 15:39
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: Does the grammar make sense?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 62070
Re: Does the grammar make sense?
I agree with what Veles just wrote!
Also: conlangernoob, it’s been about 9 months since we’ve heard from you about your conlang!
Last we heard from you on this thread, was February this year!
Do you have anything else to tell us?
I’m pretty sure all of us would be interested!
Also: conlangernoob, it’s been about 9 months since we’ve heard from you about your conlang!
Last we heard from you on this thread, was February this year!
Do you have anything else to tell us?
I’m pretty sure all of us would be interested!
- 13 Nov 2023 12:59
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: gǂàamą́ 3oį-ʔą̀rhokìi
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1731
Re: gǂàamą́ 3oį-ʔą̀rhokìi
I wish you good health!
I also wish your computer “good health”!
I also wish your computer “good health”!
- 12 Nov 2023 18:17
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1938
- Views: 656380
Re: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
...you may be interested in this: https://www.planetfuraha.nl/astronomy/seasonsb.htm and https://planetfuraha.blogspot.com/2009/01/cycle-of-cyann-3-last-of-rings.html https://planetfuraha.blogspot.com/2009/01/cyann-and-ilos-rings.html ...all are a good look at how rings impact a planet more nonleth...
- 11 Nov 2023 19:10
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Naming Practices
- Replies: 54
- Views: 33895
Re: Naming Practices
@elemtilas: Read Re: Naming Practices Post by eldin raigmore » Tue 26 Sep 2023, 14:05 Correction Concerning Individual Anthroponyms in Adpihi and Reptigan below. …. Would you like to hear more about the contingencies? …. (What to do if strict obedience to the system would require you to name your ki...
- 10 Nov 2023 22:30
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: How does one go back to college as a 30-something in the US?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 20644
Re: How does one go back to college as a 30-something in the US?
I did it. I can’t say I was very successful. I also can’t say I can tell anyone how to do it. For me, the problem was not so much the course-work; instead, it was that I had forgotten how to be a sophomore! OTOH I was glad I did it. The campus was nice. Classes and labs were more fun than work. [edi...
- 09 Nov 2023 18:38
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1110
- Views: 282485
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
…. In the text - IIRC - they explicitly leave open the possibility that the variety of Standard Indonesian as spoken by native speakers of Toba Batak might have something like word stress. Also, you are right, contact induced change is probably more common between varieties of the same language tha...
- 09 Nov 2023 10:39
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What did you accomplish today?
- Replies: 734
- Views: 207216
Re: What did you accomplish today?
floatremes In :tlh: grammar, there are verbal suffixes which can jump numerical position, adding to another suffix's meaning/intensity. These are called 'rovers'. This is only among the subset of verbal suffixes; this does not occur in the subset of :tlh: nominal suffixes, nor :tlh: verbal/nominal ...
- 09 Nov 2023 10:32
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1679
- Views: 347549
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
@JohnDoeDoe : Your ideas look great to me! I saw one (only one!) possible problem with humans (of the kind we have around here nowadays, anyway) being able to perfectly pronounce the spoken version(s?) of this/these language(s). And that is: phonemic volume! Phonemic length and phonemic pitch are at...