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by Dormouse559
31 Dec 2023 04:41
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Can we agree on that simplified Chinese is way simpler than English?
Replies: 68
Views: 2576

Re: Can we agree on that simplified Chinese is way simpler than English?

I have locked this thread. Oligey, perhaps you should take some time to cool off and get a sense of the people here on the CBB and their interests. Then, if you want to make a new thread, you should choose a topic that doesn’t involve you enforcing prerequisites. It evidently leads to more frustrati...
by Dormouse559
30 Dec 2023 08:37
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Can we agree on that simplified Chinese is way simpler than English?
Replies: 68
Views: 2576

Re: Can we agree on that simplified Chinese is way simpler than English?

I am happy to exchange opinions, but please make sure the following before participating in the discussion: Hi Oligey, I’m one of the site moderators. Since you’re new to the forum, I’d like you to read the House Rules , with particular emphasis on the first. You’re behaving more than a little rude...
by Dormouse559
19 Dec 2023 17:16
Forum: Translations
Topic: Why is there no honey in the clay pot?
Replies: 9
Views: 9926

Re: Why is there no honey in the clay pot?

Attempting a Faux Phrygian translation: Θί μέλιτον ου έσσι έν δοΰτρα (μελερίνα); Thí méliton ou éssi én doǘtra (melerína)? /ˈtʰi ˈmeliton uˈu̯‿essi ˈen ˈdou̯tra meleˈrina/ why honey-NOM NEG be.3S in pot-DAT (clay-DAT.F) Why is there no honey in the clay pot? Saying δοΰτρα μελερίνα rather than just δ...
by Dormouse559
08 Dec 2023 06:43
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1679
Views: 347711

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

But as for the actual pronunciation though, that seems incredibly weird to me. Does your dialect reduce vowels to /e/ instead of schwa? Or does it lack the alternation between reduced vowels in unstressed syllables and for some reason realise <a> as /e/? In unstressed syllables, I have /ə/ and /ɪ̈/...
by Dormouse559
06 Dec 2023 19:02
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: What did you accomplish today?
Replies: 735
Views: 207337

Re: What did you accomplish today?

I determined that thematic adjectives and nouns in Faux Phrygian can be divided into five groups based on the stress shifts they undergo. While thinking about what to name the groups, I realized that I can just number them, because, by coincidence, each of the first five ordinals fits into a differe...
by Dormouse559
28 Nov 2023 22:48
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Which conlangs are you working on and/or still plan to work on?
Replies: 27
Views: 1401

Re: Which conlangs are you working on and/or still plan to work on?

Which kind of Phrygian phonology are you using? Because some people say that Phrygian underwent an Armenian-like shift of the stops, while others say that it didn't. The Armenian-like shift. You can actually see an example in the endonym I provided (Greek pʰ g = Faux Phrygian b k). I find that hypo...
by Dormouse559
28 Nov 2023 17:20
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Which conlangs are you working on and/or still plan to work on?
Replies: 27
Views: 1401

Re: Which conlangs are you working on and/or still plan to work on?

Besides Silvish, I’ve been working on two new conlangs lately. The first is an Indo-European language loosely based on Phrygian. Right now, I call it Faux Phrygian or βρουκικά /brukiˈka/. The early sound changes are similar to what has been reconstructed for Phrygian, but beyond that I’m using it a...
by Dormouse559
28 Nov 2023 01:17
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Which conlangs are you working on and/or still plan to work on?
Replies: 27
Views: 1401

Re: Which conlangs are you working on and/or still plan to work on?

Besides Silvish, I’ve been working on two new conlangs lately. The first is an Indo-European language loosely based on Phrygian. Right now, I call it Faux Phrygian or βρουκικά /brukiˈka/. The early sound changes are similar to what has been reconstructed for Phrygian, but beyond that I’m using it as...
by Dormouse559
21 Nov 2023 01:08
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Words/forms avoided because they "look/sound" strange
Replies: 5
Views: 622

Re: Words/forms avoided because they "look/sound" strange

Chiot “puppy” has no feminine form in French. I can’t claim causation, but that absence is probably no coincidence because the obvious feminine form, chiotte, happens to be identical to a (separately derived) vulgar word for “outhouse.”
by Dormouse559
10 Nov 2023 18:58
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1679
Views: 347711

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

What happens to a script when two characters "merge"? (e.g. c and e in some people's handwriting in some contexts are written the same, or a and c) Are diacritics introduced? Are the differences between them intentionally accented and emphasized, transforming the glyphs in the other direc...
by Dormouse559
29 Oct 2023 18:15
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: It is possible to nasalize every vowel?
Replies: 8
Views: 18135

Re: It is possible to nasalize every vowel?

One can nasalize every vowel? How do you nasalize things like /y/? Yes, any vowel can be nasalized. I’m not sure how to answer your second question, because you can nasalize /y/ in the same way you would nasalize any vowel; no special trick to it. The technical explanation is that you lower your ve...
by Dormouse559
26 Oct 2023 08:15
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Conlang Conversation Thread
Replies: 197
Views: 64334

Re: Conlang Conversation Thread

Aràukuàx x·masaúḳ z·rá láktal x·ḳaẓaṭa Ḷuìmtumraıá. [˹ɐˈ˻rɑvgvɑχ xmɐˈ˹sˤuŋ ʃrɛ ˈɬak˻tɐl ˈxŋɐd͡ʒɐtʼ ˈt͡ɬfem˹dɤmrəja] ru<àv>k-u-à-x xa=mas<aú>ḳ za=rá lákt<a>l xa=ḳaẓ<a#a>ṭ ḷu<ì-mtu>m-ra-ı-á choose<1.4>- DEO-CONC-VOL.ACT BEN =costume< PAT > GEN =this linguistics.department< OBL > BEN =party< OBL > gre...
by Dormouse559
10 Oct 2023 07:20
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 193976

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

I guess it’s not surprising that a big city would have a whole herd of museums, but it’s still striking to see so many listed so systematically in one place. That section on past and future museums is a neat idea. It's not complete, unfortunately - one I spotted is that they don't mention the Anaest...
by Dormouse559
29 Sep 2023 23:04
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: Is English a logographic writing system?
Replies: 95
Views: 43289

Re: Is English a logographic writing system?

I've never heard anything but /ˈvi.ə/ for "via". I know I say /ˈvi.ə/. Checked Wiktionary and it turned out one can rhyme it with "shyer" or "Mariah" Carey. Huh. For me it's always rhymed with how do you solve a problem like "Maria"? Perhaps the/ˈvai.ə/ pronu...
by Dormouse559
28 Sep 2023 09:27
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: Is English a logographic writing system?
Replies: 95
Views: 43289

Re: Is English a logographic writing system?

I only recently read my notifications after several years away, so sorry for the late reply. English is not alphabetic. It has a series of “phonograms”, as explained at this phonics website: https://phonograms.logicofenglish.com/chart It’s easy to confuse it for alphabetic since each phonogram cons...
by Dormouse559
26 Sep 2023 23:04
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Surprising cognates
Replies: 153
Views: 106454

Re: Surprising cognates

In case nobody's pointed this one out, though they probably have... Don’t think anyone has. It’s fun to see them all laid out together! French: maillot , 'bikini line' Maillot is also a general garment word. It can refer to jerseys; with optional modifiers, it refers to swimsuits and undershirts.
by Dormouse559
08 Sep 2023 18:32
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Jokes
Replies: 460
Views: 203185

Re: Jokes

— What does a French person say when they’re starving to death?
— C’est la faim de ma vie !

Faim “hunger” and fin “end” are both pronounced /fɛ̃/ (and both take feminine agreement), so in speech, the phrase above means either “This is the hunger of a lifetime” or “This is the end of my life”.
by Dormouse559
22 Aug 2023 18:45
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Relationship between stress location and branching direction
Replies: 4
Views: 9205

Re: Relationship between stress location and branching direction

Oops, posted it in the wrong forum. You want it moved to the Linguistics & Natlangs forum, I take it? Can a thread-originator do that themself? Or must they ask a mod to do it for them? I’ve moved it. Non-mods can’t move topics. But for future reference, if you create a topic and realize it’s i...
by Dormouse559
10 Aug 2023 23:17
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Fonts
Replies: 8
Views: 10140

Re: Fonts

I find Palatino to be quite elegant and distinct, and it has strong IPA support. When I want to convince myself that my conlang's orthography isn't irredeemably ugly, I type a bit of it in Palatino [:P] It comes preloaded on Apple products, but I don't know how accessible it is for non-Apple users.
by Dormouse559
24 Jul 2023 08:57
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Dzougĕdan: The language and some problems I need help with
Replies: 19
Views: 1032

Re: Dzougĕdan: The language and some problems I need help with

Gosh, where are the images?? You've linked the page for the image rather than the image file. The latter should have a file extension at the end of the URL. If you go to the "Get share links" option under the menu in the upper right of an image, you can copy-paste the BBCode format to her...