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- 25 Nov 2010 11:39
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexicon milestones and discussion of lexicon growth
- Replies: 660
- Views: 168680
Re: Lexicon milestones
I have 2 words that are fully declinable in Teskwan now :D Definitely appreciate small milestones :) I'm only at 50 words (numbers 1-10, 1,00 and 1,000, some words for animals and birds and 3 words for different kinds of boats and a few words for "sea, ocean") and only sorted out the nomi...
- 25 Nov 2010 10:56
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Guess The Language!!!
- Replies: 5400
- Views: 668029
Re: Guess The Language!!!
The initial "Aŋ" makes me think Tagalog, and so does the feel of the text overall but I'm not sure. If that's wrong, could it be Austronesian at all? EDIT: Saying that, though, Tagalog doesn't have /ɨ/ so I did a search for languages which have both that sound and a phonemic velar nasal th...
- 23 Nov 2010 10:15
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Guess The Language!!!
- Replies: 5400
- Views: 668029
Re: Guess The Language!!!
IIRC, the first time this game was played on the old CBB there was a rule stating that you couldn't simply google the text and instead you had to actually work it out, for example, by asking questions regarding location, searching for certain words which seem to stand out, certain sets of sounds whi...
- 19 Nov 2010 15:45
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1317914
Re: Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
It was unhelpful because it didn't explain the mechanism used. Instead it just gave examples without really showing how they worked. Judging by the examples I thought the arguments themselves were being fused into the verb, which didn't seem right. But still, thank you for the clarification. Huh, I...
- 19 Nov 2010 15:18
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1317914
Re: Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I happened to stumble upon this , which I think wins the award for "most non-helpful wikipedia article ever." Could anyone explain to me exactly how this is supposed to work? Wait, what's so bad about it? "Polypersonal agreement", to a point, is a pretty self-explanatory term, i...
- 19 Nov 2010 09:21
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Renzell phonology (aka the vowel system from hell)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1623
Re: Renzell phonology (aka the vowel system from hell)
If I understood palatalisation correctly it's a secondary articulation found on the consonants, i.e. vowels cannot carry palatalisation. However, if I understood Nort's tables, he's included the palatalisation feature within the vowel section in order to better explain how it's represented in the o...
- 19 Nov 2010 09:04
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Renzell phonology (aka the vowel system from hell)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1623
Re: Renzell phonology (aka the vowel system from hell)
As for allophones, Irish might be worth a look at, as might German and various Slavic languages. For example, in Irish, broad (velarised) /v/ is realised as [w] and the palatalised velars are pretty much a series of palatal consonants now, IIRC. Maybe something like: p b t d k q ʔ [p pʲ b bʲ t tʲ~tʃ...
- 19 Nov 2010 08:48
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Renzell phonology (aka the vowel system from hell)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1623
Re: Renzell phonology (aka the vowel system from hell)
If I understood palatalisation correctly it's a secondary articulation found on the consonants, i.e. vowels cannot carry palatalisation. However, if I understood Nort's tables, he's included the palatalisation feature within the vowel section in order to better explain how it's represented in the or...
- 19 Nov 2010 01:33
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1317914
Re: Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
As far as I can tell, in Erg-abs languages the case for an indirect object in your standard sentence like "he gave the bone to the dog", it would more or less be "he-ERG give-PAST bone-ABS dog-DAT/whatever.case/adposition/etc.". That is to say, the ergative case refers to transi...
- 19 Nov 2010 01:08
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1317914
Re: Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Here's a cool alignment idea I came up with for treating indirect objects. I call it "generalized ergativity." Verbs can be classified according to transitivity, whether they take 1, 2, or 3 arguments (Are there verbs in natlangs that take 4 or more?). So a ditransitive verb in an Accusat...
- 19 Nov 2010 00:49
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1938
- Views: 656555
Re: Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
But is not the ability to command these powerful metal behemoths magic? Is it not magic to have pictures appear in special crystal receptacles? Nope. It's called computers. It may well look like magic to someone who doesn't understand it. Then again, once you can formalize, explain the behavior of,...
- 19 Nov 2010 00:43
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1938
- Views: 656555
Re: Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" On a similar note, it's held by some archaeologists that smiths, at least in some parts of Europe during the earlier years of the Iron Age, were often held as people who wielded somem sort of secret or supernatural powe...
- 18 Nov 2010 17:36
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Crazy Conbeliefs
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4753
Re: Crazy Conbeliefs
My Cadohan believe things only exist when someone's looking at (or otherwise perceiving) them. They will often come back if they are looked away from but this is not guaranteed. So especially precious items are given what I call "spotters," which are people hired to just sit there and sta...
- 18 Nov 2010 16:17
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Crazy Conbeliefs
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4753
Re: Crazy Conbeliefs
Some members of Teutas culture, especially those in the western areas of Finland around 1 A.D. thought the best way to conceive was through group sex... wait... what?* Some members of Teutas culture believe that drowning is the result of a form of possession by bad spirits attempting to escape the &...
- 17 Nov 2010 11:16
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1317914
Re: Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I thought so, but thanks for the confirmation. Interesting example with Irish Gaelic though. S'alright. And if you haven't noticed (I made the edit after you posted, I think) I made and edit regarding the current pronunciation of voiceless nasals amongst at least some Welsh speakers which seems to ...
- 17 Nov 2010 10:15
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1317914
Re: Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
How normal/rare is it for a language which undergoes productive consonant mutation to have consonant phonemes which only occur as a product of these mutations? For example, productive /v/ > /v\/ where /v\/ doesn't occur in unmodified root words. From what I've seen it appears to be more common for ...
- 12 Nov 2010 16:26
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1317914
Re: Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I'd say: V-C^n.C^n-V = syllable boundary V-C^n-V = intervocalic consonant cluster V^n = vowel cluster or diphthong or monophthong or long vowel depending on the realisation of the original vowels when put together. More or less up to the writer. V^n-V^n = syllable boundary (for example we might have...
- 12 Nov 2010 12:33
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Tips and advices about conlanging
- Replies: 57
- Views: 11590
Re: Tips and advices about conlanging
Can somebody gives me tips and advices about conlanging? How to start a conlang How to create the words(I want an a priori language)? What do you think about minimalist languages(Mine will be)? I'd say there are several ways one could start a conlang. I myself am working on a series of Indo-Europea...
- 09 Nov 2010 16:52
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
- Replies: 11605
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Re: Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Personally I don't find the vowel system all that odd, even including the relatively high number of front vowels in relation to back vowels. Generally speaking it's pretty much part way between Occitan (i y u e ɛ o a), Amharic (i u e ɛ ə o a) and Old English (i y u e o æ a). Typically, AFAICT, a lan...
- 09 Nov 2010 15:44
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: New Project -- Help make it more unique?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2335
Re: New Project -- Help make it more unique?
The lenition (just voicing) is there for a more flowing speech. I'm still debating it; currently it's only there to make it flow easier (intervocalically, even across words) Plus, it's not that uncommon an allophonic feature across the world either. I happens all the time in native Australian langu...