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- 09 May 2024 17:13
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Teka: New Romance conlang
- Replies: 74
- Views: 8972
Re: Teka: New Romance conlang
Sorry, just to reply again, similar to the "Peto" thread, don't reply to effectively dead posts (again, this one is over 12 years old) if you have nothing substantial to add, especially when the users involved originally aren't around any more to respond The following discussion has been n...
- 07 May 2024 22:08
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: peto - a new minimalistic language which is a reform of puna
- Replies: 104
- Views: 10994
Re: peto - a new minimalistic language which is a reform of puna
Thakowsaizmu's language was, I'm certain, a joke. Also, Thakowsaizmu has been inactive for almost nine years and will doubtlessly not respond to your criticism. Also, you shouldn't be reviving long-dead threads. That's called necroposting, and honestly, it's rather annoying. Especially since practi...
- 06 May 2024 02:43
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: What happened on November 18th 2019 at 18:41 UTC?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 335
Re: What happened on November 18th 2019 at 18:41 UTC?
My guess is that there were lots of bots on that day, maybe even spambots. Maybe it was the time when spambots discovered kitchen-sink (conlangs) and tried to sell us kitchens? This would be my guess. From what I can tell, there was no spike in users (one person joined that day), there wasn't a mas...
- 24 Apr 2024 00:18
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Other Creativity
- Replies: 1372
- Views: 366799
Re: Other Creativity
Looks cool! I don't know anything about clocks, but I'd like to. You seem very knowledgeable on the subject, though! GOD NO! I'm absolutely not at all. This is my first step into clocks on a practical level. I don't know anything about how teeth are designed to reduce wear, material properties, the...
- 23 Apr 2024 23:52
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Other Creativity
- Replies: 1372
- Views: 366799
Re: Other Creativity
Finally have the feeling of having my own space (no-one looking over my shoulder), so can make a start on what should end up being a handmade pendulum clock: It's coming along. I think the gear layout will work, and this should, I think, be what they look like face-on. I'm missing the second gear o...
- 15 Apr 2024 01:05
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Other Creativity
- Replies: 1372
- Views: 366799
Re: Other Creativity
Finally have the feeling of having my own space (no-one looking over my shoulder), so can make a start on what should end up being a handmade pendulum clock: https://i.imgur.com/aXZ80EM.png The plan at the moment is that it will measure seconds, minutes, hours (both 24 once in a day, and 12 twice in...
- 11 Apr 2024 19:40
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
- Replies: 804
- Views: 202560
Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread
The user formerly known as "shimobaatar". (she) Congratulations on your new name! Is it pronounced like "zymurgy" (with /ai/), or like "Zima" (with /i/)? Ah, thank you. I'm not sure if this is the best thread for this, but anyway, I pronounce it as /ˈzimə/ or /ˈzɪmə/, ...
- 20 Mar 2024 14:22
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1766
- Views: 371269
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I think Navajo is usually described like this, from what I can remember
- 23 Feb 2024 11:49
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
- Replies: 892
- Views: 282439
Re: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
I still am sometimes confused by the Insular Celtic definite articles resembling Germanic and Romance indefinite ones: :irl: an , :wls: yn etc. vs. :eng: a(n) , :fra: un etc. :hun: Hunagarian too with a ~ az for the definite article, with the same " a before a consonant, the other form before ...
- 17 Feb 2024 16:58
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Does my take on Godzilla break the Law of the Conservation of Energy?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1159
Re: Does my take on Godzilla break the Law of the Conservation of Energy?
And the LORD slaughters a host of catgirls... what There is a saying I have found several times on the Net: Each time real science is drawn into the discussion of a fantasy story, God kills a catgirl. Please be mindful of the catgirls. At least for me, this oddly kind of hits on the point, i.e. God...
- 14 Feb 2024 14:34
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: Is it alright if I don't evolve my language?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 830
Re: Is it alright if I don't evolve my language?
I'm going to steal my reply to a similar question posted over in "Conlangs" on Facebook: "I can't imagine it's any sort of "sin", no, or even a bad thing. As long as you're happy with the language, and you think it all makes sense the way it is, that's the main thing Persona...
- 10 Feb 2024 01:12
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: help needed - evolving proto phonology.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1057
Re: help needed - evolving proto phonology.
There's a lot you can to with /θ/, and you could probably make that a dialectal feature in the daughter language, e.g. one dialect has [t] where another has [ s ] *Some instances of /tɕ dʑ ɕ/ could come from palatalisation as well of /t d s/, e.g. /ti/ > [tɕi]. If you have a sequence like /tiha/ > ...
- 09 Feb 2024 22:48
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: help needed - evolving proto phonology.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1057
Re: help needed - evolving proto phonology.
FROM ts tʃ dʒ qχ pʰ p b t tʰ d q qʰ ɢ ʔ ɸ θ s ʃ ɾ ʒ ʁ h m n ɴ ɾ ɰ ɹ Vowels: i e o ee oo u a (C/PA)V(C) TO ts tɕ dʑ p b t d k g ʔ l ɾ m n ɲ ŋ v s ɕ x j ɰ Vowels: i e o ɛ æ ɔ u a (C/PA)V(F) So one big change you is for plosives to no longer be permitted in syllable-final position, which could be very ...
- 08 Feb 2024 00:49
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Romanization game #2
- Replies: 3568
- Views: 334390
Re: Romanization game #2
...x χ(?????)... Unfortunately the font the CBB uses doesn't seem to allow for the distinction between Latin <x> (in the first instance representing a velar fricative), and Greek chi <χ> (in the second instance representing a uvular fricative). It can be a bit of a pain, for sure When I view the bo...
- 08 Feb 2024 00:24
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Romanization game #2
- Replies: 3568
- Views: 334390
Re: Romanization game #2
Unfortunately the font the CBB uses doesn't seem to allow for the distinction between Latin <x> (in the first instance representing a velar fricative), and Greek chi <χ> (in the second instance representing a uvular fricative). It can be a bit of a pain, for sure
- 05 Feb 2024 23:12
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: My friend is in need of help.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 716
Re: My friend is in need of help.
Just because there has been a report (more of a "just in case" report, nothing negative) I thought I'd just step in quickly You are right, as far as I understand the rules at least, there's nothing explicitly against this particular kind of link to other pages. And if they are your friend,...
Re: İrıbėt
The name İrıbėt has a very Hebrew feeling to it with a nice touch of Turkish. I am not so sure about your example sentence; so my question is: what parts of İrıbėt syntax and morphology are similar to Hebrew? (If you have time: What about syllable structure/phonotactics, phonological processes/allo...
- 19 Jan 2024 02:50
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Is my idea for the number of individuals in Destoroyah accurate?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1038
Re: Is my idea for the number of individuals in Destoroyah accurate?
I had no idea until this post that there were two new metric prefixes added to either end of the scale in 2022. Now the IEC needs to add robi- and quebi- as binary prefixes. I tend not to use them after a point. Kilo-, mega-, and giga- for bytes, kilo- for grams, centi- and milli- for litres, and k...
- 14 Jan 2024 19:22
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Is my idea for the number of individuals in Destoroyah accurate?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1038
Re: Is my idea for the number of individuals in Destoroyah accurate?
Ok, so seeing as literally no-one’s responded in almost 12 hours, I figured I’d make a change to make it easier to calculate, for myself or others: the subquantum prawns now have a mass of 5*10^-438 quectograms, which is a far cry from the much smaller 5*10^-4375 quectograms and might actually be c...
- 13 Jan 2024 18:18
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
- Replies: 804
- Views: 202560
Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread
After a little over nine years of living with my mum and my brother (after marriage ended, neither of us could afford the rent on the flat on our own, so we both had to move back in with family), I can finally ( I think! ) move out on my own I've got two houses to go view on Wednesday and I'm excit...