I could add /ɬ/.
It gives some Native American feel.
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- 22 Apr 2024 15:59
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Omzinesý's Germanic Lang
- Replies: 9
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Re: Omzinesý's Germanic Lang
I've been interested in prestopped consonant( cluster)s lately. Maybe a Germanic lang could also have t/k -> ʔ after the past marker.
so:k 'to seek'
so:ʔ-t 'sought'
so:k 'to seek'
so:ʔ-t 'sought'
Re: Xiwook
Plural formation Most nouns form their plurals with "full" reduplication. The normal reduction of the first stem of lexicalized compounds include: Final /t, k/ -> ʔ Final /p, k w / -> h Final geminate -> short consonant (blocks the two rules above) When forming plurals also: Vowel shortens...
Re: Xiwook
Words that often appear in Locative usually have a shorter Locative form where the nasal assimilates with the stem. The definite Locative is analogically formed like Nominative of a nasal-final word . saap 'cottage ~ hut' case word ending NOM INDEF saap - NOM DEF saapa <a> ASS INDEF saahci -si ASS D...
- 22 Apr 2024 11:25
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: SBäk e Dlor
- Replies: 76
- Views: 6346
Re: SBäk e Dlor
sek 'to be dead' ssek 'to die' (middle voice makes statives inchoatives) bosek 'to kill with hands' (an instrumental prefix adds a causative meaning to an (unaccusative) intransitive verb) bossek 'one's hand becomes paralyzed' (adding an instrumental prefix to a middle voice form expresses the body ...
- 19 Apr 2024 00:07
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Omzinian Scrap thread
- Replies: 205
- Views: 88608
Re: Omzinian Scrap thread
This lang could have some random morphology. pʰ tʰ kʰ p t k b d g t͡s t͡ɬ t͡ʂ ʈ͡ɬ d͡z d͡ɮ d͡ʐ ɖ͡ɮ s ɬ ɕ ʂ ɬ z ʑ ʐ mʰ nʰ m n ŋ l r ɭ ɽ s ʃ x z ʒ ʋ j i ɨ u e ə o ä Most words are monosyllabic. The syllable structure is: C(G)V(C), where G is a glide (ʋ j). When the coda is an obstruent or lacks, the sy...
- 17 Apr 2024 22:28
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1738
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
First off, if this would be better suited for a different thread (the Linguistics & Natlangs one specifically), it's fine to move it. Anyway, when dividing morpheme boundaries in a gloss, what does one do if a morpheme is separable, but has an effect on the root? Specifically: fulh "to mak...
- 15 Apr 2024 11:16
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Whale Linguistics
- Replies: 7
- Views: 263
Re: Whale Linguistics
I read https://medium.com/predict/how-complex-is-dolphins-communication-9b77065e313d Dolphin language seems to be even more complex than that of humans. They can send two messages simultaneously. I once tried to make a conlang like that but it never went far. But it also seems that the names are all...
Re: Xiwook
I'm considering a Chinese-style compounding system because the monosyllabic roots are so short.
To say 'book' you have to compound two nearly synonymous roots 'volume-book'.
To say 'book' you have to compound two nearly synonymous roots 'volume-book'.
- 13 Apr 2024 18:15
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Whale Linguistics
- Replies: 7
- Views: 263
Re: Whale Linguistics
It could be a possible way to say 'Hello' in a human culture, too.
'Hi, I'm Omzinesý!', though I had met the person zillion times and they well knew who I am.
- 13 Apr 2024 18:09
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What is the newest word in your conlang?
- Replies: 87
- Views: 27206
Re: What is the newest word in your conlang?
The newest Dlor word is jäd . It means both '(to be) easy' and '(to be) talented' '(to be) good at something'. If you are good at conversations, you are easy to converse with. S-mon jäd ra na-bosek. DEF-man JÄD COMPL ANTIP-kill 'The man is good at killing.' Jäd ra bosek s-mon. JÄD COMPL kill DEF-man...
- 12 Apr 2024 15:23
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Kobardon - Lingua Franca used in Frédauon
- Replies: 50
- Views: 15289
Re: Kobardon - Lingua Franca used in Frédauon
Nice that Kobardon is still active!
- 11 Apr 2024 20:51
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Omzinian Scrap thread
- Replies: 205
- Views: 88608
Re: Omzinian Scrap thread
My mind is wandering. An unnamed lang Vowels (The inventory happens to be like that of Pashto.) i u <i u> e ə o <ai e au> æ ɒ <a o> Diphthongs ei~æi, eu~æu, oi~ɒi, ou~ɒu <ei, eu, oi, ou> (The first component can thus be closed or mid.) The stress always lies on the second syllable. - ə only appears ...
- 11 Apr 2024 20:36
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Omzinian Scrap thread
- Replies: 205
- Views: 88608
Re: Omzinian Scrap thread
Did I already mention my idea of a Finnic language with this vowel inventory. i ɨ u e o ä Length is contrastive. Starting from Finnish-ish y i u ø e o æ ɑ Short y, ø -> ɨ Long ø: -> ɨ: Long y: -> yi (as in Estonian), put interpreted as /ui/ Long ɑ: in non-initial syllables -> ɨ Genitive -n lengthens...
- 11 Apr 2024 20:24
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1738
- Views: 362911
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
How grammaticalized it is? Is some movement still needed in semantics?Creyeditor wrote: ↑11 Apr 2024 17:27 colloquial German zu Fuß 'by foot, directly, without additional tools'.
Body parts are such a big thing in Dlor. I would like to find a new idea, but they really are very useful.
- 11 Apr 2024 20:21
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: SBäk e Dlor
- Replies: 76
- Views: 6346
Re: SBäk e Dlor
Maybe Dlor does not need a distinct prefix for body parts as instruments and objects.
If the object is the subject's own body part, adding a middlevoice marker is enough.
But if it is the object's body part?
If the object is the subject's own body part, adding a middlevoice marker is enough.
But if it is the object's body part?
- 11 Apr 2024 12:49
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1738
- Views: 362911
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Indo-European and some other languages use prepositions as verb prefixes to code different adverbial functions (lexical affixes which I've been interested in for a while). What other morphemes could develop to lexical affixes and still preserve their original functio? Multi-purpose morphemes are one...
- 10 Apr 2024 20:40
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Replacement puns
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2165
Re: Replacement puns
I'm trying to find out a replacement pun in Finnish but those latinisms are not that common. There are some folk etymologies like Kaukasia -> kauk-Aasia 'far Asia' (people often lengthen the a) but no place is named Kaukafrikka. This counts as a replacement pun, I think. Junamaatti is a thing, an au...
- 10 Apr 2024 20:36
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Replacement puns
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2165
Re: Replacement puns
It was a joke, but I think it would be a backformation.
- 10 Apr 2024 20:18
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Replacement puns
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2165
Re: Replacement puns
I always wonder why unimportant isn't just portant.