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- 21 Jan 2015 21:10
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False cognates
- Replies: 902
- Views: 325435
Re: False cognates
How about English "give" and Mandarin "gěi" (traditional 給, simplified 给)?
- 21 Jan 2015 04:54
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Guess The Language!!!
- Replies: 5400
- Views: 667972
Re: Guess The Language!!!
Besides Greek.Dezinaa wrote:(The only language I know of that uses <ƞ>)
- 20 Jan 2015 04:20
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Guess The Language!!!
- Replies: 5400
- Views: 667972
Re: Guess The Language!!!
I'm going to guess that it's some sort of African language, because its orthography uses IPA letters (isn't that a more widespread thing in African languages?).
- 20 Jan 2015 01:32
- Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
- Topic: 中文 | Mandarin Conversation Thread
- Replies: 219
- Views: 343710
Re: 这练习中文
One big problem with that memorization method is that it doesn't always work with simplified characters (which are what I use). Take, for example, the traditional Chinese character 龜, which means turtle. This character is very easy to remember, because it closely resembles a turtle (in fact, the way...
- 19 Jan 2015 03:21
- Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
- Topic: 中文 | Mandarin Conversation Thread
- Replies: 219
- Views: 343710
Re: 这练习中文
I, too, agree that Pinyin is usually a much better choice than IPA when it comes to Chinese. Besides being designed for the language and therefore more convenient in this case, most of the characters are readily available on a regular Latin-alphabet keyboard, and those that aren't can be swapped for...
- 15 Jan 2015 04:48
- Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
- Topic: 中文 | Mandarin Conversation Thread
- Replies: 219
- Views: 343710
Re: 这练习中文
大家好!我两年左右学习汉语,但我的汉语不很好。我要练习。
- 15 Jan 2015 01:50
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: kæn ju ɹid ˌaipiˈei
- Replies: 228
- Views: 46486
Re: kæn ju ɹid ˌaipiˈei
Shoot, forgot to remove that from my profile before I put that up.All4Ɇn wrote:aɪ̯m ˈgɛsiŋ oʊ̯ˈhaɪ̯oʊ̯ɪn sɪ̃nt͡s ðæt͡s wɛɚ̯ jɚ loʊ̯ˈkeɪ̯tɪd
- 15 Jan 2015 01:41
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: How important is plausibility?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6081
Re: How important is plausibility?
I thought he sad, how plausible the features would be in a natlang. So I took this for naturalism. I'm sorry of I was wrong. That's what I originally meant, actually, but I've now decided that I'm not going to worry so much about naturalism in my conlang. This is the phoneme inventory I've decided ...
- 12 Jan 2015 20:25
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: How important is plausibility?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6081
Re: How important is plausibility?
I would really only worry about plausibility if I were trying to dupe a panel of linguists. If I were being paid for the work, or if I were trying to be very carefuly, I'd be moer conscious of plausibility. But anything less than that I wouldn't worry about because of ANADEW if for no other reason....
- 12 Jan 2015 19:32
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: kæn ju ɹid ˌaipiˈei
- Replies: 228
- Views: 46486
Re: kæn ju ɹid ˌaipiˈei
kʰeə̯n ju gaɪ̯z gɛs wɐt ˈdaɪ̯.əlɛkt aɪ̯ spik bɛɪ̯st ɒn ðɪs aɪ̯ pi ɛɪ̯ t͡ʃɹ̠ʷeə̯nˈskɹ̠ʷɪpʃɪ̈n↗
(nəʊ̯t ðæt ðə ˈvæʊ̯.o̞ aɪ̯ t͡ʃɹ̠ʷeə̯nˈskɹ̠ʷaɪ̯b æz <ɐ> mɐɪ̯t ˈækt͡ʃu.əli bi <ɜ> ɔɹ <ɜ̞>)
(nəʊ̯t ðæt ðə ˈvæʊ̯.o̞ aɪ̯ t͡ʃɹ̠ʷeə̯nˈskɹ̠ʷaɪ̯b æz <ɐ> mɐɪ̯t ˈækt͡ʃu.əli bi <ɜ> ɔɹ <ɜ̞>)
- 12 Jan 2015 14:54
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Introduction thread(s)
- Replies: 723
- Views: 424662
Re: Introduction thread(s)
Hello, I'm GrandPiano! I'm kind of young - only 14 years old - but I've recently found an interest in conlanging, and I'm hoping that this board can help me with that. I have a decent knowledge of phonetics/phonology from browsing Wikipedia, which has proven to be a reliable source in this area. I a...
- 12 Jan 2015 14:45
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: How important is plausibility?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6081
Re: How important is plausibility?
I suppose the more I think about it, the more I'm not actually going for a very naturalistic conlang. My justification for having so many fricatives without is that the fricatives arose differently than they do in most languages. I kind of like the system I have for the fricatives, mainly because I ...
- 12 Jan 2015 00:01
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: How important is plausibility?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6081
Re: How important is plausibility?
The main point of voicing syllabic fricatives is because voiced fricatives are more audible than voiceless fricatives. I think I personally want to be more on the plausible side, but I don't want to worry about it too much. While we're at it, how plausible does this sound? The stops in this conlang ...
- 11 Jan 2015 23:36
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: How important is plausibility?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6081
How important is plausibility?
How important is it that features of my conlang be plausible in a natlang? I'm trying my hand at making my own conlang, and I'm not really making it for any purpose other than just for fun. Additionally: My conlang allows sonorants in the syllable nucleus. Its phoneme inventory contains voiceless fr...