Zompist Bboard Again

there's a million possibilities but all of them are ugly. /p pʼ b t tʼ d ts tsʼ dz tɬ tɬʼ dɮ k kʼ g qʼ ʔ/ <p p' b t t' d c c' dz th th' dl k k' g q '> /ɸ β s z ɬ l x ɣ χ ʁ/ <f v s z lh l xh rh x r> /m n ŋ/ <m n ng> /ɛ œ ə ɪ ʏ/ <e ö a i ü> /æ̠ a o̯æ̠ u̯a/ <ä â oä ua> /ʌ̠ o̯ʌ̠ ɔ/ <ò oò o> /eɛ̯ øɶ̯/ <e...

/pʲ pˠ t k ʔ/ <p pw t k '> /bʲ bˠ d g/ <b bw d g> /ɸʲ ɸˠ s ç x/ <f fw s sh kh> /βˠ ɹ ʑ ɦ/ <v r̂ ŷ h> /ɮ r/ <ld r> /mʲ mˠ n l̃ ɲ ŋ/ <m mw n ln ny ng> /j w/ <y w> [ɲc ɲɟ] <nc nj> /ɛ o i ɨ u/ <e o i ü u> /ɑː ɛː oː iː uː/ <aa ee oo ii uu> contrastive nasality is written with an ogonek /ʔosomˠũ ʔɛːŋɨ̃ mʲ...

Yeah, those baby name sites are AI generated. You can type almost anything into google with "baby name" attached and it will point you to some confident bullshit. Anyway, I came back because I remembered another Name Fact. The most common surname in Croatia is Horvat, which is just anothe...

1. ɯ ɯ: ɑ ɑ: > i i: ɔ ɔ: 2. s ɬ > h s, sʂ ʂs > ʂ: 3. ɛː ɔː eː oː > ɛa ɔa ie uo 4. voiceless fricatives disappear syllable-finally, leaving behind high tone 5. schwa disappears between two open syllables and word-finally after an open syllable, high tone transfers to the previous syllable. any syllab...

this game was fun, let's revive it 1. ɬ also palatalizes before front vowels 2. NT > ND > D, ɢ dɮ > ʁ ɮ > ɣ l 3. short æ raises to e 4. consonants geminate after open syllables with full (i.e. non-schwa) vowels, word-final open syllables without schwa lengthen, consonant clusters resyllabify (V.CC >...

sth i've often considered but never actually used was using Vh for one tone and then hV for the other. however this quickly gets too ugly to manage. here's a compromise: /p b mb pɕ bʑ mbʑ t̪ d̪ nd̪ tʂ dʐ ndʐ tɕ dʑ ndʑ k g ŋg/ <p b mb py by mby t d nd tr dr ndr ch j nj k g ngg> /f s ʂ ɕ x/ <f s shr s...

Old Suraic/Late Suraic Enɡlish (/ɨⁿlɨʃ lɛⁿwɨʒ/) <Inglish lengwizh> /p b t̪ d̪ t~h d k~x g/ <p b th dh t d k g> /tʃ dʒ/ <ch j> /m n/ <m n> /f v s z ʃ ʒ/ <f v s z sh zh> /l ɾ ɹ j w/ <l đ r y w> /ɐ ɛ e i ɨ ʏ~œ u o ɔ e͡ɪ/ <a e ë ee i u oo oe o ay> /ai oi au/ <ie oy ow> + nasal <Vng> Middle Suraic (/s̪uɾ...

/p t ʃ~tʃ~tʲ k kʷ q/ <p t ch k kw q> /mb nd ndʒ ŋg ŋgʷ ɴɢ/ <mb nd nj nk nkw nq> /β l̪ ɽ~ɺ ɣ w ʁ/ <w l r gh w x> /m n ɲ ŋ ŋʷ ɴ/ <m n ny ng ngw nh> /j/ <y> /a ɛ ɔ e (ᵊ) o i u/ <a ë ö e ' o i u> /aː ɛː ɔː eː oː iː uː/ <aa ëë öö ee oo ii uu> Word-final h is written, but only after <a>, <e> and <o>. Writ...

p t tʲ ʧ k ʔ <п т ть ч к ’> tʰ <тх> b d g <б д г> m n nʲ ŋ <м н нь ң> r <р> f s sʲ ʃ x h <ф с сь ш х һ> fʰ sʰ <фх сх> v z (ɦ) <в з> l ɺ j <л л̆ й> i u e ɵ o ɛ a <и/ы у/ю ӭ/е ө/ё о/ё э/е a> Breathy voice is marked with a hard sign after the vowel. If the whole foot is breathy, the second vowel is mar...

/zjɛɴ/ <Zyaen> /m n ɳ ɲ ŋ ŋʷ ɴ/ <m n nt ny nh nhw ng> /mb nd ɲɟ ŋg ŋgʷ/ <mb nd nj ng ngw> /b d ɟ g gʷ/ <b d j g gw> /p t c k kʷ q qʷ ʔ/ <p t c k kw k' k'w '> /pʰ tʰ cʰ kʰ kʷʰ qʰ qʷʰ/ <ph th ch kh khw kh' kh'w> /mbʐ mbʑ ndz ɳdʐ ɲdʑ/ <mbr mby nz nr ndy> /bʐ bʑ dz dʐ dʑ/ <br by dz dr dy> /pʂ pɕ ts tʂ t...

Sala'e p t tʲ ʧ k ʔ tʰ b d g m n nʲ ŋ r f s sʲ ʃ x h fʰ sʰ v z (ɦ) l ɺ j i u e ɵ o ɛ a Sala'e contrasts breathy voice on vowels. An epenthetic [ɦ] is inserted before a breathy vowel in a vowel sequence. /ahuvaʔɛ nʲasaʧuhugamɛ ʧɵgɵrɛŋaʔɛ || ʧɵgɵrɛsaʧuhuŋanɛkeŋe nʲanima̤gṳvaju || nʲaxua̤ra̤gamɛtʲɛkɛ ...

/p b t d k g/ <p b t d c~qu g> /f v ð s z ʃ ʒ/ <f v rh s~ss~c s ch j> /m n ɲ/ <m n gn> /l r j ɥ w/ <l r y~i~ˡ u ou> /a ɛ ɐ o i y u ɑ̃ ɛ̃ ẽ ø̃/ <a e eu o i~y u ou an en in un> + length <V̂> ø̃n arlvɛː l ɛːtɛ paːsɛ j avɛ ø̃ kupj dɛː moːv dɛ grɔː nɛː k ɛːtɛ a lyː rpoːðɛ syː la grɛv dɑ̃ la bɛ̃ d sɛ̃t wɔ...

/kʼalta idi:m/ /t ʈ k/ <t x k> /tʼ kʼ ʔ/ <t' k' q> /b d ɖ ʤ ɡ/ <b d dh j g> /m n ɲ/ <m n ny> /n̥/ <nh> /s ʃ/ <s sh> /ɬ ɽ̊/ <lh rh> /w l (ɻ) ɽ j/ <w l (r) r y> /i u a/ <i u a> /iː uː aː/ <ii uu aa> (/e o/) <e o> /ja:kasti iniʃambiʤa baɬkinu tʼaminwalatabi || na:ʃagda idatabi wala ɲanta: ijuʔbiʤa ji:ʈ...

Here's what I'm currently using: /t ʈ k/ <t th k> /tʼ kʼ ʔ/ <dt gk q> /b d ɖ ʤ ɡ/ <b d dh j g> /m n ɲ/ <m n ny> /n̥/ <z> /s ʃ/ <s c> /ɬ ɽ̊/ <x xh> /w l (ɻ) ɽ j/ <w l ɍ r y> /i u a/ <i u a> /iː uː aː/ <i: u: a:> (/e o/) <e o> Ya:kasti inicambija baxkinu dtaminwalatabi. Na:cagda idatabi wala nyanta: i...

/kʼalta idi:m/ <Kkalta idihm> /t ʈ k/ <t x k> /tʼ kʼ ʔ/ <tt kk 7> /b d ɖ ʤ ɡ/ <b d v j g> /m n ɲ/ <m n ny> /n̥/ <ń> /s ʃ/ <s c> /ɬ ɽ̊/ <z ŕ> /w l (ɻ) ɽ j/ <w l rh r y> /i u a/ <i u a> /iː uː aː/ <ih uh ah> (/e o/) <e o> /ja:kasti iniʃambiʤa baɬkinu tʼaminwalatabi || na:ʃagda idatabi wala ɲanta: ijuʔ...

here's my newest conlang Kaltan /kʼalta idi:m/ /t ʈ k/ /tʼ kʼ ʔ/ /b d ɖ ʤ ɡ/ /m n ɲ/ /n̥/ /s ʃ/ /ɬ ɽ̊/ /w l (ɻ) ɽ j/ /i u a/ /iː uː aː/ (/e o/) /ɻ e o/ occur only in loanwords, however, since Kaltan is moribund and rarely actively spoken anymore, they're quite frequent. Note also that /kaɻa:bin/ (or...

yeah this is good /ʕamχt/ <Qhamxt> /pʰ pʼ b tʰ tʼ d tsʰ tsʼ dz tɬʰ tɬʼ dɮ kʰ kʼ g qʼ ʡ ʔ/ <p p' b t t' d ts ts' dz tl tl' dl kh k' g q' q 1> /ɸ s ɬ ɮ χ ħ ʕ h/ <f s sh zh x xh qh h> /z r ɣ/ <z r gh> /m n̪ n ŋ/ <m nd n ng> /i y ɯ u/ <i ü y u> /æ œ ə a/ <ä ö e a> /iɛ yœ/ <ie uö> /eɪ əʊ/ <ei eu> /eɛ ɤɐ ...

/ɠ̥ɵ́kʰlɪ̃̀ɟɵ̀ʛwʉ̀/ <gkókhlindjogwue> /b͡pʰ tʰ ɟ͡cʰ kʰ/ <bh th x kh> /t ɟ k q/ <t j k q> /ɓ ɗ̥ ʄ ɠ̥ ʛ/ <b dt dj gk g> /ɓ~w~ŋ͡m~ŋ͡ʘ ɗ~l~n ʄ~j~ɲ/ <b~w~gm d~l~n dj~y~ny> /f s x/ <f s h> +ATR /i ʉ u e ɵ/ <i ue u e o> –ATR /ɪ ʊ ɔ ɵ a/ <i~ih u~uh ou o a> /ue/ <u'e> nasal /ɪ̃ ʊ̟̃ ɞ̃/ <in un on>/<Ni Nu No> ...

"fake politeness, the lying, the office politics and backstabbing, the passive aggressiveness, and the buzzwords" present in traditional office environments.

His actual behavior aside, was he not correct in saying this?

/pʰ tʰ tsʰ cʰ kʰ/ <p t c ky k> /ⁿb ⁿd ⁿdz ⁿɟ ⁿg/ <mb nd nz nj ngg> /ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ/ <b d j g> /m̥ n̥ ɲ̥ ŋ̥/ <hm hn hny hng> /m n ɲ ŋ/ <m n ny~n ng> /s ɹ h/ <s r h> /ɸ ɬ ç/ <f lh sh~s> /β l j/ <w l y> /a ɔ e ɤ o i ɯ u ai̯ au̯/ <a o e u ow iy i uw ay aw> The coda palatals are written <s n> after <i>, and <is...