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- Tue Sep 04, 2018 7:36 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: "Hansenese" My Personal Artlang/Stealthlang
- Replies: 50
- Views: 24651
Re: "Hansenese" My Personal Artlang/Stealthlang
pretty decent; i'd add a /k/ but that's just personal perference. one thing i'd like to know: can you hear the difference between /e/ and /eɪ/? So i looked at the two sounds again, and yes i can tell the difference easily. /e/ as in the english word "heck" /hek/ and "hey" /heɪ/ ...
- Tue Sep 04, 2018 3:54 pm
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Choice of contractions in English
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11717
Re: Choice of contractions in English
That actually sounds right for me at least, with personal pronouns receiving -'m/-'s/-'re not but nouns and other pronouns taking isn't/aren't by default in everyday speech.
- Tue Sep 04, 2018 3:48 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Romanization Challenge Thread v2.0
- Replies: 988
- Views: 487988
Re: Romanization Challenge Thread v2.0
/ⁿzˤᴺɢiᴺɢ/ [nˤzˤɢiᴺq] /p pˤ t tˤ tʃ tʃˤ k q ʔ/ <p p t t c c k k q> /ᵐb ᵐbˤ ⁿd ⁿdˤ ⁿdʒ ⁿdʒˤ ᵑg ᴺɢ/ <b b d d j j g g> /f fˤ s sˤ ʃ x h/ <f f s s y h h> /ⁿz ⁿzˤ ᵑɣ ᴺʁ/ <z z ğ ğ> /m mˤ n nˤ/ <m m n n> /r rˤ l lˤ/ <r r l l> /i u e o ɛ ɔ æ ɑ/ <i u ẹ ọ e o ạ a> /aɪ aʊ aɔ aɛ æe eʊ eɪ ʊo ɪɛ/ <ai au ao ae ạe...
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 7:48 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang fluency thread
- Replies: 2554
- Views: 1502793
Re: Conlang fluency thread
Reyák'ə Šad šəyó gẽsądəča sélela əc máhla əc jəslá əc zośéri əc máhrilo zekó go. [ɾeˈjakʼə ˈʂad ʂəˈjo ˈgɛ̃sãdətʂʰa ˈselala ətsʰ ˈmahla ətsʰ dzəsˈla ətsʰ zoˈɕeɾi ətsʰ ˈmahɾilo zeˈkʰo go] yesterday=LOC Shedd fish build-NOM.PAT-DEF.SM=ALL parents-POSS.1S and daughter-POSS.1S and sister-POSS.1S and son...
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 3:21 pm
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
- Replies: 4747
- Views: 2137265
Re: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
My /oʊ ʊ/ are likewise very centralized, but my /uː ɒ/ are back. Huh, interesting, that's pretty much the opposite of what's typical in the UK, where if any of the rounded vowels is going to be fronted, it'll be the GOOSE vowel, though the FOOT vowel is central round Manchester. Isn't /oʊ/ traditio...
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 2:49 pm
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
- Replies: 4747
- Views: 2137265
Re: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
/oʊ uː/ and especially /ʊ/ are not fully backed (/ʊ/ in particular seems to be quite centralized). This seems to be the case for most people here. My /oʊ ʊ/ are likewise very centralized, but my /uː ɒ/ are back. In the dialect here /oʊ/ is typically less centralized than /uː/, which undergoes allop...
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 2:15 pm
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Innovative Usage Thread
- Replies: 572
- Views: 666346
Re: Innovative Usage Thread
When I was out at the Shedd Aquarium with my sister and much of our immediate family this weekend, I specifically recall hearing my sister pronounce to as a very clear [tɕʰʉ̯uː], with very strong affrication and palatalization.
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 2:11 pm
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
- Replies: 4747
- Views: 2137265
Re: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
My /l/ is weakly pharyngealized at most and rather tends more towards being plain velar, vocalized or not; I perceive it as more back than normal, but more in that /oʊl ʊl uːl/ are fully backed whereas /oʊ uː/ and especially /ʊ/ are not fully backed (/ʊ/ in particular seems to be quite centralized)....
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 1:47 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang fluency thread
- Replies: 2554
- Views: 1502793
Re: Conlang fluency thread
Kéžə šícə mòdə šu mettówə go.
[ˈkʰeʐə ˈʂitsʰə ˈmɔdə ʂu metˈtʰowə go]
new-SM talk-GER place-DEF.SM NEG mind-A:1S-P:3SM EGO
I don't mind the new board.
[ˈkʰeʐə ˈʂitsʰə ˈmɔdə ʂu metˈtʰowə go]
new-SM talk-GER place-DEF.SM NEG mind-A:1S-P:3SM EGO
I don't mind the new board.
- Sun Sep 02, 2018 11:09 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang fluency thread
- Replies: 2554
- Views: 1502793
Re: Conlang fluency thread
Jo concordo. Sempre est bon ad agiterle de vez en quand. /ʐəkõkoːdə sẽpʁ əht bõ aw əɖ͡ʐitəːlə də ves ẽ kwãw/ [ʐə.kõ.koː.də.sẽp.ʁəht.bõ.na.wə.ɖ͡ʐi.təːl.də.ve.zẽ.kwãw] 1.NOM.SG agree-1.PRES.IND.SG be.3.PRES.IND.SG always good to shake.INF-3.OBL.SG from.time.to.time I agree. It's always good to change...
- Sat Sep 01, 2018 10:11 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang Random Thread
- Replies: 3064
- Views: 2891775
Re: Conlang Random Thread
In Early Middle Laqar, which is a highly fusional language which can have rather long words, stress is placed on one of the three last syllables of a given word and is mobile. This is derived from stress in Proto-Laqar, which is agglutinative, which was on the left-most heaviest syllable of the last...
- Sat Sep 01, 2018 8:51 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang fluency thread
- Replies: 2554
- Views: 1502793
Re: Conlang fluency thread
Ləzeccit šu nerèwo go.
fail-GER-PM NEG miss.IPFV-A:1S-P:3PM EGO
I do not miss the errors.
fail-GER-PM NEG miss.IPFV-A:1S-P:3PM EGO
I do not miss the errors.
- Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:54 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
- Replies: 4747
- Views: 2137265
Re: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
Crab rangoon can be either for me; it is a count noun when speaking of individual units of crab rangoon ("Could you give me a couple crab rangoons?"), and as you see right here when I speak of crab rangoon in a collective fashion it is a mass nouns.
- Wed Aug 29, 2018 11:22 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Confusing headlines
- Replies: 707
- Views: 558262
Re: Confusing headlines
And it's been on the BBC for a while and it keeps catching me: Top tips for making your family swim awesome. I don't get it. Maybe it's just a British thing. Here, one of the great shibboleths of class in language is traditionally distinguishing adverbs from adjectives: using adjectives adverbially...
- Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:35 pm
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
- Replies: 4747
- Views: 2137265
Re: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
Oh, an alternative way of looking at changes like ter > tcher... sulcalisation! Rhotic vowels are typically sulcalised - indeed, /3/ is typically sulcalised even in non-rhotic dialects. And what effect does sulcalisation often have on neighbouring consonants? Affrication! I should note that in addi...
- Sat Aug 25, 2018 10:37 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang fluency thread
- Replies: 2554
- Views: 1502793
Re: Conlang fluency thread
Zíkę yúšilə laqárča q'ahtəwóxô lô sa.
some-PF sentence-PF Laqar-ALL carry.IPFV-PST-A:1S-P:3PF should DED
I should translate some sentences into Laqar.
some-PF sentence-PF Laqar-ALL carry.IPFV-PST-A:1S-P:3PF should DED
I should translate some sentences into Laqar.
- Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:45 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
- Replies: 4747
- Views: 2137265
Re: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
I distinctly remember that from a young age I pronounced mister as [ˈmɘɕtɕʁ̩(ː)] before I switched to the pronunciation [ˈmɘsʲːʁ̩(ː)], which is more common here.
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 10:28 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Secret Conlang for Spies
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9279
Re: Secret Conlang for Spies
I on the other hand found it easy to learn to pronounce [x] and still tend to hear initial [ts] and [s] as the same sound. However, learning to pronounce German /x/ (which really should be called /ç/) was trickier because I had to learn how to pronounce the allophone [ç] in isolation (because my nat...
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 10:49 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Secret Conlang for Spies
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9279
Re: Secret Conlang for Spies
I used to hear German initial /ts/ as [s], distinguished from German initial /z/ by voicing alone.
- Wed Aug 22, 2018 11:07 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang fluency thread
- Replies: 2554
- Views: 1502793
Re: Conlang fluency thread
Lahẽləla laź žiśǫnútęk'əl laź məlęnútęča sótorô ze.
language-PF-POSS.1S very split-IPFV-PART.ACT-NOM=ABL very join-IPFV-PART.ACT-NOM=ALL vary.IPFV-3PF DIR
My languages vary from very isolating to very synthetic.
language-PF-POSS.1S very split-IPFV-PART.ACT-NOM=ABL very join-IPFV-PART.ACT-NOM=ALL vary.IPFV-3PF DIR
My languages vary from very isolating to very synthetic.