Zompist Bboard Again

⟨a e i o u⟩ /a e i o u/ ⟨aa ee ii oo uu⟩ /aː eː iː oː uː/ ⟨m n⟩ /m n/ ⟨t c k q⟩ /t t͡ʃ k q/ ⟨th ch kh qh⟩ /tʰ t͡ʃʰ kʰ qʰ/ ⟨t' c' k' q'⟩ /tʼ t͡ʃʼ kʼ qʼ/ ⟨b d j g⟩ /b d d͡ʒ ɡ/ ⟨b' d'⟩ /ɓ ɗ/ ⟨f s z x h⟩ /f s z x h/ ⟨w l y r⟩ /w l j r/ (I did see this language a couple of days ago, so I’ve tried to avo...

. (I also have a tenuous unstressed /u/ in some unstressed C_V such as in mutual that in careful speech is pronounced as a full vowel but readily becomes [w] in everyday speech.) That's not unusual in words with -ual ; in fact, some speakers can have no /w/ at all, making -ual and -ial homophones. ...

Schwa epenthesis after final consonants. (Note that the schwa takes the tone of the preceding vowel.)

[çỳ.wǿɺʲə́]
偽り | つわり | hyuweolh
"perjury; alibi, especially if dubious"

This reminds me of someone I know who considers themselves a feminist -- she dunks on Muslims to no end because of this kind of thing (in addition to essentially believing in collective responsibility, where all Muslims are responsible for what some Muslims do (and all men are responsible for what ...

Well it's from a leftist, so they're not using it as a brainless offhand for "progressive thing I don't like" The brainless use is so common I'm afraid using either term about instantly loses my attention :) Same here. ...about America (and Israel) using progressive politics based on iden...

Frankly, I can't decide if this goes in here or the us politics thread (because both are relevant), but I saw this video by the Kavernacle about the rise of "woke fascism" or the use of progressive identity politics in service of illiberal policies. I'm very dubious of the 'woke' and 'ide...

Well it should be remembered that just because someone is opposed to teh Empire does not mean they are good or that they are even better than Amerika. Take the case of China, as has been mentioned repeatedly on here. If any country replaces the US as hegemon in the foreseeable feature it will be Ch...

People get sick of not having normal rounded vowels and semivowels.

[çý.wó.ɺʲì]
偽り | つわり | hyiwari
"lie, falsehood; (criminal slang) alibi, especially if dubious"

Well it should be remembered that just because someone is opposed to teh Empire does not mean they are good or that they are even better than Amerika. Take the case of China, as has been mentioned repeatedly on here. If any country replaces the US as hegemon in the foreseeable feature it will be Chi...

On that note, I assume that I'm not odd in having a very tenuous unstressed /i/ in many unstressed C_V positions that in careful speech is pronounced as a full vowel but which readily becomes [j] or even disappears in everyday speech. (I also have a tenuous unstressed /u/ in some unstressed C_V such...

I was today years old when I realized that for me, I think I approach* [-ʃɪ-] in “associate” the noun and [-sɪ-] in “associate” the verb (plus a reduced vowel in the ultima of the former whilst it’s full in the latter). * I’m not 100% sure what is going on but I perceive some sort of nontrivial dif...

Existential copula: The existential copula is ga , which is an intransitive verb that is special because it is not marked for 3rd person singular arguments regardless of animacy. Relative clauses: Relative clauses are placed directly after the qualified NP, and for core arguments rely a gap strategy...

Now, material for Janko... one, ni * two, ca * three, sam * four, dura * five, lise six, mik seven, yola eight, wat nine, lahi ten, tim eleven, ni * ut tim twelve, ca * ut tim thirteen, sam * ut tim fourteen, dura * ut tim fifteen, lise ut tim sixteen, mik ut tim seventeen, yola ut tim eighteen, wat...

ɬ > ç

[i̥.çɨ́ᵝ.ɰᵝá.ɺʲì]
偽り | いつわり | ihluwali
"lie, falsehood"

Of course, I use ergative and accusative in non-standard fashions to refer to marked arguments of intransitive verbs in a fluid-S arrangement along with antipassive and passive verbs, where agentive S is direct for animates and ergative for inanimates and patientive S is accusative for animates and ...

I personally, as you can see from my currently-unnamed new language (but I have used similar schemes in other languages as well), like to have three cases, a direct case, an ergative case (even though I often call it an agentive case), and an accusative case (even though I often call it a patientive...

What's that in referrence to? If you define it as ‘verb + object’, you’re forced to conclude that VSO languages don’t have predicates — and therefore their clauses don’t have any head at all! ‘Head’ may be an ill-defined term, but to me, that’s going a bit too far. I.e. the idea that objects separa...

I am personally of the view that resorting to logic and theory to justify how languages act, and questioning if something attested in a given language is possible when it does not correspond to said logic and theory, is probably not the greatest of ideas. What's that in referrence to? If you define...

Here is my latest language, with some examples taken from this board: <a aa b b' c ch c' d d' e ee f g h i ii j k kh k' l m n o oo q qh q' r s t th t' u uu w x y z> Yooriwim nitkun xaalat saha. Ruuhraatac'a q'omahi fera hat gich tik'aa. Yooric'am aqwa ficcat cola. Wanniziyetha sun ha qhamaniziye fad...

I am personally of the view that resorting to logic and theory to justify how languages act, and questioning if something attested in a given language is possible when it does not correspond to said logic and theory, is probably not the greatest of ideas.