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- Mon Oct 12, 2026 8:09 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
- Replies: 5892
- Views: 4385378
Re: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
How do we feel about the idea that /f/ is a post-neolithic innovation? https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aav3218 I asked about this exact same thing earlier! I watched a history TV-show, where they had an interesting linguistic claim that I have not heard before. They said that bilabials ...
- Fri Oct 09, 2026 6:59 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Russia invades Ukraine
- Replies: 495
- Views: 180109
Re: Russia invades Ukraine
Malloc is no allowed to read this (you'll just get unnecessary anxiety): I heard that a second person has now died of the plague. And that this is a bioweapons laboratory, where they develop deadlier, more antibiotic resistant bacteria (or at least used to during Soviet times). I don't know how subs...
- Mon Oct 05, 2026 7:34 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Russia invades Ukraine
- Replies: 495
- Views: 180109
Re: Russia invades Ukraine
I watch a lot of YouTube content on the Ukraine war, but I have a much more optimistic view than you. We must be watching different channels.
- Mon Sep 28, 2026 5:28 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: The New ZBB Quote Thread
- Replies: 562
- Views: 985277
- Fri Sep 25, 2026 5:27 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang Random Thread
- Replies: 4303
- Views: 4657406
Re: Conlang Random Thread
Are we all doing scripts? Here's the original Laulai script: https://i.ibb.co/pB9Knphw/PXL-20260924-164030537.jpg I think I was going for a flickering flames vibe. It probably didn't come across at all. I don't have the inspiration to redo it right now, so any advice is appreciated. After you menti...
- Fri Sep 25, 2026 5:18 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang Random Thread
- Replies: 4303
- Views: 4657406
- Tue Sep 22, 2026 5:29 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: The New ZBB Quote Thread
- Replies: 562
- Views: 985277
Re: The New ZBB Quote Thread
He ze vwevwi zyi ndwinge zyi Travis. i½iÁ®±i¿ki°¿ç°
j½Vi½iÁÀk²5®³5°Û·ÝPPPæ»4°¿æ (my inability to deny the word of man named like your leg wraps, and my inability to speak like men who frequently eat sausage and liquid seen as piss...) how could I judge Travis, I who don't speak a word of German... ...
- Mon Sep 14, 2026 9:29 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang Random Thread
- Replies: 4303
- Views: 4657406
Re: Conlang Random Thread
Thanks! I'll try and see.WeepingElf wrote: ↑Sat Sep 12, 2026 5:26 amI think the address is muke@frath.net, but I am not sure.
- Mon Sep 14, 2026 8:42 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Language Practice (Help your fluency)
- Replies: 849
- Views: 1786085
Re: Language Practice (Help your fluency)
2 a) Benedictus in silva non ambulat. b) Sarcina in mulo est. c) Mulus non Paulum sed sarcinam portat. d) Mulus silvam non amat. 3 a) Benedictus mulum emit. b) Paulus non in sarcina est. c) Paulus silvam desiderat. d) Mulus cibum in monacho spectat. 姉はとなりの家を買ったんだ。私はさっきあそこからラテン語の辞書と教科書をもらったんだ。 Ane wa...
- Sat Sep 12, 2026 3:40 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang Random Thread
- Replies: 4303
- Views: 4657406
Re: Conlang Random Thread
I have lost my log-in to FrathWiki and the password recovery is not working. Does anyone know who I can contact to help me get my account back?
- Fri Sep 04, 2026 9:34 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: What are you reading, watching and listening to? - All languages
- Replies: 1466
- Views: 4502694
Re: What are you reading, watching and listening to? - All languages
I finally started reading an anthology of amateur manga I bought ten years ago. Since it's all in Japanese, it's going very slowly. And the book is very thick. Now I'm not entirely sure whether you're frustrated that it'll be such a chore to work through or happy that you'll get to spend so much ti...
- Tue Sep 01, 2026 9:23 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
- Replies: 5892
- Views: 4385378
Re: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
Back when I studied Japanese in middle and high school, I specifically pronounced what is written in romaji as ⟨r⟩ as a lateral flap, but when I see it described in most contexts I see it being referred to just as a flap, without any mention of lateralness or at most mention that it is sometimes la...
- Mon Aug 24, 2026 8:14 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Physical Media
- Replies: 51
- Views: 26037
Re: Physical Media
Books: 100% physical. Or well, I have a few PDFs for conlanging purposes, but I don't count those as books. Music: I only have Spotify and play lists on YouTube. Games: I have two games on Steam. Everything else is physical. Movies: 100% physical. I have a few DVDs and a lot VHS tapes. I really shou...
- Mon Aug 03, 2026 5:20 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang Random Thread
- Replies: 4303
- Views: 4657406
Re: Conlang Random Thread
It is a bit hard to find a reason for why such a basic word would be replaced by a new word. Not really; zompist has noted before that words related to women are particularly susceptible to dramatic shifts. (See for example Leilis’s comments on German, or for that matter English words like ‘hussy’ ...
- Tue Jul 28, 2026 8:32 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: What are you reading, watching and listening to? - All languages
- Replies: 1466
- Views: 4502694
Re: What are you reading, watching and listening to? - All languages
I finally started reading an anthology of amateur manga I bought ten years ago. Since it's all in Japanese, it's going very slowly. And the book is very thick.
- Tue Jul 28, 2026 2:42 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: What have you accomplished today?
- Replies: 1149
- Views: 1348102
Re: What have you accomplished today?
I finally forced myself to start writing my novel, and have nearly finished the first chapter. I'm not sure how much conlanging to put in it, though, nor whether to replicate the base-12 counting system. That's nice! Some while ago I forced myself to start writing my novel. I only got one page done...
- Tue Jul 28, 2026 2:40 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang Random Thread
- Replies: 4303
- Views: 4657406
Re: Conlang Random Thread
Thanks for the input on ['kønt], everyone! I'll see if I can find justification for why this word would be replaced by some other world. It is a bit hard to find a reason for why such a basic word would be replaced by a new word.
- Mon Jul 27, 2026 5:01 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang Random Thread
- Replies: 4303
- Views: 4657406
Re: Conlang Random Thread
For a language that has a consonant inventory of /p t k s m n r w y/ and a vowel inventory of /a i u/ and syllables that are uniformly CV, monosyllabic, disyllabic, and trisyllabic roots provide a total of 20439 roots. This is probably enough. Sure but my impression is that trisyllabic roots are ge...
- Mon Jul 27, 2026 4:54 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang Random Thread
- Replies: 4303
- Views: 4657406
Re: Conlang Random Thread
I have put a conlang through some sound changes and the word for woman ended up being ['kønt]. Is this too similar to a certain English word or...? Do I need to do something about it?
- Fri Jul 24, 2026 5:02 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang Random Thread
- Replies: 4303
- Views: 4657406
Re: Conlang Random Thread
Another persistent problem with my minimalist project has been whether the tiny phonology and strict phonotactics can even allow enough roots for the language to work. It really depends on how many roots the language really needs and how fastidiously it keeps roots phonologically distinct. Over the...