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At leuthes oʒsa atsʒen harthle bedruiccet, cens thasʒen aull ret?
It also sounds rather depressing, are you feeling okay?

Ʒe feʒn me tha niʒe tung saik ennae.
I do like your new language all the same.

Dunno if this has been discussed already here, but PIE *Hebl- 'apple' may not be a loanword at all, and instead just be a metastethised form of *meHlom. Can't track down the paper from academia.edu I originally read that in, but the gist is that an intermediate form *Heml- underwent ml → bl. Also, ...

What does it even mean for a language to be ‘too big’ or ‘too small’? It’s just… how the language works. If you dislike their phonaesthetic, fine, but please don’t pretend it’s some kind of objective judgement. (For instance, I suspect you’d greatly dislike Coptic and Dorig [see section 4.2], which...

Sure, happens all the time, if you're an elementary particle. In quantum mechanics, a particle can go back in time... we call it an antiparticle. Hang on, I thought that was exotic matter?? Tachyons (faster-than-light, but that itself still has a strange relationship with time) and whatnot. As far ...

It's generally claimed that the dialects of the Danelaw had more Norse influence - which is odd when you recall that the East Midlands dialect is the base of (standard) Modern English. Perhaps the West Midlands contribution to Modern English has diluted the Norse component. It's easier to notice th...

i½i®Âi¿j½Pj°¿emÛ½Vi¿€°®Âi½ (me not talking about words yours and heard "dignity and right", this words not understood by me...) I didn't translate "in dignity and rights" which I don't understand... Ʒe ettlet at was at ein auld weʒ til seiʒe at inn man is hawer els makliʒer en a...

How would UDHR Article 1 sound in this language? The language sounds very cool! Ahhhh, ʒ'am scirsen unden skriven slik formel oʒ teknikel wenninger, ennae ʒe ska ha ei ganne. Ahhhh, I've been avoiding writing such formal and technical translations, but I'll have a go. Aull menisker is fett laus oʒ ...

Is this supposed to be a kind of English that developed in the Danelaw area? Nair, eurcisc is ei Nordrentunge at's waʒst i the auld Dainlaw. At's ick anglisc, ut at's swar wendet o anglisc. Close, Yorkish is a Nordic language that developed in the old Danelaw. It's not English, but it's been heavil...

In Eurkrice is thar ick mang firrekin, ick sam at i Skauneiʒer whar is mickle o firre oʒ berker oʒ wither oʒ ʒeiner oʒ eik. /ɪn‿ˈʏrkˌrɛic ɪs‿tar ɪk ˈmanɪk ˈfɪrˌcçɪn | ɪkˈsamɪt i ˈskɒːˌnei̯ər ʍar ɪs ˈmɪkəl ɒ fɪr ɒ ˈpɛrkər ɒ ˈwɛiθər ɒ ˈjeːnər ɒw‿eːk/ in Yorkrice be.PRS.3 there NEG many fir-kind.PL | ...

So I've been rather obsessed (what else is new?) with a conlang a few years back called Chavakani , which as its base is a blend of Japanese, Niger-Congo, and Austronesian aesthetic. I really like the idea, but as far as I know, the project has been dead for six or so years, so I thought I might mak...

Space60 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 6:29 pm How do you pronounce?

"length"
"strength"
"penguin"
"Jenkins"

[ɫɛ~ŋ(ɡ̊)θ]
[sʈʂɻʷɛ~ŋ(ɡ̊)θ]
[pʰɛ~ɡ̊wɪn]
[d̥ʒ̊ɛ~kɨnz̥]

If by "already happening" you mean "happened 800 years ago", I agree. :) The process is so old that it affects dialects that merge syllables less aggressively, e.g. Cantonese. Ah fair, tbh my knowledge on other modern Chinese varieties is close to null. I just recall that Middle...

The result is, to be honest, pretty confusing. A single syllable in Mandarin is often ambiguous, so it has to be paired with a synonym to be understandable. To a good extent, this is already happening organically in Mandarin, certainly with nominals and intransitive verbs (plus diminutives and deri...

Man thar ick drip ei fisc i watten for a giar at wat.
/man θar ɪk trɪp ə fɪsc i watn fɔr=ə car ət wat/
IDEF.PRON have_to.PRS NEG dip IDEF fish in water so_to make 3NSG wet
You don't need to dip a fish in water to make it wet.

Iç dleins his vusçes ewrig dâ, iwn thê tnaws fat iç mein. lÀƒ±ÅR (me not understanding...) I don't get it... "Ʒe rinse hans fisc hwariʒ daw, gin tha wait hwat ʒe ettle." /jə rɪns (h)ans fɪsc ʍari dɔː | cɪn θə weːt ʍat jə ɛtəl/ 1SG wash 3MSG.POSS fish every day | if 2SG know.PRS what 1SG m...

tu mamanana tu mai na ma turais na kilikiliisjuna kilimaa pensu paka na mai GEN IMPF-study+LNK=know GEN 3.m LNK 1.m change-PERF LNK REDP-clean-PERF-Dpast-1.sg fish-pl INSTRUCTIVE help LNK 3.m “My knowledge of him changed as i cleaned the fishes with his help” Ho, war is komt a cen hwarann? At leuth...

Eshire fei! Tan suine neshekajiru ien? I like it! Have you written about it anywhere? Naie, barliʒ ha ʒe wont mi that syne the sainse maunthen. That's ei brauliʒ nye tong, end am ʒe thenken um hwar at skud leuthe. /nei 'parli(x) ha j(ə) wɔnt mi (θ)at səin θə sens 'mɔːn(ə)θən | θats ə 'prɔːli nəi tʰ...

I recently saw this video on Youtube, which compares the various modern Germanic languages using a somewhat contrived text, and I thought it would be fun to translate the text in Fake Germanic. ... The cold winter is near, a snowstorm will come. Come in my warm house, my friend. Welcome! Come here,...

Marie Antoinette's nine sisters were all also named Maria.

Travis B. wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 3:58 pm How do you pronounce hundred when you're not paying attention (i.e. not the careful, formal pronunciation) or, in particular, if you are saying something like two hundred and fifty six?

[ˈhɐ᷉dʐ̥əd̚] compared to more careful [ˈhɐndʐ̥ɻʷəd̥]