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by foxcatdog
Sat May 11, 2024 5:40 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Pronunciation of Standard English in America (1919)
Replies: 122
Views: 333698

Re: Pronunciation of Standard English in America (1919)

For me there is no other way but Sen-tee-ent
by foxcatdog
Sat May 11, 2024 5:37 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Reverse Romanisation Thread
Replies: 1
Views: 12

Reverse Romanisation Thread

You come up with a romanisation system and then others try to assign it to IPA symbols

*b’ *d’ *z’
*b *d *z *ź *ẓ *g
*p *t *c *ć *c̣ *k
*p’ *t’ *c’ *ć’ *c̣’ *k’
*s *ś *ṣ
*l *ł
*w *f *j *ç
*r
*m *n *ń *ṇ

*i *o
*a

*į *ǫ
by foxcatdog
Sat May 11, 2024 5:26 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2653
Views: 274368

Re: Word evolution game

[tsɑ'ɮɔ̃:]
caląą
"our language"
by foxcatdog
Fri May 10, 2024 1:00 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: The voice of the dead: AI chat sharing thread
Replies: 10
Views: 195

Re: The voice of the dead: AI chat sharing thread

xxx wrote: Fri May 10, 2024 12:23 am these answers are not very original and, to put it bluntly, boring...
I might as well talk to the hand....
but it can be used for boring reports, where you expect a formatted robot speech...
AI is good when no one wants to talk about what i wanna talk about
by foxcatdog
Thu May 09, 2024 3:45 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Random Thread
Replies: 3722
Views: 450235

Re: Random Thread

therapist: objectively evil sound changes do not exist they can't hurt you cot-caught merger and yeismo: allow us to introduce ourselves I think the most evil sound change is turning sibilants into laterals myself. You deny the darkness in your soul, you deny your power. (edit): also does that mean...
by foxcatdog
Thu May 09, 2024 3:07 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Random Thread
Replies: 3722
Views: 450235

Re: Random Thread

therapist: objectively evil sound changes do not exist they can't hurt you
cot-caught merger and yeismo: allow us to introduce ourselves
by foxcatdog
Thu May 09, 2024 3:03 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
Replies: 4681
Views: 2058764

Re: Linguistic Miscellany Thread

english clearly stole do support from conlangs everyone claim are bad for copying it
by foxcatdog
Thu May 09, 2024 12:19 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Analysis Swap
Replies: 1
Views: 78

Analysis Swap

From the CBB if anyone is interested. I already have a thread on the CBB. Hey friends! Here's a fun activity I've been thinking about for a while—I actually tried something like it years and years ago and it was a ton of fun, thought I'd see if anyone wanted to give it a shot. The object of the game...
by foxcatdog
Wed May 08, 2024 6:43 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2653
Views: 274368

Re: Word evolution game

*c > *ts ['cɯː.kwɔjs] ciúcuois "( to a woman of higher rank than oneself ) Mrs., Ms.; ( of judges, justices ) your honour" *vowel collapse ['ɟai.ɟʷa] giúgiua "( archaising ) madam, ma'am; ( in fantasy literature ) madam, lady, milady" vowel raising [ses.'suː] sessà "planet, ...
by foxcatdog
Wed May 08, 2024 5:11 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2653
Views: 274368

Re: Word evolution game

devoicing ['cyː.pɔjs] ciúwoys "( to a woman of higher rank than oneself ) Mrs., Ms.; ( of judges, justices ) your honour" ['jøy.wɔ] iúcha "( archaising ) madam, ma'am; ( in fantasy literature ) madam, lady, milady" [sias.'sɔː] giassà "planet, wandering star" [iː] > [ei]...
by foxcatdog
Sun May 05, 2024 11:43 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2653
Views: 274368

Re: Word evolution game

[a.bá]
aba
"ocean fish"
by foxcatdog
Sat May 04, 2024 3:34 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2653
Views: 274368

Re: Word evolution game

Final vowels lost ['œqχ] diórde "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" *ai > *e ['ge.cæ̥] žiyat "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) you...
by foxcatdog
Fri May 03, 2024 6:46 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2653
Views: 274368

Re: Word evolution game

*n > *d initially

['dei.ɛ̰.tʃi]
néyecci
"planet, wandering star"
by foxcatdog
Thu May 02, 2024 3:30 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2653
Views: 274368

Re: Word evolution game

['ni:.jɛk:]
niijẹkk
"star"
by foxcatdog
Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:22 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2653
Views: 274368

Re: Word evolution game

*ð > *l
['mɔ̃.laː]
mǫlā
“mother”
by foxcatdog
Sat Apr 27, 2024 8:48 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2653
Views: 274368

Re: Word evolution game

Intervocalic voicing

[’mã.daː]
mantā
“mother”
by foxcatdog
Sat Apr 27, 2024 8:11 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Mythic World
Replies: 36
Views: 6398

Re: Mythic World

Amarin now has a concessive mood Used for when something presupposed influences something else. nanimaamiasi na sii maniima pala be.here-IMPF-Concessive-2 LNK 3.f be.that.IMPF “You’re here so she won’t be” tu ataramia wilsitanana jasamannuta nawa of arrive.IMPF-Concessive wind+spring go-Necessitive-...
by foxcatdog
Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:02 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2653
Views: 274368

Re: Word evolution game

[’man.taʔ]
mantaʔ
“mother”
by foxcatdog
Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:24 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: I have to many fantasy worlds world.
Replies: 1
Views: 78

Re: I have to many fantasy worlds world.

https://i.imgur.com/z3mTUJ8.png Here's a rough map of the Dartikan Languages spoken in the south and central parts of the continent of Andar. The Dartikan languages share many traits with the modern descendants of Imperial Tshinypal including Head Initial order, Nominalisation of verbal clauses via...
by foxcatdog
Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:04 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: I have to many fantasy worlds world.
Replies: 1
Views: 78

I have to many fantasy worlds world.

The Earliest Civilisations The oldest written language we can decipher (due to being written in an early abugida rather than a logography with some syllabic elements) is known as Jaldean spoken by the Late Literary Ashepian civilisation (the earlier periods probably spoke a distinct Ashepian languag...