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- Sun May 19, 2024 8:59 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Prehistoric migrations from the Near East to North Africa?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 413
Re: Prehistoric migrations from the Near East to North Africa?
Have you tried asking ChatGPT? I asked it and it did come up with one study: "Yes, you're referring to the research on ancient DNA that suggests multiple migrations from the Near East to North Africa. Studies have shown genetic connections between populations in these regions during different p...
- Fri May 17, 2024 4:04 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang fluency thread
- Replies: 2502
- Views: 1487146
Re: Conlang fluency thread
Znex, are you working on Mercian, the North Germanic language with even more Old English influence?
- Sat May 11, 2024 7:41 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
- Replies: 4731
- Views: 2102461
Re: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
Where does Swedish-Norwegian-Danish -en definite article come from?
- Wed May 08, 2024 8:59 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
- Replies: 4731
- Views: 2102461
Re: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
When did do support first appear in English?
- Tue May 07, 2024 8:08 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Challenge: American English as a separate language
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1110
Re: Challenge: American English as a separate language
Plenty of divergent dialects made it to North America in large numbers. Where I grew up, the largest ethnic group was "Scotch Irish," meaning there would have been a time when everyone in the Appalachians sounded like this child . The issue is that those divergent dialects never made up t...
- Mon May 06, 2024 7:13 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: AI in conlanging - present and future
- Replies: 24
- Views: 889
Re: AI in conlanging - present and future
I'm surprised there is enough stuff about conlanging out there that ChatGPT actually knows about it :) I've said it before in the AI thread... but beyond the 'cool toy' aspect (which I mean, it is) I don't think generative AI is terribly useful. I'm very skeptical about claims that it's going to wr...
- Mon May 06, 2024 4:54 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: AI in conlanging - present and future
- Replies: 24
- Views: 889
AI in conlanging - present and future
Has any of you guys tried to use AI in making conlangs? I am using Gemini and I was quite surprised that it can already do quite a lot - like coming up with a plausible list of sound changes or plausible semantic shifts for words. It is still lacking in many areas but I guess that is going to improv...
- Sat May 04, 2024 10:25 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
- Replies: 4731
- Views: 2102461
Re: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
Now I know, thanksTravis B. wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 9:57 amYou do know there is no good answer for that.Otto Kretschmer wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 7:01 am Is there a set date when English language became well, English instead of being just Proto West Germanic?
Wiki lists 600 AD as the beginning of Old English period though.
- Sat May 04, 2024 7:01 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
- Replies: 4731
- Views: 2102461
Re: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
Is there a set date when English language became well, English instead of being just Proto West Germanic?
- Thu May 02, 2024 6:45 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: AIs gunning for our precious freelancers
- Replies: 737
- Views: 139225
Re: AIs gunning for our precious freelancers
When do you guys think will AI be able to create fully fledged conlangs? I asked both Gemini and ChatGPT to create conlangs for me and while both were able to come up with a reasonably good list of sound changes, the overall result was not what I asked for (I asked for a descendant of Middle English...
- Thu May 02, 2024 4:59 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang Random Thread
- Replies: 3051
- Views: 2865676
Re: Conlang Random Thread
Didn't Yola and Fingalian also have Irish influence in phonology due to long standing contact with Irish?
https://youtu.be/NpKbY3P860o?si=7u0hWFp71Ra9zzYH
https://youtu.be/NpKbY3P860o?si=7u0hWFp71Ra9zzYH
- Wed May 01, 2024 7:15 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang Random Thread
- Replies: 3051
- Views: 2865676
Re: Conlang Random Thread
Anyone ever wondered (in conlanging terms) what English might have looked like if the Norman conquest had exerted more influence on English phonology and grammar but less on vocabulary?
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:01 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: A monochromatic consociety
- Replies: 8
- Views: 494
A monochromatic consociety
I wonder - how would the world look like if humans could only see in black and white? Would the development of civilization be hindered in any way? I guess at least initially there might be issues with distinguishing ripe fruits from unripe ones although humans might develop for example a better sen...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 4:18 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Challenge: American English as a separate language
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1110
Re: Challenge: American English as a separate language
I am not sure how far 17th or 18th century dialects were from Standard English but I imagine it was pretty far away. If A. Z. Foreman's reconstructions ( an example ) are any indication it is perhaps less different than you might think. Once you go pre-GVS ( Old , Middle ) is where you start really...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 9:48 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Challenge: American English as a separate language
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1110
Re: Challenge: American English as a separate language
To illustrate my point, check out this for example https://youtu.be/xhvkrIcUNy8?si=P2wSyct95TZqDJbT For me it's already a separate language. I am not sure how far 17th or 18th century dialects were from Standard English but I imagine it was pretty far away. Now all you need to do is to somehow 1. Ma...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:04 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Challenge: American English as a separate language
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1110
Challenge: American English as a separate language
What historical circumstances could lead to American English developing towards a separate language, at least as different from British English as Afrikaans from Dutch? In our world the high literacy rate of the colonists (aided by the printing press) and constant contact with Britain meant that bot...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:19 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
- Replies: 4731
- Views: 2102461
Re: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
How did the Chancery Standard (the basis for modern Standard English) come into being? Was it based on some specific dialect, spoken in a specific region?
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 7:24 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Linguistic and cultural situation after the Norse conquest of England
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2131
Re: Linguistic and cultural situation after the Norse conquest of England
We do actually have a North Germanic conlang with Old English influence - check out the Conlang Fluency Thread.
Has anyone done something the other way around i.e. Old English with substantial Old Norse influence? Would be nice to see such a conlang!
Has anyone done something the other way around i.e. Old English with substantial Old Norse influence? Would be nice to see such a conlang!
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:55 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Linguistic and cultural situation after the Norse conquest of England
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2131
Linguistic and cultural situation after the Norse conquest of England
Let's say that king Alfred loses the battle of Edington in 878 AD and dies in the battle, without his leadership the Anglo Saxons have no chances to stop the Danes and all of England falls under Danish control. How do you imagine the linguistic and cultural landscape of England to look like in such ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:06 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang fluency thread
- Replies: 2502
- Views: 1487146
Re: Conlang fluency thread
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...