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A tabulation of initial correspondences : (Language B first, for reasons I will explain later.) No. B A Ex. 1 ∅ ∅ ä ~ æ 2 ∅ ʔ ɛʊgɑʊ ~ ʔɐʊgɑː [strike] 3 p p puɾɪ ~ poɾɑː [/strike] 4 p ɸ pøɣ ~ ɸɛː 5 b p buɾɪ ~ poɾɑː 6 b b buɾɪ ~ boɾɑː 7 β ɸ βøɣ ~ ɸɛː 8 β β βɔpɔ ~ βɔpɔ 9 β v βɪːdʒɨβɤ ~ vægjuːvɛ 10 t t ...

Like most converbal forms, -Ip tends to be glossed "converb", because figuring out what each converbal marker actually does in a given language is a non-trivial exercise, especially in light of we've known converbs primarily have discourse-relevant functions for 20 years and still I dont t...

There are probably dialects of Kangshi that split *b d => ɓ ɗ (from Cb Cd clusters); => β ɾ everywhere else But anyway, let's talk about conjugation. Amqolic having a single, fusional polypersonal verb prefix is a funny coincidence -- because so did Proto-Kaam-Yerte. In Ubghuuic the agreement calcif...

Frislander wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2019 7:02 pmAt this point I would rather have the Queen march into the House of Commons, proclaim "fuck the lot of you you cunts" and bring back absolute monarchy than this satanic torture

it is good that ten years down the line we can finally all agree that moldbug was right

Xeoq xalaeq ninyeohli hmaexamonhnesa qimyisahae. Xeoq xalaeq qyihmun yihltueyi yisahae. /çɤʔ çɒlæʔ niɲɤɬi m̥æçɒmon̥n̥esɒ ʔimjisɒhæ || çɤʔ çælæʔ ʔjim̥un jiɬtɯji jisɒhæ/ I think we should take up our swords and conquer the world. I think we should focus on that. t!óó ŋáád bʰud ato-mbááŋ Praise Tengri

the proper amount of cross-linguistic knowledge to have is when you look at standard average european and go "what the fuck"

𝕿𝕽𝕰𝕬𝕿𝕸𝕰𝕹𝕿 𝕺𝕱 𝕹𝕬𝕾𝕬𝕷-𝕾𝕿𝕺𝕻 𝕮𝕷𝖀𝕾𝕿𝕰𝕽𝕾 𝕴𝕹 𝕺𝕿𝕳𝕰𝕽 𝕷𝕬𝕹𝕲𝖀𝕬𝕲𝕰𝕾 𝕺𝕱 𝖄𝕰 𝕬𝕷𝕷𝕺𝕾𝕻𝕳𝕰𝕽𝕰 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The languages of Tsalaysia and the Kho Plateau do not in general have prenasalized stops, although the...

Will you look at that, it's almost the end of January. Time for the Qishabei in Eahswa! ⁶ʔea¹saǎ ¹dǎ⁷te³göǎi ⁸pǎ ⁷te⁷nüiʔ ¹ei ¹dao ²ngǎw ¹rǎ⁵buh ²paǎ ⁶ʔea- ¹saǎ ¹dǎ- ⁷t<h>e- ³göǎi ⁸pǎ ⁷t<h>e- ⁷nüiʔ ¹ei ¹dao ²ngǎw ¹r<s>ǎ- ⁵buh ²paǎ ¹rǎ²paǎ ⁸pǎ ⁴khoǎ ⁷the⁷meah ⁷ngǎiʔ ¹dao ¹ei ⁷the⁴phǎ ⁸kuh ⁶ʔea¹saǎ ¹r...

So, Oahshw! Which I just discover should be Eahswa. Or similar. Anyway. Eahswa [ʔeah³³sɯə⁵⁵] has the following maximal syllable structure: C(j)(w)V(j,w)(ʔ,h) Diachronically, initial /b d g/ shifted to /pʰ tʰ kʰ/ when not in a cluster and /p t k/ otherwise; simultaneously, initial /p t k/ were implod...

So, Kangshuic C. As mentioned above, Kangshi itself is probably not in contact with Deghuri! This is because it has to spawn A Civilization Spreading Religion To The Tsi, and it is probably hard to do that if you are in mountains that are very far away from the sea. Admittedly the Mongols are Vajray...

If the shared conworld thing is still happening Of course it is! Now, what did you want to know? Oh, Kangshuic. Let's see... Okay this is way overdue and it won't be very satisfying but I'm going to try and get the big elements of Kangshuic diachronics out of the way here. So, first things first, t...

Western Nyipa: nyaʔepa ŋkwaʔa, "spirit-mask pheasant".
Jalvaan: piryafin, etymologically "chick, little bird".

Next: outrage (egregious violation of social norms)

At least in German, that distinction is incipient at best, since it only applies to reflexives. Elsewhere, the Dative construction has benefactive/malefactive semantics, and is usable without regard of the possession status. Conversely, while ich habe ihm das Bein gebrochen is much more natural (pro...

Jalvaan kolānepīmīn "round yam", kahašpīmīn, "golden yam".

next: (pottery) jar

Native speakers of french are, as a rule, universally incapable of spelling their native language. I've never met a single French speaker I couldn't correct on it, and the reason why is quite readily apparent if you look at the way spoken French is rendered into writing on the internet. Learners, ha...

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