Zompist Bboard Again

at some point I should compile lists of sound changes for Sino-Tibetan (and probably Nivkh to the extent that that's possible) That would be both awesome and welcomed. To that end, I would like to solicit help. The Index is well over 300 pages deep and fixing it all myself would be a tall order, wh...

Not a headline, but I found myself pretty confused by Raphael’s vent: About 11 months after I got my new mouse, it's already showing first signs of the things that made me put the previous mouse in a drawer. …until I realised that they were probably talking about a computer mouse rather than a live...

The other day I received a copy of Gordon Whittaker’s book on how Nahuatl actually had a logosyllabic writing system, and it made me want to do one for CT. Some preliminary concepts: https://i.imgur.com/9QHOEjp.jpg Color is a meaningful distinction in this system; sometimes, changing the color schem...

doctor shark wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 3:35 pmI like money. (Just finished making this.)

I keep forgetting to message you with a picture. I’m still interested.

By year’s end, I’d like to publish a revised and expanded edition of the Index . On Reddit, /u/SquiDark was kind enough to prepare a laundry list of errata, which I hope to incorporate. My goals include the following: - Correct the errors and typos—except for the word “changeling” in the changelog, ...

Can I just say I recently acquired a copy of Whittaker’s book on Aztec script and I’m in love with it? It’s unusual, it’s clever, it’s bonkers (the color of the ink is a meaningful distinction in some cases.) I want to make a conscript like it now…

You might be interested in the Baining language Mali, which lenites /p t k/ to /β ɹ ɰ/ intervocalically (which domain includes some closely-bound words), but also has underlying /β ɹ ɰ/. My current conlang does the same, but a syncope rule means that some consonants undergo lenition even when not i...

Thanks for all the feedback, everyone! Imaybe there's a thread there, that when you conquer a big realm it's sometimes useful to divide people into little groups in order to keep people in their place. ancient china seems to be a good example of this idea (as is current north korea). the koreans app...

Given that [β̞ ð̞ ɣ̞] are attested as conditional allophones of /b d ɡ/ in Spanish (for example), is it attested to have [β̞̃ ð̞̃ ɣ̞̃] as conditional allophones of /m n ŋ/, perhaps as an intermediate step toward long nasal vowels or Portuguese-style nasal diphthongs? Correct me if I’m wrong, but I ...

Have any of you on the board incorporated some sort of caste system into your settings? If so, how did you do it? ———— I’m thinking about giving the Tim Ar a caste system. The initial divisions I am thinking of: - Nobility: These guys run the empire, are related to someone who does, operate a suffic...

(I hope the necro will be pardoned. I’m trying to be more active on the board; I take much and give too little in return. I think this was a substantial enough post to justify bringing this one back.) I think of myself as starting conlanging in earnest in 2009, but it wasn’t my first attempt at the ...

If I can use a term WeepingElf uses…ROCK’N’ROLL! I first really started reading this at the doctor’s the other day and I’m very impressed by how much cool stuff phonologically is going on and by how much character this language has despite its brief descriptions here.

How is Atla doing nowadays? It looks like (on Frath, anyway) the elves have returned?

I am curious to see how this turns out.

"Time is sight, gravity is desire", the Stellaris quote, in CT cuneiform: that is awesome work. is that from the Worm events? (whether it is or not, kudos) now I'm curious how the scripts differ, with or without that as the example text to compare. Thank you! It might be—I wouldn't know a...

Laghá ĝár, ör laghá genr.
[làʕhá ŋáɹ | ø̀ɹ làʕhá ʕèndɹ̩]

laghá

CAUSE.STATE

ĝár

vouch

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but.S

laghá

CAUSE.STATE

genr

observe

'Trust, but verify.'

Minor vent: I’m trying to build a faux-Latin language for my conworld and I am having difficulty tuning the sound changes to get the feel of it while not completely ripping it off or getting uninteresting results.

I fear I may be having a midlife crisis. I’m not even 30.

quinterbeck wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 3:19 amIs that a model railway turntable or some other kind?

Some other kind—it plays records. Now I can listen to my death metal vinyls without using the record player in the family room, so no one will be bothered.

I ordered a turntable and it has arrived. It sounds (and looks) fabulous!