Zompist Bboard Again

I'm ready if everyone still wants to start on April 1. Man in Space, do you want to edit the first post, or start a new thread? Also, it's your show, but maybe message the people involved to remind them of their place in the schedule. I'm still down, and those are good ideas. Thank you. Everyone: P...

I'd be up to participate.

/ʃ ç j/ > s /t͡ʃ/ > /t͡s/ /iɐ̯ yɐ̯/ > /ɨ/ Umlaut caused by /i y u/ in post-tonic syllables, causing /ɨ eː øː e ø ɛ/ > /i iː yː i y e/; then /i y u/ are lost where possible. /ɰ/ > /v/ Final devoicing, including /l n/ > /ɬ n̥/ Post-tonic long vowels shortened. Unstressed /i a/ > /ə ɐ/ /x t/ > /s t͡s/...

Bisyllables are reanalysed as sesquisyllables with the form CVC.C̩(C). Stress is shifted to the first vowel, and the second syllable is reduced to a single syllabic consonant with an optional coda. Syllabic /k/ shifts to /ɰ̩/. /iaC/ becomes /is.C̩/. Coda /w ʁ/ > /f/ /ʁ/ > /j/ /pl/ > /c/; then all /...

Coda rhotics metathesise into the onset /i̯/ > /l/ following a consonant; /ll/ > /dl/ Creaky voiced vowels glottalise the onset. /lṼ rṼ/ > /nV/ Nasal vowels denasalised before nasal consonants Short vowels lax /i y u e a/ > /ɪ ɨ ʊ æ ʌ/, then long vowels shorten /ʁr ʑr/ > /qr ɟr/ /c͡ɕ/ > /c/ /ɲlek ʈ...

1: Nasal diphthongs precipitate their nasality as a consonant; homorganic before a consonant and /æ̃ɔ̯̃ ə̃ɨ̯̃ ɐ̃ũ̯ ẽɪ̯̃/ > /æŋ əŋ ɐm eɲ/ otherwise. /i e æ/ > /ɨ i e/; /æɔ̯/ > /eɔ̯/ > /eu̯/ Coda /ʎ/ > /u̯/, otherwise coda approximants lost /θ ð x/ > /f v f/ /ˈfu ə ˈizə ɐmˈmeŋ ˈniʒəŋ ˈʎɐu̯ɾə ɐi̯ˈgweu̯...

/t͡s d͡z/ > /θ ð/, /ð̞/ > /ð/ Vowels lengthened it stressed syllables followed by a resonant or word-finally, and when nasalised; then /iː uː eː əː oː aː/ > /ɐi̯ ɐu̯ eɪ̯ əɨ̯ oʊ̯ æɔ̯/ Unstressed /i u/ > /ɨ/, /e o/ > /ɐ/, /a/ > /ɐ/ Coda /l/ > /ʎ/ Toz ells éssers humans neixen lliures i igualls en dig...

Verschärfung; /ɪ̯/ > /k~ɡ/, then /ɑ/ merges with /a/ /ɒ/ > /ɔ/ /xw ɣw sw/ > /kw ɡw t͡sw/ /ɥɛ/ > /i/ /x ʎ/ > /h ɲ/ /ɐ/ > /ɨ/ /ˈkʍak ɪˈʃak ɨ hɛˈɲak ˈɡwɔ ‖ ɨ sɨ ˈsak ɡʊˈzaɡŋ | ak ˈdaɡ.ʁɨ ɡwaɡˈzakʔ ‖ ɨˈʁak | maʊ̯ ɾɔkˈtɾiʔ | ɛ ˈɲɛk t͡swɔ hɛˈɲak ɨ/ Cuo išia a heusliuí uos. A sa só Guzóng, á daula Uózór. ...

/iː yː uː øː oː aː/ > /æɪ̯ ɔɪ̯ ɑʊ̯ œʏ̯ ɒʏ̯ ɑɛ̯/ /ɫɥ/ > /ʎ/, /ɫ/ > /ʁ/ /tw kw/ > /t͡sw k͡xw/ > /sʷ ʍ/ coda /s/ lost, /ɾ/ > /ʔ/ /ˈʍɒʏ̯ ɪˈʃjɑɛ̯ ɐ xœˈʎæɪ̯ ˈwɒ ‖ ɐ sɐ ˈsɒʏ̯ ɡʊˈzɒʏ̯ŋ | ɑɛ̯ ˈdɒʏ̯.ʁɐ wɒʏ̯ˈzɒʏ̯ʔ ‖ ɐˈʁɒʏ̯ | mɑʊ̯ ɾɔɪ̯ˈtɾɥɛt | ɛ ˈʎœʏ̯ sʷɒ xœˈʎæɪ̯ ɐ/ Cuo išia a heusliuí uos. A sa só Guzóng. Á d...

/p b t d k l/ > /t͡ɕ d͡ʑ ɬ z h ɲ/ before front vowels. Post-tonic /ə/ lost; then any resulting final post-consonantal /j/ > /i/ Rounding harmony within a word, with preference towards rounding Final /m n nn/ > /mp nt ŋ/ Post-vocalic /l ɾ/ > /o̯ a̯/ [ˈt͡ɕyːa̯ eˈʃeː ə føs.høˈɬyːnt ˈvøst ‖ ə sə ˈsɔŋ d...

The other day, I looked through a copy of Linguistics For Dummies figuring that it was a safe bet I could find what postpositions were, as they were part of a definition I had kindly been given a few days before that. Except the book didn't have them, not in the index or the table of contents. {as ...

I have a friend who has GOAT (and no /l/) in at least some of these al- words. I'd guess it's the result of an earlier irregular l-vocalisation. Why would that be an irregular l-vocalisation? If the /l/ is vocalised to /u/, you get /ɔu/, which is close enough to GOAT to shift over? JAL Cause it doe...

The other day I heard someone say almost /ɔʉ̯mɔʉ̯st/, with what sounded like a GOAT vowel in the first syllable. That's not plain /l/-vocalisation; I'd say [ˈʊw̠mɔʉ̟̯s]. (as usual I’m not certain about my exact realisation of /r/) Australian r has something weird going on. I'm very unsure about wher...

/kj d͡zj ɟ/ → /t͡ʃ d͡ʒ d͡ʒ/ /t͡s d͡z/ → /s z/ /oə uə iə/ → /øː yː iː/ Rounded vowel harmony; if a word has one front rounded vowel then all other rounded vowels become front. Final /l r/ → /ɥ/ Final /s x/ → /j/, /ij oːj øːj/ → /iː øːɥ øːɥ/ /l j/ → /n ɲ/ after a nasal vowel; nasal vowels denasalise....

Stressed /æ/ → /jɑ/ Nasal vowels denasalised /ɛ̃ õ ã õũ̯ ɛ̃ũ̯ ɛ̃j/ → /æ ɔ ɑ ɑo̯ æo̯ æe̯/ /stj/ → /ɕt͡ɕ/ /j ʎ ɥ/ → /ʑ/, lost after an obstruent, → /ɕ/ word-finally final /e̯/ → /k/ /u o ɔ e a/ → /y u o ø ə/, /o̯/ → /u̯/ /ʃ ʒ/ → /x ɻ/ /ɲ ɲʑ/ → /nd͡ʑ/ /d g/ → /t k/ /bɑˈnæ oɕuˈʑæ ɛ ˈɕt͡ɕɑ o puˈlɑɕ itəˈ...

Geminates palatalised /sː nː/ → /ɕ ɲ/ Long vowels break /iː oː aː ɔː/ → /ɑi̯ u̯i ɛi̯ ɔu̯/ Vowels lax in closed syllables /i u e o ɛ ɔ a/ → /ɪ ʊ ɛ ɔ ɛ ɔ æ/ Vowels next to a nasal segment nasalise, then nasals adjacent to a word boundary or another consonant are lost In stressed syllable onsets /p t ...

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