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I detect no dental /s/ in that video. There is more "buzz" in his /s/, but that sounds to me a result of pronouncing the sound with a stronger than usual apical quality. It's entirely possible, at least to my ears, that his tongue is even farther from the teeth than the standard /s/.

HolyKnowing, what is holding you back from picking a vowel system? Are there other design criteria that would prevent you from just having a seven vowel tirangle or something?

Yeah, I forgot to mention the kana used to stand in for vowels.

Does anyone have any examples of this between other non-Latin/Cyrillic writing systems?

I recently came across this sign for a Japanese restaurant in Korea: https://i.imgur.com/NTIVVMp.jpeg The name is Hatane, which is clearly written in Latin letters. Below that, it says Hatane again in Korean, because this restaurant is in Korea. But they've chosen some Japanese kana that look like t...

Given that the theory posits a net outward migration of Jupiter, the plausibility of type I or type II migration seems immaterial. If Jupiter can migrate outward due to unmeasured and unatested resonance with Saturn, then surely it is also plausible that it could simply stay in place.

I am unaware of anyone who claims that type I or II migration should be expected as the default unless some convincing alternative is presented. They are simply possibilities among possibilities. Since we don't know the density and temperature of the starting material, the expected gain or loss of a...

Seems like an elaborate scenario that creates as many problems as it solves, all because of something (Mars' relatively small mass) that can easily be explained by chance.

It's 28 letters.
I believe in you.

This pdf is pretty good, because it's succinct and hits all the points you want for comparative grammar. You don't really need Arabic script knowledge, because they give you all the vowel marks. This one is a little longer and more rambling, but it's better for the details. Again, vowel marks are i...

I was able to find this resource:
https://www.rogerblench.info/Language/N ... au/Ninzic/
No idea how trustworthy it is, but it looks like all these languages have a more complex consonantal phonemic inventory than what is seen in this spinnet.

All the Ninzic languages I can find evidence for have much bigger phonologies than what is suggested in that sample. Again, does this orthography skip over any phonological information?

Is there any information loss in the orthography: tone, length, etc.?

I think I see where Travis is going. Superficially this does look like Cham. But I don't think that's it.

Speaking of more fantasy than hard SF, the TOS episode Errand of Mercy makes wonderful use of the trope of the advanced civ that appears to be primative. They are essentially a foil to give the Federation a chance to oppose the Klingon Empire in a way that shows them to be similar in their arrogance...

The question of stagnation is an interesting one. On the one hand, our society has gotten more interesting and complex, and made more esoteric things to care about, over the years. But on the other hand, every single one of those interesting complexities is something that greatly decreases the proba...

Something Austronesian...

Are "yeah" and "nah" the only examples of the TRAP vowel in absolute-final position?

Ofo has a pretty normal orthography, IIRC.

Well done Karch. Perfect difficulty level.