Zompist Bboard Again

I have created a monster. /m n/ <m n> /pʰ tʰ qʲʰ qʰ qʷʰ/ <p t q́ q qʷ> /ɖ ɢʲ ɢ ɢʷ/ <D Ǵ G Gʷ> /bʱ ɖʱ ɢʲʱ ɢʱ ɢʷʱ/ <bʰ Dʰ Ǵʰ Gʰ Gʷʰ> /t͡ɬ t͡ʃ q͡χʲ q͡χ q͡χʷ/ <tlh ch Q́ Q Qʷ> /d͡ʒ/ <j> /d͡ʒʱ/ <jʰ> /ʂ xʲ x xʷ/ <S H₁ H₂ H₃> /v ɣʲ ɣ ɣʷ/ <v gh₁ gh₂ gh₃> /l r j w/ <l r y w> /i u/ <i u> /e eː o oː/ <e ē o ō>...

The Rad-Priests of Oqsh Oqsh (whose name has existed for some time and wasn't made up because of Oklo—it might be spelt different but I've mentioned it in this thread before) is a polity somewhere within the Burning Mountains (presumably on the northern face and not "in the elbow"). I rea...

I don't know enough about Sepik-Ramu grammar so have a phonology and some barebones stuff. /m n/ /pʰ tʰ tsʰ tʃʰ kʰ qʰ/ /pʼ tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ kʼ qʼ/ /ⁿb ⁿd ⁿdz ⁿdʒ ⁿɡ/ /s ʃ x h/ /v z ʒ ɣ/ /l j/ /r/ /a ə ɨ/ + length for all Nominative, accusative, dative, genitive cases + a set of locative particles. Subject...

Just one thing that comes to mind ─ you detail two entirely different fates for each of /ᵐb ⁿd/; could you detail more when each of these fates occur, assuming this isn't an oversight? Note I specify "trilling environments". I haven't decided exactly what that'll be, but it'll probably ha...

Yet another new project. Notes dump: Proto-lang: /m n/ /p b t d k g/ /ɸ s x/ /l r j w/ VdV {VgV VxV} > diphthongs b > β / V_V w > β V > Vː / _CV (also before resonant + voiced stop clusters at the same POA, i.e. /mb nd ŋg ld rd/) C[-vcd] > C[+vcd] / V_V Vs > Vː / _C Cː > C Palatalisation (blocked i...

Yet another new project. Notes dump: Proto-lang: /m n/ /p b t d k g/ /ɸ s x/ /l r j w/ VdV {VgV VxV} > diphthongs b > β / V_V w > β V > Vː / _CV (also before resonant + voiced stop clusters at the same POA, i.e. /mb nd ŋg ld rd/) C[-vcd] > C[+vcd] / V_V Vs > Vː / _C Cː > C Palatalisation (blocked in...

What is English "of" doing in what from all appearances is a Slavic name, or at least a name with Slavic components (even though the language's phoneme inventory doesn't look very Slavic)? It's an a priori lang heavily inspired by European languages. It's not very 'serious' as a conlang. ...

A lang I created mostly to play around with personal names. /ɾuːðaɲaɪ̯/ /m n ɲ/ /p b t d k g q/ /t͡s t͡ʃ d͡ʒ/ /f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ x h/ /l ʎ j/ /ɾ r/ /a e i ɨ o ø u y ɾ̩~ɚ/ /aː eː iː ɨː oː øː uː yː/ /aɪ̯ aʊ̯ oɪ̯/ And, in absence of a corpus, a personal name: (Note that all except the /av/ particle shoul...

Croatian <Chrhváçký> /p b t d k g/ <p b t d c~(c)k g(h)> /ts tʃ dʒ tɕ dʑ/ <ç č j c(i)~ç g(i)~gy> /m n ɲ/ <m n ň> /f s z ʃ ʒ x/ <f s z š ž ch> /ʋ r j l ʎ/ <v r y l ľ> Before front vowels and /j/, /k g tɕ dʑ/ are <k gh c g>, before a non-/j/ consonant or word-finally they are <ck g c gy>, and before n...

One could always romanise the glottal stop <q> or even the lower-case variant of the regular symbol (on phone rn so can't type it). Or given it only occurs after vowels, perhaps mark on the vowel. I'd use an underdot.

I spend too much time making up random inventories instead of actually conlanging. Páthani [pa˥t̪a˩ni˩] - aka minimalist Australian with tones /m n̪ n ɳ ɲ ŋ/ <m nh n rn ny ng> /p t̪ t ʈ c k/ <p th t rt ty k> /ɾ ɻ j w/ <r rr y w> /a i-ə-u/ <a i-e-u> /V˩ V˥/ <a á> CV syllable structure The non-low vow...

h.h > :.h > :.0 > :.? seems fine every language has one or two deeply silly sound changes. it's still unknown whether PIE *sw- > Albanian v- (vs. *s- > gj-) as in vajzë or d- as in diell , but either one would be unacceptable in a conlang. I think it's fine if a diachronic conlang has one or two so...

Something vaguely Papuan, anyone? (Note I'm phone-typing so a weird XSampa/IPA combo will have to do) /m n ɲ ŋ/ /p b t d tS dZ k g ?/ /p\ s S x h/ /l 4 j w/ /a e ɛ i o ɔ u/ /aj aw ej ew ɛj ɛw iw oj ow ɔj ɔw uj/ Three tones: low, high, and mid. (C)(C)V(C) syllable structure where initial clusters ar...

/ruskij jazik/ <Ruszkyy yazyk> /m mʲ n nʲ/ <m m(j) n n(j)> /p pʲ t tʲ k/ <p p(j) t t(j) k> /b bʲ d dʲ ɡ/ <b b(j) d d(j) g> /ts tɕ/ <cz č> /f fʲ s sʲ ʂ ɕ x/ <f f(j) sz s(j) s š h> /v vʲ z zʲ ʐ/ <v v(j) z z(j) zs> /r rʲ l lʲ/ <r r(j) l l(j)> /j/ <y> <-j> not written before /i/ final obstruents are alw...

/p t̻ t̻ʲ t̻ʷ t̺ t̺ʲ t̺ʷ k kʲ kʷ q qʷ/ <p t ty tw d dy dw k ky kw q qw> /t̻s̻ t̻s̻ʲ t̻s̻ʷ t̺s̺ t̺s̺ʲ t̺s̺ʷ tɕ/ <tz tzy tzw ds dsy dsw tsh> /p’ t̻’ t̻ʲ’ t̻ʷ’ t̺’ t̺ʲ’ t̺ʷ’ k’ kʲ’ kʷ’ q’ qʷ’/ <ph th thy thw dh dhy dhw kh khy khw qh qhw> /t̻s̻’ t̻s̻ʲ’ t̻s̻ʷ’ t̺s̺’ t̺s̺ʲ’ t̺s̺ʷ’/ <tzh tzhy tzhw dsh dshy...

Finnish meets Japanese Proto-lang: /m n/ /p t k/ /s/ /l j w/ /a e i o u/ (C)V(C) w > v l > j / C_ {e i} > 0 / _j j > 0 / _{e i} {p t k s} {m l} > ʔ n / _$ p > ɸ {ɸ m} t k s > β ð ɣ ɹ / V_(j)V ! _(j)V{ʔ #} t k s > d g d͡z / n_ ! _(j)V{ʔ #} ʔ > 0 / ! _C(j)V{ʔ #} ʔC > Cː β ð ɣ > v d h t d > t͡s d͡z / _...

/ht hc hk/ <t ch kh> /t c k/ <d j k> /mb nd ɲj\ ŋg/ <b nd nj nk> /B ð j G/ <v z y g> /hm hn hɲ/ <p nt nch> /m n ɲ ŋ/ <m n ny ng> /r x~h/ <r h> /a ɔ e ø o i y M u/ <a aw e oe o i we u w> Karezamuro nganeduyo kanganajirizuyogire, duharamukare goete, nda damageduyo kerugahananje ywekhinang.

My own solution: /k͡pʰa ʊ̯ɔɻsæg/ <Kᵛ’a uoṛsäg> /m n n͡m ɳ ɳ͡m ɲ ɲ͡m ŋ ŋ͡m/ <m n nᵛ ṇ ṇᵛ ñ ñᵛ ŋ ŋᵛ> /b t tʰ d t͡p t͡pʰ d͡b ʈ ʈʰ ɖ ʈ͡p ʈ͡pʰ ɖ͡b c cʰ ɟ c͡p c͡pʰ ɟ͡b k kʰ g k͡p k͡pʰ g͡b q qʰ q͡p q͡pʰ/ <b t t’ d tᵛ tᵛ’ dᵛ ṭ ṭ’ ḍ ṭᵛ ṭᵛ’ ḍᵛ c c’ j cᵛ cᵛ’ jᵛ k k’ g kᵛ kᵛ’ gᵛ q q’ qᵛ qᵛ’> /ᵐb ⁿtʰ ⁿd ⁿt͡pʰ ⁿd...

/kʰɔŋ˥˩sʰo˦˨/ <K'chggsoh> /p pʰ b t tʰ d c k kʰ ʔ/ <p p bb t t dd j g k q> /m m̥ n n̥ ŋ ŋ̊/ <m hm n hn gg hgg> /r r̥ʰ/ <r hr> /f v ɬ sʰ h/ <f ff hl s h> /w l j/ <w l y> /ᵐp ⁿt ⁿc ᵑk ᵑkʰ ᵐm̥ ⁿsʰ ⁿl/ <mb nd nj ng nk mh ns nl> /i ɨ u e ɘ o ə ɛ ɔ a/ <i u ou ei e o v c x a> /iu ua ui eu oi ai au ao/ <iu ...

A perfectly sane orthography for a perfectly sane language /p b ⁿb ɓ t d ⁿd ɗ ts dz ⁿdz k g ⁿg kʷ gʷ ⁿgʷ/ <p b ƀ ƃ t d đ ƌ c j ɉ k g ǥ q ɋ ꝗ> /f v s z ɬ ɮ x xʷ/ <f v s z ç x h w> /m n/ <m n> /l j w r (ѵ)/ <l i u r (ỽ)> /a/ <a> /V́ V̀/ <æ œ> /ᵉ ᵒ/ (word-level prosodies) <-e -o> [tʃ dʒ ndʒ ʃ ʒ] <c j ɉ...