Zompist Bboard Again

Travis B. wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2026 2:09 pm Wait a second, ⟨ck⟩ after long vowels, not short vowels? Likewise doubling long vowels in open syllables, not closed syllables?

I guess I don't know germanic spelling tendencies too well; I just went with what gave the best germanic-y vibe.

Imralu wrote: ↑Sun Oct 11, 2026 4:12 am An old friend of mine has died.

khef faret khek arelrel sâminkarel fâses.
[kʰɛf faˈɾɛt kʰɛk aˈɾɛlɾɛl sæˈmiŋkaɾɛl fæˈsɛs]
khe-f faret khe-k arel-r-l sâminke-r-l fâs-s
1-NOM give.PRS 1-POSS apology-PL-ACC genuine-PL-ACC 2-DAT

I give you my sincerest apologies.

rdăċhkhįi
[ɳəʔ˦ˈtsʰi˨]

‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; checkpoint, save point (video games); moiety; geographic division in major-league sport’

tone shift.

/m n ŋ/ m n ng /p b t d k g/ p b t d k/ck 1 g /f s ʃ x h/ f s/z 2 sch ch h /v z/ v z /w r l j/ w/u 3 r l j/i 3 /ɪ ʏ ʊ/ i ü u /ɛ œ ɔ ə/ e/é 4 ö o e /a/ a /iː yː uː/ i/ie ü/üe u/uu /eː øː oː/ e/é/ee 4 ö/öe o/oo /æː ɑː/ ä/ae a/aa 5 /ai œy ɑu/ ei öi äu 1 coda /k/ following long vowels is ck , whereas /k...

"What inspired you to think of Iḫos?" "It makes me think of the Semitic languages." Ine, sarthoḫarfi Semitikarfi lerifek pinuk khel. [ˈinɛ | saɾˈtʰoxaɾfi sɛˈmitikaɾfi lɛˈɾifɛk ˈpinuk kʰɛl] ine | sarthoḫ-r-f-i Semitik-r-f-i lerif-k pinu-k khe-l yeah | language-PL-NOM-DEF Semitic-...

1. hmm, maybe I should start applying that mentality whenever I feel lazy and useless, too. (of course, I'm being sarcastic.) 2. Ṅaserrö has five color words, which I haven't come around to actually making but have had the idea for for quite some time, being a word for reds, oranges, and purples, a ...

"Yeah, sorry about this - the nhagurtas are quite dangerous. Like cassowaries, but they eat meat and are way bigger." Pheḫniki Iḫosni, iḫosref luthep, kufemsâref maqkunref nuf hutes Mâkhoqefrel fames. [pʰɛxˈnici iˈxosni | iˈxosɾɛf luˈˈtʰɛp | kufɛmsæɾɛf maʔkunɾɛf nuf hutɛs mækʰoʔɛfɾɛl famɛ...

zgtśąu
[ɽəˈʈ͡ʂʰwɨ̃˦˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety; geographic division in major-league sport’

coda [n] > nasalization.

I quite like this system actually, it seems like it's designed to prevent a single comment from taking over an entire conversation, as so often happens here. 1. I've never truly made an organized lexicon myself, but whenever I try to I always do the likeness a standard english dictionary; I suppose ...

The brutal heatwave of the past few months has finally broken and remarkably quickly at that. It has taken only several days for the daily temperature to fall from 38°C (100°F) to 18°C (65°F). Glad to hear. The transitional seasons can be weird. where I am it seems like we're not getting an autumn ...

Are we all doing scripts? Here's the original Laulai script: https://i.ibb.co/pB9Knphw/PXL-20260924-164030537.jpg I think I was going for a flickering flames vibe. It probably didn't come across at all. I don't have the inspiration to redo it right now, so any advice is appreciated. I quite like th...

I used to be big into what I would've called 'script-making' but was probably more akin to cipher-making back before I started to get into conlanging. I'd show some of them here but unfortunately I was more sporadic back then with projects than I am now, so most of them are completely unfinished and...

Always these types of languages you have like 10 words that mean "to burn" and it makes me wonder how many words a concept should have. They need not have been synonyms. The finer distinctions may simply be irrecoverable, or perhaps merely require more effort to distinguish than etymologi...

I've been encountering the sense of 'treat gently' in regard to injured limbs, especially with the 'favouring' being an indication of the injury. This initially confused me, so I looked the verb up. I’m going to go ahead and ask whether this is connected to those AI-generated videos you’ve been men...

I haven't watched the video yet because I don't have the time to right now, but I'm pretty decidedly christian, thanking for your offer. I'm impressed by your willingness to post about your faith openly, Er... just to avoid confusions, rotting bones isn't Catholic or a theist at all. /ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd...

So any converts? The power of Reason compels you! I haven't watched the video yet because I don't have the time to right now, but I'm pretty decidedly christian, thanking for your offer. I'm impressed by your willingness to post about your faith openly, especially on this platform where the majorit...

swommag tou ne Project Hail Mary tou hancenrä gyet oulaṅ yeth deg. bo moumag aṅ n'eicö swonäṅ lim peinthü ne hänsägö. [ˈs̪wəmag t̪͡s̪o n̪e(Project Hail Mary) t̪͡s̪oanˈxen̪ɾ̪̥ægjɛt̪͡s̪ oˈl̪aŋjɛθd̪eg || bəˈmomag aŋ neːxøˈswənæŋ l̪imˈpeːn̪θy n̪eˈæn̪s̪ægø] swon-mag tou ne Project Hail Mary tou cenrä gy...

Incidentally this illustrates one reason why I have mostly stopped discussing my conworlding ideas. My proposals always get bogged down in ideological debates. Here I am trying to explain why my futuristic setting avoided the singularity only for people to complain that other forms of technology be...

jal wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2026 5:43 am

KamareKitsune wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2026 5:40 pmIt seems nobody has time for anything anymore.

I have enough time, but I'm forced to do other things.

poḥeˀcʰeris nofylâ, po cotty.
[ˈpɒxeʔkʰeris ˈnɒfylæ | pɒ ˈkɒtty]
NEG-1sg-have motivation | NEG time

I lack motivation, not time.

rotting bones wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2026 9:05 am Bio-Musk (Elon Busk?) will probably edit the genes of all his children to engineer them into an army of ultraloyal supersoldiers who look like chibi anime catgirls.

I can't help but laugh when I try to imagine this kind of future.