Old Chinese wasn’t monosyllabic, though.foxcatdog wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2025 11:27 pm You can't really approximate sound changes onto different language families to much. How would you approximate processes like umlaut. You can't start with a mostly monosyllabic language and end up with Torres-Banks style metaphony or approximate englishes process of final syllable reduction with an already monosyllabic language.
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You can if you're making a bogolang...I think one of the more famous examples of this is Wenydyk(sp).
i thought Old/Middle English had umlauts.How would you approximate processes like umlaut.
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ah, okay. thanks for clarifying that.
I think bogolangs go more with the line from Tremors: "We must do what we can, with what we have."...which means allowing for areas where exact 1:1 correspondances can't happen.
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Yes, but IIRC OC had only a limited number of multisyllabic words that were not sesquisyllables.bradrn wrote: ↑Fri Jan 31, 2025 12:03 amOld Chinese wasn’t monosyllabic, though.foxcatdog wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2025 11:27 pm You can't really approximate sound changes onto different language families to much. How would you approximate processes like umlaut. You can't start with a mostly monosyllabic language and end up with Torres-Banks style metaphony or approximate englishes process of final syllable reduction with an already monosyllabic language.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.