Finally finished this beast, one of the daughter langs of a conlang I've been working on for some time.
Thoughts? I'm mostly worried about its differences with its original language, Pretistelen (link in the doc): I'm good with sound changes, but not really with morphosyntactic changes.
Pretistelen Mega-Project
Re: Pretistelen Mega-Project
I just glanced through, but it looks very well organized. I'll give some of my thoughts.
<oy> can be either /ø/ or /oy/. Is this intentional?
Some of the diphthongs are quite awkward, especially /oy/ and /ay/. But I guess some language has to have them.
Are doubled consonants geminates?
In the morphology section you could maybe explain a little more what the different things are used for. For example the intensifier, what is that really?
When doing interlinears, you could add a one more line between the first and second, where you divide the conwords into their constituent morphemes.
I think the words themselves are generally quite pretty or interesting. My favorites are ethyr and tértértolostan
<oy> can be either /ø/ or /oy/. Is this intentional?
Some of the diphthongs are quite awkward, especially /oy/ and /ay/. But I guess some language has to have them.
Are doubled consonants geminates?
In the morphology section you could maybe explain a little more what the different things are used for. For example the intensifier, what is that really?
When doing interlinears, you could add a one more line between the first and second, where you divide the conwords into their constituent morphemes.
I think the words themselves are generally quite pretty or interesting. My favorites are ethyr and tértértolostan
My latest quiz:
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Re: Pretistelen Mega-Project
German has /ɔʏ/.Qwynegold wrote:Some of the diphthongs are quite awkward, especially /oy/ and /ay/. But I guess some language has to have them.
Also, good stuff! I'd like to see more of it with more detail.
ìtsanso, God In The Mountain, may our names inspire the deepest feelings of fear in urkos and all his ilk, for we have saved another man from his lies! I welcome back to the feast hall kal, who will never gamble again! May the eleven gods bless him!
kårroť
kårroť
Re: Pretistelen Mega-Project
Oh, that's right. Ew.
Btw, do you happen to know of e.g. any YouTube clip where I can listen to people using this diphthong? Because all I ever hear is [oi].
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Re: Pretistelen Mega-Project
Pretty much anyone speaking German Standard German without regionalisms will do, as will the German voice in Google Translate
ìtsanso, God In The Mountain, may our names inspire the deepest feelings of fear in urkos and all his ilk, for we have saved another man from his lies! I welcome back to the feast hall kal, who will never gamble again! May the eleven gods bless him!
kårroť
kårroť
Re: Pretistelen Mega-Project
Thanks for the feedback!
Yes, doubled consonants are supposed to be geminates. [ø] will probly get represented as <oý> or <oŷ> (depending on length), but on the other hand [ay], [ey], and [oy] have virtually never actually come up (at least so far), so such a change may not be necessary.
Yes, doubled consonants are supposed to be geminates. [ø] will probly get represented as <oý> or <oŷ> (depending on length), but on the other hand [ay], [ey], and [oy] have virtually never actually come up (at least so far), so such a change may not be necessary.
Re: Pretistelen Mega-Project
Really? Huh, that explains it then.
My latest quiz:
[https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/25 ... -kaupungit]Kuvavisa: Pohjois-Amerikan suurimmat P:llä alkavat kaupungit[/url]
[https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/25 ... -kaupungit]Kuvavisa: Pohjois-Amerikan suurimmat P:llä alkavat kaupungit[/url]
Re: Pretistelen Mega-Project
I like this, but wow are the verbs highly inflected - Ancient Greek but worse! Very well set out too. I wonder if the necessitive mood is ripe for merger with the subjunctive if the only difference is vowel length?