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26  Creation of the Language / The Lab / Re: Phonotactics! on: December 15, 2016, 04:26:03 pm
I'm not a huge fan of consonant clusters ending in "l" - they sound awkward. Aside from "bl", "gl", "jl", and "vl", i propose we get rid of those. I'll add more later once I finish this essay I have to write.

Interesting idea; I actually like the idea of keeping only those four.
27  Creation of the Language / The Lab / Phonotactics! on: December 15, 2016, 03:55:25 pm
Phonotactics deals with the combinations of phonemes that are allowed in a language. For example, "pit" can be a word in English, "spit" can be a word in English, but "fpit" can't because f and p can't go together. This video does a good job of explaining it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Up5hSm7LYI

Anyway, here's my proposal for Terris:

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Acceptable syllables are (C)(C)V(C)

Here are the consonants/consonant combinations that should be allowed in the onset:

b bl br bw by
c cl cw
d dj dl dw dz
f fl fr fw fy
g gl gr gw gy
h
j jl jw
k kl kr kw* ky
l
m ml mw
n nl nw
p pl pr pw py
q
r
s sl sw
t tc tl ts tw
v vl vr vw vy
w
x
y
z zl zw

Every consonant is allowed in the coda except h and q.

*this one is pretty similar to q; I'm not sure whether we should include it or not.

Let me know what you think!
28  Creation of the Language / The Lab / Re: A name for the language and other vocabulary. on: December 15, 2016, 02:42:33 pm
We have decided on a phonology and an orthography, but what about phonotactics? I think we need to decide what syllable structures are allowed and what sounds are allowed to appear next to each other before we get too carried away with vocabulary.

Yes, good idea. Do you have any ideas?

I can write something up and post it in another thread and see how people like it or want something else. I'll make it so that all words people have come up with are allowed and we don't need to undo anything.
29  Creation of the Language / The Lab / Re: Basic Pronunciation on: December 15, 2016, 02:38:36 pm
I also like evergreen's idea.
30  Creation of the Language / The Lab / Re: Basic Pronunciation on: December 13, 2016, 08:51:08 pm
What about stress? I think the words that people have come up with so far sound best when the last syllable is stressed. Kind of gives a Hebrew vibe to the language.

Also as I said in another thread we need to figure out phonotactics--I vote we make it fairly lax, but not too much (e.g. sdfwerewr should not be a word). I am willing to help on the specifics of that.
31  Creation of the Language / The Lab / Re: Pronouns on: December 13, 2016, 08:48:29 pm
What if you want to refer to a group that includes both people and inanimate objects? E.g. "Even though they are very far apart, Bob and the planet Neptune have a lot in common."

I would use the personal one for that (eor) but it's an interesting question.

Anyway, I like the pronouns as they currently are in the draft post.
32  Creation of the Language / The Lab / Re: Grammar and Syntax Megathread on: December 13, 2016, 08:40:37 pm
second question (assuming we're covering at least like two or three different features with verb affixes) - fusional or agglutinative? (basically, do we want to have e.g. one affix that means third person singular indicative past tense, or do we accomplish this by stapling together separate affixes that mean one of those things each)

i would strongly prefer the latter

A mix that leans toward the latter? (so the latter, but it's contracted somehow so words don't get impossibly long)

I agree with you on this.
33  Creation of the Language / The Lab / Re: A name for the language and other vocabulary. on: December 13, 2016, 08:21:06 pm
We have decided on a phonology and an orthography, but what about phonotactics? I think we need to decide what syllable structures are allowed and what sounds are allowed to appear next to each other before we get too carried away with vocabulary.
34  Creation of the Language / The Lab / Re: Grammar and Syntax Megathread on: December 12, 2016, 07:51:41 am
I take it "Et" translates to the English singular "they", while "El" translates to "it"?

Anyway, what should the sentence structure be? Maybe we can do something weird like OVS?
35  Creation of the Language / The Lab / Re: A name for the language and other vocabulary. on: December 12, 2016, 07:46:57 am
So, is "Terris" the Terris word for Terris? Because if so, I'm not sure how the double r is supposed to be pronounced.
36  Creation of the Language / Learn the Language / Re: Guide to Pronunciation on: December 12, 2016, 07:45:37 am
This is actually a pretty cool phonology/orthography.  Grin
37  Creation of the Language / The Lab / Re: Basic Pronunciation on: December 11, 2016, 07:13:23 pm
The a in father is [ɑ].

LLR, I would recommend familiarizing yourself with the IPA if you haven't already.
38  Creation of the Language / The Lab / Re: Consonant roots? on: December 11, 2016, 02:21:12 pm
It's not my ideal construct, but I wouldn't be opposed to it.
39  Creation of the Language / General Discussion / Re: Ideals on: December 11, 2016, 02:19:32 pm
I guess infinitive splitting via infixes is indeed possible. E.g. Say that vebelraq means "to go" (with -raq being the infinitive suffix), and org means "boldly" then vebelorgraq means "to boldly go."

But that's kind of unusual and I don't especially like it to be honest.
40  Creation of the Language / The Lab / Re: Basic Pronunciation on: December 11, 2016, 02:15:58 pm
Can we also have the letter y making the same sound it does in IPA (French u)?
41  Off-Topic / Off-Topic / Re: Introduction thread on: December 11, 2016, 02:06:24 pm
Copying LLR's format.

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