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Are there any plausible contexts for a conditional sound change of unrounding u o > ɯ ɤ? And while I've seen iw > ju, how plausible is the reverse change ju > iw (and wi > uj)? And weː joː > wej jow > oːj eːw? I bet there are. I think you were looking for something like: "ju jo > wɯ wɤ", right? Thi...

There are languages where most if not all non-finite clauses look like nominalizations, so yes.

That makes sense.

Well, if you already have creaky voice, [a, a̰ → ɑ, æ̰] is plausible.

Are changes similar to {u y → ṵ} plausible? Is this meant to be ""becoming creaky" without any condition context? Lacking any further context on the phonological system I would say "no!", but... If you have a breathy vs. plain contrast this can morph into a plain vs. creaky contrast (plain -> creak...

I quite like this. Is this the way things are in German as well, at least colloquially, or am I misremembering? I think it is also like German for those examples [:)] Das ist gut. - That/this is good. Das sind meine Brüder. - Those/these are my brothers/siblings. I think this is standard German and...

Are changes similar to {u y → ṵ} plausible? Is this meant to be ""becoming creaky" without any condition context? Lacking any further context on the phonological system I would say "no!", but... If you have a breathy vs. plain contrast this can morph into a plain vs. creaky constrast (plain -> crea...

I also have an account, so I could join on discord. As I said, I'm just not that used to it Of course, I will not oppose a majority decision, if I am the only one.

I'm in. I'm not that used to using Discord, so I prefer other options. This sounds like a really cool idea. I hope there will be enough people to make it fun.

To cheer everyone up: Here is a conlang-comedy video.

Painting with very broad strokes, could devoicing of nasals (cf. [mˠ → m̥ˠ]) or aspiration (cf. [pˠ → pˠʰ]) be classified under lenition, or do I have to come use other markers for those changes? Currently, my main language uses Gaelic's old dot above diacritic to mark all forms of mutation that co...

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We might talk about different varities of Hausa and from very different perspectives. I learned a variety were /j/ plus glottal stop gives a glottalized /j/. From a semicist perspective having a glottalized palatal as your palatal emphatic indeed looks crazy. From a general perspective if you want s...

I see the morphosyntax part, but as for the phonetics part, he simply would not have been very well versed in Semitic linguistics. He just had a very general typological introduction à la bilabial implosives are least marked, velar ejectives are least marked, etc. He even did a very standard tone sy...

Wrote my first word in my ridiculous script and probably-going-nowhere language. Which, honestly, is fine. I'm just glad to get the wheels turning again and remembering the things I have forgotten in the lull between forays unto this strange terra firma we call conlanging. https://www.frathwiki.com...

I really like the idea of combining these. This is very construction grammar like conlanging, I feel. I think assuming n to be the same for all three categories (preposition, postposition, suffix) is not strictly neccessary, right? I can't do the math, but even with small numbers I think this gives ...

I definitely want to add something to this thread. I remember this language that allowed really complex codas but only relatively simple onsets. I forgot, which one it was. Also Austroasiatic phonotactics are always fun. Sesquisyllabicity, cool clusters like the ones in Khmer.

German has a reflexive dative argument in some of these situtaion. The possessor of an argument appears as a dative object instead of the expected genitive/possessive modifier. Ich wasche mir die Hände. Ich wasch-e mir die Händ-e. 1SG wash-1SG 1SG.REFL.DAT DEF.F hand\-PL I wash my hands. (lit. I was...

Are there other natlangs that have different forms of adjectives depending on whether they're used attributively or predicatively? I'm sure I know examples, I just can't think of any right now. Are they always a few irregular forms (like English my vs. mine and lone vs. alone) or are there any lang...

Maybe the marker could have some other uses, say object is expressed by the nominative in the end of the clause and with the dative, which has usual dative meanings too, in the beginning of the clause. Sounds very plausible. This would be kind of a split-alignment between neutral marking and nom-ac...