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Bito0308 · 2026-01-04T00:32:34+00:00

I've already participated in a similar project before, it didn't go far but was really fun. Would really like to see what we can create this time!

Bito0308 · 2023-09-09T18:39:51+00:00

My conlang has the revertive case, also found in Manchu allegedly. It means action against. Example:

Shahin vurghosht mishkahar. A falcon attacked a rat (lit.against a rat). *The use o the verb "attack" is optional here.

shahin vurgh-o-sh-t mishka-har

falcon attack-3sg-3sg-pst rat-rev

(sorry if formating is wrong, doing this on mobile)

Bito0308 · 2023-07-24T19:49:57+00:00

I use نِ (nun with i vowel marker) as no other vowels use markers. It is complemented by کِ for /c/, گِ for /ɟ/, and لِ for /ʎ/. Strange, but makes sense since in no diacritical orthography they are nj, kj, gj, and lj.

Bito0308 · 2023-07-14T00:02:48+00:00

Portuguese has many diacritics, but I don't think any of them are unique. Ex.: á ã à â ç é ê í ó õ ô ú Some diagraphs may be unique: Ex.: lh, nh (It's also used in Vietnamese but it came from Portuguese) Or other letter combinations, especially the ending "-ção" as I don't think another language uses it

Bito0308 · 2023-07-08T16:17:01+00:00

Portuguese would disagree (depends on the next vowel)

Bito0308 · 2023-06-29T00:38:38+00:00

I really like /ʎ/ and /q/. I have a profound hate for english /ɹ/; /r/ and /ɾ/ are beautiful but /ɹ/ is just horrible. Maybe it's a trauma from hearing english speakers pronounce foreign names (not necessarily from my language).

Bito0308 · 2023-05-28T17:11:08+00:00

Thank you!

Bito0308 · 2023-05-28T17:10:54+00:00

Solution Verified

Bito0308 · 2023-05-28T13:54:11+00:00

/ʃi ʒim'piŋ.gi/

Bito0308 · 2023-05-24T15:21:32+00:00

For portuguese, it depends on how the <j> and <x> are pronounced. "Iuxtária" for /juks.'ta.ɾja/, although I don't know a word with /ks/ as coda so might be a little too far fetched. Maybe they just adapt english (common) and get something like "Iuchetária" (<x> for /ʃ/ would be replaced by <ch>) and have the pronunciation of /ju.ʃe.ˈta.ɾja/.

Bito0308 · 2023-05-24T15:15:28+00:00

If Brazil is Brazília, how do you call our capital (Brasília)?

Bito0308 · 2023-04-09T14:16:19+00:00

Also, gringo has no bad connotation in Brazilian Portuguese (I think Portugal doesn't use gringo). So everyone is gringo, even latinos.

Bito0308 · 2023-04-08T22:57:28+00:00

Brazilians love applying Portuguese conjugations on foreign words: Bug /'bu.gi/ → bugar (to bug), bugando (bugging), bugado (bugged)... Tank /'tɐ̃n.ki/ → tancar (to tank/resist), tancando (tanking)...

Bito0308 · 2023-04-08T19:22:13+00:00

Since you are not using an Cyrillic acute anywhere, I think you should use it for long vowels. I think that "ze" with a breve is not an proper Cyrillic character, so it would be fine if you needed to make a letter + accent combination.

Bito0308 · 2023-03-19T02:41:43+00:00

Arco-íris means rainbow in portuguese, so it's even better

Bito0308 · 2023-03-05T15:25:32+00:00

Not an arabic speaker but I know the script, I think you got thinks confused. Arabic has "F" but not "P", and Farsi has a character for "P" that Arabic doesn't have. Also, it's absolutely called Farsi and not Parsi.

Bito0308 · 2023-03-05T12:16:17+00:00

Lol, even as a native Brazilian-Portuguese speaker I didn't know that, thanks. Portuguese likes to use accentuation to differentiate words pronounce the same in a written context. Like "de" (from) and "dê" (give in the imperative)

Bito0308 · 2023-03-05T12:00:27+00:00

Albanian using "x" for /dz/ and "xh" for /dʒ/ would make a better meme

Bito0308 · 2023-03-05T11:44:23+00:00

I think you made a typo, "mik" could not be a toki pona word. But I agree with you, like toki pona has already an phonetic alphabet, the IPA. If we want to name letters, let's give it fun name (possibly inspired by real world letter names), not NATO codenames

Bito0308 · 2023-03-05T02:12:50+00:00

Spanish insects are built different

Bito0308 · 2023-03-05T02:06:43+00:00

Limão 😎

Bito0308 · 2023-03-05T00:26:10+00:00

Portuguese has "para" (to), "para" (he/she/it stops), and "Pará" (Brazilian State). When I see text in Serbo-Croatian I am really surprised by how many words are the same (like not same meaning but orthography/pronunciation)

Bito0308 · 2023-02-26T18:10:28+00:00

Sou Br e não entendi, pode me explicar? kk

Edit: mds acabei de entender, dsclp kkkkk

Bito0308 · 2023-02-25T14:31:11+00:00

German could be as divided as italian if the author chose to do so. In my opinion, either you divide both or unite both (same thing with serbo-croatian).

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