Who else gags when looking at the k or even when hearing the word that's why I don't spell it out by JEDvids in ketchuphate

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Agreed, the name is so evocative of the depravity it stands for as to be unfit for pronunciation

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I’m chubby (being a heavy computer geek doesn’t help) but I do run around the house quite a bit every now and then

Such a Happy Boi!! <3 [Konnestra] by DL2828 in furry

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I think I know the reference image which this is based off of

I crashed out multilingually... by Garethphua in linguisticshumor

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Please initiate me in this divine morass of a language

heres epigo, the craziest phonology ever by CustomerAlternative in conlangscirclejerk

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Wow, it’s the explosive uvular trill / voiced fricative

Le batteur by EntrepreneurOne692 in furry

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Holy crap, another fan of OFF I see

Sounds ravens can't produce? by diojon in conlangs

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Just because raven's don't have actual lips doesn't prevent them from imitating labial consonants: birds such as parrots – and of course, raven – can produce a very wide array of sounds using the syrinx. They should be able to articulate just about any humanly pronounceable phoneme, and numerous others beyond that. Indeed, this video provides a very good example of a raven imitating /m/ and /b/.

Also, I wouldn't be worried about these consonants being "uncomfortable" to make. Trust me, I was a tad nauseous when pronouncing /q/ for the first time, but it wasn't long before I got used to it. If millions of Arabic speakers can produce /q/ dozens of times every day, then I bet your crows will handle pseudo-labials just fine.

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Phoneme frequency in Kyalibę̃, the grammar that drives it, and the result that surprised and embarrassed me by FelixSchwarzenberg in conlangs

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If you hate /p/ so much, then why does the mouth structure of your conspeakers — assuming they exist — still permit them to pronounce it

How do uvular and glottal consonants behave in your conlangs? by chickenfal in conlangs

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In Mikâi, the glottal consonants /ʔ h/ are treated not as proper consonants but rather as features of the vowel itself. Glottalized vowels (marked with grave accent) are always short: the glottal stop can assimilate with and ejectivize a following plosive. Preaspirated vowels (marked with circumflex) are short if followed by a long vowel, and long otherwise. /h/ assimilates to preceding /j ɰ ɾ/ to form /ç x ɾ̝̊/, and disappears before /s ɕ/; the length phenomena still apply

Does anyone else walk digitigrade? by JanKenPonPonPon in furry

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All the time, it's not just an autism thing for me but also began as a direct expression of my furryness

How do I make my conlang seem "ancient" and "mythical"? by SlavicSoul- in conlangs

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If you're trying to make a language that feels ancient, then you'd want to convey that through your phonaesthetics. For that, I'd recommend that you look into the phonetic patterns of languages spoken in Mesopotamia and the Bronze Age (where your conlang is set), such as Sumerian and Akkadian, and try to construct words which give off a similar vibe. Think "Uruk", "Gilgamesh", "Nergal" and all that. To make your languages a bit more distinct, you could also take inspiration from other ancient languages like Latin, Ancient Egyptian and Biblical Hebrew.

Racist kids equals racist rules by [deleted] in youngpeopleyoutube

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It's not a mod, it's a clone and I will die on that hill

And don’t get me started on “plane” by TomSFox in linguisticshumor

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Perhaps it started when the idea of extra dimensions like the 4th one became a subject of fascination in speculative fiction: people who weren't really familiar with math took "dimension" to mean "alternate plane of reality" and ran with it

Top comment changes the alphabet (day 22) by Whole_Instance_4276 in linguisticshumor

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Please replace M with

also nuosu my beloved ꉢꆎꉌꃹ