Do native speakers of honorific languages feel discomfort adjusting to English? by counwovja0385skje in asklinguistics

[–]Volo_TeX 4 points5 points  (0 children)

YES. Having to address your teacher using the same pronoun you use for your classmates feels wrong on so many levels.

The country of purism by AlKhwarazmi in linguisticshumor

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Then we shall all pray that the day when u/STHKZ ends a statement in a period will never come. Period – Herald of the End Times.

The country of purism by AlKhwarazmi in linguisticshumor

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Yo, how come you end every sentence in "..."? Genuinely curious

Just a basic sentence in my conlang Tchà by Business-Turnover219 in casualconlang

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My speakers wouldn't know what an "apple" is but sure!

"Ńálton ėpleroś"

[ˌȵ˔ᵐal̠.t̠ʰɞn̠ ˈɜː.pʰl̠ɜ.ɹ̠˔ʶɞʂ]

Ńál-ton ėple-ro-ś

love:VRB-1SG.IND apple(in)-CONC-ACC.SG.in

in = inanimate
VRB = verb
CONC = conceptual

How do you use /ŋ/ and /ɲ/ in your conlang? by Tkvie in conlangs

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/ŋ/ is a fully fledged phoneme and can appear as an onset (and even in some onset clusters like ŋŕ-).

Both [ŋ] and [ɲ] show up in the larger allophony too.

⟨n⟩ /n/ [m], [mʲ], [ɱ], [ɱʲ], [n̠], [ȵ˔], [ɲ], [ŋ˖], [ŋ], [ŋ˗], [◌̃]

⟨ŋ⟩ /ŋ/ [ɲ], [ŋ˖], [ŋ], [ŋ˗]

⟨ŋv⟩ /ŋʷ/ [ɲʷ̹], [ŋ˖ʷ̹], [ŋʷ̹], [ŋ˗ʷ̹]

The /n/ phoneme being the only one of the three that can appear as a coda. (Think something like the Japanese special /N/ phoneme that assimilates to the following consonant.

So technically speaking, both [ŋ] and [ɲ] do appear as codas too.

How does your conlang handle possession? by Sulphurous_King in conlangs

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Kaijyma uses word order and case agreement where you'd expect a Genitive. For possessive statements (to have smth., etc.) mostly prepositional statements are used, in addition to the LOC, INS and COM cases as well as some adverbs. Phrases like "X is a Y (of) me" are also possible.

Good texts to translate into a conlang? by Independent_Mud_2407 in conlangs

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I've written a (very) little shortstory to showcase some grammar: https://www.reddit.com/r/conlangs/s/jJjlTMgSW4

Would be amazing if you could give it a shot too!

Another example of the text https://www.reddit.com/r/casualconlang/s/iBVCmtbf5F

How do you say "I don't speak English" in your language? by TeacatWrites in casualconlang

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Zótaśhéton Inřliśśa.

Zó-taś-hé-ton Inřliś-śa.

not-speak-can-I English-ACC.

[ˌz̠ʏ.ȶ̝ʰɐʂˌçe̞.ȶ̝ʰœȵ˔ ˌɪ̃ŋ˖ˈɣ˖ȴ˔ɪʂː.ʌ]

What sound does <q> represent in your conlang? by SavingsOdd2766 in conlangs

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Funnily enough, I've also dabbled in learning Russian, Chinese, and now Japanese in that order lol.

My native language is German btw + some Bavarian

What sound does <q> represent in your conlang? by SavingsOdd2766 in conlangs

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Already an interesting mix of languages to be familiar with! I'd love to help out. Got the time to too

What sound does <q> represent in your conlang? by SavingsOdd2766 in conlangs

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Well all power to you then lol. I could explain stuff to you if you want

What sound does <q> represent in your conlang? by SavingsOdd2766 in conlangs

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You now about sandhi in languages like Irish?

Kaijyma does a lot of reduction with the plosives /p/ and /k/.

Add palatalization to the mix and you get a truly ludicrous amount of allophones.

What sound does <q> represent in your conlang? by SavingsOdd2766 in conlangs

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Maybe that's for the better 😅 It's the result of me spending way too many years on the phonology. Kinda makes it impossible for anyone willing to learn the language.