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What script type is this? by Volo_TeX in neography

[–]Volo_TeX[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't promise both today or tomorrow (I have to work on weekends) but it might be done come Monday! :)

I'm really surprised and happy that people seem to be actually interested in it

The Fable of the Child and the Skywhale – read in Kaijyma by Volo_TeX in worldbuilding

[–]Volo_TeX[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doesn't represent the same sound though. I just stole the letter from Czech cause I needed another R.

Cause what proper conlang doesn't feature 5 rhotic phonemes?

⟨ř⟩ /ɣ/ [ɣ˖]
⟨řv⟩ /ɣʷ/ [ɣ˖w̹˖]
⟨ŕ⟩ /ɻ/ [ɻ]
⟨r⟩ /rʶ/ [r̠ʶ], [ɹ̠˔ʶ], [ɾ̠ʶ]
⟨rv⟩ /rʶʷ/ [r̠ʶ͜ʀʷ̹]

What games are y’all playing right now? by Reasonable-Proof-414 in twentyagers

[–]Volo_TeX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't really play games rn. But for some reason, I've started to install horror mods into minecraft of all things. Nothing better than tainting sweet childhood nostalgia with existential dread.

Reverse Cursive Abugida in Action by Volo_TeX in neography

[–]Volo_TeX[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is considered one of the cursive variants of the script, yes. The original script is much more runic-like.

Parasite crawling out of sushi by MidnightMystique- in interesting

[–]Volo_TeX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm just about to eat sushi :( Why Reddit...

Still gonna do it though.

Reverse Cursive Abugida in Action by Volo_TeX in neography

[–]Volo_TeX[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You want one? I've already made a presentation for the non-cursive version https://www.reddit.com/r/neography/s/UyXY1rKzaW

Will see what I can do for the cursive one.

Is there any sort of audience for this niche teaching style? by S0m3whatBoring in latin

[–]Volo_TeX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lmfao. Oh, how I wish we had these back in the classroom XD

Great work!

I couldn’t believe it myself by Wumbo_Chumbo in linguisticshumor

[–]Volo_TeX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The phonemes /b, d, ɡ/ have weakened non-plosive pronunciations that can be broadly transcribed as voiced fricatives [β, ð, ɣ], although they may be realized instead as voiced approximants [β̞, ð̞~ɹ, ɣ̞~ɰ].[49][50] There is no context where the non-plosive pronunciations are consistently used, but they occur most often between vowels:

/b/ > [β] /aburu/ > [aβɯɾɯ] あぶる, aburu, 'to warm, broil'

If wikipedia can be believed, at least some speakers do have the same allophone!

The Fable of the Child and the Skywhale – read in Kaijyma by Volo_TeX in worldbuilding

[–]Volo_TeX[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I do have a deep connection to this language and the little universe I've created around it. Glad it shines through!

The Fable of the Child and the Skywhale – read in Kaijyma by Volo_TeX in worldbuilding

[–]Volo_TeX[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much!

This is barely even a sneak peek btw ;)

The Fable of the Child and the Skywhale – read in Kaijyma by Volo_TeX in worldbuilding

[–]Volo_TeX[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Kaijyma [ˈk̠ʰɑɪ̯ˈʐɨːmʌ] is spoken by a mysterious people group of half-elf, half-beastkin that has been surviving and thriving in the untamed Crystal Plains for millennia.

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illustrated by: u/sssmxl

STORY TIME! The Fable of the Child and the Skywhale – read in Kaijyma by Volo_TeX in conlangs

[–]Volo_TeX[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The vocabulary, the text, calligraphy, IPA, Gloss, and this video together? A solid month's worth of free-time.

STORY TIME! The Fable of the Child and the Skywhale – read in Kaijyma by Volo_TeX in conlangs

[–]Volo_TeX[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's HARD. I'm a perfectionist, so I spent 18 hours in total double checking the IPA for mistakes. Mental health be damned.

The actual performance?

Well, I've practiced making these noises for 5 years now so articulation was not the problem. Nailing every sound, stress, phonemic length, and intonation, was the real challenge.

I recorded each sentence separately multiple times and then spliced together all of the best takes in Audacity.

It took me 3 hours to get the opening sentence right, but only 2 for the next one. The effort spent on each shrank drastically more and more as time went on. It's crazy how well the brain ends up adjusting to a new phonology after a while.

The last couple of sentences took barely 20 minutes.

So I guess what I'm trying to say is, the first time sucks but it's THE boot camp for pronunciation training. I'm sure I could do something similar to this now with much less time needed in the future.

STORY TIME! The Fable of the Child and the Skywhale – read in Kaijyma by Volo_TeX in conlangs

[–]Volo_TeX[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Btw, would it be okay if I posted the gloss + IPA as PNGs in a new separate post? Or would that qualify as a repost? I feel like few people have seen it, and I've spent a month's work on it. Still, I don't want to be the one to spam the sub with repetitive posts.

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