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Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2014-11-09 06:27:47) :
[b]Hae, y war at vreynen. Cannen urantere voten wel? Ow had Rajoy daen ist des hynes...?[/b]
Hey I was going to ask. Can you guys vote alright? O Rajoy ha hecho de las suyas?
[b]Hae, y war at vreynen. Cannen urantere voten wel? Ow had Rajoy daen ist des hynes...?[/b]
Hey I was going to ask. Can you guys vote alright? O Rajoy ha hecho de las suyas?
owned by Thry, last edited 2014-11-09 06:27:47.
Phonologization Thread (2014-11-09 05:36:10) :
‹m n› /m n/
‹p b t d c dz th dr k g› /p b t d t͡s d͡z ʈ ɖ k g/
‹f v s z sh kh x h› /f v s z ʂ~ʐ x ɣ h/
‹r l› /r l/
‹a e i o u› /ɐ ɛ ɪ ɔ ʊ/
‹á é í ó ú› /a e i o u/
‹ai ia ue ao áe› /ɐj ja we ɐw aj/
/firɛt͡sar ɛtkɐj xɐzɐd nɐmo tɐbɪn ɐnɐros ɛktɔ ɛɣɔl vɐljas ɐndʊ dwerɔl urɔl mɐfnɪl ɛktɔ maɖos tɐlot͡sar sɛpte tɔlɐw unʊs tirɐlo ʊlene ɐʐɛn ɐgrome mɐktɔs dɛkrɛt ti tunɐ ɐʂ ɐlone ɛtkɐj tɔlɛt t͡sɐbɔr t͡sɐbɔtɛl ɐspɛn mɐwtɛl mɐwʈ dɐlja ɪn hɛso dalɣ ɐkɔl bile eɖɪs ɛlmɪn a ɐt͡s...
‹m n› /m n/
‹p b t d c dz th dr k g› /p b t d t͡s d͡z ʈ ɖ k g/
‹f v s z sh kh x h› /f v s z ʂ~ʐ x ɣ h/
‹r l› /r l/
‹a e i o u› /ɐ ɛ ɪ ɔ ʊ/
‹á é í ó ú› /a e i o u/
‹ai ia ue ao áe› /ɐj ja we ɐw aj/
/firɛt͡sar ɛtkɐj xɐzɐd nɐmo tɐbɪn ɐnɐros ɛktɔ ɛɣɔl vɐljas ɐndʊ dwerɔl urɔl mɐfnɪl ɛktɔ maɖos tɐlot͡sar sɛpte tɔlɐw unʊs tirɐlo ʊlene ɐʐɛn ɐgrome mɐktɔs dɛkrɛt ti tunɐ ɐʂ ɐlone ɛtkɐj tɔlɛt t͡sɐbɔr t͡sɐbɔtɛl ɐspɛn mɐwtɛl mɐwʈ dɐlja ɪn hɛso dalɣ ɐkɔl bile eɖɪs ɛlmɪn a ɐt͡s...
owned by Uzhdarchios, last edited 2014-11-09 05:36:10.
quote quote quote "standard" unquote unquote unquote reference grammars (2014-11-09 04:51:55) :
[b]Middle Egyptian[/b]: [i]Egyptian Grammar, Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs[/i] by Sir Alan Gardiner, 1927
[b]Middle Egyptian[/b]: [i]Egyptian Grammar, Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs[/i] by Sir Alan Gardiner, 1927
owned by Uzhdarchios, last edited 2014-11-09 04:51:55.
Bugs, Requests, and Changes (2014-11-09 03:51:36) :
...Mysteriously, [i]it actually was[/i] classified as part of Šaol's user group. Fixed!
...Mysteriously, [i]it actually was[/i] classified as part of Šaol's user group. Fixed!
owned by Rhetorica, last edited 2014-11-09 03:51:36.
Loanwords (2014-11-09 03:24:23) :
Additionally remember that in an expansionist and/or colonial empire loanwords are likely to sneak in from the territories. Languages also seem to have their own character in how easily they accept loanwords, from Mandarin's [2% loanwords] "native compounds can describe the concept better than your barbarian original" to English's [75%] "give us all your vocabulary in used notes and don't even think about pressing that alarm"[plus]Yes, these characters tend to stem in a large part from ide...
Additionally remember that in an expansionist and/or colonial empire loanwords are likely to sneak in from the territories. Languages also seem to have their own character in how easily they accept loanwords, from Mandarin's [2% loanwords] "native compounds can describe the concept better than your barbarian original" to English's [75%] "give us all your vocabulary in used notes and don't even think about pressing that alarm"[plus]Yes, these characters tend to stem in a large part from ide...
owned by Anguipes, last edited 2014-11-09 03:24:23.
Grrr Thread (2014-11-09 02:58:25) :
That's why I stopped bathing, just couldn't deal with temperature-related issues, too busy thinking big thoughts.
That's why I stopped bathing, just couldn't deal with temperature-related issues, too busy thinking big thoughts.
owned by Thog, last edited 2014-11-09 02:58:25.
Bugs, Requests, and Changes (2014-11-09 00:24:12) :
Possible bug: I'm getting messages when someone comments on prettydragoon's [#214259|Religion and Mythology], saying
[box][b]USER[/b] posted a reply to [http://anthologi.ca/index.star?id=214259|Religion and Mythology] (Project: [http://anthologi.ca/index.star?id=252|Šaol]):[/box]
(just in case it needs to be said, [b]USER[/b] is whichever username, with a /?Username url.)
Now I don't [i]think[/i] I've ever had a page named that, but I could be wrong. I'm curious what wires got crosse...
Possible bug: I'm getting messages when someone comments on prettydragoon's [#214259|Religion and Mythology], saying
[box][b]USER[/b] posted a reply to [http://anthologi.ca/index.star?id=214259|Religion and Mythology] (Project: [http://anthologi.ca/index.star?id=252|Šaol]):[/box]
(just in case it needs to be said, [b]USER[/b] is whichever username, with a /?Username url.)
Now I don't [i]think[/i] I've ever had a page named that, but I could be wrong. I'm curious what wires got crosse...
owned by Nessari, last edited 2014-11-09 00:25:37.
Looking For Idioms! Please Send (a) Post! (2014-11-08 23:44:52) :
Set phrase.
Teal'c was good at stranging those, and idioms.
Set phrase.
Teal'c was good at stranging those, and idioms.
owned by Nessari, last edited 2014-11-08 23:44:52.
Bugs, Requests, and Changes (2014-11-08 23:42:57) :
[quote ObsequiousNewt, Pixel]I don't know if this has been reported yet, or if this is considered a bug (I'd rather not read through the past thirty pages), but the inline notes show up in the lower left corner of the browser window for me. (This is in Firefox 33.0 on Kubuntu 14.10) This is a problem largely because I can't see what the note says if it's linked to something, because the link location covers up the note.[/quote]
That was a workaround for some issues when an inline note e...
[quote ObsequiousNewt, Pixel]I don't know if this has been reported yet, or if this is considered a bug (I'd rather not read through the past thirty pages), but the inline notes show up in the lower left corner of the browser window for me. (This is in Firefox 33.0 on Kubuntu 14.10) This is a problem largely because I can't see what the note says if it's linked to something, because the link location covers up the note.[/quote]
That was a workaround for some issues when an inline note e...
owned by Nessari, last edited 2014-11-08 23:42:57.
Phonologization Thread (2014-11-08 23:26:51) :
Hah, this is largely what I did with the map I drew five years ago... but I'll post it here anyway, just to see what y'all come up with. (Note that this is a list of words (and toponyms at that) and not an actual utterance but whatever.)
fírecár etkai khazad namó tabin anarós ekto exol valias andu duerol úrol mafnil ekto mádrós talócár septé tolao únus tíraló uléné ashen agrómé maktos dekret tí túna ash alóné etkai tolet cabor cabotel aspen maotel maoth dalia in hesó dálx akol bílé édri...
Hah, this is largely what I did with the map I drew five years ago... but I'll post it here anyway, just to see what y'all come up with. (Note that this is a list of words (and toponyms at that) and not an actual utterance but whatever.)
fírecár etkai khazad namó tabin anarós ekto exol valias andu duerol úrol mafnil ekto mádrós talócár septé tolao únus tíraló uléné ashen agrómé maktos dekret tí túna ash alóné etkai tolet cabor cabotel aspen maotel maoth dalia in hesó dálx akol bílé édri...
owned by twabs, last edited 2014-11-08 23:26:51.
Looking For Idioms! Please Send (a) Post! (2014-11-08 23:14:33) :
Stupid question: what do you call a phrase that doesn't have a non-literal meaning, but is still very common as a phrase, for example [i]wait and see[/i]?
Stupid question: what do you call a phrase that doesn't have a non-literal meaning, but is still very common as a phrase, for example [i]wait and see[/i]?
owned by twabs, last edited 2014-11-08 23:14:33.
Quote Thread (2014-11-08 23:05:27) :
Afrikaans sounds like Dutch as spoken by New Zealanders; or Queenslanders maybe.
Afrikaans sounds like Dutch as spoken by New Zealanders; or Queenslanders maybe.
owned by Morrígan, last edited 2014-11-08 23:05:27.
quote quote quote "standard" unquote unquote unquote reference grammars (2014-11-08 23:02:01) :
Do you want also the """standard"""[note]I keep thinking docstrings... #pythonproblems[/note] dictionaries?
Do you want also the """standard"""[note]I keep thinking docstrings... #pythonproblems[/note] dictionaries?
owned by twabs, last edited 2014-11-08 23:02:01.
Bugs, Requests, and Changes (2014-11-08 22:38:44) :
I don't know if this has been reported yet, or if this is considered a bug (I'd rather not read through the past thirty pages), but the inline notes show up in the lower left corner of the browser window for me. (This is in Firefox 33.0 on Kubuntu 14.10) This is a problem largely because I can't see what the note says if it's linked to something, because the link location covers up the note.
I don't know if this has been reported yet, or if this is considered a bug (I'd rather not read through the past thirty pages), but the inline notes show up in the lower left corner of the browser window for me. (This is in Firefox 33.0 on Kubuntu 14.10) This is a problem largely because I can't see what the note says if it's linked to something, because the link location covers up the note.
owned by twabs, last edited 2014-11-08 22:38:44.
quote quote quote (2014-11-08 19:35:29) :
[b]Mandarin[/b]: [i]Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar[/i] by Charles N. Li and Sandra A. Thompson, 1981
[b]Hausa[/b]: [i]The Hausa Language[/i] by Paul Newman, 2000.
[b]Sanskrit[/b]: [i]Sanskrit Grammar[/i] by William Dwight Whitney, 1889.
[b]Attic Greek[/b]: [i]Greek Grammar[/i] by Herbert Weir Smyth, 1920.
There are others; I'll edit them in later.
[b]Mandarin[/b]: [i]Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar[/i] by Charles N. Li and Sandra A. Thompson, 1981
[b]Hausa[/b]: [i]The Hausa Language[/i] by Paul Newman, 2000.
[b]Sanskrit[/b]: [i]Sanskrit Grammar[/i] by William Dwight Whitney, 1889.
[b]Attic Greek[/b]: [i]Greek Grammar[/i] by Herbert Weir Smyth, 1920.
There are others; I'll edit them in later.
owned by dhok, last edited 2014-11-08 20:00:43.
quote quote quote "standard" unquote unquote unquote reference grammars :
I would like people who know to help with making a list of the """Standard""" reference grammars of various languages. I would like to have this information so that I can put them in the... the thing. Obviously I'm not talking about the "best" grammars, but rather the most "authoritative" ones, the ones that are cited as being THE grammar, etc. This'll partly overlap with the thread about grammars that don't dick you around, but I'd prefer to have these separate, esp. since you may know of some ...
I would like people who know to help with making a list of the """Standard""" reference grammars of various languages. I would like to have this information so that I can put them in the... the thing. Obviously I'm not talking about the "best" grammars, but rather the most "authoritative" ones, the ones that are cited as being THE grammar, etc. This'll partly overlap with the thread about grammars that don't dick you around, but I'd prefer to have these separate, esp. since you may know of some ...
owned by Cev, last edited 2014-11-08 19:36:11.
quote quote quote (2014-11-08 19:21:50) :
Anglo-Saxon: Quirk and Wrenn's /An Old English Grammar/
Gothic: Wright's /Grammar of the Gothic Language/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammar_of_the_Gothic_Language
Anglo-Saxon: Quirk and Wrenn's /An Old English Grammar/
Gothic: Wright's /Grammar of the Gothic Language/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammar_of_the_Gothic_Language
owned by Pthagnar, last edited 2014-11-08 19:21:50.
Quote Thread (2014-11-08 18:48:53) :
<H13> afrikaans is wrong
<H13> afrikaans is wrong
owned by Rhetorica, last edited 2014-11-08 18:48:53.
Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2014-11-08 18:47:48) :
[b]Donce nalle è lleós 9N a erdanc.[/b]
Good night and happy 9N to everyone.
[b]Donce nalle è lleós 9N a erdanc.[/b]
Good night and happy 9N to everyone.
owned by Izambri, last edited 2014-11-08 18:47:48.
Loanwords :
How much of a language's vocabulary should be loanwords (both directly and derived through SC)? I know there's no direct answer, but I'd like to hear a good range, as well as anything I should take into consideration.
How much of a language's vocabulary should be loanwords (both directly and derived through SC)? I know there's no direct answer, but I'd like to hear a good range, as well as anything I should take into consideration.
owned by twabs, last edited 2014-11-08 18:41:17.
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