My Conlang
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noviceconlangersHi I'm Becka (hi Becka) and it's my fault we're all here.
I'm currently building an initial language for my mountain and sea peoples. This language is as it existed in the immediate aftermath of the religious schism that led to the sea people. I will then need to use that as the basis for the languages as they exist later.
I also have a secondary language to build which I'm not sure where to start with because it's a proto-language spoken by a small near-human hominid similar to Homo floresiensis which is one of a number of prehuman hominid species (in many of the world' languages these are known as the younger siblings) which have survived in this world. (It's kind of ironic but the younger sibling races are older while the (magical) elder sibling races all post-date humanity).
I could also do with at least making the basics of the lingo (from a different language family) for a vaguely polynesian culture the sea people trade with.
Dang I'm going to be busy.
Anyway for the initial language here's a post about the sounds and here's one about the silly number of genders I have. I need to locate my list of cases as well so I can post it.
With regards to the sounds post - I'm considering adding another phonotactics rule that syllables that start with a consonant cannot end with an approximate. Does this seem like a viable rule?
I'm currently building an initial language for my mountain and sea peoples. This language is as it existed in the immediate aftermath of the religious schism that led to the sea people. I will then need to use that as the basis for the languages as they exist later.
I also have a secondary language to build which I'm not sure where to start with because it's a proto-language spoken by a small near-human hominid similar to Homo floresiensis which is one of a number of prehuman hominid species (in many of the world' languages these are known as the younger siblings) which have survived in this world. (It's kind of ironic but the younger sibling races are older while the (magical) elder sibling races all post-date humanity).
I could also do with at least making the basics of the lingo (from a different language family) for a vaguely polynesian culture the sea people trade with.
Dang I'm going to be busy.
Anyway for the initial language here's a post about the sounds and here's one about the silly number of genders I have. I need to locate my list of cases as well so I can post it.
With regards to the sounds post - I'm considering adding another phonotactics rule that syllables that start with a consonant cannot end with an approximate. Does this seem like a viable rule?
