#phonemic

[spocks-kaathyra]

WAIT okay I don't know how to word this at all but basically the way we perceive speech sounds is through like. different frequencies are amplified or dampened by the ways we shape our vocal tract and we hear those differences in like which frequencies are louder and which frequencies are quieter and that's how we recognize different phonemes. or something. so if like aliens have a different hearing range and/or differently shaped vocal tracts they could have an entirely different phonemic inventory than human languages??? like shrimp colors but it's alien phonemes???? this might seem like a really obvious realization but like those guys could be distinguishing vowels based on formants we can't even perceive!! their hearing range could start above 5000 hz and they wouldn't be able to hear the difference between any of our vowels!! enough with giving klingon uvular plosives or whatever to make it sound ""exotic"" that shit should be UNPRODUCIBLE with a human vocal tract and UNPERCEIVABLE with human ears!! no wonder they need universal translators when your ears could be physically unable to distinguish between alien phonemes??? sorry I'm realizing that this really is an incredibly obvious thought just couched in overly technical language but I'm excited about it nonetheless. spock's surname is unpronounceable bc it's got a bunch of consonant clusters? NO it actually has secret vulcan phonemes distinguished by differences in frequencies above the human range of hearing so u can't even perceive it correctly let alone pronounce it. cardassians have a hearing range significantly smaller than humans so they physically cannot understand most human languages...

[mapsontheweb]

Mapping the 'migration' of the PIE phoneme *gʷ across the IPA table, in descendants of the word *gʷḗn. Descendant languages changed it to at least 16 different sounds, and none of them preserved the original /gʷ/

[snow-lavender]

I would die for this fake minecraft child.

[theeminentlyimpractical]

[bringing back unhinged asks culture] if crowley is part snake is aziracrow part beastiality

after discussion with other trusted degenerates, it really comes down to what one considers the crux of bestiality. is it solely engaging in sexual acts with another species, or does it necessarily constitute a crime of morality? considering most societies equate the two (see Lev 18:23), there really isn’t a case for separating them.

but, for the sake of argument: if the former, then yes, BUT I’d argue only if crowley is in full or partial snake form. if the latter, we can assume that snake!crowley and naga!crowley both retain their ability to consent, and it therefore doesn’t hold up as a crime of morality.

weighing both of the above points in equal measure, I would say it is consensual bestiality. bestiality by nature of animal sexual organs being involved, but not morally reprehensible given that the ability to consent is retained.

potentially, all aziracrow is inherently consensual bestiality, as they are another species just taking up residence in a human (or serpentine) corporation. or would that just make them flesh and bone sex mecha? hmm.

[bmpmp3]

can't run out of breath when you don't have breath phonemes

[elucubrare]

my clever idea of modifying proto-indo-european roots to make fantasy courtesy titles & currencies that seem familiar but not too familiar would be a lot more clever if i were any fucking good at phonology

[buckochamp]

Sometimes, you have to figure out juuuuust what level of animation fidelity you can achieve for a project that has a strict budget and deadline. Here's how I broke down some options for the client! In the end, we used a mix of rigged puppets in After Effects and moments of hand-drawn animation for impact.

[sillysanddweller]

theres this linguistic thing i cant stop thinking abou t where like. IDRK WHERE I HEARD ABT IT FROM it might be korean but i swear theres some language that like. has two of the same phoneme in a row . but not geminated its like distinctly two phonemes. specifically in the word. susujeo /sʊ.sʊ.d͡ʒo/ ?. okay so like this but the first two vowels get elided so its like /s.s.d͡ʒo/ but the /s/ dont sound like a geminate

it might be a stress thing? like /ˈs.s./

or maybe its a tone within the consonant? if thats a thing? /s˥.s˩/

its really inchresting to me . if anybody could educate me abt it or smth i would greatly appreciate

[nadianova]

Quick question about the new game, how is it pronounced? Is it like nay-oh-me-da or now-me-da or something else?

no idea. good luck

edit: my gf said first one

i asked how does she know

and she said she decided for context why i have no idea is that finnish is an extremely phonemic language and each written character is essentially read the exact same every single time so there is no confusion with how to read out loud a word and secondly i have aphantasia which extends to a near lack of sound in my head when reading stuff so i am probably mispronouncing every single word i have ever read without hearing a native say it to me repeatedly

whatever way i am reading naomida out loud isn't really something i can write down other than "naomida" unless i pull out these shits: "phonemic" (/fəˈniːmɪk/) and i have no fucking clue what alien language this is

anyway its not really relevant in any part of the process so i just don't care about pronunciation with any of my names or characters or anything really

edit 2:

here i unleashed my autism for you anon each character is its own link to the corresponding sound i hope a linguist doesn't fucking kill me for this if i fucked it up

/nɑo̞ˈmidɑ/

edit 3:

oh yea i forgot where the name even originally came from maybe i could have started with this. naomi(like the name) + 涙 for these characters Finnish and Japanese has enough phonetic overlap i think なおみだ works. just read hte first two chars in the same mora and more stress on d

so like the takeaway here is that you can pronounce it in whatever way you like or it comes comfortable for english speakers. i literally don't care and i don't think there's a right or wrong way but this is just attempt to explain how i say it and this same thing applies to all my characters and names and locations and whatever. only place where i care about pronounciation is if people irl pronounce my name wrong to my face

[official-linguistics-post]

Ok I know this doesn’t make it incredibly easier but what American (indigenous north and south) language would be the best with kana

gimme a sec i gotta look up some kana facts

...ok, i know cherokee is rocking it with their own syllabary (shoutout to the legend sequoyah!!), but the simple fact that it works well with a syllabary makes it a good baseline candidate. however they would have to reassign some phonemes.

[spocks-kaathyra]

Cardassian conlang (part 1?)

Finally started making my Cardassian conlang and I'm having so much fun already. Get this:

There's a distinction between alienable and inalienable possession, something that occurs in many natural languages. An example is, like, "my nose" vs "my hat". My nose is inalienable because it will always be mine, while my hat is alienable because it can stop being mine. So in languages with this distinction, you'd use different words for "my" in those two situations.

In my Cardassian language, possession is indicated with suffixes attached to nouns and people's names. People are "possessed" in the sense that, y'know, they're your mom or your friend or your orthodontist or whatever. Generally, you'd use the alienable form for people. Your orthodontist might not always be your orthodontist, your friend might not always be your friend. The exception is that you always use the inalienable form(s) for family. Your mom will always be your mom.

So, to use the inalienable possessive for a friend would be to say that they are as close to you as family, that you trust that they will always be your friend. This is often, like, a milestone in dating. To start saying "my girlfriend (inalienable)" marks that your relationship is serious. (Traditionalists will say that you shouldn't use the inalienable form until you're properly betrothed, but kids these days have their own ideas.) In this way, it becomes a pretty straightforward term of endearment (or, rather, grammatical particle of endearment).

Since there's no equivalent in Federation Standard, the translator often renders it as "my dear."

Here's a table of the 10 different words for "my"

So, presuming that the speaker is a man, and the person they're referring to is also a man who they don't have to use the honorific form with...

/alʊk/ - "friend"

/alʊkɬei/ - "my friend"

/alʊkxa/ - "my dear friend"

/ilɨm̥xa/ - "my dear Elim"

[chicago-geniza]

Read something where a woman was nicknamed "La Crevette" for being small and red-haired and the text didn't translate but I knew it meant shrimp but it wasn't from context clues and only now, two days later, did I realize "krevetka" in Russian is a loanword from French

[awbrainno]

it's time to stop making fun of British people for saying "chewsday" and Americans for saying "chree" and start taking aim at the real enemy: the voiceless alveolar plosive /t/

[meirimerens]

I would love to listen to your podcast (if you wanna have one) about anything, but something about languages intrigues me. Please, tell me more : )

had to think for a second about what this was about I'm guessing it's my Nopony In This Country Is Pronouncing Przewalski Correctly and now listen..... I have no more to tell you because the like. Concept of languages and within that phonology (the study of the patterns of sounds in a language and across languages) is so wide you wouldn't have enough of a life to say everything about it. Unless you got one thing in mind. But I'm Flattered. Idk if I'd be much of a podcast guy I love visual stimuli. shan't lie I've had for months the idea to do a. Franco-Cantabrian Archeological iceberg... with shit like....... Fontainebleau "water breaking" carving... the Réseau Clastres Only Know Depiction Of [Animal]..... stuff of the sort. but oh well. FLATTERED.... maybe one day. Podcast ideas anyone.