I'm experimenting with applying a calligraphic style to the Methwendi script, also known as the Swan script, the native script of my conlang, Lwendic. I figured Arabic calligraphy would be a good fit for it.

Here's my attempt at writing the Basmalah in Lwendic (Arabic: بِسْمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيْمِ, romanized: bi-smi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi, IPA: /bis.mi‿l.laː.hi‿r.raħ.maː.ni‿r.ra.ħiː.m/).

The Basmalah is one of the most important phrases in Islam, commonly recited before daily activities and acts of worship.
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Notes on Lwendic grammatical genders:

MAT: Material nouns (basically, inanimate nouns)
CEL: Celestial nouns (humans, deities, and culturally important common nouns)
NAT: Natural nouns (basically, animate nouns; not shown in the image)

Certain sounds are more liable to change than others. We know front vowels cause palatalisation for alveolars and velars. I am asking for more examples.

For example: kɨ>ki>tʃi>tʃe or kɨ>ku>ʔu>hu.

Whereas something like pa may only turn ba or fa or remain.

This is a game of borrowing and loaning words! To give our conlangs a more naturalistic flair, this game can help us get realistic loans into our language by giving us an artificial-ish "world" to pull words from!

The Telephone Game will be posted every Monday and Friday, hopefully.

Rules

1) Post a word in your language, with IPA and a definition.

Note: try to show your word inflected, as it would appear in a typical sentence. This can be the source of many interesting borrowings in natlangs (like how so many Arabic words were borrowed with the definite article fossilized onto it! algebra, alcohol, etc.)

2) Respond to a post by adapting the word to your language's phonology, and consider shifting the meaning of the word a bit!

3) Sometimes, you may see an interesting phrase or construction in a language. Instead of adopting the word as a loan word, you are welcome to calque the phrase -- for example, taking skyscraper by using your language's native words for sky and scraper. If you do this, please label the post at the start as Calque so people don't get confused about your path of adopting/loaning.

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耻 ユムレ yumure /jumuɾe̞/

n. silence, peace and quiet

尣ノ魚狩ホ。 尣ノ耻。

Hōdêno sagizāguho. Hōdêno yumure.

/ho̞ːdəno̞ sägizäːguho̞ | ho̞ːdəno̞ jumuɾe̞/

尣    -ノ        魚-   狩   -ホ。     尣    -ノ         耻。
hōdê  -no       sagi- zāgu -ho.     hōdê  -no        yumure.
idiot -ɴ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴅᴊ fish- hunt -ᴠ ᴛᴏ ɴ. idiot -ɴ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴅᴊ silence.
'Stupid fish-hunting. Stupid silence.'

'Stupid fishing. Stupid peace and quiet.'

Take care of yourselves and each other

Peace, Love, & Conlanging ❤️

it's been five months, but let's do this again! the Random Nonsense Speedlang is an occasional challenge where i give you an english sentence followed by a nonsense phrase, and YOU have to reverse engineer just enough of a clong (phonology, grammar, lexicon) to make the nonsense translate into the english sentence. there are three levels- choose whatever you want/ have time for. got it?

today's nonsense:

Beginner:

Popłetita žife tea egrîpfô Franklin płipzočištle khŷp!- I love you madly and deeply, Franklin!

Intermediate:

Tiga kathibê Sgota tîtoifioh gfia otłeči kuu!- Don't tell Scottish Batman to f\ck off!*

Advanced:

Gupie ploge êpôih pedzep ehpaabrûthip tly dsê fii ôbli koaypo žetikšût trûzu pfêotsi afe hatłôbre khebe!- And every time I try to tell her, what comes out of my mouth instead is "let's rob a bank!"

(bonus point if you get the references, have fun!)

Hi, guys. So, I'm making my first conlang and I tried to go with an indo- semitic looking/ inspired language (primarily from Hindi and Arabic). I wanted to know y'all's opinion. Of course I added some phonemes that aren't typically semitic or indian. My proto-lang phonology consists of these phonemes:

/m/ˌ /n/ˌ /ɳ/ˌ /ɲ/ˌ /p/ˌ /b/ˌ /t/, /d/, /ʈ/, /ɖ/, /k/, /ɡ/, /q/, /ts/, /dz/, /f/, /v/, /θ/, /x/, /ɣ/, /ħ/, /ʕ/, /h/, /ʙ/, /ɬ/, /l/, /ʎ/

/a/, /aː/, /e/, /iː/, /u/, /uː/

One thing before y'all comment; I can't roll or trill my Rs. That's why I added the bilabial trill (which makes my conlang interesting and kinda unique).

(And sorry if I use the wrong IPA symbols here, I'm new to this)

For the sound changes that may occur, I thought of doing the /ts/ to /θ/ thing where iberian spanish words like cerca (/tseɾka/) shifted to sound like /θeɾka/. Additionally the intervocalic /b/, /d/ and /ɡ/ would shift to /β/, /ð/ and /ɣ/.

Then I thought of highgerman consonant shift, where /p/, /t/ and /k/ became /pf/, /ts/ and /kx/ at the beginning or when they were geminated, at the middle and end they became /f/, /s/ and /x/. This led to a chain where their voiced counterparts became unvoiced to replace them and the fricative counterpart of the voiced consonants shifted to replace them. So, my conlang would lose the new /β/ and /ð/, but also all of the /ɣ/ s that existed.

Then the vowels would go through a sound change where two vowels who are next to each other become a diphthong. After that, the long vowels would go through a sound change similar to the great vowel shift where /aː/ changes to /ej/, /iː/ changes to /aj/ and /uː/ changes to /aw/. So a word like māt /maːt/ (water) would become meis /mejs/.

After these changes, I'd probably start looking at the grammaticalisation process of my conlang.

So, this is my rough idea for my sound changes of my first conlang. I'd like to know y'all's opinion about my phonology, sound change ideas and what I could do better. Anyways, have a great day and thank y'all for reading this.

Hmm well I'm curious about using physical clattering or chattering of teeth to communicate. It's not very nice to do per se, but it's interested me.

What I mean by this is actually making your upper and lower teeth repeatedly strike against each other, rather than just clicking your tongue. Could different patterns, speeds, rhythms, or intensities of teeth chattering represent different phonemes, syllables, or words?

For example, could a language distinguish sounds like:

1. Slow, deliberate clattering, maybe with wider jaw opening
2. Rapid, continuous chattering
3. Short, sharp clacks
4. Different rhythms or sequences of clacks
5. Teeth chattering combined with vocalisation

This might be stupid.

Video about Is-Prišk writing systems, in particular about “simple” and iotised vowels.

This project will be hosted in the Indo Uralic Studies Discord server here!
https://discord.gg/sUDZjWu42R

This language will be constructed under the assumption that the theory is true, using proposed cognates between Proto Indo European, and Proto Uralic, (& possibly Yukaghir) representing them as sister languages! Using research from Indo Uralic linguists like Kortlandt, and others.

Looking for people who believe in the Indo Uralic theory (or just want to have some fun) and are very knowledgeable in the Indo European and Uralic fields! We have some reconstruction ideas in the notes and leads channels, and attempted full reconstruction effort in #what-we-know organizing what we are certain about Proto Indo Uralic!

(this is a repost because the old post got taken down for not being formatted correctly. Which I apologize for. I hope this is better)

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Consonants: b bʲ v vʲ l r j h hʲ k kʲ p pʲ ɸ ɸʲ

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Phonology Spelling Vocabulary Grammar Saving options The Language of Kʲahʲian Natively known as: kʲahʲ /kʲahʲ/ Help with translator translate sentences inside this box erafʲ yukaberp kʲapʲ fʲarl vʲurelp Pronunciation: /eˈraɸʲ juˈkaberp kʲapʲ ɸʲarl vʲuˈrelp/ Breakdown of grammar:

erafʲ yu-kaberp kʲapʲ fʲarl vʲu-relp translate INDEF.PL-sentence inside this DEF.SG-box

Turn off Smart Translation Generate unique character/place name Edit this language Spelling & Phonology Consonant inventory: b bʲ h hʲ j k kʲ l p pʲ r v vʲ ɸ ɸʲ Click IPA symbols for audio

↓Manner/Place→ Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Stop p pʲ b bʲ k kʲ
Fricative ɸ ɸʲ v vʲ h hʲ Approximant j
Trill r
Lateral approximant l
Vowel inventory: a e u

Front Back High u High-mid e
Low a
Syllable structure: (C)V(C)(C) ? Stress pattern: Second — stress is on the second syllable ? Spelling rules: Pronunciation Spelling j y ɸ f Grammar Sentence word order: Subject-Verb-Indirect object-Direct object. “She gave the dog a bone” turns into She gave the dog a bone. Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned after the noun. Adposition: prepositions ?

Nouns Singular Plural Definite If starts with vowel: Prefix vʲ- Else: Prefix vʲu- vʲufak /vʲuˈɸak/ the dog Prefix lu- lufak /luˈɸak/ the dogs Indefinite If starts with vowel: Prefix ehv- Else: Prefix ehve- ehvefak /ehˈveɸak/ a dog If starts with vowel: Prefix j- Else: Prefix ju- yufak /juˈɸak/ some dogs

Articles Kʲahʲian encodes definite article ‘the’, and indefinite article ‘a’ in noun affixes. See Noun section.

Pronouns 1st singular ka /ka/ I, me, mine 2nd singular ke /ke/ you, yours 3rd singular masc fʲa /ɸʲa/ he, him, his, it (m.), its (m.) 3rd singular fem hu /hu/ she, her, hers, it (f.), its (f.) 1st plural inclusive hʲa /hʲa/ we (including you), us (including you), ours (including you) 1st plural exclusive yu /ju/ we (excluding you), us (excluding you), ours (excluding you) 2nd plural ya /ja/ you all, yours (pl) 3rd plural ru /ru/ they, them, theirs

Possession Possessive 1st singular bʲek /bʲek/ my 2nd singular rafʲ /raɸʲ/ your 3rd singular masc hal /hal/ his 3rd singular fem yalv /jalv/ her 1st plural inclusive bʲa /bʲa/ our (including you) 1st plural exclusive fa /ɸa/ our (excluding you) 2nd plural akʲ /akʲ/ your (pl) 3rd plural la /la/ their

Kʲahʲian marks the the possessed noun with an affix, rather than the possessor. E.g. manʼs dog.

Possessed If starts with vowel: Prefix k- Else: Prefix ka- kafak /kaˈɸak/ (possessorʼs) dog

Adjectives Comparative If starts with vowel: Prefix r- Else: Prefix ra- ralebʲuyu /raˈlebʲuˌju/ bigger Superlative Prefix ku- kulebʲuyu /kuˈlebʲuˌju/ biggest

Verbs Kʲahʲian uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past Particle before the verb: ka - ka harr /ka harr/ learned

Kʲahʲian uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future Particle before the verb: e - e harr /e harr/ will learn

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Kʲahʲian - English Dictionary Key: spelling /pronunciation/ part of speech. definition(s)

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a /a/ v. know (a fact), comprehend abavʲalv /aˈbavʲalv/ n. abuse abʲulb /aˈbʲulb/ n. knight afʲ /aɸʲ/ adv. today, now ahka /ahˈka/ v. break, smash, tear, shatter akʲuhye /aˈkʲuhje/ n. sadness allek /aˈllek/ n. program apa /aˈpa/ n. steam aprurl /aˈprurl/ v. shrug aubʲa /aˈubʲa/ n. civilization avulp /aˈvulp/ n. writer ayru /aˈjru/ v. rape bʲafʲapʲ /bʲaˈɸʲapʲ/ adj. vague, ambiguous, fuzzy, obscure bʲalv /bʲalv/ n. root, source bʲav /bʲav/ v. turn on bʲehapu /bʲeˈhapu/ v. presume bʲellu /bʲeˈllu/ v. hug bʲeyberr /bʲejˈberr/ num. second bʲuk /bʲuk/ v. cry, sob, weep bʲupburb /bʲupˈburb/ v. contain, include, incorporate bʲuvʲ /bʲuvʲ/ n. milk ebe /eˈbe/ adj. vulgar eehya /eˈehja/ n. growth ehalu /eˈhalu/ v. protest ehlu /eˈhlu/ adj. static ekʲe /eˈkʲe/ v. foster ele /eˈle/ n. infant elruk /eˈlruk/ v. neglect epre /eˈpre/ n. salt, spice erebarl /eˈrebarl/ n. division evʲeperv /eˈvʲeperv/ n. coffee eyrebu /eˈjrebu/ n. wardrobe fafʲa /ɸaˈɸʲa/ n. post falra /ɸaˈlra/ n. chorus favʲ /ɸavʲ/ n. sugar febʲepʲ /ɸeˈbʲepʲ/ n. stall fekʲa /ɸeˈkʲa/ v. hide, lurk felya /ɸeˈlja/ n. moon, month fevʲ /ɸevʲ/ num. nine fʲabra /ɸʲaˈbra/ v. compile fʲal /ɸʲal/ v. surpass fʲarl /ɸʲarl/ dem. this fʲebʲ /ɸʲebʲ/ n. building fʲel kuhʲe /ɸʲel kuˈhʲe/ n. turtle fʲev /ɸʲev/ n. horn fʲufa /ɸʲuˈɸa/ n. kidney fʲulv /ɸʲulv/ n. cook fʲuyre /ɸʲuˈjre/ adj. nasty fuhu /ɸuˈhu/ n. climate fupʲelp /ɸuˈpʲelp/ v. fry fuyl /ɸujl/ n. horse hafʲ /haɸʲ/ conj. although, though halefulp /haˈleɸulp/ n. fire, flame harp /harp/ n. bureaucrat hayepʲ /haˈjepʲ/ n. bachelor hefʲ /heɸʲ/ v. recognize, diagnose hella /heˈlla/ v. nap herk /herk/ adv. where hʲa /hʲa/ pron. we (including you), us (including you), ours (including you) hʲalle /hʲaˈlle/ v. wiggle hʲarr /hʲarr/ n. light hʲef /hʲeɸ/ n. candy, vagina (slang) hʲelv /hʲelv/ n. brass hʲevella /hʲeˈvella/ n. erection hʲuhbuhlu /hʲuhˈbuhlu/ v. vote, elect hʲurb /hʲurb/ n. return hubrufʲ /huˈbruɸʲ/ adv. nowhere hukʲak /huˈkʲak/ v. skim hupʲe /huˈpʲe/ n. career huvle /huˈvle/ v. reflect kaberp /kaˈberp/ n. sentence kafʲeyvu /kaˈɸʲejvu/ adj. happy kahupʲ /kaˈhupʲ/ n. criteria kakʲuprarb /kaˈkʲuprarb/ n. fat (bodily substance), fat (component in food) kalpaf /kalˈpaɸ/ n. secret kapre /kaˈpre/ v. light karl /karl/ prep. out, outside kavʲu /kaˈvʲu/ adj. sexual kaybu /kajˈbu/ n. market kebe /keˈbe/ v. agree, admit kehe /keˈhe/ n. crease kekpa rerv /kekˈpa rerv/ n. essence kepʲalb /keˈpʲalb/ adj. pending kerv /kerv/ n. age keyl lebʲuyu /kejl leˈbʲuju/ n. tiger kʲahva /kʲahˈva/ v. talk, speak, chat kʲarbu /kʲarˈbu/ n. sauce kʲayvalv /kʲajˈvalv/ n. fraud kʲehefʲ /kʲeˈheɸʲ/ n. salon kʲelpe /kʲelˈpe/ adj. scarce kʲevrae /kʲeˈvrae/ v. set kʲubuv /kʲuˈbuv/ v. wander kʲul /kʲul/ v. run kʲurv /kʲurv/ n. word, name, title kubek /kuˈbek/ adj. wild kuhʲe /kuˈhʲe/ n. shell kuku /kuˈku/ adj. awkward kupe /kuˈpe/ v. drench kurv /kurv/ v. call (refer to by name) la /la/ v. can lahbe /lahˈbe/ n. species, breed lala /laˈla/ adj. apparent laprakʲ /laˈprakʲ/ v. upset lavbev /lavˈbev/ n. fury leb /leb/ v. know (be acquainted with) lefaru /leˈɸaru/ n. stamp lek /lek/ n. visit leku /leˈku/ n. plaque leprek /leˈprek/ v. flow leukpe hʲalb /leˈukpe hʲalb/ n. psychologist leyk /lejk/ n. pepper lubupʲ /luˈbupʲ/ n. copper, bronze lulku /lulˈku/ n. noise lurl /lurl/ v. possess rabe /raˈbe/ n. ham rak /rak/ v. must, have to ralyak /raˈljak/ n. resort ravle /raˈvle/ v. arouse rehahe /reˈhahe/ n. bank (river) repʲ /repʲ/ n. park reyuhve /reˈjuhve/ adj. alternate ruhvu /ruhˈvu/ n. yogurt rurk /rurk/ v. frighten ubʲ /ubʲ/ n. race (competition), marathon ufʲa /uˈɸʲa/ v. mention ukʲuhʲ /uˈkʲuhʲ/ adj. private ukke /ukˈke/ n. cake ulak uhyu /uˈlak uˈhju/ n. eyelid upburv /upˈburv/ n. liberty urbu /urˈbu/ n. rat uvʲebʲa /uˈvʲebʲa/ n. tool, appliance, weapon, machine uyefʲ /uˈjeɸʲ/ n. habit vaferl /vaˈɸerl/ n. closure valkuyk /valˈkujk/ v. ruffle vaprurr /vaˈprurr/ n. underwear vayl /vajl/ v. smell (sense with nose) vehʲab /veˈhʲab/ v. chew vepyablub /veˈpjablub/ v. fill veyl /vejl/ n. news vʲahku /vʲahˈku/ n. brothel vʲapya /vʲaˈpja/ n. vinegar vʲavek /vʲaˈvek/ interj. well vʲef /vʲeɸ/ adj. exotic vʲellu /vʲeˈllu/ n. guess vʲeya /vʲeˈja/ v. prove vʲuhʲe /vʲuˈhʲe/ v. look out vʲurb /vʲurb/ v. ruin vua /vuˈa/ adj. handsome vuhye /vuˈhje/ prep. under, below vurbe /vurˈbe/ v. conform vuyk /vujk/ v. polish yabre /jaˈbre/ v. exaggerate yahla /jaˈhla/ v. evolve yalp /jalp/ adv. also, as well yapyalp /jaˈpjalp/ n. horizon yavʲav /jaˈvʲav/ n. habitat yayvev bʲaru /jajˈvev bʲaˈru/ n. navy yehek /jeˈhek/ v. belong yelarb /jeˈlarb/ n. uniform, costume yepbulb /jepˈbulb/ v. protect, secure, resist, justify yevʲ /jevʲ/ n. theater, stage, arena yeyubʲe /jeˈjubʲe/ adv. quickly yufʲavʲ /juˈɸʲavʲ/ v. pierce yula /juˈla/ v. slide yupʲaprurr /juˈpʲaprurr/ v. shock, startle, stun yuv /juv/ conj. and Generate New Language + Edit this language Save Load language Clear settings

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