Those are all broad fields, but I think they can give you some ways to understand what a particular language is like, and the lines along which languages can change and influence each other
March 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Those are all broad fields, but I think they can give you some ways to understand what a particular language is like, and the lines along which languages can change and influence each other
For topics, beyond individual sounds there’s phonotactics (how sounds are arranged in a language). And for other structural elements of a language besides sound, you can look into morphology (how words are built up from parts) and syntax (how words are used together).
March 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
For topics, beyond individual sounds there’s phonotactics (how sounds are arranged in a language). And for other structural elements of a language besides sound, you can look into morphology (how words are built up from parts) and syntax (how words are used together).
English is my focus and I know less about language contact in general, but feel free to DM if you want to discuss more
March 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
English is my focus and I know less about language contact in general, but feel free to DM if you want to discuss more
Being familiar with how sounds are classified will help make sense of sound changes, since they tend to apply to categories of sounds.
This wiki article and its sub-articles give some good examples of the kinds of sound changes you might encounter.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonolo...
This wiki article and its sub-articles give some good examples of the kinds of sound changes you might encounter.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonolo...
March 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Being familiar with how sounds are classified will help make sense of sound changes, since they tend to apply to categories of sounds.
This wiki article and its sub-articles give some good examples of the kinds of sound changes you might encounter.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonolo...
This wiki article and its sub-articles give some good examples of the kinds of sound changes you might encounter.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonolo...
Some phonology might be a good starting place, to get grounded in how linguists conceptualize sounds. Peter Roach's 'English Phonetics and Phonology: A Practical Course', cheap on ebay, gives some introduction with English as a familiar case study. Wikipedia has some good phonology articles too
March 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Some phonology might be a good starting place, to get grounded in how linguists conceptualize sounds. Peter Roach's 'English Phonetics and Phonology: A Practical Course', cheap on ebay, gives some introduction with English as a familiar case study. Wikipedia has some good phonology articles too
Thank you for offering! I think it would be a lot of work though, so I'd start by looking for any existing pronunciation lists — sometimes academics put these things together and publish them
March 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thank you for offering! I think it would be a lot of work though, so I'd start by looking for any existing pronunciation lists — sometimes academics put these things together and publish them
Ah yeah, you're stuck with General American for the moment I'm afraid. I would like to add more accent options sometime, if I can find good data for it
March 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Ah yeah, you're stuck with General American for the moment I'm afraid. I would like to add more accent options sometime, if I can find good data for it
Hmm, I'll give that way of analyzing the phonemes some thought whenever I get back to this. In the meantime, depending on what you want to do you might be able to use the ligature system if you want to have a separate character for other vowels + r. Glad you like it!
March 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Hmm, I'll give that way of analyzing the phonemes some thought whenever I get back to this. In the meantime, depending on what you want to do you might be able to use the ligature system if you want to have a separate character for other vowels + r. Glad you like it!
March 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
March 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Fullscreen hydra in browser and then drag my actual thing over it in a smaller window, nice and easy
March 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Fullscreen hydra in browser and then drag my actual thing over it in a smaller window, nice and easy
Something I'm working on right now. I'll post a public version when it's cleaned up some.
March 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Something I'm working on right now. I'll post a public version when it's cleaned up some.
what am i doing reinventing the wheel, our friends on the continent have already developed perfectly functional systems for writing germanic languages in the latin alphabet
March 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
what am i doing reinventing the wheel, our friends on the continent have already developed perfectly functional systems for writing germanic languages in the latin alphabet
fuck i used a twice ok i'm fixing it
March 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
fuck i used a twice ok i'm fixing it