Re: CHAT: Introduction

Hi all,

I'm a conlang newbie--there seems to be quite a few joining the list
lately. I've been lurking on the list for a few months now and have
been conlanging for only a little more than that. I have a few ideas
for one conlang and I'm working on another. These conlangs are for a
fantasy novel (hopefully a series of novels) that I am in the early
stages of writing.

The conlang I am currently working on is for a race with a predominant
underbite. So their lower jaw sticks out more than ours. Males have 2
large canine teeth on the lower jaw.

How would these characteristics affect the sounds they use?
Right now their language has no interdentals and the only labiodental
is a voiceless fricative: f*. They make no distinction between a voiced
and voiceless bilabial stop; so they have p, but no b.

* This seems to come out as a lateral when I try to simulate what the
race may sound like.


Well that's it for now. Hopefully I've got my terminology right. I'll
post a more complete version of what I have at some other time.

later,
scott

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