Re: Kontaxta

> It sounds interesting, no matter what it sounds like. Though
> it could be something like Japanese or Korean or something
> like that in my opinion.
That may because the syllable structure is inspired by Japanese.
A syllable may be CV, V or C (but while in Japanese the only
C syllable is 'n', here pretty much any consonant can stand
as a syllable on its own).  So e.g. "kontaxta" is 5 syllables
and is broken down as "ko/n/ta/x/ta"; all syllables are equal
in length so this takes just as much time to pronounce as,
say, "kolonoava" or "alteuli".

> You're like me at first speaking with an amazing speed! I
> nearly couldn't follow the lines while listening to your
> recording. Now I know why people said I'd sound like a
> native speaker of my conlang due to the speed if they
> didn't know it better. The same goes for you (Kudos!).
Thanks.  Kudos to you too, I've listened to the recordings
on your site! :-)

> I don't know if it is due to your grammar, but there's not
> much melody in your sentences as it seems. I guess you've
> got the same problem like me, when I read out my version of
> the babel text -- most of the words didn't say anything to
> me in fact, so I didn't know how to intonate all parts of
> the sentences.
Well, I did make sure that I got a feeling for the function of
the unfamiliar words, at least, before making the recording.
I think the lack of melody is just the way I talk. :-)  English
in general (well UK English at least) tends to be less melodic
than languages like German I think, but I guess I'm a boring
speaker.  I'll try and add more intonation in future recordings!

> All in all, you've done a great job. I'd still appreciate an
> interlinear, though.
Already posted it - see my message of yesterday evening.


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