Re: Kontaxta

> Interlinears would be nice for understanding the grammar.
Yeah, I did consider that.  But I figured that my post was a bit too
long and rambling already, so I didn't bother.  I decided to let
you guys have a look and listen first...

I'll post a breakdown soon.


> However, that:
>
> > http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~kinetic/kontaxta/babel2.mp3
>
> 's extraordinary!  Did you record that in one go?
As much as I'd love to pretend that I did, no.  What I did was,
I tried to do it in one go, and if I stumbled on something or
made an unsatisfactory pronunciation, I just tried that phrase
again.  I then went back and edited the file to remove the
failed attempts.  I also did some creative editing to make it
/sound/ more like it was a continuous reading. :-)


> And it sounds a bit like Finnish.
Interesting to hear that.  Finnish has been quite a heavy influence
on my taste in phonology, and though I didn't consciously intend
kontaxta to be that way, it's interesting to have someone notice
this.  (I also feel compelled to point out that I developed an
interest in Finnish before I'd read Tolkien or knew of his conlangs!)


Oh, and sorry for the bad wrapping in the kontaxta text in my
original post.  I blame my text editor!


IB.