Re: Vjatjackwa (the result of all those sound changes!)

Hallo!

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 12:02:07 -0500,
Amanda Babcock <ababcock@...> wrote:

> This message is, as far as I can tell, being sent in Latin-1.
>
> Thanks to all those who suggested sound change rules to me when I was
> trying to make a Polynesian-sounding language end up sounding Germanic.
> Here is the phonology I settled on (which actually ends up sounding
> pretty Slavic, which is even cooler; thanks, Nik, for the i->ja and
> u->wa rules!  I never would have thought of that!).  In the next message
> I'll discuss what I know so far of verb structure in Wítickú (a nice
> polysynthetic mess which unfortunately is lost by the time Vjatjackwa
> rolls around).
>
> A Description of the Vjatjackwa Language Family
>
> [lots of interesting stuff on Yjatjackwa historical phonology]
Very well done!  It's a great relief to see some actual *conlanging*
amidst all the off-topic dross that clogs up the list nowadays.
Keep on working on this!

Greetings,

Jörg.