Re: Homonyms across conlangs (part 1)

On 2 Mar 2005, at 1.01 pm, Arthaey Angosii wrote:

> Emaelivpeith Sanghyeon Seo:
>> Is this interesting in any way? :-)
>
> Quite. I like random statistics and such. :)
>
>> formalizing their letter-to-sound rules if possible.
>> In order to have a look at homonyms across conlangs.
>
> In that case, why not compare them in IPA (or X-SAMPA)?
>
>> lest: Iliani blue, Verdurian unit of distance
>
> Nothing exact, since /st/ is not allowed finally (she says as she
> quietly fixes "syikavást" in the lexicon *grin*). I do have something
> close:
>
>     lesh /lES/ close (in distance).
>
> Otherwise I have no exact matches. What we really need, if we want to
> do this sort of comparison, is a computer program that compares
> wordlists. It's too tedious to do in bulk otherwise, IMHO.
Not forgetting inflected and other modified forms: if your conlang
(like mine) marks the e.g. plural with a vowel change, that might mean
the singular form is ahomophonous, but the plural is. (I don't think I
have any homophones amongst that word list yet in either Ancient or Old
Føtisk.)

--
Tristan.