Re: Non-humanoid langs

Geoff Horswood wrote:

> How many conlangs (including sketches) do we have that are spoken by non-
> humanoids?
Because of your post, I just reviewed the conlang I made for a felinoid
species at Stone Age. It's made of purrings, groanings, hissings and
meowings. It's almost a language real cats could speak; I got inspired by
the various communication attempts my cat Yoko does. ;-)

I already have sketches for a phonology, an orthography and a grammar and
all I can is that IPA isn't suited for a non-human mouth. I just don't know
how to transcribe a purring i.e. a long continuous trill with various vowels
in the middle at the same time. I need to invent new transcription methods.

The name of the language: gawRu-eTo [g_vAwR\:M?EtCR\@] = Wind of Unity

The name of the species: duwRu-Si [d_vMwR\:M's:i\] = Uplifted I(s)

Thanks to the purring in the middle, both words are only 2 syllables long
but IPA fails at rendering these "nuances".

To Rwen RugoSi NwA'go
[tCR\@ R\:wEn R\:Mg_v@s:i\ n_j:wA'g_v@]

To         Rwen          RugoSi   NwA   'go
IMPERATIVE statisfaction group/we hunger=about

= Let's satisfy our hunger!

The Dorhooshees are just like cats, they only think about eating and
sleeping.  ;-)

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