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Re: Some conlang questions

From:Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...>
Date:Friday, December 27, 2002, 20:50
--- Peter Clark <peter-clark@...> wrote:

> > 2. I also want to make "daughter"-languages > to my language. I have been > > reading some about sound change, but I wonder > if there is some sort of a > > table for sound changes? So I can see which > changes that are likely to > > occur and which that are less likely.
Just as an example - and for only one family of languages - look into "From Latin to Romance in Sound Charts" by Peter Boyd-Bowman. This is just to give you a taste - there are far more _possible_ sound changes than are outlined in this book. By the way, welcome home!
> > Human > Relieved to hear it, but isn't this > slightly redundant? :)
These days - you just never know! Padraic. ===== beuyont alch geont la ciay la cina mangeiont alch geont y faues la lima; pe' ne m' molestyont que faciont doazque y facyont in rima. .