Re: Uusisuom, Unilang, auxlang discussions in CONLANG

Yoon Ha wrote:

> > Speaking of this. If I have 10 C and 3 V in Pimak and all
> > the roots of the lang are CVCVC, then how many possible
> > roots would there be? Excuse my total dumbness, but I seem
> > to really suck at maths.
> <wry g>  Hey, at least that's combinatorics I know how to do.
> I *suck* at anything more complex than basic combinatorics/
> probability.
Oh, bummer. I was hoping you could explain derivative (or what
the term would be in English). I'm desperately lost in my
Economics class. :(

> > Would I have to multiply 10x3x10x3x10 = 9.000 ?
> Yes, that's correct,
Oh, thanks. That means I'm not dumb-dumb but just dumb.
Dum-dum-da-dey. Tralala. :)

> assuming there are no other constraints on
> consonants and vowels.  Math(s?) classes always like to give you these
> horrendous problems in which the same vowel can only occur twice, or if
> you have B then you must have R, or nasty hideous things like that.
Phew for me then. Pimak can combine any of the consonants, but
there can only be two consonants in a row (because of the strict
CVC-system). I still don't know if that's because I'm lazy or if
it's because I think those clusters look cool. I prefer to think
the latter. :)

p t k s x m n w l y is the inventory, so I guess the worst thing
that could come out is tp or sx [sx]. Not really a problem. Unless
[x] is followed by [a] or [u], then it comes out [G] (or rather
the voiced *uvular* fric). Horrible example [pasGu]. Yikes! ;)

> > If so, that should suffice for a while :), otherwise I'll
> > just have to add length. It looks kinda pretty with
> > circumflexes on the vowels.
> :-)  I like diacritics (though I use them very moderately for lack of
> excuses to use 'em so far).  I just can't always get them to show on
> email consistently.
Hmmm... "Mîs mikipûkwayûmxa, kila ipâlak mîs mitayâlsixûtli,
kila tî tîwasiksiyûmli." Looks really nice! But when I try
to pronounce it, it really messes up the nice rhythm of Pimak. :´(

Come to think of it, the vowel with the circumflex should be
short, it's the consonant after it that is long! Maybe that's
what the circumflex should mark! Now that's an idea. :) Or perhaps
I could just use it to mark primary and secondary stress. The
long vowels must be some influence from Swedish. Darnit. :|

(I'm really not manic-depressive. :-P )

> YHL, lame excuse for a math major, but a math major nonetheless
Well, at least you could assure me that 9.000 was the correct
figure, so you can't be that bad. :-P

||| daniel

--
"Stop that or I'm going to count to 'blorg'."
 - Omicronian mother on "Futurama".

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