Re: CHAT: YAC: or more exactly: yet another conlang sketch

Robert Hailman wrote:

> > I want to have more diphthongs in Rinya! But I don't want to
> > change the phonology again! Oh well. Back to the drawing table...
> Yes, changing the phonology is something I don't like to do, and as a
> result Ajuk has relatively few diphthongs, my conlangs seem to love
> them.
Well, the vocabulary isn't that large yet due to constant
changing of the phonology, so I think I can press in a few
more. Though very probably, I'll change my mind about the
diphthongs in a week or two. Again...

> But that's always the problem with conlanging, isn't it? Not a
> lack of possibilities, but an overwhelming abundance of them.
Yup. Yet it always surprises me. Thank god. Otherwise
I'd probably get tired of conlanging. ;)

> > If I decide on { rijna } then it could be pronounced either
> > [rijna] or [rejna] depending on dialect. Hmm...
> You may be on to something there. A dialectical change of [ij] to [ej]
> could be interesting. Why don't you try it out with sample setances and
> see how it goes? It's really up to you, though...
Well, I've never really had dialects in Rinya. Probably cos
I've never had a conculture. The conculture's always been me,
myself and I.

But two days ago I drew a small map of an island where I'm
thinking of putting the Rinyi (or whatever the name of the
people will be. Perhaps Rijni ;) ). I'm thinking of placing
the Nakiltipkas (speaking Nakiltipkaspimak) there as well.

There is however _no way_ those two langs could be related.
Although, I'm thinking _major_ sprachbund. And maybe a pidgin
as well. Hmm... I really don't have time for this. I have to
finish my thesis!

daniel

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