Re: Operation Infinite Vocabulary

Danny Weir sekalge:
"Question: Is there a system for languages, especially IAL's, that
facilitates
the expansion of vocabulary using affixation, compounding, even
inflection
that's open-ended, with a potentially unlimited vocabulary, while making
words
(and phrases) easier to write/pronounce, more regular, and preventing
excessively long words and phrases."


I'll just consider words. Try adding sandhi and removing any spare
syllables you find. Collapse diphthongs, shorten vowels, remove them
according to a system. I'd probably assimilate /ai/ to /aj/ and perhaps
even /j/.

Your dragons have long mouths that don't open very far, I take it. Or at
least, the area in which they pronounce vowels is small.

I have met people online who think they're dragons. However, I think a
dragon would be more fluent and erudite, not using the latest 'net slang.

~Wright

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