Re: Heyas all!

Trace Erin Kern <tracefox@...> wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Mar 1999 14:54:32 -0500 Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> writes:
[snip]
> >Cool.  It could be the beginning of a conlang.  I assume you have a
> >pronunciation for that?  If so, start with those sounds, and expand
> >on it, to give you your phonology, and then break down the words
> >in some way into morphemes, and assign meanings, so for
>
> I understood half of what you just said. <sheepish grin>
A morpheme is a meaning unit (I think that's a good simple
explanation, anybody else?).

> Anyways, as for pronounciation:
> Caps = long vowel IE blAde
>
> Hah'Rooqh - two syllables, Hah <ah> Rooqh <rUk> with partial trilling of
> the R.
> Tah'Khrine - two syllables, short sounding <ta> followed by <krEEn>
> again, with a trilled R.
> Eayl - two syllables, <E> <ale>
> Noh'Tahl - <no> with a partially silent H, <tall> again with H partially
> silent.
>
> Not sure of the correct terminology for all that, but there it is in
> layman's terms.
No problem with those, unless you get confused. I'm a layman too
(I'm not a linguist) but some things I have learned here:

Don't use English or English-based spellings. It can work on some
words, but not on really alien-looking ones. Try to use one symbol
(or combination of symbols) for each sound. This way you can spell
anything without having to transform it into English spelling,
which is difficult and misleading to say the least.
For example, <Hah'Rooqh> could be _ahruk_, <Tah'Khrine> _takre:n_,
etc.

You should take a look at the Language Construction Kit, at
http://www.zompist.com/kit.html. You probably won't need the grammar
part, but it has some nice simple explanations on phonetics, for
a start.


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