Re: CHAT: Newbie introduction

Apollo Hogan <apollo@...> writes:

> Howdy all,
>
> I thought I would finally introduce myself, etc. to the list.
> I have been lurking for a while and occasionally butting in with
> comments, but thought it was time to formally introduce myself.
Welcome!

> [...]
>
> I've put up a few pages with a couple of the conlangs I've worked on.
> So if you've nothing better to do, you can take a gander at them.  I
> must admit to feeling a bit embarrased to call them con-languages, given
> the amazing conlangs I've seen by people on this list.  So I'll call
> them con-lang fragments or pieces.  Each language is usually just a
> way to give a context to some idea or trick I wanted to try out in
> some language.  The most complete language I have (Dozhun) is not in
> a very user-friendly state right now.
>
>         http://www.math.berkeley.edu/~apollo/my-conlangs/conlangs.html
>
> I would be delighted for any comments, criticisms, complaints, insults,
> etc. (insults only as long as they're conlang related).
I have looked at all of them, and they all look very promising.
No matter how sketchy they are, I like them!  No need to be so humble.
I have noticed that there are quite a few ergative languages among them.
Your troll language, for example, sounds wonderfully "trollish", with only
back consonants and such.

I have a question about your Oloi conlang.  What kind of people are the
"sea-dwelling folk" that speaks it?  Are they human sea-nomads with boats,
or some sort of amphibious race?  Is the language designed to be spoken
underwater?  I have noticed that the language lacks obstruents.
Is this perhaps because they don't come out well underwater
(I don't know which sounds come out best underwater, but I assume that
vowels work better than sonorants, which work better than obstruents)?
I am asking this because I am also considering a (dialect of a) language
spoken by (in my case human) sea-nomads.

Jörg.

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