Re: backwards conlanging

En réponse à "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...>:

>
> What I do is that I take a step back and try to imagine a blurred,
> slightly distorted version of the language, or try to baby-talk in the
> language, and listen for alternative ways of pronouncing the vowels, or
> even entire sound changes like contracting multiple syllables into a
> single cluster, etc.. Wash, rinse, repeat. After several successive
> "mutations", you'll end up with a derived sound that's different enough
> yet still resembles the original.
>
> [Disclaimer: I've never actually made a conlang this way yet -- this is
> just what I do with my *current* conlang by picking what I figure would
> sound like a good ancestor-lang root and "mutating" it -- so don't blame
> me if it produces a frankenlang :-P]
>
In fact, that's exactly how I make sound changes! :) . I take the original
pronunciation, and I pronounce it faster and faster, until I arrive at a
satisfying sound change :) .

Christophe.