Re: First Post and Proto-Conlang rough sketch

Hi!

Yukatado writes:
> Hello all ye good members of the ConlangML!
>
>     My name is Jason, (although I would prefer to just go by my online
> handle, Yukatado) and I've been a lurker on this list for since . . . I
> think around 2003, if I remember correctly, but I've never posted yet. I
> suppose it is high time for me to finally introduce myself.
Welcome to the list, Jason^H^H^H^H^HYukatado! :-)

>...
>     Here's a rough sketch of what I would like to do for the
> Proto-Language itself:
>...
> pet pent pents plents splents
>     pert perts plerts splerts
>     pets peyts pleyts spleyts
>     peyt plent pwents spwents
>     plet plert pwerts spwerts
>     pwet plets pweyts spweyts
>     spet pleyt spents
>          pwent sperts
>          pwert speyts
>          pwets splent
>          pweyt splert
>          spent splets
>          spert spleyt
>          spets spwent
>          speyt spwert
>          splet spwets
>          spwet spweyt
It's nice to see this designed in so much detail!

Is there a design goal behind excluding 'r' when 'l' is allowed after
plosives?  It would feel like a natural pair to be included, with the
possible exception of excluding 'l' after alveolar stops.  (This may
be a Latin-centric question :-)).

Similarly, since the 'w' glide is allowed, is there a reason to
exclude 'j'?

This is a question out of curiosity -- I could imagine reasons or
design goals easily that would make the above the first choice.

>...
>     kwes + peyt > kwospyt [kwospit]
>     peyt + kwes > poytkws [pojtkus]
>...
Beautiful!

>...
>     Do relative clauses typically take a relative pronoun if the clause
> precedes the noun it modifies,
>...
I suppose not.

> or do they typically dispense with it as in Japanese?
More like that.  In Mandarin, too.  And if you compare participle
constructions in German, those are similar, too.

Have you had a look at internally headed relative clauses (IHRC)?
I like them a lot and they are elegant for some purposes and since
Japanese has them, your can investigate easily from where you are. :-)

>...
>     Anyway, any thoughts on the project, advice, help, whatever, is
> welcomed and appreciated!
Very nice!  Would be nice to read more!

**Henrik