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[copyspaghetti]

Tenegaru (twit), honeypotluck (ao3), an anonymous secret 3rd person and I talked about a Mob Psycho X Undertale AU and I made art for it

[ID: Pixel art of Reigen Arataka reimagined as an anthropomorphic foxlike monster in an undertale AU. He sits in a mostly barren office, with a table, a laptop, a printer, a potted plant in the corner, and a window with the blinds half drawn. The ambient light is red-ish. He is backlit by the yellow window. Reigen has one arm behind his head, is reclining in his chair, and has the other paw lifted up with the pointer finger and claw stretched out. The left text box reads "* Welcome to Spirits & Such * I'm Reigen Arataka * Greatest PSYCHIC of the 21st CENTURY" and the right text box reads "Buy", "Sell", "Talk", "Exit", "3G", "2/8". The talk-option is selected by the red heart. /End ID]

AU notes under the cut

Anon: Okay I haven’t left yet. But I would love to see an UT/DT style Spirits&Such shop for him.

Lucky: tbh him being some kind of trickster that follows frisk!Mob around in a UT au. literally everybody knows reigen is full of shit, but Mob is so trusting lmao. somehow all of the shitty things Reigen sells Mob along the way actually end up being useful in wacky ways.

Tenegaru: weird buffs, good heals.

Anon: That would be neat! I can see him as maybe a foxlike monster or even a Boss Monster w shit stats lmao. God what would his voice clip sound like??? 🤔

Tenegaru: aa aaa aaa aa a a a a a ae e e e e ee ee æ ee.

Anon: Just any clip of Sakurai screaming and just take a sample and repeat it.

Me: Shit stats yesss but he has his special moves and they're the stupidest ever but he keeps winning.

Anon: *This is one of Reigen’s signature moves.

Tenegaru: salt splash rains salt.

Me: A single flake of salt rains through the screen. He's like oops running out, anyway.

Lucky: "ask this magic 8 ball special questions and it will always show you the right path to take! and that'll be a gazillion gold, kid" *mob literally is never lost and thinks it's because the 8 ball has all the the right answers after all, but it's just that he's extraordinarily lucky*

Me: XD excellent choice, Mob.... The blue flowers all say stuff about how Reigen is a fraudster like negative reviews.

Lucky: "it's not nice to lie" - mob, defending reigen's honor. he refuses to listen to anybody about the fox lmao. 😭 imagine it actually makes reigen feel bad.

Me: I think Ekubo would be a monster he meets like the Mad Dummy.

Anon: He’s a ghost that takes the form of a ratted dummy and he’s just walking around, leaving fluff around everywhere lol.

Tenegaru: i dunno maybe he’d be like lancer and start out as an enemy but join the team like he does in canon lol.

Anon: Mixing both UT and DR together forgive me. [Referring to the party of Kris, Ralsei and Susie vs. Solo Frisk (with inner Chara)]

Lucky: eku joining the party and kind of quietly keeping mob out of trouble is sweet.

Anon: How would timelines be into play? That’s another question 🤔 Ekubo would show up from time to time on the title screen. He says you’re doing good in leading Mob in the right direction when you’re a Pacifist. But if you so wanted, you could reset everything….. or switch your current route up and start killing. Who knows.

Me: My vision: Mob runs into a weird dummy in the junkyard that is being worshipped by small random monsters and the dummy comes to life and it's Ekubo and then he follows Mob around. One of Ekubo's moves is making a little minion attack you.

Anon: Ohh please! That’s adorable. They try to make you laugh too.

Me: Do they tell horrible punny jokes in style with the original UT?

Anon: Oh god yes! We need that ROFL random humor in there too.

Me: Mezato, what would she be?

Anon: Honestly, I haven’t thought about it yet. I was mainly thinking about the main party like in DT and how they’d function. But I do know Mob would be the only human fs.

Me: I think maybe Mezato is a mini fox, same kind as Reigen, but Reigen insists that he's the only real fox around so clearly Mezato is something else XD you know how there are lots of dogs like lesser dog ? This time there's a lot of foxes.

Anon: Maybe a fennec fox?

[abidethetempest]

Eliksni Conlang Progress

Velask! this is my first progress post, hopefully the first of many! i have been really waffling on whether or not i wanted to even share any early content yet, but then i realized that was really just me being scared to show off my art and i'm not about that shit (plus i want to have a record of my progress to look back on)!!! so i'm gonna show off my art >:DDDD

so here's most of what i have now! beware, very long post below the cut:

Phonology

i hope to god tumblr didn't totally cronch that image. so yeah this is the rough phonology, emphasis on rough. full disclosure, everything i know about the IPA i learned for this project like a week ago. i'm a total noob, and i'm sure an experienced conlanger or linguist would look at this and their soul would exit their body in horror or smth equally dramatic. but in my defense, i did have to work backwards to build this based on existing material instead of making it all myself, so it was a lot more restrictive and difficult.

Short Vowels

ɪ: i

e: e

æ: a

ə: e or a (always unstressed)

ʊ: u

ɑ: aa

Long Vowels

i: ii

ɔ: o (primarily used before r)

Diphthongs:

eɪ: written as “ey” or “eh”

eə, written as “eyr” (pretty much exclusively seen paired with r, which is the reason for that spelling)

aɪ, written as “ei”

oʊ, written as “oh”

these diphthongs are used to represent a number of sounds that canonical sources do not differentiate between in writing. There might have been a way to do this using rules for pronounciation instead, but it was honestly so frustrating to think i had nailed down a good rule only to find one or two exceptions that i just decided to chuck canon out the window and make some damn diphthongs.

(if you don't know/understand the IPA, I highly recommend checking out this video for a great overview)

Phonotactics

this is also a very rough draft version, doubly so since the only person who has to care abt writing/speaking Eliksni rn is me. but this is my current basis for how i make, pronounce, and write words. i will definitely clean this up if/when i start making guides on using Eliksni, but it makes do for now.

C^3VC^3

Onset: all phonemes

Nucleus: all vowels/diphthongs

Coda: all consonants including clusters

stress on first syllable in most two syllable words

in three syllable words, stress on second syllable if it contains a k or a long vowel/diphthong

stress never on prefix

single "i" is short if surrounded by other letters and long if left open on either side. "ii" is always long and is written that way in words where it is surrounded by letters. Words that start with single i will be spelled with ii if they are compounded with another word. ex) ikrim (time), draiikrim (forever, lit. “all time”)

Consonant Cluster Rules

I only have rules for clusters of two so far, but I am going to flesh out the rules for three-consonant clusters soon since a few of those have cropped up in my lexicon building exercises. The chart for these is in an earlier post if you want to see it all color-coded and whatnot

C: can only pair with H to for CH, all romanizations using C in place of K are done so for aesthetic purposes (i only preserved the use of C as an occassional K because I like how it looks in romanizations, the actual Eliksni alphabet will never substitute C for K)

H: can only precede another consonant as part of the vowel in the nucleus, except for Y (functionally, H being attached to a vowel makes it part of that vowel, but i wanted to highlight this feature to make it very clear that H cannot precede another consonant on its own)

J: never pairs with another consonant. (i wasnt even going to include J as a sound in Eliksni, but there had to be two (2) damn canon names w J in them so i felt a little obligated)

Y: functioning as a consonant, Y cannot pair with any other consonant.

Z: never pairs with another consonant at beginning

Making this bigass chart was unironically so fun. i love you spreadsheets <3 i love you color coding <3 no i am not neurotypical why do you ask

Syntax

VSO 

verb-adverb

adposition-noun

possessor-possessee

Noun-adjective

thats it lmao! i'm not even sure if this is gonna stay the same, the only sentences i've written so far have been very basic and all like 3 words long. this is definitely an aspect i am expecting to change a lot over time as I refine how i want things to flow.

Stop! Grammar Time!

(i've waited three years to make that dumb joke lol sorry)

unfortunately grammar itself is no joke.

these are the affixes for conjugating verbs in Eliksni. There are 3 tenses currently (if anyone saw that post I made a few days ago abt the second past tense, i do still plan to implement it, just haven't had the time to think of affixes for it or decide how i really want it to work)

For the sake of time and bc this post is,,,, really damn long already, I won't be including the example conjugations i did here. might make a separate post with that so i can also show off how the mood markers work.

speaking of...

Mood time! i will readily admit this shit kinda confuses the heck outta me, though i understand the basics at least in theory. Some are more intuitive for me, like the imperative and interrogative. i might even drop the subjunctive, although i do want to at least try to grasp it first. Also shout out to the imperative for being irregular bc of ✨worldbuilding reasons✨, we love to see it.

and FINALLY

Noun case markers! Something my time learning German actually prepared me for!

There are only two cases in Eliksni, nominative and accusative. All other situations where other cases like dative or genitive would be used will be done periphrastically using prepositions and such. I was inspired by the lack of gendered third-person-pronoun in Mando'a, which is why there is one pronoun to refer to someone in the third person regardless of gender. If gender absolutely need be specificed, an adjective corresponding to their gender (ie: masculine, feminine, nonbinary, etc) is used.

and that's what i've got after about a week's worth of progress! for the sake of good recordkeeping, the date at the time of writing this post is 7-12-23.

feel free leave any thoughts (but please be gentle! i'm very new to this)!

[steamberrystudio]

Love love love When Stars Collide (so much, already) the CGs are chefs kiss, and hello Noel with that tattoo! Not sure if you've answered this, but how do you pronounce the ROs names?

Asher Dioscuri:

This one is fine to say how you naturally do but I personally say "Ah-sha" or "Ah-sher" (more of an ɔː than an æ at the start). For his last name, it's said pretty much how it's spelled but with a "Dee" at the start, not like "Die" - so Dee-o-skur-ee

Daaz/Daazlon Cree:

This one I say like "Daz". Rhyming with...uh...pizazz? The aa makes an æ sound.

Daazlon is the same way but with "lohn" at the end (like long without the g) and the stress at the first syllable.

Cree is said exactly as you'd expect. Like "Kree"

Noel Romero:

said like "Noll" (one syllable) and not No-ell and Romero is said as you'd expect it to be said "Ro-mehr-oh"

Raif Atlas:

This one, I usually say as "Rafe" (like 'rake' but with an f) with an eɪ. Initially I intended it to be said more as "Rah-eef" - but fast enough to sound more like "Rife" with an aɪ instead of eɪ. But it somehow morphed into "Rafe" instead.

Atlas is said the usual way.

Yren Ladon:

Eer-ehn (similar to Aaron but with more of an ɪə or iː at the start)

Ladon is said as "Lay-don" with the stress on the first syllable.

Hope this helps!

[this-is-my-main-i-follow-from]

the rosary in michif

So the way I rewrote this is how to pronounce it with symbols that make sense to me. I also changed the english versions so you know how these things are pronounced.

ɑ = anywhere between father & mop

a = the a in the french la, or anywhere between the a in above & father, (not in between like the way the o in above is in between u from rut & o from mop), except the a in above is more like the u in bun or the e in the, but in the english I started using u to symbolize the u in crutch/a in above/o in above (even tho it is more like the o in mop or the o in more without the w at the end)/e in the

é = the e in met or pen

æ = late, bait, may eidelweiss

i = if, bit, some ppl even use this i in both halves of spirit (if they don't say spyyrit), & sometimes that sound that is like "eu" crossed with "uh" crossed with "o'" crossed with "a" crossed with "e" & you just can't exactly tell what it is

í = eat, feeble, meme

o = anywhere between boat & the first two "ho"s of ho ho ho, it can be the o,w of words like hope, or it can be just the o' like if someone interrupted you before you finished saying "go". It's almost like how er starts with eu & ends with r, this starts with o' & ends with w,

oo = on in french, between boat & boot, it's like the "o" from above was a little more short/fat in your mouth so it is slightly more like a "w" but not quite, & then you do end it with that diphthong w. Like if you end the french garcon with a w as well as an n.

ʊ = oo, like shoe which can be eu'w, or it can be just the w (which is a vowel, the welsh are right), who, the first part of when, or when you say a really elongated "ooh" not just an euw but an euwwwww!, the end of "oh!"

eu = book, look, cook, hurt, the french feu, birch, earl, like take your tongue down from the back there & stop saying the r, it's like how we say "uh" in north america but they spell it "er" in england, they don't mean ir/eur, they mean euh. Like heard in a british accent

ä = a like cat. It was originally written as ae, but ae to me means éy (or ah-y), while in michif according to my legend it is supposed to mean a like ban. I actually do get it being spelled ae, but I used to spell it aa & have taco be spelled ah & lot be spelled aw (cahmmin vs cawmmun being two ways to say common). Anyway this is the a like fabulous or the way your white (not european) grandmother says pasta.

š = technically sh, but I actually often pronounce this as an s. Many cree speakers, especially as they get older, say things with a bit of a lisp, making the s turn into sh, & we have taken that into michif. In fact, the word michif comes from the lisping of the t in metis into ts, & the all-too-common lisping of ts into ch. You can say as s or as sh & it is fine

č = ch, in michif we usually say it more like ch, the "tsh" sound, but in cree it is more like ts, sort of like the japanese tsu. You know how ts is at the very front of your mouth but ch is a little farther back & a little more on the edges? Go halfway in between. Keep a little more contact with either side of the front of your tongue, & say it. Mix ts & ch to get smth halfway between. It's almost like chs in the way it sounds, but more like tch in the way it feels. Evn throw in a bit of soft "th" in there if you need.

I don't think I have ñ, but it is like a "ng" that doesn't quite make contact. It's the french n

r = Two options here. Option 1: earl but hover before you close your teeth on the r. Feel how far back that is in your mouth? Push it a little farther back, push that r a little further in general. Instead of that r being stupidly in your teeth (that's the reason kids way w instead), keep it closer to your throat, more in your soft palate, not where the bone starts. Option 2: khrkhrkhrkhrkhr almost like that arabic crackly h, & it can be voiced or unvoiced. It's a trilled g. Not a trilled d like in spanish though. Make the sound like the dentist's vacuum. It's a fricative.

ž = j, like how ch is just tsh, j is just dj, like how s becomes sh, z becomes zh. It is j without the starting d.

Some of the Gs can also be Ks occasionally, along with many other consonants. t/d, p/b, etc.

In fact, k/p/t are often pronounced softer, less aspirated.

hk can be either h,k or it can be the semitic/celtic ch like in bach or loch. hp can be like the filipino f that they make bilabial instead of labiodental.

I think that's everything. It is a lot more simple than writing it out seems.

Oh & in english I used eth & thorn, eth being bath/thank & thorn being bathe/that

Li Shaplæ - The Holy Rosary

Wíčæwagɑnɑ Tapætamwag –

Apostle's Creed

Ndɑpwæténn li Bonjeu,

li Papa kašokatišidmawači,

kɑkiw kaožitɑt li syél ékwa la tér.

Ndɑpwæténn li Jéyzʊs

kɑgíkičítotɑt péyʊg égo son

Garsoo, kɑnígɑníštamagoyak,

kíošíéw očé

okičitawišokišíwinn avik

ékičitwɑwak Kinígígwann,

ékwa énítawigit očé la Sänt Vyɑrž.

Pontyas Paylat nɑšpič kígwatagíéw

li Bonjeuwa, kíšagawéywag

denn krwa, kínipo, ékwa kínačigɑšo. 

Kíšidša'hwawandagɑnipočig,

dɑn la trwazyém žʊrnæ kípašéygo mína.

Dɑn li syél kítotéw,

ékwa kíapígɑšo andɑ

tapiškoč Papa.  Mína tapætotéw

čipæwíéšowɑdat kapimɑtišíid

ékwa kɑnipoyit.

Ndɑpwæténn ékičitwɑwak

Kinígígwann, kɑkičitwɑwak liglíz,

kakío kapimičawɑčig li Bonjeu

awɑ dɑn li syél ékwa dɑn la tér kakío

li Bonjeu sa famí, čiponéy čigɑtég

kamačítočigɑtég, li kor číapačipɑt

ékwa čipimɑtišik tapitaw.  Answi��il.

Aí bilív in God, þa Fɑþer ɑlmaítí,

kríæter av hévén änd eurð.

änd Aí bilív in Jízas kraíst, hiz only San,

äwr Lord, hʊ waz kɑnsívd baí

þa päweur av þa Holí Spírit, änd

born av þa Veurjin Méry.

Hí suffeurd undeur Pɑnčas Paílit

waz krʊsifaíd, daíd, änd waz beuríd. 

Hí déséndid tʊ þa déd, änd ɑn

þa ðird dæ hí roz agén.  Hí

aséndid intʊ hévin, änd iz sítid

ät þa raít händ uv þa Fɑþeur.  Hí

will kum ugén in glorí tʊ juj

þa living änd þa déd.

Aí bilív in þa Holí Spirit, þa holy

käðlik čeurč, þa kommyʊnyeun av

sænts, þa forgivniss av sins, þa

réseurrékšan av þa bɑdy, änd laíf

éveurlästing.  ɑmén.

Ton Pérínɑnn - Our Father

Ton Pérínɑnn, dɑn li syél kayɑyénn

kíčitwɑwann ton noo.

Kiya kɑníkɑništamann péytotéíé

kɑndawætamann tɑtočíkatéw

ota dɑn la tér tɑpiškoč dɑn li syél.

Mínɑnn anoč mon pänínɑnn

ponæíminɑnn kamačitotamɑk,

níštanɑnn nkaponæmɑnɑnik

aniké kɑkímaítotɑkoyɑkʊk

kayakočíinɑnn, mɑka

pašpíinɑnn ɑyik očé

mɑčíšíwæpišiwinn.

Kɑníkɑníštamawíɑk,

kišokišíwinn, kɑkičitæmíak

kiya aníé, anoč ékwa takíné.  Answičil.

Awr Fɑþeur in Hévin, yor næm

iz holí.  Mæ yor kingdeum keum,

änd yor will bí dun ɑn eurð äz

it iz in hévin.

Giv us teudæ þu fʊd þät wí níd

änd forgiv us for aʊr sinz,

just az wí forgiv þoz hʊ sin

ugænst us.

Giv us stréngð to résist témptæšun,

änd kíp us frum ɑll ívil.  ɑmén.

Kičítéím Li Bonjeu - Glory Bé

Kičítéím kí Papaínɑnn,

ékwa li Garsoo,

ékwa Ékičitwɑwak Kinígígwann.

Tɑpiškoč kɑmɑčipaíik,

ékwa šæmɑk, ékwa tɑpitaw ~

la tér ékɑ čiponipɑyik.  Answičil. 

Glorí bí tʊ þa Fathér, änd tʊ

þu Son, änd tʊ þa Holí Spírit, äz

it wuz in þu béginning, iz naw,

änd forévir šäll bí ~ weurld

wiðawt énd.  Amén.

O Mon Jéyzʊ - Oh My Jízus

O Mon Jéyzʊs, ponæminɑnn

kɑmačitotamɑk, pašpíinɑnn

dɑn li feu očé dɑn lenfér.

Nígɑníšta kɑkío ninígíawɑnɑnig ékwa anigé nawač kandawéítakig

číkitimɑgæ mɑčig.  Answičil.

O mɑy Jízus, forgiv us awr sinz

änd sæv us from þu fɑyrz uv héll. 

Líd ɑll soolz tʊ hévin, éspéšullí

þos most in níd uv yor meurcy.  Amén.

Kigičítéímitínɑnn Marí - Hail Mary

Kigičítéímitínɑnn Marí,

ékičítéímit, Li Bonjeu wiya

avik twa.  ékičítakišoyénn

kiya ki tʊ lí fém, ékwa

kíčitwɑwɑnɑ mawišwɑnɑ

kapimotɑtayénn katɑk Jéyzʊ.

Kíčitwɑwann Marí, Mér di

Bonjeu, ayamíéštémoinɑnn

šæmɑk ékwa atinapoyɑko.  Answičil.

Hæl Mærí, full ɑv græs, þu

Lord iz wið yʊ.  Bléssid ɑr

yʊ amung wimin, änd

bléssid iz þu frʊt uv yor wʊm

Jízas.  Holí Mérí, Muþeur uv Gɑd,

præ for us sinneurs, naw, änd ät

þí aʊr uv awr déð.  ɑmén.

Míawɑtann Mɑmaškɑč

i.  Li tɑnž Gabríél kípæwítamawéw la Sänt Vyɑrž än pičí Jéyzʊ  æwéyɑwat.

ii.  La Sänt Vyɑrž kígíogawéw sa koʊzinn ílizabéth.

iii.  Li pičí Jéyzʊ natɑwagéw.

iv.  Li pičí Jéyzʊ kítotaígɑšo kɑkičitowak la Méyzon.

v.  Kímiškɑgɑšo li pičí Jéyzʊ kɑkičotawak la Méyzon égoté žérʊsalém.

Mɑmatawinɑgwanɑ Kɑwašaškotéígé

- þe Luminous Mysteries

i.  Jéyzʊs kíšigayatagašo dɑn la rivyér dé žordan.

ii.  än nas aštéw én Kana.

iii.  Jéyzʊs itwéw kakičitowišid pé ayaw.

iv.  Jéyzʊs wapataíwéw ogičitoišíwinn éywɑškošod kíošta'ayik wiya dɑn li montaynn dé Téybor.

v.  éškwač Jéyzʊs sʊpí kɑmíčišočig avik wíčéwagana kígímíægonɑnnwiyawɑnn ékwa son sɑn, číwíčéwayak tapitaw. (the institution of the eucharist at the Last Supper.  Jesus gives us his body änd blood so that we can choose to receive eternal life.)   

Mitɑtætɑgwann Mɑmaškɑč

i.  Jéyzʊs kwatagætaw dɑn li žardan. (I've heard it as "jargin" not just "jardan")

ii.  Jéyzʊs kínočígɑšo än fwét kíabačitɑwag ékwa lí ploon égígamogé.(the scourging at the pillar has a much longer name here: he is tied to a pillar & beaten with a whip made with lead)

iii.  Jéyzʊs kíačigɑtéw än koronn oči šnélí.

iv.  Jéyzʊs kípimíwatægɑšo la krwé. (I'd actually say krwa like krwoa bc it is croix in french, but michif is like cowboy french)

v.  Jéyzʊs kíšagɑwéywag dɑn la krwé očičig ékwa očitak.

Mɑtawpayinn dɑn li Syél - Glorious Mysteries

i.  Apičípaw Jéyzʊs niponik očé.

ii.  Jéyzʊs dɑn li syél itotéw.

iii.  ékičitwawišid péítotéw.

iv.  La Sänt Vyɑrž šipwétaígašo dɑn li syél.

v.  La Sänt Vyɑrž ošigašo la Rénn dɑn li syél.

Kígičítéímitínɑnn Kɑgičitwɑošyénn La Rénn - Hail Holy Queen

Kígičítéímitínɑnn

Kɑgičitwɑošíénn La Rénn,

Mama očé gɑšɑgí'íwét. 

Kičítéítɑ mbimɑtišiwinínɑnn,

kɑšíwišíɑk, ékwa

kɑpagošéítamɑk.

Nimɑtonɑnn mon Sänt Vyɑrž

anɑnn očé kɑwæpinigɑšoyak

líz enfen očé ív.

Ota dɑn la valí mɑtowinn, ékwa

kɑgɑškéítamik,

kígagwæčímikawinn

číwíčí'íɑk.

Ayamíéš tamɑwínɑnn

wíjí'ínɑnn čimiškawayɑk

ton garsoo Jéyzʊs.  Answičil.

missing in the translation so idk if it is correct: thine eyes of mercy toward us & after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy woumb, o clement o loving o sweet virgin mary pray for us oh holy mother of got that we may be made worthy of the promises of christ let us pray grant we bessech you that by meditating on the holy mysteries of the most holy rosary of the blessed virgin mary we may both imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise through the same christ our lord amen. It's missing it after it says "pray for us most gracious advocate & help us to know your son jesus" which is skipping the "turn" your eyes & the exile part. It is also missing toe rosary closing which is not technically part of the prayer but I associate it with the salve regina bc that's when I usually say it.

Ayamíɑwinn očé ékičitwɑwak Kinígígwɑnn - Prayer to þa Holy Spirit

 Kɑníganíštamɑwíak dɑn li

syél, ana kaočicanawapamigoyɑk,

onígí'igwɑnɑ kɑtɑpwæit

mišíwæayaw ékwa kakío

kégwéy kaítagwak, anda

kaočikičitotagawíak, ékwa

pimɑtišíwinn kɑmí'igoyak;

Pépítigwæ dɑn mon čoér,

kišípégininɑnn

čígɑšíɑpawitayénn ægok

kɑpémačitotamak,

pimɑčitɑ ní'ígígwaínɑnn

kɑkičitowišíénn.  Answičil.

Jéyzʊs Mon Bonjeuínɑnn - Jesus prayer (better translates to jesus my God(our's)

Jéyzʊs Mon Bonjeuínɑnn,

li Garsoo kapimɑtišid očé

ton Bonjeuínɑnn,

kitimɑgæminɑnn

kɑmačigækwyʊiɑk,

kiyanɑnn očé kapašpí'íwét.  Answičil.

[the-isj]

Dag! So I figured I’d start with Izar’s alphabet just so y’all know what to expect in regards to pronunciation:

Izar alphabet

Aa - [ä]

Ää - [æ]

Bb - [b]

Cc - [x]

Dd - [d]

Ee - [e~ɛ]

Ff - [f]

Gg - [g]

Hh - [h]

Ii - [i~ɪ]

Jj - [j]

Kk - [k]

Ll - [l]

Mm - [m]

Nn - [n], [ŋ] before k, g, c, or x

Oo - [o~ɔ]

Öö - [ə]

Pp - [p]

Rr - [r~ɾ]

Ss - [s]

Tt - [t]

Uu - [u~ʊ]

Vv - [v]

Ww - [w]

Xx - [ɣ]

Yy - [ɨ]

Ýý - [ʉ]

Zz - [z]

Åå - [ɒ]

A few notes: E, i, o, and u are typically more closed [e i o u] if in an open syllable or if only followed by one consonant, but more open [ɛ ɪ ɔ ʊ] if in a closed syllable or followed by more than one consonant. This actually makes words ending in those vowels + one consonant unpredictable - as a common feature of Germanic languages that Izar lacks is differing between long and short vowels, often by the number of consonants following a vowel. This also means that doubled consonants (and, also, vowels) will rarely appear, except in compound words. Also, <c> represents Nordic soft <k> and <kj>, along with West Germanic <ch>, and <x> represents Nordic soft <g> and <gj>.

And yes, Izar is both North and West Germanic. However, it has a lot of Icelandic influence, shown by both its grammar *and* some of its words. There is also some Dutch influence, but most of the foreign language influence on Izar is Icelandic.

With that being said - it has two standard dialects! Northeastern and Southwestern. Northeastern Izar contains more Nordic words, whereas Southwestern Izar contains more West Germanic words. For nouns, that can mean that the gender of a noun changes (yes there is grammatical gender!), but not the actual word itself.

Hopefully that gives you all enough insight on what to expect from how words are spelled! :D

Also here’s the previous Izar post.

[chutoele]

introducing arissi

vowels:

/ɑ/ a

/ɑː/ aa

/e/ e

/eː/ ee

/i/ i

/iː/ ii

/o/ o

/oː/ oo

/u/ u

/uː/ uu

/y/ y

/yː/ yy

/ø/ ö

/øː/ öö

/æ/ ä

/æː/ ää

consonants:

/d/ d

/h/ h

/j/ j

/k/ k

/kː/ kk

/l/ l

/lː/ ll

/m/ m

/mː/ mm

/n/ n

/nː/ nn

/p/ p

/pː/ pp

/r/ r

/s/ s

/sː/ ss

/t/ t

/tː/ tt

/ʋ/ v

arissi /ɑris:i/ also means hedgehog

[tohrinha]

That'll be interesting because Californian English still has more vowels than Spanish (or Portuguese - @shardreach still has a devil of a time distinguishing the vowels in beet (i) vs bit (ɪ) in some contexts), so you'd also need to see if you've picked up the new vowels.

The big mergers in Californian English are:

Low back merger or cot/caught: I recommend listening to Wikipedia's examples, but the cot vowel (ɑ) is a bit closer to an aa (æ) as in mad, while caught (ɔ) is more rounded like aww.

Mary/marry/merry: Unmerged speakers say Mary with a long a sound (eɪ) like day, marry with an aa (æ) like mad, and merry with an eh (ɛ) like bet. This merger is specifically for those vowels before r, because American accents tend to "color" vowels with r's instead of saying the full hard r sound.

You also get pin/pen (ɪ/ɛ before n/m), fill/feel (ɪ/i before l), and full/fool (ʊ/u before l) in more inland California.

California ALSO has a vowel shift going on. Compared to speakers further north and east (until you hit Canada, because Canada has the same vowel shift), Californians say their front vowels a bit further back and/or lower - bit sounds more like bet, bet sounds more like bat, etc.

Vowels Californian English has that Spanish (usually, see obligatory disclaimer) doesn't: ɪ, ɛ, æ, and varieties of grunt (ə, ʌ, ʊ).

one of the funniest things I see people say about "standard english" btw is californians who are like "yeah basically all american english speakers speak the same way so it makes sense to call that 'standard american english'" because you know they only perceive it that way because californian english has like every single vowel merger simultaneously so they can't tell the difference between other american english varieties. they're fish who don't know they're wet

[tamarieatsbatteries175]

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[xero-degrees-kelvin]

Alphabet - Aa

Possible Pronunciation - ⟨æ⟩

In my spelling reform ,like in standard General American English (GAE), the default and first possible pronunciation of the letter Aa will be the Near-Open Front Unrounded Vowel or the ⟨æ⟩ sound, like in apple ⟨æpəl⟩, ant ⟨ænt⟩, ash ⟨æʃ⟩, cat ⟨kæt⟩, trap ⟨tɹap⟩, and bath ⟨bæθ⟩

Possible Pronunciation - ⟨ɑ(ː)⟩

The second possible pronunciation of the letter Aa in my GAE spelling reform is the open back unrounded or the ⟨ɑ(ː)⟩ sound. Aa will make the ⟨ɑ(ː)⟩ in several different context;

In the digraphs of a͡u or a͡w like in the words aunt ⟨ɑːnt⟩, August ⟨ɑgəst⟩, caught ⟨kɑt⟩, dawn ⟨dɑn⟩, hawk ⟨hɑk⟩, saw ⟨sɑː⟩.

In my spelling reform for a͡u will only be used at the beginning of a word and a͡w will be used in the middle or at the end of a word, making words like caught → cawt, distraught → distrawt, naught → nawt, daughter → dawter

In the trigraphs of a͡lk, a͡ll, a͡lm, a͡lt, like in the words of talk ⟨tɑk⟩, walk ⟨wɑk⟩, tall ⟨tɑl⟩, wall ⟨wɑl⟩, palm ⟨pɑlm⟩, balm ⟨bɑlm⟩, salt ⟨sɑlt⟩, halt ⟨hɑlt⟩

When the letter Aa is at the end of a syllable

Possible Pronunciation - ⟨eɪ⟩

The third possible pronunciation of the letter Aa is the the in my spelling diphthong of ⟨eɪ⟩ which can be spelled several different ways;

In the diagraphs a͡i, a͡y, a͡e like in rain ⟨reɪn⟩, tail ⟨teɪl⟩, day ⟨deɪ⟩, May ⟨meɪ⟩.

The diphthong of a͡e will replace the e͡a in words like steak → staek, break → braek, great → graet.

In the letter sequence of a(constant)e, in word like pace ⟨peɪs⟩, take ⟨teɪk⟩, cage ⟨keɪdʒ⟩

Possible Pronunciation - ⟨ə⟩

The mid central unrounded vowel, schwa, or the ⟨ə⟩ sound, the final possible pronunciation of the letter Aa and is made when the vowel is reduced or when Aa is at the end of a word, like in comma ⟨kɑmə⟩

[vitser]

So uh, I added eth and thorn to Izar, so I’mma just repost the alphabet here real quick-

Aa - [ä]

Ää - [æ]

Bb - [b]

Cc - [x]

Dd - [d]

Ðð - [ð]

Ee - [e~ɛ]

Ff - [f]

Gg - [g]

Hh - [h]

Ii - [i~ɪ]

Jj - [j]

Kk - [k]

Ll - [l]

Mm - [m]

Nn - [n], [ŋ] before k, g, c, or x

Oo - [o~ɔ]

Öö - [ə]

Pp - [p]

Rr - [r~ɾ]

Ss - [s]

Tt - [t]

Uu - [u~ʊ]

Vv - [v]

Ww - [w]

Xx - [ɣ]

Yy - [ɨ]

Ýý - [ʉ]

Zz - [z]

Þþ - [θ]

Åå - [ɒ]

Same rules apply! Just- realized I should probably add the dental fricatives aksuhfpamwpem

[chaoskiro]

Fun little regional thing that nobody asked about: the aa plumber thing would not work a lot of the time in Denmark. See, Danish has three extra letters from English: æ,ø and å. But they used to be written as ae, oe and aa. You still see old names using those spellings like Aalborg. These letters are at the end of the Danish alphabet yknow ...xyzæøå and this means that some alphabetized lists put things beginning with aa at the end of the list since it registeres as å and some put them at the top since it's two a's. I had a classmate who's surname began Aa and it was always a toss-up when she was called, thus putting aa before your name might end up bringing you to the very bottom of the list.

[48lexr]

Ipol (Conlang) Synopsis

Day 3 (? 4?) of writing my novel and I actually wrote a bunch today! But today I wanted to do something different: present on the most-used conlang in my novel: Ipol.

Ipol ['i.pol] is an Eastern Zenestian language descended from Classical Zispoel by way of Old Ipol. Ipol is actually the word used for the accent spoken in Ir Nouzonif (Ip. I Nusnif [i.'nus.nif]), the capital of Zeneste. Most other dialects, including several languages, are lumped together into Ipol Sinezo (literally: Rice-farmer Ipol.)

Phonology

Consonants

Ipol has 16 consonants:

Oral Stops: p, b, t*, d*, k, g*

* t, d > tʃ, dʒ / _ i

**Nasal Stops: **n, m

Fricatives: f, s*, h

* s > ʃ / _ {i, e}

Semivowels: j, w

Liquids: l

Rhotics*: r*, rr

r > /ɹ/ / _ {#, consonant}

r > /ɾ/ / (everywhere else)

rr is the uvular rhotic /ʀ/ found in French

Vowels

Ipol has 12 vowels.

High: i, ij, u, uw

Mid: e, ee, o, oo (/oː/), oh (/ɔː/)

Low: æ (/æː/), a, aa (/aː/)

Phonotactics

Ipol is a (C)(S)V(C)(C)(C) language:

C = any consonant

V = any vowel + r

S = semivowel + r

Translation + Teaser

Excerpt from Part One:

Dr. Este grunted, wrinkling her nose at me. "If you know what's good for you," she rephrased, "you'll stay far, far away from the attic." I gulped. Then, I shook my head. What were a bunch of sticks going to do to me when I wasn't looking. "Why? The Sensonif isn't hiding up there, is she?" I realized that the first stained glass window depicted the three Heroes: the Heroes of Life, Earth, and Language. Then the other window depicted the Hero of Earth killing the Sensonif-a monster said to be fifty-feet high and filled with lava. One touch from her is said to kill a person in seconds. My comment stiffened the Vice President, who stopped. Then, hanging her head, she gripped my shoulder and looked up into my eyes, her gaze lifeless and cold. "Nerte treste ésispijen," she whispered, "Sispoh sispijz la eheempijz." If you care about yourself, you mustn't go into the attic.

Nerte - you.ABS

Treste - you.ACC

sispijen - believe in, care about

Sispoh - must

sispijz - (negative modal verb)

la - in, into, towards

eheempijz - attic (literally house-up, or the top bit of a house)

Conclusion

Given that Dr. Este is the Hero of Earth who sailed around the world with the other two Heroes (of Life and Language,) what do you think is in the attic that she's so worried about?

[norwegianoslo]

The Magic Behind ÆØÅ

Hei alle sammen! (Hi, everyone!)

If you live in Norway or read anything in Norwegian, then you've probably noticed that we have a few extra funny little vowels. The Norwegian alphabet is actually 10% larger than the English one, and we owe it all to our fantastic friends: ÆØÅ. These three unique characters add that extra Nordic flair to our written language, making it stand out from the rest.

Now, time for a quick history lesson!

Did you know that runes are the oldest alphabet used in Norway? The Vikings were the ones who first dabbled in these magical signs, which most people couldn't read. They believed that Odin himself brought the runes to humanity, and only the powerful, like kings, nobles, and magicians, could decipher them.

Fast forward to the 9th century, and Christianity made its way to Norway. Runes were eventually replaced by Latin, and that's how the Danish-Norwegian alphabet was born. In this fascinating merge of old and new, we introduced the fantastic trio: ÆØÅ.

Æ was the first to join the party, already a part of the Latin alphabet (remember "cæsar"?). In true Viking fashion, we loved it and decided to keep it for ourselves.

Next up, Ø came into play. Some believe it originates from Old English, and the earliest traces can be found in Danish handwriting around the 12th century.

Lastly, Å made its grand entrance. While a similar sound had been used since the early Viking age, it wasn't officially seen in writing until the 16th century.

I bet you want to know how to use these fun new letters now, don't you?

PRONOUNCING Æ, Ø, Å

Æ combines A and E. It sounds like the A in “sad”.

Ø combines the O and the E and sounds like the U in “turn”.

Å started as AA and sounds like the first sound in “awesome”.

WRITING Æ, Ø, Å

Having trouble finding those charming Norwegian letters on your keyboard? While some may suggest using AE for Æ, OE for Ø, and AA for Å, we're here to let you in on a little secret – that's not quite the same thing in Norway. But hey, no worries! We've got some super easy tricks that'll help:

1. On a phone or tablet, simply press and hold the vowel you want to add an accent to, and you'll find your Norwegian letters right there. (You might need to download Norwegian as a language first.)

2. On a Mac, it's a piece of cake:

æ + Option Q

Æ + Option + Shift Q

ø + Option O

Ø + Option + Shift O

å + Option A

Å + Option + Shift A

3. On a PC, hold down the Alt button and type the 4-digit number below:

æ Alt+0230

Æ Alt+0198

ø Alt+0248

Ø Alt+0216

å Alt+0229

Å Alt+0197

So, there you have it, a little more info behind our charming extra letters! Go ahead and impress your friends with your use of ÆØÅ! 🎉

There is so much more to explore in the world of Norwegian and we're here to guide you every step of the way. If you have questions or want to learn more, give us a shout! We're happy to help make your language journey smooth, enjoyable, and filled with little delightful discoveries.

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[bonmonjour]

Spelling Reform VII: Short and Rhotic Vowels

The vowels come in three broad flavors: long, broad, and plain. These are indicated with an aigu, a grave, and no accent respectively.

Plain Short Vowels

⟨a⟩ for me has the sound of both TRAP and BATH, though in dialects that differentiate the two, the latter can be written as a plain ⟨a⟩ or with the broad ⟨à⟩. This letter also interacts with ⟨l⟩ in some funny ways, but I'll talk about that in another post.

⟨e⟩ when not silent has the DRESS sound. In addition to English words that already have ⟨e⟩, the short sequences ⟨æ⟩ and ⟨œ⟩ are also replaced by just ⟨e⟩. American English has already largely replaced ⟨œ⟩ with ⟨e⟩ in words like "estrogen" (cf. British "œstrogen") but we should get rid of the ⟨æ⟩ as well, in words like «esthetic» [aesthetic].

⟨i⟩ is pretty straightforward: it's the KIT sound (when not silent/palatalizing, of course).

⟨o⟩ is both LOT and CLOTH for me, but again lots of dialects instead have CLOTH merged with THOUGHT, which you can write as ⟨ò⟩ if you want. For a lot of Americans, the rounded /ɒ/ vowel has merged with the unrounded /ɑ/ vowel, but not for me. The good thing about having a spelling reform based on current spellings instead of purely phonology is that it can account for more dialects.

⟨u⟩ is predictably the STRUT vowel (which I have written with the schwa because come on). Importantly, it is never the FOOT vowel, which is written ⟨uu⟩. The only exception is that what would be written as ⟨wuu⟩ is simplified to just ⟨wu⟩, as in «wulf».

⟨y⟩ represents two different vowels based on where it occurs. Internally, it stands for the KIT vowel, same as ⟨i⟩, but at the end of (multi-syllable*) words, it stands for the unstressed HAPPY vowel.

Finally, ⟨ø⟩ is the vowel letter I added. See, many words in English are pronounced with a STRUT or GOOSE vowel, even though that word is written with an ⟨o⟩. There are quite a few of these, including "one, done, none, son." The thing is that since "won, dun, nun, sun" also exist, simply replacing the original ⟨o⟩ with a ⟨u⟩ wasn't an option that I liked. The solution I came up with is to add a letter that looked like an ⟨o⟩ but was pronounced differently. Thus those original words are spelled as «uøn, døn, nøn, søn».

Another benefit is that this decision cleared up some other ambiguities as well. For example, the words "cove, dove, dove, love, move" look like they should all rhyme, but in fact they don't. Without giving too much away, the respelling gets rid of this ambiguity by spelling those words as «cóve, dóve, døve, løve, moùve». The words "blood" and "flood" are also re-written to have just one vowel: «blød, flød».

All of these vowels also have long versions with different pronunciations (yay GVS!), but those will be coming in a later post.

Plain Digraphs

In addition to the one-letter vowels, there are also vowel digraphs. They are the following; let's go through them one by one.

⟨aa⟩ pretty much only exists because I didn't want to make ⟨l⟩ any weirder. It can be found in «haaf, caaf» [half, calf] and in names like «Aaron». ⟨ea⟩ works pretty much exactly like in standard English. Although in the standard orthography, that digraph has four different pronunciations, those are all given to digraphs with accented characters in this respelling, leaving ⟨ea⟩ as only standing for /ɛ/. Another thing of note is that many words with short ⟨eo⟩, like "leopard," are respelled to this, i.e., «leapard». The two cells with equal signs are only in here because they are acceptable alternatives to «óa, óe».

The digraph ⟨ae⟩ now only represents the FACE vowel, like in "maelstrom" for example. The palatalizing version has been replaced by «é». The rest of the second row, with one exception, works pretty much exactly as in standard English, with the note that of course none of these digraphs represent their "long" pronunciations.

The split digraph ⟨ø_e⟩ is really a workaround for the fact that the CMS keyboard doesn't let you type ⟨ǿ⟩. This is method for writing the long pronunciation of ⟨ø⟩ when it appears word-internally, in words like «tømbe, wømbe, whøse» [tomb, womb, whose]. Note that words like "shoe" or "canoe" in which ⟨oe⟩ represents the GOOSE vowel are respelled to «shue, canue». This is partly the reason for why the pronunciation of ⟨ue⟩ is described as /(j)u/.

The third and fourth rows again works pretty much exactly like in the standard orthography, including the fact that, in native words at least, ⟨Vy⟩ is the word-final version of ⟨Vi⟩. This also means that homophones like "rain, rein" stay distinct, but also that "gray/grey" stays the same amount of confusing. One thing to note is that the unstressed suffix "-tain," like in "mountain, fountain, captain" is respelled to «-ten» to better reflect its pronunciation. This yields «mounten, founten, capten».

I know I've said this a lot, but a lot of the last row works exactly as you'd expect. Even so, there are some things I should explain. The digraph ⟨au⟩ is also a replacement for ⟨al⟩ when it sounds like the THOUGHT vowel. This happens quite a lot actually, in words like "all, ball, call, fall, gall, hall, mall, pall, tall, wall." These words have their ⟨al⟩ replaced with ⟨au⟩, and maybe an -l appended to the end if needed for disambiguation. Thus all of those words are spelled like «aul, baul, caul, faul, gaull, haull, maull, paull, taul, waul».

The digraph ⟨øu⟩ sounds exactly like ⟨ø, u⟩ and is really only included to keep the spellings similar. This can also preserve connections between related words like ��yoùth ~ yøung», «south ~ søuthern», and «mouth ~ Plymøuth».

Finally, I mentioned this before but the FOOT vowel is written with ⟨uu⟩, though I guess if you wanted to, you could also use ⟨w⟩.

Plain Rhotic Vowels

English also has a number of rhotic vowels, but after the explanation above, hopefully the chart of said rhotic vowels and their spellings will be clearly understandable.

The spelling of "heir" showcases the rule that silent initial H is replaced by the spiritus lenis. This can be seen a few words, e.g., «’eir, ’our, ’onor» [heir, hour, honor].

Natively, the sequence of sounds /ojər/ doesn't really occur I don't think? But there are plenty of French words with ⟨oir⟩, which is why that trigraph takes the French pronunciation. By the way, "choir" is a weird one and I've decided to spell it as «choír». It's not perfect, but it's good enough.

Also note that since ⟨ø⟩ is a letter I straight up introduced, it doesn't play nicely with ⟨r⟩ for rhotic vowels. In fact, it doesn't play at all.

[maleposting]

tips for american english pronunciation:

ts and ds in the middle of words are pronounced like the alveolar flap/tap

ps ks and occasionally ts [if theyre not turned into r] are devoiced in the middle of words

ts at the end of words are turned into glottal stops or unreleased ts

ks and ps at the end of words become unreleased

make sure to pronounce the rs. if theres a vowel between a consonant and the r pretend the vowel does not exist

pronouncing /æ/ [aa] like /ɑ/ [aw] i cant help with you just need to train it yourself

thats great to know i didn't understand shit but thank you