One of the hardest pills I had to swallow when I started engaging with actual #linguistics students or professors is that linguistics is not necessarily a leftist safe space. I’m going to explain. Beware: this is a rant. 1/4

I'm developing an etymology-based spelling system for Romance minority languages aimed at increasing consistency and mutual intelligibility across the Romance family.

See this link for the current PDF version: sicilanguageist.github.io

#minoritylanguages #orthography

#Lexember 2024, Day 3 (Unnamed Language)

from *ruwoː "fish"
luwok [ˈlu.wok] (pl. luwoqɛ) (n., class II) fish
luwop [ˈlu.wop] (n., class IV) fish (collective noun); fish meat
luwũ [ˈlu.wũ] (pl. luwow) (n., Class I) siren, triton

#conlang #conlangs #conlanging

#Lexember 2024, Day 2 (Unnamed Language)

from *hoː "sun"
hũũ [ˈhũː] (n., class I) sun-god; (by extension) god, deity
hooy [ˈhoːj] (n., class III) sun
hoop [ˈhoːp] (n., Class IV) sunlight

#conlang #conlangs #conlanging

#Lexember 2024, Day 1 (Unnamed Language)

may [ˈmaj] (v.) to wear, to have on (clothing)
mayi [ˈmaji] (pl. mayj) (n., Class III) garment, piece or item of clothing
mayp [ˈmajp] (n., Class IV) clothing (collective noun)

#conlang #conlangs #conlanging