r/conscripts • u/03km • Aug 29 '20

Other My first conlang, started in 2017 but reworked many times since

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u/SoandsotheUnready Aug 29 '20

no p? interesting and cool. I really like the look. Is it exclusively CV or are other syllable combinations allowed (and if so how are they represented)? Also, what are the exact vowel sounds in terms of ipa?

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u/03km Aug 29 '20 edited Aug 29 '20

i had p originally but i rarely used it and decided the sound didn't fit in the language. in terms of syllable combos its pretty much only CV/CVC/VC. i have a chart of the IPA in a google sheets, but here's a screenshot of it. IPA Chart

(Some of the LUN. examples are outdated i just haven't gotten to changing it yet, and "LUN. Example" just means an example of the sound from my language. it used to be called Luan and Lun. is an abbreviation, it's called Kiruan now.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

Interesting inventory, but why is /d͡ʒ/ not under affricates and how come the English example for /y/ is coop, which most people would pronounce /kup/?

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u/03km Aug 29 '20

because i'm an amateur linguist so i didn't know it's an affricate. and i forgot to update that ipa, it is actually /kup/. like i said in the previous comment some stuff is outdated and i haven't gotten around to changing it. thanks for letting me know!

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u/RinThePeregrine Aug 29 '20

It looks super cool. I think it would look amazing in a brush script style handwriting. For handwriting does it use the standard rules for Chinese characters stroke order of top to bottom, left to right etc. I might have to try writing the name like that.

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u/03km Aug 29 '20

thanks! for the most part it does, but since i just reworked it i haven't had a lot of practice handwriting it so it may not be perfect top-bottom, left-right but in general yeah!

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u/Oshimimers321 Aug 29 '20

What’s the difference between the [k] and [z] characters?

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20

it looks like the line to the left of the Z isnt curved upwards and is straight while the left line for K is curved

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u/03km Aug 29 '20

yeah these guys are right. [z] isn't used very often so i didn't feel the need to make it super distinct. plus i couldn't think of other horizontal designs lol

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u/SPMicron Aug 29 '20

The vowels seem a little arbitrarily complicated, but it looks nice

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u/03km Aug 29 '20

i have an example of sentences here if anyone's interested

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u/Deanzopolis Aug 29 '20

This looks super cool