Re: milimpulaktasin
| From: | Robert Hailman <robert@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, April 20, 2001, 0:20 |
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daniel andreasson wrote:
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> Robert Hailman wrote:
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> > Ooh! I like this. Nakiltipkaspimak sounds not too far off
> > how I imagined it, and I like what I hear. Tres cool.
>
> Are you sure this isn't just because of my sexy voice? ;)
:-) Well, that could be part of it, but the lang has to lend itself to a
sexy voice... Ajuk doesn't very much, I can't imagine how that would
sound.
> Actually, it was so fun recording snippets of my conlangs
> that I've decided to put up a page on my site with examples
> from Seimi and Rinya too.
Ooh. That'd be cool. Hearing conlangs is fun - the IPA only gives you so
much of an idea of how a language sounds.
> > The only problem is that the RA file played too quiet for
> > whatever reason, so I cranked up the volume on my computer,
> > and got an unpleasant suprise the next time I recieved a
> > message on ICQ -
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> Oops. Sorry about that. The problem is that the sound gets
> so muffled. I made a recording where I talked closer to the
> mic and a bit louder. It did sound better, but it still
> sounded much like "blur blur blur".
Well, that's what happens with RA. I could make out what they were
saying easily, but it was muffled and quiet. Well, it's no trouble,
unless you forget to turn the volume down afterwards. ;-)
> > Actually, I've tried to do things like this before, but
> > they always made me realize I don't know how to pronounce
> > my own conlang. :-( But actually, I think I've got it now,
> > so maybe I'll try again when I get the chance.
>
> Yes. Pronouncing your own conlang can be quite a chore. Though
> Pimak came out surprisingly easy. I only had to do two or
> three practice rounds.
Well, Pimak has a pretty simple phonology, so it'd be easier than
others. You're lucky that way. :-) Ajuk, I'd say, has around the
complexity of English - there are more consonants, but a simpler vowel
system and a simple syllable structure. It's the stress that throws me
off, mostly.
> It would be fun to *hear* some Ajuk and all other conlangs
> as well. I'm especially looking forward to hearing some of
> Danny Wier's creations. (And I'm not talking about that new
> "minimalist" phonology for Orcish.) That might be fun... :)
Hmm - yeah, this could be the one situation where there's an advantage
to one type of a phonology over another when it comes to artlangs and
the like - when I started working on Ajuk, I never thought I'd have to
be able to pronounce it correctly. ;-)
Hee hee! That's GREAT! I must've listened to it like 5 times in a row.
It's surreal. Great wook Pablo!
--
Robert
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