u/Earendeal

The following is an Indo-European sentence in IPA.

It is a well-known academic motto in my neck-of-the-wood. Try guessing the meaning or at least the linguistic branch by your own?

/næˀ tʰi51 we͡ɪ̯ˀ zä22 təmʌ̃ɴ22 me͡ɪ̯ˀ tʌ̃ɴ22/

I'm trying to approximate the classical attic pronunciation of Οἰδῐ́πους /oi̯.dí.puːs/ into Burmese phonology for local literary purpose. 

Here are some of my rough sketches according to my ear:) ( low tone is unmarked).

/ʔwa͡ɪ̯ʔ dí pu(s)/, /-pṵ(s)/

/ʔwe dí pu(s)/, /-pṵ(s)/

/ʔwe͡ɪ̯ʔ dí pu(s), /-pṵ(s)/

/ʔwi dí pu(s)/, /-pṵ(s)/

Which one do you reckon to be the closest approximation?

How would you translate the phrase

( ἀδόκιμος νοῦς )?

I still can't grasp the full intended meaning.

I’ve noticed that when people claim a language is the 'oldest,' they’re usually confusing it with phonological or orthographic conservatism. We all know natural language phonology is notoriously fickle. But it seems like sacred or strictly literary languages—like Sumerian, Latin, Sanskrit, Pali, and Classical Chinese—have managed to keep their core structures largely intact despite inevitable sound shifts. All of them were dead or half-dead languages of course.

One example in English I can think of is the spelling "knight".

So, how does this play out for storytellers vs conlangers?

Lately, I am become interested in annihilationism.

Methinks..annihilationism can solve many of the "torture" critcisms against Cosmic Punishment/Consequences in the Bible.

However, I can't help but feel it can also be a slippery slope for those who will view it as an escape or some sort of Nirvana, and consequently causing indifference to the Gospel.

How say you?

Recently, an idea has dawned on my heart.

Even if we are so much divided in our opinions, beliefs and practiced, we wouldn't be here if we don't have something in common.

I want this community to explore things, beliefs or statements about Christianity that can be (more or less) universally accepted. Consider it a fun little exercise amidst all the chaos.

Here are some sketchy examples:

"Jesus was recorded or depicted or perceived as a historical person in the New Testament"

"Sin (which is a common English tranlslation of the Hebrew /χɑˈtˤɑː/ and the Greek /ha.mar.tia/ at the very least) was portrayed or considered as mostly unfavourable or undesirable in the Bible"

I’m an Engllish-major undergraduate from Yangon looking for a manageable, part-time tutoring job outside of college to help support my family's income. However, I don't have a personal network or contacts to connect me with job opportunities. It's so distressing that often feel very useless.

I'm fascinated by the semantics of the word āglǣċa in Beowulf. I would like to know the hypothetical reflexes of the adjective in Modern English if you can make any.

I have noticed that a lot of traditional Burmese chronicles and folklore referenced hundreds or sometimes thousands of Pyu monarchs and dynasties across the country (especially cited by ဦးကုလားမဟာရာဇဝင်).

But I have never found any actual physical copy of the so called original ပျူရာဇဝင် manuscripts.

I only got my hand on abridged or commentated versions like ဟန်လင်း မဟာရာဇဝင်တော်ချုပ်.

Are they lost texts or sth?

I'm fascinated by the semantics of the word āglǣċa in Beowulf. I would like to know the hypothetical reflex of the adjective in Modern English if you can make one.

I'm asking this due to my uncertainty about the relative realism of the conlang.

A conlang has a very simple phonological inventory.

26 consonants, CV structure with only the labial glide/-w-/ allowed as onset cluster.

p pʰ b

t tʰ d

t͡s t͡sʰ d͡z

s sʰ z

k kʰ g

ʔ h

m n ŋ

ɲ ɕ j

w l r

Five vowels with phonemic length: a i u e o, â ī ū ē ō

Two diphthongs: ai oi

There are no lexical stress.

Root/original content words are fundamentally disyllabic; however for the most part they are NOT created from monosyllabic roots. But new content words derived from root words are polysyllabic.

For example, swīte (to pay out)> swīteru (reward, gift)

hame(to buy)>> pīhame (to sell)

deso(red)>> desoyē (blood)

nyapo(to proceed)> nyapowīyē (duration, current, contemporary).

Function words and particles/affixes are fundamentally monosyllabic.

For example; -moi (-ward, against, near, by).

nye- (nominalizer, agentive prefix)

gi (at, in)

There are no vowel harmony and phonotactics are a bit loose at this stage. Example, /ku/, / ku:/ /kwu/ and /kwu:/ , /kuwu/and /kwuwu/ are totally distinguished and not merged.

The conlang is grammatically isolating language and has no inflection.

The pronunciation of the conlang is considered to be ritually and extremely conservative. Therefore, there wouldn't be any considerable sound changes in history except one or two. This phenomenon is inspired by Vedic Sanskrit and Classical Sanskrit.

I would like to know how the numerical classifier တလိုင်း / တစ်လိုင်း is used nowadays.

I'm of pre-G12 generation. So, I'm almost out of touch with the new curriculum. I want to know the specific kind of subjects taught at G12, the teaching methodology and if the current exam system is any different from the former G10 system.

Want some of your two pennies' worth.

Is there a precise way to beta-test the effectiveness or practicality of one's conlang?