Hypertonal conlang
Language Log 2024-12-08
Summary:
Today's SMBC: The mouse-over title: "Constructing the 30,000-tone language for Anne was more challenging." The AfterComic: The phrase "with every word consisting of two identical syllables" is misleading,as the tone-marking diacritics on the strip's transcriptions indicate, since the tone markings are different across the two syllables in e.g. Chérŷl Chе̄rȳl So the number of possible […]