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conlang (Tlueqto) | grammatical vowel harmony 

Any thoughts? Does this feel natural?

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conlang (Tlueqto) | grammatical vowel harmony 

So, here's my idea: historically, the affix /nɯ-/ was attached to the front of nouns to form the plural, and because this contains /ɯ/ (a back vowel) the rest of the word is forced to be all back vowels (because of vowel harmony).

so (originally), to pluralise /pɛɬá/, you would say /nɯpɤɬʌ́/

But hundreds of years of language change meant that the /nɯ/ ended up being dropped, and the only difference between singular and plural is the vowels inside.

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conlang (Tlueqto) | grammatical vowel harmony 

In real life languages with complex vowel changes, these were historically created by a affix that, after several sound changes, was dropped at some point.

So, in order for my vowel harmony system to actually exist, it can't have occurred intentionally – it must have been the consequence of a historical affix.

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conlang (Tlueqto) | grammatical vowel harmony 

So tɬɯ́qtɤ has vowel harmony (meaning there are 2 categories of vowels, and a word can only ever contain vowels form one category or the other, not from both) but unlike real world languages the vowel harmony actually has a grammatical effect on the word.

So for example, pɛɬá is cat (all vowels are front vowels), and pɤɬʌ́ is cats (all vowels are back vowels).

But, this is not particularly realistic...

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@BatElite definitely!

I'm not dreading watching any of the episodes that are coming up, so it's easy to motivate myself to watch them.

Classic Doctor Who | stats 

if I continue at the same rate, I'll finish watching the whole thing at around this time next year.

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Classic Doctor Who | stats 

It's been 255 days since I started rewatching the classic series.

In that time I've watched 355 episodes.

I am now 41.76% of the way through the entire series.

Of what I've seen so far, 185 episodes (52.11%) are recommended for watching.

I have now watched 69 stories (nice).

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@BatElite there's half as many episodes per season, and the stories are really good, and none of them are missing bits

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Classic Doctor Who | Season 10 

And that's the end of Season 10.

This season had THREE highly recommended stories. That's a lot!

Jo is almost definitely one of my favourite companions of the Doctor (and I actually have Katy Manning's signature, somewhere)

I'm excited for next season, though, as it introduces Sarah Jane Smith, a companion who I haven't seen any episodes of for years...

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Classic Doctor Who | Season 10 | The Green Death 

ah gosh.... that scene where the Doctor says goodbye to Jo... I'm crying...

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[Doctor Who] audio dramas 

The page is now significantly updated!

It's prettier, it's been proofread, and it has easy navigation between segments!

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(I also listened to The Paradise of Death, which was good)

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site stuff 

how did I not know about box shadows before, my site looks so much better now

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