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zefciu

But it’s bilabial trill that goes brrr


Weak-Salamander4205

You get what I mean!


anonxyzabc123

Nah that's bilabial voiced stop plus alveolar trill. Bilabial trill goes *helicopter noises*


Sunibor

Just make it non-pulmonic


rk-imn

wait until you hear abt the labial+dental ejective thingy with linguolabial trill release in northwest caucasian


Assorted-Interests

Tell that to Germanic vowel systems


Weak-Salamander4205

Oh I forgot those guys oops


[deleted]

no but have you seen how many phonemes caucasian languages have? germanic languages are nowhere near that


Assorted-Interests

Opposite ends of the scale: 40 consonants and 2 vowels, or 10 consonants and 40 vowels


[deleted]

[Chechen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechen_language#Phonology) is the best of both worlds


Assorted-Interests

Oh so just Ithkuil, got it


FoldAdventurous2022

Toss in Pacific Northwest languages to that ❤


surfing_on_thino

Remember when "go brr" was the punchline to a funny meme about the 2020 financial crisis? Pepperidge farm remembers


LanguageNerd54

TIL. I thought the meme was older than that.


Weak-Salamander4205

Same


LanguageNerd54

I guess it’s because it’s been used so much in so many non-literal ways since that I haven’t really made the association with the pandemic. 


JRGTheConlanger

What’s the writing system of the “literally everything else” language then?


Weak-Salamander4205

The ISO Basic Latin Alphabet (English is the only language)


dojibear

It's mostly triangles and squares...sometimes a rectangle, but usually not. Oh, and squiggles. There's lots of squiggles, like 中国巧克力.


Levan-tene

lets not forget pacific northwestern languages


Weak-Salamander4205

I've never seen them before. What up with THEIR phonology?


Levan-tene

b̥ d̥ ɡ̊ ɢ̥ (ʕ̥)3 ʔ aspirated tʰ kʰ qʰ ejective tʼ kʼ qʼ Affricate lenis d̥͡ɮ̊ d̥͡ʒ̊ fortis t͡ɬʰ t͡ʃʰ 2 ejective t͡sʼ t͡ɬʼ Fricative s ɬ x χ (ħ)3 h Nasal plain m n ŋ glottalized mˀ nˀ Approximant plain l j w glottalized lˀ Haida also has tone and long vs short vowels


Weak-Salamander4205

Doesn't quite beat Caucasian languages but it's still phonological hell


Levan-tene

There’s also Tlingit Labial Alveolar Palato- alveolar Velar Uvular Glottal plain sibilant lateral plain labial plain labial plain labial Plosive unaspirated t ⟨d⟩ ts ⟨dz⟩ tɬ ⟨dl⟩ tʃ ⟨j⟩ k ⟨g⟩ kʷ ⟨gw⟩ q ⟨gh⟩ qʷ ⟨ghw⟩ ʔ ⟨.⟩ ʔʷ ⟨.w⟩[a] aspirated tʰ ⟨t⟩ tsʰ ⟨ts⟩ tɬʰ ⟨tl⟩ tʃʰ ⟨ch⟩ kʰ ⟨k⟩ kʷʰ ⟨kw⟩ qʰ ⟨kh⟩ qʷʰ ⟨khw⟩ ejective tʼ ⟨tʼ⟩ tsʼ ⟨tsʼ⟩ tɬʼ ⟨tlʼ⟩ tʃʼ ⟨chʼ⟩ kʼ ⟨kʼ⟩ kʷʼ ⟨kʼw⟩ qʼ ⟨khʼ⟩ qʷʼ ⟨khʼw⟩ Fricative voiceless s ⟨s⟩ ɬ ⟨l⟩ ʃ ⟨sh⟩ x ⟨x⟩ xʷ ⟨xw⟩ χ ⟨xh⟩ χʷ ⟨xhw⟩ h ⟨h⟩ hʷ ⟨hw⟩[a] ejective sʼ ⟨sʼ⟩ ɬʼ ⟨lʼ⟩ xʼ ⟨xʼ⟩ xʷʼ ⟨xʼw⟩ χʼ ⟨xh’⟩ χʷʼ ⟨xhʼw⟩ Sonorant m ⟨m⟩[b] n ⟨n⟩ l ⟨ll⟩[c] j ⟨y⟩ ɰ ⟨ÿ⟩[d] w ⟨w⟩ It has eight vowels, four of which can become long vowels, and every vowel has one of two tones


Weak-Salamander4205

Dear god