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This is an index of my projects without a proper name, identifiable by the suffix ''-ax''. Trisyllabic names with <x> = /ks/ are preferred; bisyllabicity is a minimum requirement. I've hanged onto not using any English /ɑ/'s, even against the temptation of such good names as /bɑlɑks/.
This is an index of my projects without a proper name, identifiable by the suffix ''-ax''. Trisyllabic names with <x> = /ks/ are preferred; bisyllabicity is a minimum requirement. I've hanged onto not using any English /ɑ/'s, even against the temptation of such good names as /bɑlɑks/.
 
<br/>--[[User:Tropylium|Trɔpʏliʊm]]
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| Betamax || Former name for [[Ouiqál]] || Obvious
| Betamax || Former name for [[Ouiqál]] || Obvious
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| [[Bustax]] || Basically the Earth' counterpart to Aramaic. || "Buster" (no specific reason). Don't really like the name, will be changed at some point
| [[Bustax]] || Basically the Earth' counterpart to Aramaic. || "Buster" (no specific reason). Don't really like the name, should invest in coming up with the nativ one
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| [[Jabdax]] || A labialization sketch, dumped in Pakistania', probably a minority language. || The piece "Jabdah" by [[Wikipedia:Koto (band)|Koto]] was playing at the moment. Pronounced [ʤæbdæks] however, not [ʤɑbdɑx].
| [[Jabdax]] || A labialization sketch, dumped in Pakistania', probably a minority language. || The piece "Jabdah" by [[Wikipedia:Koto (band)|Koto]] was playing at the moment. Pronounced [ʤæbdæks] however, not [ʤɑbdɑx].
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| [[Mandersax]] || My go at the RL Indian P PH B BH system, at Caucasus || Torn between "saxophone" and "sacks" as a link to the ending, I chose neither & went with something randomly phonaesthetic. <small>(…Why do I feel like spelling that word with ''ae'' when I otherwise do fine with just ''e''?)</small>
| [[Mandersax]] || My go at the RL Indian P PH B BH system, at Caucasus || Torn between "saxophone" and "sacks" as a link to the ending, I chose neither & went with something randomly phonaesthetic. <small>(…Why do I feel like spelling that word with ''ae'' when I otherwise do fine with just ''e''?)</small>
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| [[Oburax]] || Wannabe Ob-Ugric. || Mangling of "Ob-Ugric".
| [[Oburax]] || Wannabe Ob-Ugric, now subscribed on YUCOP. || Mangling of "Ob-Ugric".
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| [[Orvlax]] || Wannabe Turkic, or one such branch of it anyway. || A village in the Swedish-speaking south coast of Finland.
| [[Orvlax]] || Wannabe Turkic, or one such branch of it anyway. || A village in the Swedish-speaking south coast of Finland.

Revision as of 17:24, 18 December 2010

This is an index of my projects without a proper name, identifiable by the suffix -ax. Trisyllabic names with <x> = /ks/ are preferred; bisyllabicity is a minimum requirement. I've hanged onto not using any English /ɑ/'s, even against the temptation of such good names as /bɑlɑks/.
--Trɔpʏliʊm

Name What Where
Audimax Nothing particularly specific about this one. An auditory in Hamburg. Recording site of volume 11 of the Tangerine Tree series.
Battlax They start so innocently. "Y'kno, why do so few protolanguages have distinct postalveolars?" "Battle Ax"
Betamax Former name for Ouiqál Obvious
Bustax Basically the Earth' counterpart to Aramaic. "Buster" (no specific reason). Don't really like the name, should invest in coming up with the nativ one
Jabdax A labialization sketch, dumped in Pakistania', probably a minority language. The piece "Jabdah" by Koto was playing at the moment. Pronounced [ʤæbdæks] however, not [ʤɑbdɑx].
Klusterax It's got consonant clusters. Even initially. Shock, horror. (This feature is pretty rare in my schemings.) From back when the names still had some relation to the project in question.
Mandersax My go at the RL Indian P PH B BH system, at Caucasus Torn between "saxophone" and "sacks" as a link to the ending, I chose neither & went with something randomly phonaesthetic. (…Why do I feel like spelling that word with ae when I otherwise do fine with just e?)
Oburax Wannabe Ob-Ugric, now subscribed on YUCOP. Mangling of "Ob-Ugric".
Orvlax Wannabe Turkic, or one such branch of it anyway. A village in the Swedish-speaking south coast of Finland.
Sahax Wannabe Pirahã. Broken from the first suitable Pirahã word I found containing the sequence <ax> - saha-xai, "shouldn't".
Sadabax A West Altaic' branch. Intended to be somewhere between mellifluous and byzantine (not that these necessarily contradict one another), sociodynamically an analogue of Old Persian perhaps. "Saddlebacks". Ironically it's starting to seem that Sadabaxians are some of the least nomadic Altaic peeples.
Telefax The initial idea was "/ɬ x/ as the only fricativs". Some Etruscan went in there too, and I got inspired to add implosivs too. NOT A KITCHEN SINK I SWEAR Do you really need to ask?
Tonax Former, or shall we say the more official name for Dork Elvish Tones. See how these used to work?
Univax Explained on page itself. Mix of "Unix" and "Univac"
Zithromax Yet another phonology doodle, PIE meets Algonquian, spoken by Bantu-analogues. A tradename of some drug, IIRC; possibly influenced by Starship Bistromath


Not to be confused with: Angrex (a temporary name as well, but the "x" is legit)