Conlangery #80: Zonal Auxlangs

Today, George and William have an interesting discussion on the phenomenon of “zonal” auxiliary languages,  which seek to unite a region rather than the whole world. Top of Show Greeting: Ponuhi Links and Resources: – Germanic auxlangs Euronord Teutonish Folksprak Frenkish – Slavic auxlangs A big giant list of them Neoslavonic Interslavic Jan van Steenbergen’s presentation at LCC4 – Dnghu – Afrihili Feedback: Email: Dear George, Mike and DJP (et al), Perhaps it’s not a topic worthy of an entire episode, but I thought I’d ask, and maybe sometime in feedback you’ll tell me a better way to go about learning.  Can you guys do an episode on tone?  I’ve studied (English,) German, French, Czech, Japanese, and Korean, so tone has never come up.  I can almost hear them, but I can never produce them with any degree of fluency.  There are a few sounds that I don’t think I am articulating correctly (e.g. pharyngealization) so I never include them in my conlangs.  The same is true with tone.  I remember William repeatedly suggested we write a two-tone language, but I couldn’t find any good examples to listen to online.  Could you guys maybe do a practicum? Thanks for making a great show so regularly.  George is a good sergeant York! Sincerely, Robert Marshall Murphy Navajo spoken with text on the screen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFayFUiyv20 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiS_bF_ihp4