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Conlangery #124: Old Irish (natlang)

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What Is the Best Book for Beginners?

The best book, the gold standard now is David Shifters, Shangri-Lok. It's in the 3040 range. There are cute little cartoons of sheep. If it takes cartoons of sheep to help you through, then yes. And it's huge. Lots and lots of reading samples. So, I think that's far the best option for anyone who's trying to learn it now. But if you want to make a language that's like old Irish, that's cool. That's not too terrifying. You nasalization is frequently means like voicing, but you could have something where it's like unvoicing, or any kind of like fortician instead of lanish

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