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Conlangery #74: Vowel Harmony

Conlangery Podcast

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How Can It Interface in a New and Interesting Way With This Word?

English borrows number and plural marking from other languages, sometimes in bizarre ways. Other assimilation can help give a depth to words like "cacti" or "mooseye," he says. He suggests making an underspecified vowel for one way or the other off that word under specified fence.

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