Indax

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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/.
--Trɔpʏliʊm

Name What Etymology
Battlax They start so innocently. "Y'kno, why do so few larger family protolanguages have distinct postalveolars?" "Battle Ax"
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 Wanted something -sax. Couldn't think of anything clever having to do with "saxophone" or "sacks". Went with something randomly phonaesthetic. (…Why do I feel like spelling that word with ae when I otherwise do fine with just e?)
Oburax Starting to diverge from its pseudo-Uralic inception. 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?
Univax Explained on page itself. Mix of "Unix" and "Univac"
Zithromax Yet another phonology doodle. PIE meets Algonquian, spoken by Bantu-analogues. A drug tradename.


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