Let’s consider each of the different categories of the IPA consonant chart: More importantly,, ,, and may be possible but dangerous because of the lizards’ sharp teeth. TL DR: will probably be impossible, and and might be difficult. For obvious reasons, Lawrence is shown as being able to pronounce /l/ and the English rhotic /ɹ/, or else his speech would not have been understood.) (Note that all labials are replaced with a glottal stop. Only thing to do, gals get in trees, ’ig, tall trees. I would say that the lizards will have trouble with the laterals (/l/ and such), some forms of /r/ and most clicks.įor a fictional impression of how a lizard would sound speaking English, check out Lawrence the friendly grik from Taylor Anderson's Destroyermen: In humans, the mouth is an opening at the front of the buccal cavity in lizards, the mouth goes all around the buccal cavity. Humans are among the few animals in being able to blow air through the mouth and nose at the same time unless the lizards have somehow developed the same ability, nasal vowels are also out: no /ɑ̃/, /ẽ/, /õ/ and so on. For the same reason, rounded vowels are out: no /o/, /u/, /œ/, /y/ and such. Lizards don't have lips, so the labials are out: no /p/, /b/, /m/, /f/, /v/, and such and of course no /w/. It would be a very improbable coincindence if the lizard larynx, pharynx, uvula, glottis, palate, mouth, tongue and teeth would have happened to be just right for them to make human sounds.īut this is not interesting, isn't it? So let's assume an improbable lizard which, while remaining a lizard, has a phonatory apparatus as close to human as imaginable. IPA is not supposed to be an inventory of all the sounds which can be made by a phonatory apparatus, not even of all the sounds which can be made by humans: it includes only those sounds which are made by humans and are actually used in normal speech in some language somewhere. Of course, the technically correct answer is that the lizards will have trouble trying to duplicate just about all human phonemes. In layman terms, which sounds would they be unable to make? So, with all that out of the way, I was wondering what restrictions would the lizardfolk's IPA chart have, compared to humans'. The average height is 185-190 cm, and the weight 100 kg for an adult male. Lizardfolk can still seal off their noses with the muscles, right next to the opening of the cavity. Needless to say, their scutes and osteoderms make the upper half of the head quite rigid, and there aren't any muscles, except for the jaws', in the lower. Their smell probably works like that of dogs, since the lizardfolk respiratory system is basically identical to the mammalian version. Their tounges should be human-like since we didn't see any lizardman flicking them to smell. The ear is most likely sealed/hidden as well. They can probably dislocate their jaws like a Varanus salvator but choose not to do it because it's kinda scary/funny, plus they can cut up food into small enough pieces to make that unnecessary. The snout is elongated, most of the serrated teeth inside are obscured. They seem to closely resemble both armadillo lizards and the Varanus salvator, I work off of that. Since they were the focus of only one arc the anatomy of the lizardfolk is my pure guesswork, based on the anime and the wiki page. I found a few low-poly 3d models, and pictures from the animu as reference. Everything else shall be purged by The Polish Toilet Spin, especially the jailbait. Of course, I want to revamp quite a few things, starting with the removal of the obnoxious MMORPG design that makes my eyes bleed. I based their appearance on the ones we saw in Overlord. When combined with their mesothermic temperature regulation, it allows them to stay underwater for quite some time. They have similar vocal cords to humans, lung capacity is by default at the human peak. Lizardfolk, however, don't really have that luxury. Okay, so, I decided to give both dragons and tengu a rather complex syrinx, allowing them to mimic human speech, chainsaws, cameras shutters, ringtones, and copyrighted music with ease.
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