Quote Originally Posted by blitzkrieg80 View Post
I just want to point out that Proto-Germanic is too late for the EB timeframe and that Pre-Germanic Indo-European is the technical name for it, which indeed I have reconstructed, so it is a matter of time and effort in making it sound authentic... even if it comes late I will make sure there it can be added to EB1.
I think this must be echoed towards the Pahlavîg voice-mod as well; a dire lack of resources, especially publically available sources contribute to these compromises. In the case of Pahlavîg voice-mod, the bulk of it is derived from Sassanian and Medieval Zoroastrian Pahlavîg, which of course offers a somewhat ample vocabulary, and does not deviate too drastically from the exhibits we do have from Arsacid Pahlavîg (As found in Manichaean manuscripts such as Shâpûhragân, Drakht Asûrîg ûd Buz, the early Sassanian inscriptions at Naqsh-î Rustam, or the excavated Nîsâ ostraca). However because it was a joint effort with IBFD, it comes to its own use, which is indeed better than nothing.

Therefore I would call this a "Simplified Pahlavî" which in its current state fits the Sassanian entity much better; in this front we have a long way to go, and at need we might need to "patch" the intended Parthian language with traces of Gîlakî, some Old Persian, Pârnîg if available, Aramaïc/Huzvârîshn loan-words, and indeed emphasize the need for Soghdian.

But what we ultimately have done is a tremendous first step. From a sculpter's point of view, we basically changed the material with which to work, and from here with the rough cuts, it's much easier to envision something of a "final product", tentatively speaking.