The Bi-Weekly c/conlangs Post #4
Astorí!
Welcome to the fourth no longer-weekly c/conlangs post!
As you might be able to tell, as the initial hype for the community has slowed down, we've also started getting behind on the weekly posts. Sorry for that. We'll hope to be able to maintain a somewhat less ambitious bi-weekly schedule. But please keep posting your conlang things here - every post matters (to us)!
Conlangs of the Week
The conlangs of the week are the Ancient Language and Dwarvish from Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle (aka Eragon and the following books). Both these languages feature frequently in Paolini's setting and are essential to the worldbuilding and story of the setting. On the other hand, they have often been criticised for their lack of originality and lack of real rules or vocabulary. Instead, there are just lists of translated words or phrases, not even with an explanation on how to pronounce them. (Though it seems that Paolini has actually done some more leg
oh that's cool. I agree that it's too complex for an IAL but then I also agree with the notion that it's basically impossible to make an IAL that is simple to learn for everyone.
The Weekly c/conlangs Post #2
Sellamat! Kam leitte yu?
Welcome to the second weekly c/conlangs post!
Conlang of the Week
The conlang of the week is Sambahsa. Created as an international auxilliary language (IAL) by the linguist Olivier Simon, it was first revealed to the public in 2007. As an IAL, it recognises that a universally "easy" learning experience is near impossible to achieve and therefore tries to concentrate on basing its systems on Indo-European languages, which are of course widely spread. On the other hand, a large amount of vocabulary comes from other language families.
What do you think about Sambahsa? Does it meet its goals? Have you heard of Sambahsa before? Do you think it can succeed as an IAL? Why or why not? Share your thoughts in the thread!
Linguistic feature of the week
Keeping with Sambahsa's Indo-European theme, we want to look at Indo-European features in conlangs. While some parts of the conlanging community shun unique Indo-European features because they
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lol what a fun reason
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well, it looks great! (although
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for /ʃ/ is a choice xD )The Weekly c/conlangs Post #1
Oh, I've never heard about this conlang. Is it yours?
The Weekly c/conlangs Post #1
ooooh fun! Let us know how it goes
thank you for the kind reply <3
it's given the tiny minority Nordic language spoken on the archipelago an inessive xD
it's our pleasure!
Conlang Showcase: Ylmunusian
Introduction
Hi all, today I wanna present you my creation Ylmunusian. I've been working on it since 2013, when my previous large conlang died in the fires of a fried external harddrive. That said, back when I started with Ylmunusian my knowledge of conlanging and of where to find resources was... limited, let's say. So looking back now I'm fully aware that Ylmunusian is sorely lacking in some regards. At the same time, I wouldn't call it "bad" either. So yeah, if you wanna comment that certain things are not realistic or anything... knock yourself out but I'm well aware. Still, I'm proud of Ylmunusian, especially because of the scale as well as associated worldbuilding, and still work on it, mostly the vocabulary and translations. The grammar, from my point of view, is mostly "finished". That said, any feedback is still welcome and I will answer any questions below in the comments as quickly as I can get to it. If there's sufficient interest I can also share links to my online di