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Constructed Languages

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Welcome to !conlangs@mander.xyz! This community is geared towards people who seek to discuss artificial languages or create and showcase their own.

Rules

  1. Be nice to each other. Respect each others opinions and artistic choices.
  2. Stay on topic, if you wish to discuss general linguistics, check out !linguistics@mander.xyz (Kbin link)
  3. No low effort posts and comments. This also includes memes.
  4. When referencing real life linguistics, make sure to cite your sources.

For conlanging resources, check the Megathread.

Related Communities

For linguistic memes check out !linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works (Kbin link)

For worldbuilding discussion check out !worldbuilding@lemmy.world (Kbin link) Feel free to discuss the setting of your conlangs in our community, though.

Happy conlanging!

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CONLANGING RESOURCES

If you have any suggestions for resources, feel free to share them in the comments, and try to provide descriptions of your resources too. Make sure to also upvote the ones you find useful!

General Resources

  1. The Language Construction Kit by Mark Rosenfelder. Collection of general information and tools to get started with creating constructed languages. A must for any aspiring conlanger! 1.1. LCK Resources. Resources recommended by Mark Rosenfelder.
  2. Glossary of Linguistic Terms by the SIL. If you ever come across a linguistic term that you haven't heard of, you can probably find what it means in here!
  3. World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS) A large overview of many features of the world's languages.
  4. The International Phonetic Alphabet. You don't need to know the IPA to make your own conlang, but it's a great way to refer to the sounds that you might include in your conlang.
  5. Conlanging course from the MIT. A free, university level course on creating constructed languages.
  6. Wikipedia Linguistics Portal. A nice gateway to lots of linguistics content on Wikipedia.
  7. ConWorkShop. A conlanging community and tools website.

Phonology

  1. The International Phonetic Alphabet chart.
  2. The Index Diachronica. It lists sound changes by family and sound, so if you're evolving your conlang from another, it gives you a good idea on what would feel natural
  3. Mark Rosenfelder's Sound Change Applier. An easy to use tool to apply sound changes to lots of words at once.

Grammar

  1. List of grammatical cases. (Wikipedia)
  2. Tense, aspect and mood. (Wikipedia)

Lexicon/Vocabulary

  1. Lexiconga. An easy way to store your own languages' lexicons.
  2. 625 Useful Words. A list of 625 useful words to add to your conlang's lexicon.
  3. A Conlanger's Thesaurus. A big lexicon of all the words that you could possibly want to have in your conlang, ordered by subjects and connections between words.
  4. Swadesh list. A list of words used to compare langauges. (Wikipedia) 3.1. Appendix. List of swadesh lists for many different languages. (and even some conlangs!)
  5. Kinship Terminology. One of the easiest ways to introduce non-English flavour to your conlang.

Conlanging on Youtube

Other Communities

  1. Conworkshop Events Another nice conlanging community.
  2. !linguistics@mander.xyz (Kbin link). A community about general linguistics.
  3. !linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works (Kbin link). A community to post memes and funnies about linguistics.
  4. !worldbuilding@lemmy.world (Kbin link). A community to discuss all the other interesting facets of worldbuilding.
  5. !languagelearning@sopuli.xyz (Kbin link). A community to discuss practical language learning.
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[–] IndigoGollum@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I'd like to mention:

PolyGlot, a computer program for organizing (con)langs and generating words, with support for things like logographies and a quiz generator. My biggest problem with it is it doesn't handle Unicode input super well on Linux, so sometimes i have to copy and paste phonetic symbols.

Omniglot, an encyclopedia of natural and constructed writing systems. Good if you need inspiration for your own script.

@early_riser's work on xenolangs or exolangs. Most conlangs are made with humans in mind, or with Humans-But-With-A-Weird-Forehead (see most Star Trek aliens), which is about the same if what you're interested in is speech organs. It's rarer to find someone who considers what a more realistic alien language would sound like.