fcgamer | 4,754 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 So for many, learning and using one language is challenge enough; however, there are others who learn two, three, or even eight+ languages. Some even develop their own languages. I am thus calling forth the language enthusiasts of VGS. Anyone here ever bother to learn a constructed language? I guess Esperanto is one of the more popular ones, though there are a lot of different ones of substantial nature out there. A professor I knew at university had even made his own language. I guess Tolkien is quite known for the languages that he designed. Anyone here take it further and not just learn a constructed language, but design one as well? What process did you use to design it? Did it ever catch on? Any examples of it in use? Did it gain a following? Let's discuss constructed languages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,843 Administrator · Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fcgamer | 4,754 Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 On 1/31/2023 at 1:27 AM, Hammerfestus said: Hab SoSII‘ Quch! That's got to be one of the most famous constructed languages. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,754 Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 I translated one of my brother's children's stories into the constructed language I made, wan khu. I wanted to publish a translated version of the book but Amazon wouldn't let me, as they only allow one to self-publish books in about twenty languages or so, ugh. Anyways I might print a small run of these locally and sell them on my language webpage once I get that set up. I'm still setting up a "backstory" for wan khu, I have one floating around somewhat in my head and think I'll try to incorporate it into the next novel I'm writing, as well as a film that I want to start shooting later this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 4,019 Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 A lot of people barely have time for their backlogs here, I’d be absolutely flawed if anyone besides yourself has constructed a language Great work though. I’m on the long journey of learning Japanese, I couldn’t even imagine the time it would take to create a language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,891 Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 52 minutes ago, fcgamer said: That's got to be one of the most famous constructed languages. I‘ve never seriously considered constructing my own language. I’ve always been a historical linguistics kind of guy. Constructing a language seems way too daunting for a freetime activity. So many questions. What will be your grammatical rules? Agglutinative? What will it’s sounds consist of? What language or language family will you draw inspiration from for your constructed language (even Tolkien drew from the Finnish language in constructing Elvish)? It’s too much man. More power to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackVega | 583 Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Maybe the more important question is- who is even going to use your language? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,843 Administrator · Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, BlackVega said: Maybe the more important question is- who is even going to use your language? Nobody, it's the sort of thing you do so you can say you've done it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,344 Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,092 Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 5 hours ago, fcgamer said: I translated one of my brother's children's stories into the constructed language I made, wan khu. I wanted to publish a translated version of the book but Amazon wouldn't let me, as they only allow one to self-publish books in about twenty languages or so, ugh. Anyways I might print a small run of these locally and sell them on my language webpage once I get that set up. I'm still setting up a "backstory" for wan khu, I have one floating around somewhat in my head and think I'll try to incorporate it into the next novel I'm writing, as well as a film that I want to start shooting later this year. You need to grow a pair and create your own alphabet too. The Latin Alphabet has enough freeloaders already... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,754 Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Dr. Morbis said: You need to grow a pair and create your own alphabet too. The Latin Alphabet has enough freeloaders already... Actually I didn't think about that but I agree. Does anyone know of any programs where one could create a font like this? Might be fun to do, I'll do a grammar at some point too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,537 Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 11 hours ago, fcgamer said: Actually I didn't think about that but I agree. Does anyone know of any programs where one could create a font like this? Might be fun to do, I'll do a grammar at some point too. or you could piggyback on a non-Latin phonetic alphabet like Korean or Thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaze | 345 Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 On 1/30/2023 at 7:26 AM, Gloves said: This is the only answer. I cannot put into words how much I ain't got time fa'dat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 1,899 Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 On 2/1/2023 at 12:37 AM, fcgamer said: On 1/31/2023 at 11:24 PM, Dr. Morbis said: You need to grow a pair and create your own alphabet too. The Latin Alphabet has enough freeloaders already... Actually I didn't think about that but I agree. Does anyone know of any programs where one could create a font like this? Might be fun to do, I'll do a grammar at some point too. My best advice on this front would be to look into how Sandhi works in Sanskrit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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