Robbie A, Conlanger @Alamantus@polyglot.city
Linguistics enthusiast, conlang creator, and builder & maintainer of http://lexicon.ga
Main account: @Alamantus
Joined Aug 2018
Robbie A, Conlanger
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Wow! I'm already done with all the offline functionality for Lexiconga in my rewrite, including a bunch of new stuff I wanted to add! Pretty soon I'll be moving on to working on the account stuff, and once that's done, I can probably swap out the app!
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the Hebrew word for God is Elohim. it has a plural suffix, but takes singular verbs and adjectives and pronouns etc.
it's considered a type of majestic plural similar to the royal we, which itself is used often by God in the Qur'an. another example of something similar is the use of plural you for formal you in many languages.
then again, in the neighboring Canaanite religions from which Judaism likely evolved, the Elohim were the sons of the god El (whose name also means "god"). but still...
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the Arabic word for God, Allah, is a cognate of Elohim. both descend from the proto-Semitic 'il, extended with an h. Allah is likely a contraction of al-'ilah, "the God," which would be exactly equivalent to the Aramaic word for the monotheistic god: 'alaha or 'elaha (depending on dialect), where -a is the definite article.
speaking of Aramaic, this would be the language Jesus would have spoken. he literally would have called God Alaha. remember that to tell fundamentalist Christians.
Robbie A, Conlanger
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Polyglot.city is once again open for registrations!
We want to foster a community of language learners and language enthusiasts, thus we're using the new invitation request model for new users. Just point out your interest in languages, and you'll get an invite.
#language #languages #languagelearning #multilingualism #translator #translating #PolyglotCity #polyglot #instances
Robbie A, Conlanger
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A Phonetic Map of the Human Mouth
http://www.languagebasecamp.com/linguistics-for-language-learners-what-is-the-ipa/ (via kottke)
Oh no, I saw a new blog on Tumblr making a #conlang for #Minecraft but they were using diagonal lines and now I feel compelled to make a conlang that you can write with in-game, i.e. in only blocks/on a grid!
I don't even play the game anymore and yet I must do this 😬
That said, I'm gonna write a script to generate all possible syllables and just pair it with my master "needed words" list and see what happens!
Building a lexicon is hard because you need to think of words that you both want and need while trying to save yourself the work of excluding words you might not need... then you can't just generate words for that list—you want to make related words sound somewhat similar, and you want to combine as many basic words to create more complicated ideas rather than just having unique words...
Note: the "you" above is talking about me.
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jan Mato | 2011
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Toki pona has actually been used as a research language, since it's small enough to teach people in an experiment (unlike a natural language --or large conlang-- that takes 1000s of hours to learn), especially if you want the subjects to produce the language before the grant money runs out. I couldn't produce Icelandic literally for a few years after I started studying.
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I updated my N'tòsi #conlang's #conscript to make a little more sense when writing, starting from the left and swinging up to write the vowel, then adding the remaining decorators. The little grid shows the placement of the pieces and the example in the grid shows the "stroke order".
I also realized all except 1 of the phonemes (/m/) kept the lips apart, so I replaced it with (/x/) so the lips never have to touch! I might change it back later, but I like it right now.
I started working on a #conscript for my N'tòsi #conlang! It's hard to really see because this little notebook I have has lines that are too dark, but I like the simplicity and the fact that you can build any syllable you need rather than needing to memorize separate characters for each syllable.
Now I just need to build the lexicon so I can have stuff to write!
N'tòsi lexicon: http://lexicon.ga/271
I've been wanting to make a conscript for a little while, and I totally forgot that I had started working on a tonal #conlang that needs a syllabary designed!
It doesn't have much in the lexicon yet, but I'm excited to work on it again!
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Another wiki rescue: the anatake, an amusin con-script for lizard people.
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There are 3 major word groups for "orange" worldwide:
1. orange from sa: नारङ्ग nāraṅga orange tree, e.g.: es: naranja, ja: オレンジ orenji
2. "Appel from china, e.g. sv: apelsin ru: апельси́н)
3. "Portugiese": tr: portokal ar: بُرْتُقَالَة f (burtuqāla), gr: πορτοκάλι
Interesting exceptions:
Catalan: taronja von arab. تُـرُنْج turunj Zitronenbaum 🤔
Hebrew: תַּפּוּז (tapúz) golden apple
Robbie A, Conlanger
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Today's words are astronomical in feeling.
hosa (hosɐ) - star, spark
inlī (inliː) - moon
tōnlī (to:nli:) Great Moon (the conworld has 2), month
xira (xirɐ) - Sun
See http://lexicon.ga/469 for more details.
Robbie A, Conlanger
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@Alamantus I absolutely love Lexiconga and am indeed using it for #lexember http://lexicon.ga/467 (it's a very sad short lexicon at the moment but that is what Lexember is for
I wonder how much effort they actually put into the elf language in The Christmas Chronicles...
For anyone participating in #Lexember:
Lexiconga is a fast, free tool for building lexicons/word lists/dictionaries that you can optionally set up to share!
http://lexicon.ga
O if you want more intense linguistic control, ConWorkShop is a much heavier service that ties your constructed language's word translations together with other conlangs!
https://conworkshop.com
Robbie A, Conlanger
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Been thinking about interspecies communication and diplomacy a lot lately...
"So this is your alphabet. It has 26 glyphs in current use, it fits on a business card, and it makes no sense at all."
"No arguments there."
"This is your international phonetic alphabet. The alphabet of the human speech system. Can you memorize this sheet of paper?"
"Uh... Sure, yeah, if that's my job."
"Good." *phonebook-sized thump* "This is the intergalactic phonetic alphabet. We'll work up to that."
I've been looking into #TokiPona again, which made me remember the #conlang I started developing a little while ago, ehw: http://lexicon.ga/170
I have a long way to go, but I need some sample sentences to figure out what words are needed—all I know is that I have plenty of words for taste distinction. >.>
I'd like it to be as simple as toki pona but with some extra vocabulary for improved clarity/the ability to also talk about bad things.
Linguistics enthusiast, conlang creator, and builder & maintainer of http://lexicon.ga
Main account: @Alamantus
Joined Aug 2018
