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Sometimes I get asked for feedback about languages, or get asked for commissions, but I also get questions of the sort “What is the easiest way for a non-language-geek to create a language that’s just ‘good enough’?” - for background purposes in some fictional setting. First, a caveat - as you are probably aware - realism and depth are proportional to the time put into the language. They are also a spectrum, so “how much” is enough can be hard to answer. Additionally, if you succeed and make it interesting enough, fans will want to poke around and find out how it works. Then they will realize whether there’s more to the language or not. (And possibly make their own version of it.) You’re better off creating more depth and detail than you need, because trying to flesh out something AFTER the fact is much more difficult. You will end up with inconsistencies and explaining them away will eventually take more work than creating a detailed grammar in the first place. From my experience

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[EEUSG] National Socialist States of North America

San Francisco has not been a city under occupation since 1964, but the marks of the Japanese presence are still present. Military checkpoints, particularly around major tourist destinations, are still manned, but by Americans. Road signs and markers for historical sites – such as the landing site of the Emperor Showa after the end of the American War – are still in Japanese and English, although this requirement is by the law of the ostensibly-independent Pacific States of America, not the edicts of the Imperial Japanese Army. To show this, signs must also display Spanish, a major language since the major migrations of the 1970s.

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[EEUSG] United States of America

I was conflicted when I made the choice to visit Washington D.C. for my research into this entry. I have visited many incarnations of the city, and in a stable United States which established itself as the superpower, it seldom changes. Neo-classical architecture alongside modernist and colonial structures, all familiar sights as I made my way to the White House. I didn’t want to choose Washington D.C., but I knew that for this entry, I had very little choice. The White House was a refreshing sight, as it was unfamiliar. The structure itself has remained outwardly unchanged since the restorations of the 1960s, but a familiar sight in m

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conciliarityoftepat

Nov 12, 2021

Writing

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NaNoWriMo marches on. I don’t actually expect to write a novel this month. Nor am I intending to follow the “rules.” But I see it as a useful opportunity to cultivate habits related to creation. It’s turned out to be harder and easier than I expected, in ways. It’s hard in that it’s difficult to make time for writing, insteading of postponing (i.e., canceling) the writing. But when I DO finally sit down, I can write more than I thought I could. I used to think it was good if on a particular evening I wrote over 500 words on my conworld. Now I know that it’s quite possible for me to write over 1000 words in one sitting, and wonder why I didn’t just do it more often.

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conciliarityoftepat

Aug 7, 2021

What's up, humans (mostly). While I haven't been around much, I've spent most of this year working on a commissioned conlang for the Landfall universe: https://landfall.wiki/. The language isn't online yet, but should be soon. (There is another conlang described on the website, but it’s not mine.) I look forward to getting back to posting some stuff about Tepat, Muqali, Swira, etc. I never stopped working on them, just stopped prepping them for viewing by strangers.

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conciliarityoftepat

Mar 2, 2018

Tepatic Religion - Souls

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Here goes another long post. If you want to skip to the more interesting part, skip to 'Collective Tuq.' Previously I talked about ogres, fire, and volcanoes. Here's the second idea I've been working with for early Tepatic religion. Early on, while I was creating words willy-nilly, I made up a Yuktepat word for 'soul,' tuq, without really thinking about what a 'soul' is, or what tuq would mean to speakers of Yuktepat. So I'm doing that now.Personal Tuq – Spiritual Dead Skin and Pseudopodia I can't say what tuq is, or if it's of a different substance than matter, since the people of Tepat did not worry themselves with it, and it doesn't

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Lucas-Stl

Feb 23, 2023

While I do have in mind to make a language for my character, I feel that will take too much time away from actually finishing my story, so instead I'd like to ask this: Would it be alright if I get your thoughts on a fictional language I'm intrigued to learn?

conciliarityoftepat

Feb 26, 2023

Thanks for the comment. I could look at the language if you want, send me a message

Lucas-Stl

Feb 27, 2023

I appreciate your consideration,

In Note? Alright then...

MadetGheist

Jun 16, 2022

A question: would you recommend the swadesh 207 list as a starting point for developing essential logograms?

conciliarityoftepat

Jun 19, 2022

Not really. The Swadesh list was created to compare languages to check for / demonstrate a common origin, and it is a good starting place if you are a developing a family of languages. It might also be a good starting point for creating the vocabulary of a single language.

For a logographic writing system, you should focus on concepts that are easily drawn / visualized, or can be represented iconically. The Swadesh list has very abstract items like “I” or “that” that don’t fit this. A better example might be the radical list for Chinese. You should have a fair number of fairly concrete symbols. Keep in mind how each of them might be used to conceptually categorize other concepts.

When your underlying language is fairly developed, use the “rebus principle” to start assigning glyphs to abstract concepts like the pronouns I mentioned. Basically, write abstract ideas with the glyphs for OTHER characters that are homophones or near homophones.

For an example of how this would work in English, create a symbol for “eye” - such as a drawing of an eye. Then, start using that symbol to write “I,” because it sounds the same. Obviously, this only works in English. And it shows why you need the spoken language to be already somewhat developed.

MadetGheist

Jun 19, 2022

Thank you, sir! Will keep all of this in mind

Yainderidoo

Mar 12, 2021

Thank you for faving.