01-02-2014, 07:36 PM
(01-02-2014, 11:23 AM)Kain_Nobel Wrote: The work you're putting into making a new written language is amazing, I applaud the efforts. Are you familiar with the Star Trek series? According to something I read on the internet, apparently they give out college scholarships for people who can speak Klingon now. Maybe if you make a big pop culture hit, one day they'll give out scholarships for people who can read and write your languages. :DMy first conlang, Arkhean I tried make it as SLavic-looking as possible, so I took Russian words and modified them heavily to make them almost unrecognizable. I like it.
The closest I've even come to contemplating languages in my project are rather simple-minded. One method would be a simple letter cypher, similar to Al-Bhed writing in Final Fantasy X (although I come to find that "language" is more complex than one would think.) Another method would be a change of fonts, from one using a standard recognizable text to another with completely made-up letters. However, I find your professional and academic approach to be very intriguing!
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There is a cat outside of my window that keeps howling because it's in heat, I want to go out and throw a boot at it like one of those ol' timey cartoons!
My current one I'm working on Vrkhazhiy is like the Latin to my Arkhean, in the sense that is the linguistic ancestor to it. I'm plannic on making it a triconsonantal root system language with Arabic and Hebrew influence, it's rather complex...
I also find rather interesting is how tricon languages derive words...
take for example Hebrew Tochnah "software" (T-K-N is the root that means "design") which now has derivations of the word use the pattern CoCCah, putting a root into this pattern will make a form of software:
Gonvah - "pirated software" from G-N-V "steal, take"
Lomdah - "educational software" from L-M-D "learn"
"Turning iron ore into iron swords is a hard process, for one must first dig out the rock, and melt it to refine it, then one must pour that metal into a mould, let it cool a bit, and pound on it while it cools even further. Games are no different." - Ahzoh
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Vrkhazhian
ʾEšol ḵavud ʾelẕakud lav ʾezʾaẕud zwazaršeru ya lit žalneru lav lit t͛enud. Ṗal sa-ražheru lav raržižu paplam lav ṗal widsaṟam bemaḵu šuku lit ʾeyṭu waẏnilaẇ. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.