Lucien Cartier-Tilet
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Languages and Worldbuilding
Conlangs, short for constructed languages, are artificial languages created by individuals rather than evolving naturally over time. They serve various purposes: international auxiliary languages like Esperanto, philosophical experiments like Lojban, fictional world-building like Tolkien's Elvish languages or Klingon, or simply artistic expression.
I have been creating constructed languages and worlds, both for fun and for literary projects. My conlanging work is documented on my dedicated conlanging website.
Eittlandic
Eittlandic is the language of Eittland, a fictional Nordic country, born from the question: what if there was another island like Iceland that never got Christianised?
The language derives from Old Norse and has been evolved naturalistically towards specific artistic goals. In Eittlandic, the country's name is pronounced /ɑɪʔlɑ̃d/.
This project has been a personal artistic endeavour since 2018, focusing on worldbuilding and conlanging. More details are available on the Eittland wiki and the Eittlandic language documentation.
Proto-Ñyqy
Proto-Ñyqy is the proto-language and mother language of the Ñyqy language family tree. The documentation is written as an in-universe document would be, meaning all cultural and historical references are entirely fictional. The writing style draws inspiration from academic linguistic work, particularly Benjamin W. Fortson's Indo-European Language and Culture. The Proto-Ñyqy documentation is publicly available online.
Zikãti
Zikãti is another conlanging project currently in development. This one draws more from a conlanging experiment than a real worldbuilding project. Its documentation is also publicly available.