29 lines
1.3 KiB
Markdown
29 lines
1.3 KiB
Markdown
|
# Conlanging
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
*Conlangs*, short for *constructed languages*, are artificial
|
|||
|
languages born out of the mind of a single individual (sometimes a
|
|||
|
couple of them), unlike natural languages born through countless
|
|||
|
iterations by their native speakers, slowly evolving over time like
|
|||
|
English, French, Mandarin, Japanese, Bahasa, or !Xhosa did.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
They can serve various goals from their creators:
|
|||
|
- be spoken by as many people as possible as a neutral language, like
|
|||
|
[Esperanto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto) and [Lingua
|
|||
|
Franca Nova](https://elefen.org)
|
|||
|
- be a secret language between a couple of people
|
|||
|
- as a thought experiment, like [Lojban](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojban)
|
|||
|
- fill a litterary universe, like Tolkien’s elvish languages or Star
|
|||
|
Trek’s Klingon
|
|||
|
- for the sake of art itself
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
In my case, the last two reasons are the main ones driving me to
|
|||
|
create languages. My two main projects at the time of writing this
|
|||
|
page are [Proto-Ñyqy](https://conlang.phundrak.com/proto-nyqy) and
|
|||
|
[Eittlandic](https://conlang.phundrak.com/eittlandic). Both are
|
|||
|
accompanied by their own worldbuilding project, although Proto-Ñyqy’s
|
|||
|
worldbuilding is still largely secret while Eittland’s worldbuilding
|
|||
|
is mostly public.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
More information can be found on my [conlanging
|
|||
|
website](https://conlang.phundrak.com/eittlandic.html).
|