http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/ $ en-us Copyright 2003-2005, Talk About Network. All Rights Reserved. 2008-05-16T00:05:58+00:00 TAN rss@talkaboutnetwork.com Discussion hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://tan12.talkaboutnetwork.com/images/spacer.gif http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/ http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/messages/27263.html Hello! the Lingua Eurana project goes on. Look at the new design. A summary of the grammar, written in English is included. Enjoy! Greetings Klaus http://www.dieckmann.mynetcologne.de/ Klaus Dieckmann ltklaus.dieckmann@[EMAIL... Discussion 2008-05-12T11:51:18+00:00 http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/messages/27252.html The writing and editing is done. The first edition of _Invented_ _Languages_ (a new hardcopy-only magazine) is ready to print. I think the articles that other writers contributed are quite interesting... the stuff I wrote, and my lame-ass cover desi... Rick Harrison ltnot@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt... Discussion 2008-05-07T15:56:06+00:00 http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/messages/27247.html Has anyone here ever done the language invention process entirely in your head, in other words, without writing or computing or audio recording any of the rules and vocabulary? Rick Harrison ltnot@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt... Discussion 2008-04-27T15:28:20+00:00 http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/messages/27234.html Its been years since Ive posted here... I am searching for a certain constructed language. It was created during the height of popularity of the auxlang movement, which wont make it easy... Unlike the majority of auxlangs, it was naturalistic in g... S. Almafeta ltalmafeta@[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Discussion 2008-04-14T19:36:44+00:00 http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/messages/27233.html This has been mentioned in other forums, but for those who havent seen it, theres a video of Marc Okrand discussing his creation of the Klingon language (in very basic, beginner-friendly terminology) at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=455327... Rick Harrison ltnot@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt... Discussion 2008-04-13T21:45:54+00:00 http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/messages/27227.html Science fiction writer Brian Aldiss concocted a language that reminds me of Glaugnea in its strangeness. The concepts that are lexicalized are not what one is accustomed to: LAHAH SIP: Tasting fresh air after one has worked several hours at ones des... Rick Harrison ltnot@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt... Discussion 2008-04-10T09:09:58+00:00 http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/messages/27222.html Big news for fans of scripts and character sets, Unicode 5.1 is out. * Additions to Malayalam and Myanmar characters to complete support of Indic scripts * New symbols: Mahjong, editorial punctuation marks, significant additions for math * Capital ... Rick Harrison ltnot@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt... Discussion 2008-04-09T05:23:56+00:00 http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/messages/27215.html i am learning seapking english dheeraj.pal1990@[EMAIL PROTECTED] Discussion 2008-04-02T00:06:39+00:00 http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/messages/27214.html i am learning seapking english dheeraj.pal1990@[EMAIL PROTECTED] Discussion 2008-04-02T00:05:59+00:00 http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/messages/27207.html Do you have just one word for shoe or do you also have equivalents for slipper, sandal, high-heeled shoes, athletic shoes, etc - if you have a term for boot do you also have terms for workboot, cowboy boot, Wellingtons, etc? Why do I ask? Just curiou... Anonymous ltanyone@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt Discussion 2008-03-29T01:12:10+00:00 http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/messages/27206.html see http://bb2.atbb.jp/kakis/viewtopic.php?p=253 Im too sleepy to comprehend it all, but it looks interesting. Sandy Rhodes ltnobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Discussion 2008-03-25T08:46:29+00:00 http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/messages/27205.html Do you have a favorite word in your lang? Mine varies from week to week. At the moment my favorite Vorlin word is _mezemze_ which is a translation of the maxim moderation in all things, including moderation. Rick Harrison ltnot@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt... Discussion 2008-03-22T18:05:50+00:00 http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/messages/27204.html While surfing I found the abstract below, which gives some insights into how the brain processes Japanese kana and kanji. I wonder how this information can be applied to the design of new scripts. Any thoughts? http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_... Rick Harrison ltnot@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt... Discussion 2008-03-22T16:06:10+00:00 http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/messages/27201.html Happy New Year! March 21st is day 001 of year 17 in the Vorlin calendar system. A couple of years ago I wrote an updated specification of Vorlin grammar. Ive been debating whether to publish it or keep it to myself. Six of one, half a dozen of the o... Rick Harrison ltnot@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt... Discussion 2008-03-21T02:31:05+00:00 http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/messages/27190.html I am doing a little poll on my blog, asking for peoples aesthetic reactions to the word conlang. If you have a moment please stop by and vote at http://langbreeze.blogspot.com/ My blog is non-commercial it will not bombard you with advertisements. Rick Harrison ltnot@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt... Discussion 2008-03-08T16:04:53+00:00 http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/messages/27186.html Hi! Im aware that this topic has been dicussed before, but I couldnt find exactly what Im looking for in the archives. There are several tools for maintaining a lexicon and generating inflexions according to rules, and then theres software like Lan... martinobal ltmartinobal@[EMAIL PROTECTED... Discussion 2008-03-07T11:29:26+00:00 http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/messages/27184.html Like the article on Nicaraguan Sign Language, this is only peripherally related to conlangery, but provides new perspectives on communication. begin excerpt: After seeing 27-year-old Amanda Baggs, featured in this monthıs Wired magazine, you m... Rick Harrison ltnot@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt... Discussion 2008-03-06T02:49:21+00:00 http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/messages/27178.html I wasnt online when conlangers first started communicating on the internet. What was it like? When there were only a dozen or so people in the early days, it must have really been exciting to see somebody say Ive just invented a new lang, and here... Sandy Rhodes ltnobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Discussion 2008-03-03T17:21:10+00:00 http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/messages/27177.html Last night I was having a little trouble finding an Esperanto equivalent for the word cellphone, but I got it from an online dictionary at http://www.kisa.ca/vortaro/ ... then I started thinking, is that the same Sonja who invented Toki Pona? Indeed ... Rick Harrison ltnot@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt... Discussion 2008-03-02T15:48:40+00:00 http://www.talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/messages/27176.html Who drew the conscripts con-script on Kahns crypt? Rick Harrison ltnot@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt... Discussion 2008-03-02T15:13:17+00:00 Search talkaboutculture.com Artificial Language q http://talkaboutculture.com/group/alt.language.artificial/search.html