Creating diverse language families with sufficient time-depth is important for avoiding the need for future reconstruction.
Developing naming languages involves different challenges for analytic versus synthetic and fusion morphology.
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Developing diverse language families
The podcast episode discusses the process of creating diverse language families for a fictional story. The host aims to generate names for characters from a variety of languages, as well as cite ancient texts within the story. Two closely related sister languages, Ankong and Ingar, have been developed with their own unique characteristics. Each language is designed to evolve over five stages, representing 500 to 1000 years of historical change. The host emphasizes the importance of creating language families with sufficient time-depth to avoid the need for future reconstruction. Through the use of sound changes and linguistic features, the host is able to establish unique language families and provide a framework for future work.
Creating naming languages
The episode also explores the challenges of creating naming languages for the fictional characters. Analytic naming languages, like the Ankong sisters, require minimal additional linguistic work beyond basic roots and compound formation. However, the host intends to develop synthetic and fusion morphology for the Ingar family, which requires more thought and decision-making. This includes considering derivational strategies, noun cases, grammaticalization, and morphological changes. The host plans to finalize the sound changes for the main characters' names and expand the language families by creating offshoots and isolates for variety. Additionally, the host acknowledges the need for a timeline, history, geography, and a comprehensive naming process to complete the fictional world.
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The Constructive Languages Podcast: A Personal Conlanging Update
George gives a little info about his current conlanging project, a set of naming languages for a story. Original Script (below the fold) Welcome to Conlangery, the podcast about constructed languages and the people who create them. I’m George Corley. I thought it was time for another personal conlanging update. I’ve been doing something interesting... Read more »
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