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Conlangery Podcast

Conlangery #117: Kash

Mar 15, 2016
39:11

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  • Kash is a constructed language influenced by Ursula K. Leguin's The Left Hand of Darkness and features a complex phonology, well-thought-out grammar, and unique syntax features.
  • Kash has a noun system that distinguishes between animate and inanimate objects, exhibits sensitivity to animacy, and utilizes various derivational suffixes for verbs.

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The podcast episode features a constructed language called Kash, created by Roger Mills and strongly influenced by Ursula K. Leguin's The Left Hand of Darkness. Kash won an award called Smiley, given to ConLangry that make David Peterson smile. Kash has a complex phonology with unique sound changes and interesting phonetic rules. The language also has a well-thought-out grammar with various syntax features, including relativization and idiomatic derivations.

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